WWE Monday Night Raw 1/12/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 1/12/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/wwe-monday-night-raw-152026.html

This aired at 2PM.

We are in Dusseldorf, Germany. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky come out to talk. RR says they put The Kabuki Warriors in their place and says we are looking at the new WWE Women's Tag champs. Iyo says Asuka and Kairi have no respect but they beat the respect into them. Iyo says no one is ready for Rhiyo. 

Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez come out. Liv says they wanted to congratulate them and asks the crowd for another round of applause. Liv says Rhiyo's tag titles belong to them. Liv says she never lost her title and says they can do things the easy way or the hard way. 

Bayley and Lyra Valkyria come out. Bay says Liv didn't lose the tag titles but Perez did. She says she beat Perez on Raw and says if anyone deserves a title shot, it's Bay and Lyra. Everyone argues. The Kabuki Warriors come out and pull Rhiyo out. Everyone fights. Rhiyo get the edge and send the other teams out.

AJ Styles is interviewed by Jackie Redmond. AJ said he learned it's about respect when he comes here. He says him and Cena bonded over respect and Gunther disrespects Cena weekly. He says he slapped Gunther as Cena couldn't. He says he will teach him that respect is a hill worth dying on. He says he will make him tap out like a little b!tch.

Liv and Perez ask if Finn Balor saw what they did. He's too busy playing video games. Liv asks what he's doing. She asks if him wanting to carry them on his back was all talk. She asks what he's waiting for and says it's time to stop playing games.

Je'Von Evans vs Bravo Americano

Bravo takes him down. They get up and Bravo bows at him. Bravo slaps him and hits him from behind. Bravo misses a leg lariat on the ropes and is crotched. Evans slaps him down. Evans flying headscissors him  then seated springboard headscissors him. Evans dropkicks him. Grande and Rayo Americano distract the ref and Evans gets enzugiri'd.

Bravo pounds on Evans. Cole says he heard Bravo has family in Germany. Bravo tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Evans. Bravo headbutt drops Evans and chinlocks him. Evans punches him. Evans flying forearms him and corkscrew kicks him off the ropes. Evans suicide dives him outside.

Evans flying knees Bravo for 2. Evans superkicks him. Bravo reverse airplane spins him and drops him off of it. They go up top and Evans hits a top rope spanish fly. Evans hits a double jump os cutter and wins.

Thoughts: A win is a win but Bravo isn't exactly top opposition. This was fine. The announcers definitely tried to hint about who Bravo and Grande are for unknown reasons. 

Grande hits Evans after and throws him over the commentary table. Evans gets on the rail, jumps over Grande and runs.
 
Adam Pearce talks to a ref in the back then talks to Paul Heyman. Adam tells Paul to tell Bron Breakker to go home when he shows up with bad intentions. Paul says he will know let him know if he shows up with bad intentions.

CM Punk comes out to talk. He says he won't ever be tired of being champ and will plan on being champ forever. He says that doesn't mean it'll happen though. Punk says The Road to Wrestlemania goes through him. He says it's time to look forward to doing champ stuff. He says he looks forward to seeing who his next challenger will be.

Finn Balor comes out. Finn says he's not waiting for The Rumble or  The Chamber. He said Punk named him as someone he'd want to face. Punk says he did and says that was 2 months ago. He asks where his ambition was and asks where he has been. Punk asks if Finn is going to try to pick his bones. Punk asks if he would be wrestling Finn or Finn and The Vision. Punk says he's a fan of Finn Balor. Punk says he will get his boots on and they will do this tonight.

Finn says he knows time is everything. Finn says he's not jumping the line to face him. He says anyone who has watched knows the line start at him. Finn says you don't have to worry about Dom or JD, but he won't be alone. Finn says we are in Belfast next week and there will be a new Irish champ. Punk says he's on and apologizes to the fans in Belfast who have to watch him put Finn to sleep with a GTS. he says he will stand on his chest with them saying the champ is still CM Punk.

