Raw 01/23: The Final Destination to The Royal Rumble

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Goldberg already accomplished the insurmountable feat of pinning Brock Lesnar in less than two minutes at Survivor Series. Therefore, it’s not hyperbole to state that he’s an – if not the – odds-on favorite to win this year’s Royal Rumble Match.

Yet before he faces The Beast Incarnate and 28 other game Superstars – including Roman Reigns, The Undertaker and the hulking Braun Strowman – Goldberg will make one last stop on Monday Night Raw, live in Cleveland. Will any of his Royal Rumble Match opponents succumb to the Spear before entering the Alamodome?

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How will Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn attain retribution?
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Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn not only suffered defeat at the hands of WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, U.S. Champion Chris Jericho and Braun Strowman in this past Monday night’s six-man main event; all three fan-favorite Superstars were left battered at the hands of their foes after the bell, with The Prizefighter’s powerbomb to The Big Dog through the announce table serving as a sickening punctuation mark to the brutality.

Reigns, Rollins and Zayn are down, but they certainly aren’t out. Expect payback against Owens, Jericho and Strowman this Monday night in Cleveland, less than one week before Owens defends the WWE Universal Title against Reigns while Jericho hangs above the ring in a shark cage at Royal Rumble.

Can Bayley’s poetic prophecy come true?

Bayley is a lifelong member of the WWE Universe, and her incredible passion for sports-entertainment is undeniable. Yet, this past Monday night, Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair saw fit to use The Huggable One’s longtime devotion to WWE against her, claiming that Bayley is “an average fan” and even going so far as to mock Bayley’s childhood poetry.

However, The Queen’s cruel mind games didn’t seem to faze Bayley all that much, who revealed some new poetry about her Raw Women’s Championship Match against Charlotte at Royal Rumble:

“You've called me a child/And you say I don't deserve to walk down that ramp/Well, in two weeks, you can call me/Your new Women's Champ!”
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In the Royal Rumble Match, it will be friend vs. friend, foe vs. foe, every man for himself. But just who remains to be revealed as a competitor in the 30-Superstar melee? We’ve just learned that Raw Tag Team Champions Sheamus & Cesaro will enter the fray, as will SmackDown LIVE’s demented Wyatt Family, but more spots remain unclaimed.

Just six nights before the over-the-top-rope extravaganza guarantees one intrepid Superstar a chance at immortality in WrestleMania’s main event, Raw will no doubt play host to more revelations. How many more Superstars will announce their place in the Royal Rumble Match?

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Emmalina set to finally debut next week after the Rumble :blessed:

Back in October, WWE began running promo videos for Emma, who has been out of action for quite a while due to an injury. They’re repacking her as Emmalina, and her hype videos largely consist of photos that she uploads to her Instagram page.

Fast forward three months, and she still hasn’t debuted on Raw. But, it’s not because WWE has given up on the idea, because they’re still running promo videos for her every single week, and it’s driving the fans nuts.


According to Cageside Seats, WWE won’t be running the Emmalina promo videos for much longer, because she is scheduled to debut right after next Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view. So, expect to see one or two more hype videos before she finally shows up.


Nobody really knows why WWE has held off her debut for so long, especially because she could be the one feuding with Sasha Banks instead of Nia Jax. But, Emma will probably be in the ring with Sasha at some point after her debut.
 

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Oh you mean like every Raw for the past few months
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while we've got major stars on monday nights

you've gotten what? :scust:

This week’s Martin Luther King Day episode of WWE Raw did an average of 3,271,333 viewers on the USA Network. That’s up an average of +364,000 viewers from the week prior and the first week WWE didn’t have to deal with significant competition from football on ESPN. Below is how the show did

Average - 3,271,333

This week’s episode of WWE Smackdown Live did 2,652,000 viewers on the USA Network. That’s up +119,000 viewers from the week prior.
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