The eradicator and the Women’s World Chanpion Rhea Ripley took to the ring on the Jan. 15 Raw to claim her top spot.
Ripley says she is tired of people like Nia Jax running their mouths and claiming that it is their division. Ripley says this is her division which is why she has the championship. She then sends out a warning for anyone who wins the Rumble match to not waste it on her at WrestleMania because Mami is always on top.
Enter Becky Lynch.
Lynch makes her way into the ring and while she speaks the two circle around each other. The Man explains how both of them have had similar journeys. Both coming from foreign lands to become the best and top of the mountain. She says she holds one thing over Ripley and that is she has main evented WrestleMania, Ripley hasn’t. Sticking that knife in deep when Ripley and Charlotte Flair weren’t given the main event spot last year.
Lynch takes a moment and says that she believes Ripley may be better than her! So she will just have to win the Rumble (for a second time) and face Ripley at Mania. Ripley says there is one other person who wishes Lynch is going to win the Rumble and that is her.
Outside of this promo on Raw, two tag team matches took place.
- Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell def. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven
- Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark def. Natalya & Tegan Nox
The division is fighting to get a title shot and Chelsea Green complains to Adam Pearce that the referee last week wasn’t competent. That she clearly had the tag match won.
Pearce responds and says that she and Piper Niven would have to still earn another rematch by taking on Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell. A promo was shown for LeRae and Hartwell saying 2024 will be their year and they will become champions.
LeRae would get the pin on Green to win the match.
To set up the next tag match, Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler were having words with the champions Katana Chance and Kayden Carter backstage. Stark and Baszler seem to think they will be the next champions and end the party reign. The champs say the party isn’t over until they say it is. They will first defend against Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn on this Friday’s SmackDown. Nattie and Nox enter the segment and challenge Baszler and Stark to a rematch.
The match was won by Baszler who made Nattie tap out to the Kirifuda Clutch.
Baszler and Stark had some words with LeRae and Hartwell on Raw Talk.
Lastly, a match took place between Akira Tozawa w/ Maxxine Dupri vs. Ivar w/Valhalla. A match that could have easily been a mixed tag but wasn’t. However, it did get the women involved as Dupri distracted Ivar so that Tozawa won the match. Post match, Tozawa and Dupri celebrated but Valhalla took out Dupri! This also had Ivar finish off Tozawa with a splash.
Backstage, the Alpha Academy was trying to regroup as Ivy Nile was livid. She said she would go talk to Pearce. And next week we will have Ivy Nile vs. Valhalla.
