WWE RAW Notes: Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, & Nia Jax Declares for Men’s & Women’s Royal Rumble, Penta Makes Official WWE Debut, Wyatts Sick Moved to SmackDown, Two Titles Matches Set for 1/19 SNME, Lyra Valkyria Wins Women’s IC Title, 1/20 Card

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Jan 13, 2025

Seth Rollins & Drew McIntyre Declares for 2025 Men’s Royal Rumble

Monday’s WWE RAW show at the SAP Center in San Jose, California featured Seth Rollins officially declaring himself for the Men’s Royal Rumble match at this year’s Royal Rumble event.

During the show, CM Punk came out to the ring and talked about his victory against Rollins in the main event and his goal to win this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match and main event WrestleMania 41. This led to Rollins’ music interrupting and him coming out to the ring. Rollins grabbed a microphone and talked about how last week was his worst loss of his career and it was due to he had underestimated Punk. Rollins then stated that there is only one thing to get redemption and that is to take your WrestleMania dreams and drain them in the toilet. Rollins then officially declared himself for the Men’s Royal Rumble match.

After some more words between Rollins and Punk, McIntyre’s music played interrupting them and he came out to the ring. Following some heated banter between all three, McIntyre officially declared himself for the Men’s Royal Rumble match as well.

Rollins and McIntyre joins Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, CM Punk, John Cena, and LA Knight as those who have officially declared for this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 2025.

Penta Makes Official WWE Debut on Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured former AEW talent Penta making his official debut in WWE.

Penta was revealed to be the mystery “luchador” opponent for Chad Gable’s match on the show, which was won by Penta.

Wyatts Sick Moves to WWE’s SmackDown Brand

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured the official announcement of the Wyatt Sicks (Nikki Cross, Erik Rowan, Joe Gacy, Dexter Lumis, & Bo Dallas) being moved to WWE’s SmackDown brand.

During the show, The Miz was seen waiting outside of RAW GM Adam Pearce’s office. This led to Karrion Kross coming out and told The Miz that the Wyatt Sicks have all been moved to SmackDown. Kross then warned The Miz that he better not have had anything to do with that. This led to Sami Zayn showing up to interrupt and after some insults by The Miz, Zayn stated that he is going to ask for a match against The Miz. Zayn left leading to The Miz stating that it looks like they have to deal with Zayn. Kross responded stating he is not doing anything with this.

Wyatt Sicks’ move to WWE’s SmackDown brand is part of WWE’s on-going transfer window period for their RAW, SmackDown, and NXT brands.

WWE World Title & IC Title Matches Announced for Jan. 19th SNME Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured two new matches announced for the card of WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event show on January 25th at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The first new match announced was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match of Jey Uso vs. Gunther (c).

This match was setup following a promo segment between Gunther and Uso. Gunther talked about last week’s RAW premiere show on Netflix and how the only prize worth fighting for is the World Heavyweight Championship he holds and nobody on the RAW roster being worthy for it besides him. This led to Uso’s music playing and him coming out to the ring. Uso issued a challenge for Gunther’s title at WWE’s upcoming Saturday Night’s Main Event show, which Gunther agreed but not after delivering a series of insults at Uso mocking him for ever thinking he could be on his level and not being a real main event star unlike him. As Gunther left the ring, Uso responded stating everything Gunther said was true about him and claimed that Gunther will respect him once he beats his ass for the World Heavyweight title.

The second new match announced was an Intercontinental Championship match of Sheamus vs. Bron Breakker (c).

This match was setup following Sheamus’ victory over Ludwig Kaiser and getting into a confrontation with Breakker at ringside afterwards.

Current card for January 25th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show:

  • WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Jey Uso vs. Gunther (c)
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship – Sheamus vs. Bron Breakker (c)

Lyra Valkyria Wins WWE Women’s IC Title Tournament

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Lyra Valkyria defeating Dakota Kai in the Finals of the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament to be crowned the inaugural champion.

This was Valkyria’s first ever singles championship victory in her WWE main roster career and her second ever title victory in WWE, following the NXT Women’s Championship.

Nia Jax Declares for Women’s Royal Rumble Match on Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured SmackDown brand talent Nia Jax making a surprise appearance and officially declaring for the Women’s Royal Rumble match at this year’s Royal Rumble event, which takes place on February 1st at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

During the show, Rhea Ripley came out for her first speech since regaining the WWE Women’s World Championship on last week’s show. After some words by Ripley about her being one of the most dominant women in WWE and being the champ again, Jax’s music played to interrupt.

Jax came out to the ring and talked about how she couldn’t take this anymore and she was in the back talking to Adam Pearce about switching to RAW. Jax stated that she had to come out here to talk to Mami and she wants Rhea and everyone else to know that she will be winning the Royal Rumble. After some more insults, Jax turned her attention towards Bayley at ringside and stated that she doesn’t know what Bayley is doing here and insulted both Bayley and San Jose. Jax then stated there is only one woman at the top of this division and it is Nia Jax.  Jax stated that it is not Rhea, Tiffy, or Bayley. This led to Bayley hoping over the barricade and entered the ring leading to Bayley responding back over Jax’s insults and called her a “big dumb idiot.” This led to a brawl breaking out between Jax, Bayley, and Ripley that ended with Jax getting sent out of the ring and Bayley and Ripley standing tall.

Current Card for Next Week’s Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured two new matches and an appearance by WWE Hall of Famer JBL announced for next week’s show on January 20th in Dallas, Texas.

These matches were setup following promos, storyline angles, and match card graphics throughout the show.

Current card for January 20th WWE RAW show:

  • Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre
  • New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) returns to action
  • JBL to appear
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