NEWS (1/8/24–1/9/24)
* According to Sean Ross Sapp, with Fightful Select, Sports Business Journal predicts that Amazon will land the WWE RAW TV rights.
* TNA revealed the World Tag Team Title and the Digital Media Title in the last two days.
WWE RAW (1/8/2024)
* Opening promo from Drew McIntyre
→ Interrupted by CM Punk
* Tomasso Ciampa def. Finn Bálor
* Becky Lynch backstage promo about her loss to Nia Jax
* Kofi Kingston and Ludwig Kaiser ends in a double CO
→ Post match brawl sees Kaiser take out Kofi as payback for last week against Vinci
* Interview: Michael Cole talks to Nia Jax
→ Interrupted by Rhea Ripley to a thunderous ovation
* Women’s Tag Team Title Match
KC2 def. Chelsea Green + Piper Niven
* R-Truth vignette on “The Judgment Day” - hilarious including “Tom and Nick Mysterio - I never met Nick, but he’s still my brother!”
* Backstage segment in the Judgment Day “clubhouse”
→ Priest thinks Truth is funny
→ J.D. was bent out of shape
→ Priest asking Rhea why can’t they take out Drew; Rhea says they don’t need Drew as an enemy
→ Rhea says Priest and Finn have their hands full with DIY
→ Finn says DIY are going to need MRIs, EMTs
→ Priest asking Rhea if it was wise making an enemy out of Nia; Rhea says she’ll handle it
* The Miz def. J.D. McDonough
* Seth Rollins promo interrupted by Jinder Mahal
* Ivar vs. Otis
* Backstage segment with Jey Uso + Bronson Reed
* MAIN EVENT: Cody Rhodes def. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Street Fight; after throwing Nak through a table and hitting CrossRhodes to win.
Lineup for Next Week’s RAW
* Seth defends against Jinder Mahal
* DIY vs. J.D. + Dom
* GUNTHER returns!
NXT TV (1/9/2024)
* Blair Davenport def. Nikkita Lyons
* Baron Corbin + Bron Breakker def. Gallus – NXT Men’s Dusty Classic
* Josh Briggs def. Oro Mensah
* Axiom + Nathan Frazier def. Hank Walker + Tank Ledger – NXT Men’s Dusty Classic
* Cora Jade def. Gigi Dolan
* NXT Tag Title Match: The Family vs. OTM
* MAIN EVENT: North American Title Match– Dragon Lee (c) def. Lexis King to retain; only to have Oba Femi cash-in his Breakout Tournament contract and defeat Dragon Lee to win the North American Title!
