We have a graphic in memory of Bob Uecker.
Roxanne Perez is conveniently in the front row for the next match.
Match Number Two: Bayley versus Nia Jax
Bayley with a forearm and a back elbow in the corner. Bayley climbs the turnbuckles to punch Nia. Bayley tries to counter a power bomb with a rana but Nia blocks it. Nia gets Bayley on her shoulders but Bayley with a DDT for a near fall. Nia with a head butt to the chest for a near fall. Nia chokes Bayley in the ropes. Nia with a head butt. Nia chokes Bayley in the ropes. Nia misses an elbow drop. Bayley with a Saito suplex for a near fall. Nia with a uranage to Bayley. Nia goes to the turnbuckles and Bayley sends her to the apron and kicks her to the floor. Bayley with a suicide dive and she has words for Roxanne. Roxanne tries to slap Bayley but Bayley blocks it and she punches Perez.
Security conveniently keeps Perez from going over hte ringside barrier.
Bayley turns around and Nia takes care of Bayley. They return to the ring and Nia with many elbows in the corner. Nia sets for a running hip strike and she connects. Nia sends Bayley to the floor. Bayley with forearms but Nia with a back elbow. Nia wraps Bayley's arm in the ropes. Nia gets a near fall. Nia stands on the hand and stomps on it. Nia chokes Bayley against the ropes. Nia with a head butt and she wraps Bayley's arm in the ropes. Bayley with punches and Nia with punches of her own. Nia gets a near fall. Bayley with a step over leg drop to the arm for a near fall. Nia misses a leg drop and Bayley with a back elbow to the back and a flying clothesline.
Bayley with an elbow drop for a near fall. Bayley sends Nia to the apron and Bayley sets for the cutter in the ropes but Nia pulls Bayley's shoulder into the ropes. Nia stands on the arm but misses a leg drop. Bayley with a sunset flip power bomb into the ring post and Nia falls to the floor. Nia beats the count into the ring and Bayley with her version of aNIAlator for a near fall. Bayley with an elbow drop for a near fall. Bayley sets for Rose Plant but Nia escapes and she hits a shoulder breaker for a near fall. Nia with a splash into the corner. Bayley sends Nia to the apron and Nia with a punch and she sends Bayley shoulder first into the ring post.
Nia with a running hip on the apron that sends Bayley's head into the ring post. Nia goes for aNIAlator and Bayley pulls her off the turnbuckles. Bayley with a running knee for a near fall. Nia with a double thrust to stop Bayley on the turnbuckles. Nia gets Bayley on her shoulders for a Samoan drop but Bayley counters into a sunset flip power bomb for a near fall. Bayley goes up top and hits the elbow drop for a near fall. Bayley sets for a belly-to-belly suplex but she cannot hit it. Bayley clips Nia but Nia with a pop up Samoan drop followed by a back senton.
Nia with aNIAlator for the three count.
Winner: Nia Jax
After the match, Rhea Ripley's music plays and she makes her way to the ring.
Nia and Rhea exchange punches and Rhea with a head butt and she sends Nia into the turnbuckles. Rhea with punches and security makes their way to the rin to separate them. NIa breaks free and hits a splash onto security and Rhea. Rhea goes after Nia and more security is thrown around. Nia goes to the floor and Rhea goes to the apron and Nia with a leg sweep and she sends Rhea's face into the announce table. Nia grabs Rhea while officials hold out their hands to stop Nia. Rhea gets on the announce table and she hits a cannonball onto Nia.
Rhea gets a mic and she gets on the announce table. Rhea tells Nia she will face her on Saturday night at Saturday Night's Main Event.
We take a look back at last week's main event between Finn Balor and Damian Priest.
We go to Chad talking to Dom about his lucha problem. Dom says he has a guy who can help him out. Dom hands him a piece of paper and he says he is about to learn the dark arts of lucha libre.
JD says they have a tag title match next week and Finn won't be there. Dom suggests taking Finn's place since a win brings the titles back to the Judgment Day.
