WWE Raw Results returned as the introductions were made. They went back and forth early on as they looked for anything to get the advantage and they traded pin attempts.
SKY took over after a Flatliner, but Candice kept coming. Her momentum was cut short when SKY hit a dive through the ropes.
Candice kicked her back to the floor after being rolled into the ring, and hit a crossbody off the apron and the ref begam counting them both out.
They got back in the ring where they continued to go back and forth as neither one would give in, and Candice hit a missile dropkick for a pin attempt.
SKY responded with a backbreaker and a double knees before she headed to the top rope. Candice caught her and hit a German Suplex off the middle rope for a near pinfall.
BREAKING: 2023 #RoyalRumble Match winner @RheaRipley_WWE has chosen to challenge #SmackDown Women's Champion @MsCharlotteWWE at #WrestleMania!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/lcdInCK0Fk
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2023
Candice countered a moonsault by getting her knees up, but Bayley and Kai distracted the ref long enough for his count to be late, and SKY rolled her up for the win after Candice socked Bayley.
Ripley challenges Flair
Rhea Ripley came out to the ring and said it’s been a while since she didn’t have her Latino Heat at her side, but she wanted all of the attention on her.
After recapping her win in a far less wordy style than Cody, she talked about her own past before challenging Charlotte Flair in a WrestleMania rematch.
She grudgingly gave Flair credit for getting better each year, but everyone’s about to rise to Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania when she puts Flair in her place.
Elimination Chamber Qualification Match – Baron Corbin w/JBL vs. Johnny Gargano w/Dexter Lumis
Corbin started it off by driving Gargano into a corner and pounded on him and a chokeslam backbreaker for a near pinfall.
The Axeman strikes on #WWERaw! 🪓 pic.twitter.com/0psw3F3QTI
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2023
Gargano sent Corbin to the floor and hit a dropkick through the ropes, but Corbin caught his leap over the top rope with a right and then chokeslammed him onto the barricade.
Gargano’s speed and athleticism helped him stay alive as he hit a pair of superkicks for a near pinfall.
Corbin caught him with a Deep Six, but Gargano kicked out, so Corbin pummeled him.
After Gargano hit a dive on Corbin through the ropes, JBL started to complain and Lumis put a hatchet through JBL’s hat on the announce desk.
In the ring, Corbin went for an End of Days, but Gargano countered it and rolled Corbin up for the win.
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