WWE Monday Night Raw 1/19/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 1/19/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/wwe-monday-night-raw-1122026.html

This aired at 3PM. 

We are in Belfast, Ireland. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Gunther comes out. The crowd chants, "you tapped out". Gun says AJ made a mistake last week. He says he focused so much on tapping him out that he forgot he was in the ring with the best in the world. He says his future looks bright and will lead him straight back to the title. He declares himself for the Royal Rumble. 

AJ Styles comes out and interrupts. AJ says he knows Gunther wants to move on but he doesn't. AJ challenges him for the Royal Rumble.

Gun says he will win The Rumble and doesn't plan on pulling double duty, so his answer is "no". AJ accuses him of being scared. AJ says Gun didn't beat him, but he beat himself. He says Gun tapped out like a little b!tch. AJ tells him to say he's scared. Gun says there's incentive to wrestle him again and his answer is still no. 

Gun tells him to put his career on the line if he wants a match with him at The Rumble. Gun tells him to think if it's a hill worth dying on and says he expects an answer at the end of the night unless he is scared. 

Natalya and Maxxine Dupri hug in the back. Nat says she wanted to be here to make sure what happened to her with Becky doesn't happen again.

WWE Women's Intercontinental Title - Becky Lynch (c) vs Maxxine Dupri

They lock up and BL shoves her down. Max's head is banged off the buckles and BL boots her in the corner. Max thesz presses her and hits punches. Max rolls her into an ankle lock. Max dropkicks her out. Max baseball slides her through the ropes then cannonballs her off the apron. Max is neckbreakered over the top buckle.

We go to break and return. Max hits lariats. Max splashes her in the corner and hits boots. Max fisherman suplexes her then kips up. Max step up legdrops her. BL lariats her down for 2. Max armdrags her and they try pin attempts. BL double underhook suplexes her into an armbar. Max ankle locks her. BL rolls her up for 2. Max high kicks her for 2.

Max is crotched up top. They fight there. BL superplexes her and ddt's her for 2. BL pounds on her. BL takes off the top buckle and is rolled up for 2. Max germans her. Max top rope crossbodies her for 2. Max ankle locks her. 

BL misses a corner splash. Max tries a spinning high kick but misses and they go with it anyway. Max has the pin and Natalya puts NL's foot on the ropes. Max asks why she did this. BL uranage's her and pins her.

Thoughts: I figured Natalya was turning on her at some point and they did it here. Why though? If Max won, Nat could beat her and turn on her there. Instead not she turns on her and has no title shot. It was the usual Max match. Not all of her stuff hit like usual but she did try and generally had the right idea. It was acceptable.

Nat takes down Max and pounds on her. Nat stomps on her and hits mounted shots. Nat stomps on her and says she's never gonna learn.  Nat slaps her around and asks if she's gonna hit her. Max slaps her and is lariated. Nat then sharpshooters her and Max taps out. Nat pounds on her more.

Adam Pearce talks to AJ Styles in the back. Adam says AJ doesn't have to accept the challenge. AJ says he will call his wife. Paul Heyman goes up to Adam and asks how his week was. Adam says he had a great week. Adam says Bron Breakker is still suspended. Paul says he needs to get The Vision ready for their trios match tonight. Adam says they need to be on their best behavior tonight. Adam asks if Paul will be out there and Adam says so will he.

Finn Balor, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez talk. RR says Vaquer isn't cleared but when she comes back, she will beat her worse than she did last Monday. She say she will get her title match. Liv says they are all about to be champs. Liv says Perez is her prodigy and her friend. She says she will be champ. Perez says she won't let her down. Finn says they are on his island with the title on the line and he's not leaving without it.

Jey Uso talks in the crowd. He says he's declaring himself in the Royal Rumble.

The New Day and Grayson Waller talk to Adam Pearce. Kofi and Woods say they are here for The Uso's open challenge. Adam says they will get an opportunity and it'll be in a 4-way next week. The New Day aren't happy as they wanted it tonight. 

