WWE Raw Results returned as they celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s life with an awesome video package of his quotes and appearances.
IYO SKY w/Dakota Kai vs. Michin w/Candace LaRae
They traded moves early on as they looked for an advantage, and IYO hung Michin up on the ropes and hit a missile dropkick and a meterora against the bottom turnbuckle for a pin attempt.
IYP locked in a Crossface, and Michin rolled her over for a pin attempt to force the hold to be broken.
Michin turned the tables with a neckbreaker and fired off a series of rights and kicks, and followed them with a flapjack and a dropkick.
.@Iyo_SkyWWE & @MiaYim go one-on-one right now on #WWERaw as the rest of Damage CTRL look on, as well as @CandiceLeRae! pic.twitter.com/4Rv2XBix8J
— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2023
IYO hit Kai with a dropkick, and Michin caught her with a Eat Defeat for the win. After the match, they attacked Michin and Candace chased them off.
Belair wants her pound of flesh
Bianca Belair came out and talked about how she doesn’t want to miss any Raw, but her job comes with risk. Risks like getting her face busted open on the ring steps, but she’d continually face those risks.
Every risk comes with the reward or remaining the Raw Women’s Champion.
She called out Alexa Bliss to say what she said last week to her face, and Bliss came out.
Look who just showed up on #WWERaw!! 👀 pic.twitter.com/2puwF7l9Ho
— WWE (@WWE) January 17, 2023
Bliss said Belair fears here because she doesn’t know what she going to do next, and Belair stopped her when she mentioned the Royal Rumble and offered her a title shot at the PPV instead with no catch.
Bliss accepted and Belair dropped to the floor and went after Bliss with a right and threw her into the barricade, ring post, and barricade.
Bliss sent her into the ring steps and ducked for Belair went over the barricade, but Belair pulled her over the barricade and hammered away on her.
Belair set up a pair of chairs and went to hit a KOD on them, but Uncle Howdy came out to distract her and Bliss hit a chop block and DDT on the floor.
Akira Tozawa vs. Bronson Reed
Whelp, Tozawa needed to win this to get into the Royal Rumble, but we don’t see that happening.
Reed wasted no time in hitting a belly to belly suplex for a pin attempt. He ate a dropkick and some strikes, but then ran Tozawa over and beat him down.
Tozawa fired off a combination of kicks and hit a hurricana to send Reed to the floor, but Reed caught him off the apron and powerbombed Tozawa into the barricade and then hit a shoulder off the apron.
Back in the ring, Reed hit a Tsunami for the win.
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