#1 Contender's to the Women's Tag Titles - The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) vs  The Judgment Day (Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez) vs Bayley and Lyra Valkyria

Asuka, Bay and Liv try pins to start. Bay corner spears Liv. Asuka hits a flying lariat + bulldog combo for 2. Lyra takes a double kick from Sane and RP. Sane rolls Lyra int oa facekick from RP. RP is swept and dropkicked. Sane's feet are banged off RP's head. Sane does a headscissors headlock takeover combo. Sane flying lariats RP in the corner. Lyra northern lights suplexes Sane for 2. Lyra dropkicks Rp through the ropes. Liv kicks Lyra off the apron and stomps her. The girls fight outside and Sane flying elbows 3 of them.

We go to break and return. Bay stunners Asuka over the middle rope. Asuka codebreakers Bay and is hit with a running knee. Lyra crossbodies RP and hits strikes on Liv. Lyra spinning heel kicks Sane then step up enzugiri's RP for 2. 

Bay backdrops Asuka. We get a tower of doom spot with Sane getting double superplexed down. Asuka germans Liv and RP. Asuka germans Bay and Lyra at the same time. Asuka headkicks Bay. Lyra is held for a top rope elbow from Sane. We get some quick action. Sane's 2nd rope crossbody is caught by Lyra. Sane takes a backbreaker and a top rope diving elbow drop for 2. Lyra plancha's Asuka and RP code red's Bay.

RP hits mounted shots on Sane. RP boots Sane off the ropes. Liv hits oblivion and pins Sane to win.

Thoughts: Everyone could be heard calling spots and talking to each other early which was bad. It was a bit messy as expected and ended a lot quicker than I expected. I was a bit surprised they are moving on from The Kabuki's vs Iyo and Rhea already.

Becky Lynch does a video. She says she beat Maxxine Dupri clean last week and she's getting a rematch. She says it took her 2 months to get a rematch. She says she will take the lemons and make lemonade. She say she will prove why she is the greatest women's wrestler of all time. She says she hopes Max enjoyed her time in the spotlight as it ends next week and she will say goodbye to the big time.

Jackie interviews Alpha Academy. Max says she's disappointed about losing to Becky. She says she became champ and proved she belong. She says she finally believed in herself. She says Otis and Tozawa can do it too and are capable of big things. Max says Becky had to cheat to beat her. She says she will break Becky's ankle next week.

Michael Cole interviews Raquel Rodriguez in the entrance way. Cole says they have known each other a long time. Cole says he always said she would be a world champ. He says he's surprised she attacked Vaquer from behind and asks why she did it. RR says she remembers too. She says things and people change. She says Cole had a front row seat to her getting cheated out of the title. RR says to feel sorry for Vaquer but she will not stop until she gets her 1v1. She says when she stands as champ, then you can feel sorry for Vaquer.

Vaquer comes out in a boot with officials trying to stop her. She says this won't stop her and talks in Spanish. RR then nails her as expected. RR bangs SV's injured foot off the floor and whips her foot with the belt.

Jey Uso talks on the phone in the back to Jimmy Uso. Otis and Akira Tozawa come in. Otis says they saw Jey call out the tag division. Otis asks for a piece. Jey says they are boys and he was talking about everyone else. He says he doesn't want to do them like that. Otis says he's serious. Jey says he will talk to Jimmy and get back to him. He says they are stepping in the ring with the best tag team in the game.

The Vision (Austin Theory and Bronson Reed) vs Penta and Dragon Lee

Logan Paul is with the heels. Penta and Austin go at it. Austin drop down and is walked on. Penta hits chops. Penta flying headscissors him. Penta slingblade facebusters Austin. Austin then kind of does a big boot into a foot press. Reed misses a corner splash. Lee hits combinacion cabron and Penta handstand pendulum dropkicks Bron in the corner for 2.

Lee flying headscissors Reed into the corner. Lee enzugiri's Reed. Lee's top rope crossbody is caught and Reed slams him down. Reed gorilla press throws Lee into the buckles. Austin then drops Lee with a forearm outside. 