Rey Mysterio, Penta and Dragon Lee vs The Vision (Logan Paul, Austin Theory and Bronson Reed)

Adam Pearce and Paul Heyman are at ringside for this. Austin backs up Lee in the corner. Lee rolls Austin up for 1. Lee chops Austin and Austin back elbows him. Penta and LP get in. LP boots and clubs him. Penta kicks him then slingblade facebusters him. LP boots Penta out of the corner and 2nd rope blockbusters him. 

Penta superkicks LP. Penta springboards into an LP uppercut. Rey and Reed go at it. Rey upkicks him. Reed catches his crossbody. Rey goes for a bulldog and is backdropped. Austin corner lariats Rey. LP corner euros Rey. Reed corner splashes Rey. 

Austin is pushed into the corner. Penta enzugiri's Austin and Austin takes triple dropkicks in the corner. The heels are sent out. Penta and Lee do tope con hilos as Rey asai moonsaults outside. 

We go to break and return. Austin fallaway slams Lee. Reed headbutts Lee down. Reed misses a butt drop. Reed powerbomb lifts Lee into a powerslam for 2. Reed misses a senton on Lee. Austin hits Lee in the back of the head with forearms. Lee is dropped on the top rope gut first, Lee rebounds and hurricanrana's Austin off of it. 

Rey comes in and flying headscissors Austin. He hits mounted corner punches on him. Austin blocks Rey's 619. Rey headscissors Austin with Penta's help. Penta hits a made in Japan on Austin for 2. LP comes in and lariats Lee. Rey headscissors LP over the top. Rey bodyslides out and is caught and dropped throat first on the rail.

Penta and Lee hit superkicks on Reed. Lee tope con hilos Reed. Penta runs into an Austin forearm. Austin hits oblivion on him for 2. Pearce and Heyman argue on the apron. LP gives Austin knucks. The ref and Pearce see it. Pearce takes the knucks. Heyman says Pearce put his hands on his guy. Heyman says he's always touching his guys. Pearce gets mad when Heyman puts his hands in his face and backs him up. Rey punches Austin with the knucks. Penta canadian destroyers Austin and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an entertaining bout. The faces flew, we got some fun with Pearce and Heyman and there was nothing wrong with this. I don't quite love The Vision losing to people this low on the card but I guess they need something to do.

Jackie interviews CM Punk. Punk says the pressure helps him prove he's the best in the world and will help him vs Finn Balor.

Paul Heyman yells at Adam Pearce in the back and almost gets hit with a boom mic. He says he's the greatest GM Raw has seen and they will miss him when he's gone. He accuses him of threatening him. Heyman tells him to take the phone call he is getting.

Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley come out. They say they will defend the women's tag titles at SNME against Liv and Perez. She asks when they will learn that when it comes to them and Judgment Day, they are always on top. Rhea says once they beat them and retain the tag titles, they will be in the Royal Rumble match. 

Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez come out. Liv says they must be more delusional than she thought. Liv says they will take the tag titles back to the clubhouse this Saturday. Perez asks how both will enter The Rumble. Liv says Rhea will turn her back on her partner at the end of the day because she did it to her. She says her selfishness will always get the better of her. Liv says it's not her problem. Perez says they and Raquel are also entering The Royal Rumble. She says a member of Judgment Day will main event Mania.

Rhea asks how that will work. Raquel Rodriguez comes out and facekicks Rhea. Iyo is triple teamed and hit with a codebreaker and a one arm powerbomb. Rhea fights off the 3v2 and Liv hits oblivion on her. 

Bayley is flipping out in the back. Lyra Valkyria goes up to her. Lyra says it's hard to be positive. She says they started the year on a loss and aren't clicking as a team. She says she'd hate to leave but she doesn't want to feel like she let her friend down. Bay says one of them could win The Rumble and go to Mania. They ask the other if they would mind if they won The Rumble.

