This past Monday’s WWE RAW took place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Seth Rollins kicked off the show to address fans about his injury. Rollins said that he suffered a grade 2 tear of the MCL and a partially torn meniscus during the match against Jinder Mahal last week. Imperium interrupted Rollins. Gunther told Rollins that he may miss this year’s WrestleMania. The Visionary told Ring General that he would take his title into WrestleMania. Intercontinental Champion said that he would win the Royal Rumble and chose Seth Rollins as his opponent. The New Day attacked Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci as Gunther walked backstage.
The match between New Day and Imperium ended in a double count-out.
Ivy Nile defeated Valhalla.
Nia Jax came to the ring and said that she would win the Royal Rumble match. Becky Lynch and Bayley also came to the ring. All three got into a brawl. Jax got the upper hand.
Dominik Mysterio defeated The Miz.
Ivar defeated Chad Gable.
Cody Rhodes and CM Punk met face-to-face in the ring ahead of the Royal Rumble match. Punk told Cody, “I didn’t have the famous dad. My father was blue-collar, my father was just a regular guy, he was an electrician, which makes it kind of ironic. I’m more of the American Dream than you are.” In response, Cody said, “Everything that you spoke about [in the Pipebomb] I literally did. So where you talked, I walked and what is actually ironic, that makes me more CM Punk than you.”
Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark defeated Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae in a Tag Team match.
In the main event, Drew McIntyre defeated Damian Priest.
According to Nielsen via SpoilerTV, the January 22nd episode of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.686 million viewers on USA Network and did a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
| Hour | Viewers | 18-49 demo |
| First | 1.706 million | 0.55 |
| Second | 1.721 million | 0.58 |
| Third | 1.630 million | 0.51 |
WWE RAW viewership & ratings for the past few weeks
| Episode of WWE RAW | Viewership | 18-49 demographic |
| January 22 | 1.686 million | 0.55 |
| January 15 | 1.419 million | 0.45 |
| January 8 | 1.464 million | 0.44 |
| January 1 | 1.751 million | 0.60 |
| December 25 | 698,000 | 0.18 |
| December 18 | 1.562 million | 0.47 |
| December 11 | 1.467 million | 0.47 |