Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for January 12, 2015. The first episode of the new year featured a lumberjack match between John Cena and Seth Rollins as well as a contract signing for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at Royal Rumble.
Be back here tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of Raw report.
WWE Raw Results:
1. Lumberjack Match: Seth Rollins defeated John Cena. The show opened with The Authority making this match, with the stipulation that if Cena could win, he’d win back the jobs of Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback. The lumberjacks were all heels and Authority cronies. Rollins won after Big Show pulled Cena out of the ring and knocked him out, then rolled him back in.
– Dean Ambrose was made to see a psychiatrist. He ended up being a psychiatrist for the psychiatrist, because jokes.
2. The New Day defeated Cesaro and Tyson Kidd. This was the Kofi Kingston/Xavier Woods combination. Kingston pinned Kidd after a backbreaker/doublestomp combination.
– Big Show cut a promo about how being a giant has privileges. Roman Reigns interrupted him and read a condescending fairy tale about how he was going to beat up the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk.
3. Roman Reigns defeated Luke Harper. Reigns pinned Harper after a spear. Reigns looked strong. After the match, Big Show attacked Reigns and knocked him out.
4. Alicia Fox defeated Naomi. The Authority made Naomi wrestle the match with one hand tied behind her back to punish The Usos. Fox won with a scissor kick.
5. The Miz defeated Jey Uso. Jey was distracted by Jimmy Uso and Damien Sandow outside the ring, allowing Miz to hit a Skull-crushing Finale and get the win.
– Daniel Bryan returned to New Orleans for the first time since winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania. He was interrupted by Stephanie McMahon, who tried to fill him with doubt and made a match for Thursday’s episode of Smackdown: Daniel Bryan vs. Kane. Bryan and Kane brawled and had to be pulled apart.
6. Brie Bella defeated Paige. Paige was distracted by Tyson Kidd at ringside, allowing Brie to roll her up. After the match, Paige slapped Tyson.
– Macho Man Randy Savage was announced as the first inductee into the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame class.
7. The Ascension defeated local talent.
8. Rusev defeated Dean Ambrose. Ambrose’s injured knee continued to get worse as the match went on, until eventually the referee called for a stoppage.
– The main event was a contract signing for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship triple threat at Royal Rumble. Cena put Lesnar through the table with an Attitude Adjustment. Rollins Curb Stomped Cena, then Lesnar.
