The Self-Serving Succubus

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!