WWE Raw Day 1 Report – The Rock appears and mentions “head of the table”; Rollins defends against McIntyre

Michael Cole and Wade Barrett were in the ring and welcomed everyone until 2024.

Nia Jax defeats Becky Lynch When Lynch tried to do something from the middle rope, but Jax caught him with a mid-air punch to the face. Jax followed up with the Annihilator for the win. Becky bled from her mouth.

Cody Rhodes leaves They welcomed us to the first day of Raw. He admitted that he was stuck on Shinsuke Nakamura. He wanted to give Nakamura a chance to finish this tonight and invited him to the ring.

Nakamura appeared on the screen. Nakamura said he doesn't think it will be easy to get to Rhodes' head and hopes this is the end of his story. Rhodes' story doesn't end tonight because he wants to give American Nightmare another week to dream. Nakamura will finish his story next week and put an end to his book.

Kofi Kingston and Jey Uso defeated Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci By stopping the referee when Vinci legitimately got out of Kofi's kick. The ringside doctor examined Vinci and the camera panned to Jey and Kofi (away from Vinci).

(Vince is said to be fine despite what happened.)

Miz TV He introduced Judgment Day but after a delay, only R-Truth entered. JD McDonagh and Dominik Mysterio are interrupted. Everyone insults each other, which leads to:

The Miz and R-Truth defeated Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh After the skull crushing finale on McDonagh.

There was a video of Kayden Carter and Katana Chance partying at a nightclub . Chelsea Green and Piper Niven crashed the party, but Carter and Chance wouldn't let them ruin it. They threw a drink in Green's face and continued to celebrate. They picked up their belts at the club.

Rhea Ripley defeated Ivy Nile To retain the Women's World Championship in a good fight after the tide.

Samantha Irvin announced the return of the former WWE Champion: Jinder Mahal's music plays, and he comes out to the ring. Mahal said they shouldn't be disappointed and reminded us that there were only 50 champions in WWE and he was one of them, and he was at the top of that list. Mahal referenced Iron Sheikh before speaking about social media and misinformation. Mahal spoke in Punjabi and the crowd booed him.

The rock is out The crowd erupted and Rock entered as the crowd chanted his name.

Rock said Mahal was right about one thing: he was not the Iron Sheik. Rock expressed his respect to Shiki before making an impression on him. He said that if the sheikh was there he would wonder who the useless son of a bitch Jabroni was.

Rock said that people didn't like Mahal because he wasn't funny. If it's a rock movie, it's Baywatch. Rock said that Mahal called America a joke, but it was not a joke to him or to these people. Rock did what he did on SmackDown weeks ago, leading each side of the crowd in singing “Day One” and “Do#chebag.” They accepted it out loud. Rock also sang a song about there being no balls in a store.

Rock threatened to kick his ass, so he attacked Rock's shop first. Rock defended himself with fists, a Spinebuster and a People's Elbow

Before leaving, Rock said he was hungry. He asked the San Diego crowd whether he should eat and sit at a booth, at the bar, or “at the head of the table,” causing those in attendance to revolt.

Oh. for me. Machine.@the rock You just delivered an absolute mic drop #RawWrestling! pic.twitter.com/TKMfwDiHa5

– WWE (@WWE) January 2, 2024

Zoe Stark and Shayna Baszler defeated Natalya and Tegan Nox

In the main event, Seth Rollins retained the World Championship against Drew McIntyre. A massive fight ends when Damian Priest comes out with Dominik and hits Rollins in the head with the briefcase without the referee seeing it. He was about to activate the briefcase but Drew hit the priest with a Claymore before he got out.

Back in the ring, McIntyre hit a Claymore on Rollins but his foot was on the rope. Shortly after they returned to the Suburbs Drew was going to throw him over the table, but Rollins reversed that and hit Pedigree on him. Shortly after they return to the ring where he hits the Curb Stomp for the victory.

Cash inflows?!?#RawWrestling pic.twitter.com/SuelnxKn8m

– WWE (@WWE) January 2, 2024