We go to break and return. Austin rolls into a dropkick on Lee then Reed samoan drops Lee. Austin hits corner shots on Lee and snap suplexes him. Lee superkicks Reed then Reed hits a short arm lariat. Lee ddt's Reed. Penta is tagged in and hits lariats on Austin. He goes up and over him with a backcracker for 2. Penta superkicks Austin. Austin takes a double superkick over the top. Lee tope con hilos Austin and Logan Paul outside. Bron Breakker then runs over Lee with a spear for the DQ.

Thoughts: They didn't get a ton of time for this. What we got was okay but nothing too special. The finish was lame as Lee doesn't exactly need protected.

Bron spears Penta in the ring after.  Bron runs around the ring. Adam Pearce comes down and tells him not tonight. He tells him it's not happening. Bronson Reed top rope splashes Penta while Adam yells at Bron. Adam then yells at Reed. Bron spears Lee. Adam grabs Bron and yells at him. He says he's tired and sick of this sh!t. Bron grabs Adam by the neck and The Vision stop Bron. Bron yells in his face. Adam yells at Paul Heyman and says to get Bron out of here.  Adam yells at The Vision as they walk up the aisle to the back. 

Lee and Penta are looked at in the back. Je'Von Evans asks if they are okay and says to let him know if they need anything.

The Vision are in the back and Adam yells at Bron as he goes to leave. He says Bron hasn't learned a d@mn thing. He says Bron can have time to think about it as he is suspended indefinitely. Heyman says that was a big mistake. Adam says it was the biggest mistake of his career. Heyman says Adam's the one who made the mistake and says Adam but his hands on Bron first.

We get an Oba Femi video.

Gunther is interviewed. He says how dare AJ slap him? He says it was disrespectful to the great wrestler in the company and the man who made Cena tap out like a little b!tch. Gun says if he's capable of doing that to the GOAT, AJ shouldn't worry about respect but what will happen to him when the bell rings.

Gunther vs AJ Styles

AJ hits a leg kick. AJ wristlocks him. Gun is kicked in the leg and goes out. Gun waistlocks AJ. AJ leg kicks him. Gun side headlock takeovers him. Gun side headlocks him. AJ hits a leg kick and a chop, sending Gun out. AJ slingshot forearm's Gun outside. 

AJ is backdropped on the apron. Gun euros him outside. AJ knees him from the apron. AJ hits leg kicks. Gun hits a hard lariat. AJ hits chops. AJ boots him out of the corner then is chopped down to the floor.

We go to break and return. Gun chops AJ down. Gun running lariats AJ. AJ dropkicks him in the knee and low flying forearms him. AJ dragon screws him three times. AJ hits a flying corner lariat and pele kicks him. AJ rolls him into a calf crusher. Gun then rope breaks.

AJ goes to slingshot and is chopped down. Gun sleepers AJ over the ropes and AJ dragon screws him. AJ springboard flipping legdrops Gun's leg. AJ springboards and is caught with a grounded sleeper. AJ misses a pele kick and Gun running lariats him. Gun hits a big powerbomb for 2. 

Gun tells AJ to slap him now and then slaps AJ. They trade chops for forearms. AJ calf crushers him. Gun bangs AJ's head off the mat to break it. Gun dropkicks him and AJ does another calf-crusher. AJ lets go of the hold for some reason as he thought Gun tapped. The ref tells him Gun didn't tap (in the replay, he did tap out on AJ's hip where the ref couldn't see). AJ goes up to Gun and is low blowed. Gun hits a big powerbomb and pins AJ.

Thoughts: It was a solid match with AJ working the leg. AJ thought he had it won and let go of the hold then Gun low blowed him and won. AJ did look like a bit of a dummy though for letting go of the hold before the bell rang though. I guess it works but AJ (and Dragon Lee) just lost to The Uso's, so it's not like they are protecting him.

Overall thoughts: It wasn't the most interesting Raw. I'd say the stars weren't wrestling but let's be honest - Raw has very few stars. We only had 4 matches here and 2 of them had funky finishes. Finn Balor is challenging for the title next, Bron Breakker is suspended and Vaquer got injured some more. I am curious to see if we get an AJ/Gunther rematch, as we probably should. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it. I thought it was just average.