WWE RAW Preview: January 21st, 2019

Last week's RAW was a lot more interesting than we anticipated! It started off with Braun Strowman losing his Universal Championship opportunity at the Royal Rumble after destroying Vince McMahon's limousine.

Ronda Rousey and Sasha Banks teamed up to face Tamina & Nia Jax, beating them. However, the post-match interview saw Sasha Banks provoke Rousey and clear tension stir up between the two.

Nikki Cross seemingly made her debut, teaming up with Ember Moon and Bayley to take on the Riott Squad. Finn Balor was announced as one of the participants of a Fatal-4-way main event to determine Lesnar's Rumble opponent, but Balor had to defend it first against Jinder Mahal, beating him despite a pre-match attack.

Before the main event, Bobby Lashley won the Intercontinental Championship. In the main event, Finn Balor pinned John Cena to become Lesnar's new Royal Rumble opponent. With the end of the recap, let's take a look at what's next on RAW this week.

#5 Finn Balor gets ready to take on The Beast

Finn Balor wasn't the favourite to face Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. In fact, Vince McMahon was clearly reluctant to put Balor in the picture, seeing that Drew McIntyre, John Cena and Baron Corbin, three physically bigger superstars were in the ring.

Balor bluntly told McMahon that he never believed in him, and showed him rather than telling him why he deserved to be in contention. He would defend his contender's spot against Jinder Mahal and in his second match of the night, had to go through three other elite superstars.

Ultimately, Balor prevailed and pinned John Cena. Cena endorsed Balor, telling him that he has another believer. With there being only one episode of RAW to the Royal Rumble, will Balor confront The Beast Incarnate?