We get an awesome video package celebrating the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Aleister Black Vs. Unnamed talent
The match begins and the guys runs at Aleister and gets hit with Black Mass instantly.
Winner: Aleister Black
Brock Lesnar will be live on Raw, next!
*Commercial Break*
Heyman introduces himself and the WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar. Heyman says he is having a crisis of conscience because he thinks the WWE Universe is taking what Brock does for granted. He says he comes out and delivers a spoiler, and Brock delivers the impossible. Yet everyone says “of course he did, he’s Brock Lesnar.”
Heyman says he told us all that Lesnar would enter the Royal Rumble at number one and eliminate all other Superstars, and everyone expects it to happen. Heyman says he wants everyone to understand how unprecedented that would be. This weekend the Rumble starts with Brock Lesnar. Entrant number two will then come out, then number three, four, etc., all the way up to 30. No matter who gets eliminated when, you’re let with two people in the match, and his client has vowed to defeat all 29 other challengers.
Heyman reminds us that the winner of the Royal Rumble gets to choose who they face at WrestleMania, and Lesnar has deemed there is not one person that is worthy of main-eventing Wrestlemania against him. Heyman asks if the fans can name even one person capable of facing Lesnar, then Ricochet’s music hits!
Ricochet comes to the stage and week after week Heyman comes out and talks endlessly. He’s heard the whispers in the locker room, and some guys are even afraid to be in the match with Lesnar. But every time he jumps off the ropes it might be the last time, so the word afraid is not in his vocabulary.
Heyman says he must have gotten his education in Kansas – where Raw is tonight. Heyman then offers Ricochet a lesson, Brock is hungry and Ricochet is lunch meat, so head on back where he came from. Ricochet says that isn’t going to happen because the Royal Rumble is his ticket to WrestleMania. Ricochet says he isn’t afraid to get in the ring with Brock, so he does just that. Ricochet then says he also isn’t afraid to challenge Brock to a fight. Lesnar laughs and walks past Ricochet and leaves the ring.
Ricochet asks Brock if he’s scared, so Brock stops, gives Heyman his title, and gets back in the ring. Brock comes face-to-face with Ricochet and kicks him in the gonads. Brock grabs the microphone and says “not scared”. Then leaves.
Charly Caruso interviews Randy Orton backstage and asks him how he responds to facing Drew McIntyre tonight, a man whom many think can win the Rumble. Orton says Drew is a hell of a guy and a hell of a talent, with one hell of a chop. But he’s not on par with the viper, the man who can strike at any given moment with the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment…R…K….O.
*Commercial Break*
Randy Orton Vs. Drew McIntyre
The bell rings and they lock-up, with Drew forcing Randy to the corner. They separate and circle before Drew takes a headlock. Drew gets shot-off but drops Orton with a shoulder tackle. Orton rolls from the ring and McIntyre goads him to get back inside.
They lock-up again and this Orton drops McIntyre. They come face-to-face and talk some trash before McIntyre lifts Orton and drives him into the corner. Drew chops Orton in the chest and Orton just stares into space. McIntyre whips Orton to the opposite corner but Randy bounces out with lariat.
Orton clotheslines Drew from the ring, then back drops him on the barricade twice. McIntyre shoves Orton into the ring post, then looks to hit a Claymore Kick but inadvertently hits a WWE official sitting in the timekeeper’s area. Drew just throws his hands up and laughs.
*Commercial Break*
We return to find Drew on the top rope, goading Orton to get to his feet. He jumps off but gets caught with a dropkick in mid-air and both men are down. They trade shots as they get to their feet, and McIntyre lands a few more wicked chops, only for Orton to respond with an eye poke. Randy tosses McIntyre to the apron and hits the draping DDT.
Orton rallies and looks for the RKO but instead receives a Glasgow Kiss. McIntyre throws Orton with an overhead belly-to-belly for a near-fall, then hits a deadlift suplex and kips-up. McIntyre takes to the corner and counts down to the Claymore Kick, but instead he gets caught with a powerslam for a near-fall. Orton gets Drew on the top rope and hits a superplex. From out of nowhere, AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson run down and attack McIntyre.
No contest
The O.C. beat on McIntyre until Orton comes in with a chair and hits them with it until they leave. We’re left with Orton and McIntyre and Randy acts like he might hit Drew with it, but instead throws it aside and calls him one tough son of a bitch. Orton turns to leave…but then hits an RKO.
Orton makes his way up the ramp but McIntyre grabs a microphone and shouts that he should have hit him with a Claymore. That’s on him. But he prays to Sunday that they meet in the Rumble, because he will kick his head off his shoulders. Then he will win the Royal Rumble and he will main event WrestleMania.
Charlotte Flair is interviewed backstage and says she isn’t afraid to face anyone. Becky Lynch appears beside her, smiles, then walks off. Flair says “yes, even her”. She says last year she was eliminated by Lynch, who wasn’t even meant to be in the match. This year she will eliminate everyone who stands in her way.
*Commercial Break*
The Raw Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch, is in the ring. She says last week Asuka did her a favour. She made her see things more clear than ever. Maybe it’s Asuka who should be doubting herself, and maybe that explains why she’s been sneak attacking her. And yes, she did beat her at the Royal Rumble last year, but who won in the end? Lynch says she went on to be the biggest thing in the business, while Asuka went on to YouTube to make soup.
Becky Lynch Vs. Kairi Sane W/Asuka
The match gets underway and Kairi spanks herself, then dances, but Becky responds with a throat punch that sends Sane outside the ring. Becky follows-up with a baseball slide. Lynch grabs Sane but Asuka distracts her, allowing Kairi to his a chop block. Sane gets in the ring and Asuka hits Lynch in the leg while the referee is distracted.
*Commercial Break*
Sane has Becky in a submission when we return, and Asuka is sitting on the ring post, watching the action. Lynch fights up and delivers a back heel. They trade shots on their knees, up to their feet, and Becky drops her with a series of lariats. Sane comes back and his a flying forearm from the middle rope for a two-count.
Becky hits a kick to the gut, then a reverse DDT. Lynch climbs to the middle rope and hits a leg drop for a two-count. Becky looks for the Dis-Arm-Her but Sane reverses with a roll-up but Lynch powers out.Becky lifts Sane for a suplex but Sane counters with a DDT. Sane hits the ropes but Becky sidesteps her and delivers a kick and knocks her to the floor.
Becky hits a flying forearm off the apron, then puts Sane back inside. Becky punches Asuka off the ring post, then forearms Sane, hits a Bexploder, and kicks her down before locking in the Dis-Arm-Her for the submission win.
Winner: Becky Lynch
As soon as the bell rings, Asuka runs in and clocks Becky with a shining wizard. Asuka starts choking Becky with the Asuka Lock but the referee pulls her off. Asuka drops Becky with a head kick then leaves with Kairi.
*Commercial Break*