Liv says Finn will like the plan. She says she hopes this works better than Liv with Rhea.
Dom says he will make it up to her and she says he will.
We have a video package for Lyra Valkyria.
She says she was ready to be a history maker last week on Raw. She was able to reach the heights she knew she could achieve. She took fear and doubt to become something more. Now that she has this, it is about what comes next. It will be building a legacy as a fighting Women's Intercontinental Champion.
We have the annual Martin Luther King Day video feature.
Pete tells everyone to shut their mouths if they are not going to call him by his name. You show him no respect by calling him Butch. He says he is the best pound for pound wrestler in this company and you think you can disrespect him.
Sami Zayn tells Seth Rollins that he appreciated the talk last week and it got through to him.
Seth says he heard Sami and he respects him and he is glad that Sami Zayn is here. He says if push comes to shove, he will throw Sami over the top rope at the Rumble. Sami says not if he does it first.
Match Number Three; Penta versus Pete Dunne
Penta goes for the hand gesture but Pete stops it. They exchange chops and forearms. Pete with a side head lock. Penta with a thrust kick to the midsection and Penta slow struts but Pete with a running forearm. Pete with a hammer lock and he pulls at the fingers. Pete stomps on the elbow. Pete with a wrist lock and an enzuigiri in the corner. Penta with a kick to the midsection to send Pete to the floor. Penta goes for a suicide dive but Pete with a forearm to stop him. Pete with an X Plex on the apron. Pete stomps on the hand on the ring steps. Pete with a wrist lock and he works on the fingers. Pete with a knee drop to the arm.
Penta tries to escape the wrist lock. Penta with a forearm and kick. Pete with a clothesline. Pete ties Penta's mask to the ropes and he kicks Penta. Pete with a wrist lock and he goes for a Fujiwara arm bar and he works on the fingers. Pete chops and kicks Penta. Pete with a running forearm to the head. Penta avoids a forearm and he kicks Pete and hits a wraparound bulldog and a hesitation kick in the corner. Penta with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Pete stomps on the hands and kicks Penta. Penta with a thrust kick and a destroyer but Pete rolls to the floor. Penta with a flip dive onto Pete on the floor.
Pete blocks another destroyer attempt and Pete with Deadeye for a near fall. Pete with a forearm and Penta fires back. They continue the exchange. Penta goes Cero Miedo but Pete grabs the fingers and he applies a triangle. Penta with a one arm back breaker. Penta with The Sacrifice on Pete. Penta with the Penta Driver for the three count.
Winner: Penta
We take a look at Logan Paul.
He says it must suck to be a Logan Paul hater. You wanted him to fail, but it will never happen. He says when he tries something, he becomes the best at it. He was the King of the Internet. He beat Floyd Mayweather. What makes you think the WWE will be any different. Look around dummies. This is his life now. He will eat, sleep, and breathe wrestling until he becomes the biggest star in the ring. He says you are looking at the GOAT.
Logan will be on Raw next week.
JD McDonagh and Dominik Mysterio face The War Raiders for the tag titles. Cody Rhodes will be on Raw.
CM Punk makes his way to Jackie Redmond.
Jackie says there are only so many ways to get to the main event of Wrestlemania. She brings up the Royal Rumble, but she points out that he never won it before and the field is stacked. What makes this Royal Rumble different?
Punk says history. He makes history. He main evented the first Raw on Netflix and he beat Seth Rollins, a favorite in the Royal Rumble. Punk says he will make history in two weeks when he wins the Royal Rumble. The stakes are too high and the lights are too bright. No one can beat him when he is at his best with the people behind him. Punk says he cannot see John Cena throw him over the top rope. Punk says Roman needed his help at Royal Rumble and it is every man for himself. He has buried Drew. He says Sami is not on his level. If Hulk Hogan wants to be in the Rumble, he will kill Hulkamania. Punk says he is settling scores and taking care of debts. At the end of the night, one man will have his hand raised and it will be CM Punk.
Drew McINtyre is in the stairwell.
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