{"id":92382,"date":"2020-01-27T14:10:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=92382"},"modified":"2020-01-27T14:10:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:10:28","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-1-27-royal-rumble-fallout-whats-next-for-first-time-rumble-winners-becky-collects-one-last-debt-liv-vs-lana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/01\/27\/wwe-raw-primer-1-27-royal-rumble-fallout-whats-next-for-first-time-rumble-winners-becky-collects-one-last-debt-liv-vs-lana\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 1\/27: Royal Rumble Fallout, What\u2019s Next for First-Time Rumble Winners, Becky Collects One Last Debt, Liv vs. Lana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2167910701\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER<br \/>\nSAN ANTONIO, TX. AT THE AT&amp;T CENTER<br \/>\nJANUARY 27, 2020<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Tom Phillips, Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Royal Rumble Results Pertinent to Raw<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrade defeated Humberto Carrillo to retain the U.S. Championship (kickoff show)<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Flair wins the women\u2019s Royal Rumble.<\/li>\n<li>Becky Lynch defeated Asuka to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship<\/li>\n<li>Drew McIntyre win\u2019s the men\u2019s Royal Rumble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Arena, Top 10 Moments from Last Week, and Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<p>WWE Raw returns to the AT&amp;T Center in San Antonio, TX., the home of WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels. The arena opened in 2002 as the SBC Arena and is home to the frequent NBA Champion and playoff-appearing San Antonio Spurs. WWE has been a frequent guest with Raw, Smackdown, and PPV events including the September 2018 Hell in a Cell. That night saw the debut of the infamous red cage and featured Braun Strowman unsuccessfully challenging Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship thanks to outside interference by a returning Brock Lesnar.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top 10 moments of last week\u2019s Raw:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Raw moments: WWE Top 10, Jan. 20, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1icosvYqPg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Rumble event is now behind us and we have our winners in Charlotte Flair on the women\u2019s side and Drew McIntyre for the men. We are now on the road to WrestleMania which will feature the traditional stop at Elimination Chamber on March 8, and we have to also pay attention to Super Showdown in Saudi Arabia on February 27 as we learned last night &#x1f644;. Here\u2019s what on tap for tonight, only one advertised match, which is not surprising coming out of the Royal Rumble:<\/p>\n<h3>Matches and Segments<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Liv Morgan vs. Lana: Lashley and Rusev banned from ringside<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some more chapters in this story have been told as last week on Raw, Lana and Bobby Lashley defeated Rusev and Liv Morgan in the main event. Last night in the Royal Rumble, Lana entered at number five but was eliminated by Liv who entered at number seven. Moments later, an eliminated Lana pulled Liv out to cause her elimination (don\u2019t you love when they pull that nonsense). The two women brawled and were separated. In the men\u2019s rumble, we learned that Rusev and Lashley were unable to compete due to brawling themselves as they arrived at the arena. They were not cleared to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Liv takes on Lana with Rusev and Lashley banned from ringside. Now, these people have to really check what they do on social media. Here\u2019s Rusev retweeting Lana from last week where she talks trash. We all know they\u2019re married in real life, but obviously they are feuding on TV:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People have told me, I\u2019m not athletic, I\u2019m not a good wrestler, I\u2019m not a star, I\u2019m ugly, and I proved everyone wrong by main eventing Monday Night Raw and WINNING !!! I am a role model to children to not listen to your naysayers and passionately pursue your dreams !<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CJ Perry (@TheCJPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCJPerry\/status\/1219671434575990786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Why would Rusev retweet that? It\u2019s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things and it\u2019s likely nobody cares, but this is partly why it\u2019s hard to give this feud any real attention. I\u2019m skeptical overall about the future of Liv coming out of this. I\u2019d like to think she\u2019ll still get a push, but I have my doubts. You would think Rusev would ultimately get a win over Lashley, but I\u2019m skeptical that will happen. As far as Lana goes, she is doing her job as a self-serving heel, but we\u2019ll see if things continue once this story is all said and done.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4050940685\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Royal Rumble Fallout<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Flair and Drew McIntyre After Their Rumble Wins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last night two new wrestlers etched their names in Royal Rumble history as Charlotte Flair won the women\u2019s match and Drew McIntyre stood tall in the men\u2019s. Charlotte clocked in at number 17 and is now the third winner for the women joining Asuka and Becky Lynch who won in 2018 and 2019, respectively. She eliminated heavy favorite and former two-time NXT Champion Shayna Baszler. Drew McIntyre, once known as \u201cThe Chosen One,\u201d won after checking in at number 16. He never took his eyes off WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, who at the moment was tied up with Ricochet, who talked trash to Brock last week. Ricochet gave Brock a low blow, and Drew kicked him out of the ring. Drew then easily eliminated Ricochet, who had beaten him in the King of the Ring tournament back in September. Ultimately, Roman Reigns eliminated a returning Edge and then Drew eliminated Roman.