WWE Raw Results, Highlights, and Grades: January 13, 2020

Viking Raiders (c) vs. Singh Brothers [Tag Match]

The Viking Raiders don’t even allow the Singh Brothers to enter the ring. They smash their heads together and squash Singh Brothers inside the ring with the Viking Experience for the three-count and the victory.

Result: Viking Raiders

Grade: 1.5/5.0 Stars

Analysis: This match was pointless. The camera then shifts to Rusev and Liv Morgan answering Bobby Lashley and Lana’s challenge. Rusev promises to crush Bobby Lashley. Liv Morgan, on the other hand, does not make promises that she can’t keep, like Lana once did. She asserts that she is the living embodiment of Lana’s karma and is an ‘honest-to-God b****.’

Becky Lynch and Asuka Raw Women’s Championship Contract Signing

Becky Lynch enters the ring and has nothing to say. Asuka comes out with Kairi Sane and speaks in Japanese to Lynch and Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler. She signs the contract. Becky Lynch signs the contract and orates ‘May the best woman win.’

Asuka then spits green mist into Lynch’s eyes and the personnel have to flush her eyes out outside the ring. Lynch grabs the mic and states: ‘When they give you money and praise and the acclaim, it’s all poison for someone who fights for a living and my veins are full for it.’

The anger Asuka has caused Becky will be used against her, for a ‘badness’ has arisen inside her. Lynch states that the ‘system’ should not try to erase her or hide Asuka from her because she is going down swinging and taking Asuka with her.

Result: The green mist turns into straight fire.

Grade: 3.0/5.0 Stars

Analysis: Of course there would not be much talking in this contract signing. However, these two superstars did what they needed to do keep it passionate and entertaining. This match at WWE Royal Rumble 2020 should an amazing evolution for both superstars, especially Becky Lynch who looks forward to maintaining the prestige of her Raw Women’s Championship just like Asuka did for her Women’s Tag Team Championship at WWE TLC last month. A United States Championship Ladder Match is then announced between Andrade and Rey Mysterio for next week’s Raw. Zelina Vega conveys in a backstage interview with Sarah Schreiber how Rey Mysterio is a criminal and a terrible example for Dominick and all of Latino heritage. Rey Mysterio responds that his parenting is not a joke and consistently references what Andrade did to Humberto Carillo. Nonetheless, Mysterio promises that he will take back the United States Championship and will deal with the consequences of the ladder match no matter what.