El Grande Americano vs Je'Von Evans

GA has Rayo and Bravo with him. GA backs him up in the corner and slaps him. GA wristlocks him. Evans headflips out and arm throws him. Evans rolls him up for 1 and sunset flips him for 2. Evans dropkicks him and Cole calls him "Kingston".

They botch something on the apron. Evans seated springboard headcissors him then dropkicks him. GA flying kicks him then stomps him. Evans is thrown out. Evans is sent into the rails. Evans superkicks him then jumps from the avoids the heels outside. Evans springboard lariats GA.

We go to break and return. Evans is down outside and the match is called off. Grande is declared the winner.

Thoughts: No rating for this as we only saw some of it and didn't see how he got injured. Hopefully he's okay. It looks like he hurt his shoulder.

Finn Balor is interviewed. He says the magnitude of tonight isn't lost on him but might be lost on the champ. He says Punk is a fighting champ but he questions his judgment. He says he's on his turf and says there will be a new Irish champ.

We get an Oba Femi video.

The Vision are in the back. Heyman talks to Adam Pearce. Adam says he wants Bron Breakker to be back next week in the interest of fairness. Adam says he wants to talk things over. Heyman says he'd want the same if he got the same phone call. Heyman says it would be his honor to have Bron here but he better be on his best behavior.

AJ Styles comes in. He says his wife was cursing on the phone and told him to kick Gunther's @ss. Adam says there's no coming back from this. Adam says it's Gunther vs AJ Styles at The Royal Rumble.

The Kabuki Warriors argue in the back. Asuka yells at her and Sane apologizes. Asuka says Sane lost their titles and it almost hurts as much as Iyo turning on her. Sane says she will make sure Asuka wins The Rumble. Asuka says not to make her yell at her again.

World Heavyweight Title - CM Punk (c) vs Finn Balor

They lock up. Punk wristlocks him. Finn is put down on the mat. Finn kips up and armdrags him. Punk headscissors him. They stand off. Finn trips him and side headlocks him. Punk leg lariats him. Punk step up knes him in the corner. Finn corner chops him.

Finn basement dropkicks him for 2. Punk backbreakers him. Punk topes him over the commentary table. We go to break and return. Punk chinlocks him. Finn hits elbows and punches on him. Punk step up knees Finn in the corner then bulldogs him for 2.

Punk chinlocks him. They trade punches. Finn pele kicks him. Punk's head is banged off the buckles. Finn hits a flurry of shots in the corner. Finn stomps him and final cut's him for 2. Finn enzugiri's him from the apron. Finn gets stuck up top and Punk superplexes him. Finn tries a pin off of it for 2.

Punk lariats Finn. Punk chops him in the corner. Finn slingblades him then lariats him over the top. Finn tope con hilos him outside. Finn john woo's Punk into the corner. Finn misses a top rope double stomp and Punk hits a GTS for 2. Punk hits elbow drops on Finn then hits mounted punches. Punk puts him in the anaconda vice. Finn slingblades him then john woo's him. Finn does another john woo and top rope double stomps him for 2. Finn counters a GTS with a cradle for 2. Punk hits a GTS and pins him.

Thoughts: It was one of Punk's better matches lately. He gave Finn a lot of offense and they did a good job of teasing that Finn could win at home. With how depleted Raw's main event scene is, I can't say Finn winning would have been a bad idea. The crowd was into it as expected and I thought it was a good match. 

Punk helps Finn up after and raises his hand. 

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show. This went almost 2.5 hours  and they only got 4 matches in which wasn't really enough. They had a lot on their plate here as SNME is this week and The Rumble is in 2 weeks. The main was the best thing on here and I liked the six-man as well. Dupri/Becky was acceptable and Natalya turned on Dupri during it. They also did a nice job in setting up AJ/Gunther for The Rumble. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as despite there being some good stuff and them doing a lot, it dragged.