<\/p>\n<p>Here are WWE.com exclusives with Charlotte and Drew:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlotte Flair celebrates at Royal Rumble: WWE Exclusive, Jan. 26, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2qAOEeuEIhc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre is going to WrestleMania: WWE Exclusive, Jan. 26, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A2peEtHY3qI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely tonight considering both wrestlers are on Raw, they choose their WrestleMania opponents or at the very least set the stage for how that decision will be made<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis on Charlotte: I admittedly had Baszler winning, and when my friend got to house yesterday and asked me, I pushed my chips all in on that front. To be fair though, I did give Charlotte a chance to win when I was on Wrestling Night in America last week with Greg Parks. WWE likes their big stars to have resumes and make no mistake Charlotte is one of their big stars. I don\u2019t have a problem with Charlotte winning, and they can figure out a \u2018Mania match for her without it being against Becky Lynch. There\u2019s a lot of real estate to cover between now and early April. If Baszler won, they would have been compelled to have her face Becky and would have to have her win. They may not be ready to tell that story just yet. What would you do with Charlotte? I feel like if Baszler won and challenged Becky, they would have wanted Charlotte in the match too and (yawn) made a triple threat. I\u2019m fine with what they did, but let\u2019s see what they do now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis on Drew: I\u2019m ecstatic that Drew won. It is 100 percent the right call, given how the crowd has reacted to him lately. He has everything you want in a top wrestler and is perfectly matched against Brock. I\u2019m glad they made the call to go with him and not Roman, which would have been terrible after he eliminated Edge. (I\u2019d keep that factoid in mind by the way.) It will be interesting to see the interaction with Brock and Paul Heyman going forward. Drew needs no help on the mic, but I\u2019m sure Heyman will put him over even more than he is now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Debt Collected: Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch defeats Asuka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The year has come full circle for Becky Lynch. Last year at the Royal Rumble, she unsuccessfully challenged then-Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Asuka. She then convinced Finlay, tending to an injured Lana, to enter the rumble in her place. Becky won, and went on to defeat Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey for both the Smackdown and Raw Women\u2019s Championships. She would become \u201cBecky Two Belts,\u201d but soon thereafter lost the Smackdown title back to Charlotte.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3796695099\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Asuka went on a new path, pairing with Kairi Sane and forming the Kabuki Warriors, and won the WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship. Becky, looking to become Becky Two Belts again, paired with Charlotte to challenge for the tag titles only to come up short at TLC. Becky then realized that the loss to Asuka was still hanging over her head. She challenged Asuka and defeated her last night with her signature Disarm Her to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Becky in a WWE.com exclusive:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Becky Lynch reflects on her victory over Asuka at Royal Rumble: WWE Exclusive, Jan. 26, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqWBtKZwmwQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: The story was told the way it needed to be told, and we move forward now. I hope we don\u2019t get Charlotte vs. Becky one-on-one at WrestleMania, but I do worry that they might want to do it considering they haven\u2019t had a match on the \u201cbig stage.\u201d I think something else is in mind though, and we\u2019ll see that start to unfold tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Matches and Issues from Last Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seth Rollins &amp; AOP &amp; Buddy Murphy brawled with Samoa Joe &amp; Kevin Owens &amp; the Viking Raiders. Later in the evening, Rollins &amp; Murphy won the Raw Tag Team Championship from the Viking Raiders. Murphy is now the fifth wrester with whom Rollins has won a tag team championship. Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Jason Jordan, and Braun Strowman are the others.<\/li>\n<li>Andrade retained the U.S. Championship over Rey Mysterio in a ladder match with help from Zelina Vega.<\/li>\n<li>Aleister Black won a quick squash match.<\/li>\n<li>Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre wrestled to a (no decision announced) when the O.C. got involved in the match.<\/li>\n<li>Becky Lynch defeated Kairi Sane in a non-title match enroute to her match with Asuka last night.<\/li>\n<li>Erick Rowan defeated Matt Hardy in about two minutes.<\/li>\n<li>The Singh Brothers tried to roll up 24\/7 Champion Mojo Rawley, but he wouldn\u2019t budge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Final Thoughts<\/h3>\n<p>I am excited overall coming out of what was a very good Royal Rumble PPV. The right person won the men\u2019s event. I\u2019m fine with the women\u2019s as I said, but we\u2019ll see what they do. Storylines were furthered throughout the night, at least on the Raw side, and thus tonight should be an exciting show as we now head towards WrestleMania season. One thing I can\u2019t ignore is the return of Edge. It was emotional for me, as when my wife got into wrestling around 2009, Edge quickly became one of her favorites. We were heartbroken when he retired. To see that look of genuine happiness on his face when came out at number 21 was priceless. I feel like he\u2019s one of the few people that honestly loves what he does. When he\u2019s out there, he wrestles with his heart. Whether he\u2019s a heel or a babyface, he feeds off the fans, and it\u2019s great to watch. We\u2019ll see what kind of role he has going forward.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! Thank you for reading.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1929355059\"><div id=\"pwtor-868458742\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER SAN ANTONIO, TX. 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