WWE RAW Results January 15th 2018, Latest RAW winners and video highlights
RAW returned to the venue of WrestleMania 32, the AT&T Centre, for what was a very important episode for the men and women in red.
With Royal Rumble fast approaching, WWE needed to up the ante in terms of storyline progression and stacking up the card of the first big PPV of 2018 was the main agenda. The Creative delivered the goods on last week's episode and the momentum was expected to be continued.
But did they offer a solid follow up? Check out this week's results and highlights below and make a judgment for yourself:
Opening segment
Braun Strowman opened this week's show to a massive reaction. He took the mic and shared a short story. The moral of the story was that the Monster Among Men was destined to walk out of the Rumble as the new Universal Champion.
Kurt Angle's music hit and the fans erupted yet again. The RAW GM came out flanked by a handful of security guards and looked to dish out punishment to Strowman for his destructive actions from last week.
Angle was in no mood to pander to the crowd as he got down straight to business and addressed Strowman's hellacious beatdown of Lesnar and Kane from last week. Angle termed what Strowman did as reckless and something that could have even hurt the fans. Strowman retaliated by saying that he does whatever he wants, wherever he wants and he doesn't need anyone's approval.
Angle then dropped a bombshell by removing him from the Royal Rumble title match and indefinitely firing him. He was then escorted out of the arena by the security and boy oh boy, he looked like a matured volcano waiting to explode. One of the guards got a little too touchy and didn't realize he'd written his own death wish in the process. Strowman rag-dolled the entire security team and vowed to destroy everyone. EVERYONE!
A monstrous storm was the predicted forecast for the night. Now that's how you kick off Monday Night RAW!