WWE Monday Night Raw, on January 13, 2025, was held in San Jose, California in the SAP center. This venue has hosted WWE events 22 times and also hosted the 1998 Royal Rumble won by Stonecold Steve Austin.
The night started with CM Punk entering the ring after his win last Monday. He thanked all the firefighters helping in LA and spoke about his former injury and his WWE return. He then called out John Cena to tell him that he intends to beat him at Royal Rumble this February in Indianapolis.
Punk’s speech was cut off by Seth Rollins entering, claiming that he would win the Royal Rumble. Drew McIntyre, having a long history with both Rollins and Punk, threatened Rollins with a fight. McIntyre, however, said they all need to look out for Roman Reigns as he was, “playing chess while every other idiot is playing checkers.” He left, saying that he will see both Rollins and Punk at the Royal Rumble.
The first fight of the night was between Chad Gable and a secret luchador, who turned out to be Penta. The fast paced fight ended with Penta using a Sacrifice and the Penta Driver to pin Gable.
WWE Monday Night Raw then cut to Judgement Day and Liv Morgan talking backstage. Dom offered Liv a bouquet of roses to apologize for betraying her when Rhea won the women’s heavyweight championship last Monday. Liv claimed she was not mad, although she obviously was.
The next fight was between Sheamus and Ludgwig Kaiser. The fight ended with a Sheamus win. Bron Beaker followed Shamus’s win with a threat for another fight.
World heavyweight champion, Gunther, was interrupted by Jay Uso who was threatening to take his world heavyweight champion title.
The next fight was between Lyra Valkyria and Dakota Kai for the women’s intercontinental championship. Valkyria left the fight with the win.
Following Valkyria’s win, The Miz and Sami Zayne began their fight. Zayne made quick work of The Miz and left with the win.
Next, Rhea Ripley showed off her women’s championship belt in the ring. While on the mic, she was interrupted by Nia Jax, who began to threaten Ripley, Bayley and Tiffy’s titles. Bailey jumped into the ring following a jab against Bailey’s hometown by Jax. Jax pushed both Rhea and Bailey, leading to a tag team fight against Jax by Ripley and Bailey until he was kicked out of the ring.
The final fight of the night was a street fight between former tag team champions turned enemies, Damian Priest and Finn Balor. Balor was put onto a stretcher after a broken arrow from the stands. Priest attacked Balor while he was on the stretcher, leading to a fight between Balor, his goons, and Priest. World Tag Team champions, War Raiders, came out to assist against Priest. The night ended with a win by Damian Priest.