WWE Monday Night RAW Results for January 18, 2021
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We go right to a video with Randy Orton, who is wearing an old school lucha-style mask on his face to cover the burns suffered in the fireball attack by Alexa Bliss last week. Orton talks about fire and about how he held Bliss’ fate in his hands three weeks ago. On the big screen we see a replay of Orton holding the match over Bliss three weeks ago at the end of the show. );
We see Orton standing in an empty ring now. He talks about how his hate was redirected to the next lamb, Triple H, until Bliss had to interrupt during last week’s match. And now look at me, Orton says. This is the damnation he receives for showing compassion to Bliss before? Orton says he hasn’t been able to sleep because all he sees is the fireball coming at his face when he closes his eyes. We see a replay of last week’s fireball attack. Orton’s skin that is visible in the holes of the mask looks burnt and chapped. Orton go
Superstar Spectacle To Air On The WWE Network Next Week
WWE Superstar Spectacle will air next Tuesday on the WWE Network.
WWE confirmed today that the two-hour special TV event for India will also air on the WWE Network next Tuesday morning at 9:30am ET.
As noted, Superstar Spectacle will air in India at 8pm IST on Tuesday, on Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 3, and Sony MAX. The show is being taped tomorrow from the WWE ThunderDome at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, with commentary done in English and Hindi.
WWE still has not announced matches for Superstar Spectacle, but the following Superstars have been announced to appear:
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre has returned to the ring for the first time following his COVID-19 diagnosis two weeks ago. The champion s condition was revealed as he continued to appear on Raw by taping segments from home while quarantined. While his status for Royal Rumble wasn t seen as in peril, whether or not he could appear for WWE s Superstar Spectacle tapings today was.
However, McIntyre was able to return to the ring today to film the big show for the India market. McIntyre teamed with Indus Sher to take on his longtime friend Jinder Mahal and the Bollywood Boyz.
The Superstar Spectacle will premiere on the WWE Network on Tuesday morning at 9:30 am Eastern. It will also air at 8:00 pm IST on Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 3, and Sony MAX in India.
Adam Pearce Explains Why Some WWE Superstars Can Declare Their Royal Rumble Spots
There’s been a lot of online chatter this year about how random WWE Superstars have “declared” their spots for the WWE Royal Rumble Matches. Superstars like Randy Orton have announced their spots, while others like Drew Gulak have been denied when they tried to do the same.
WWE official Adam Pearce took to Twitter this evening and addressed the Rumble Match declarations.
“It’s actually pretty simple: Those that have been granted the ability to simply declare entry into the Royal Rumble by management are free to do so. Those that haven’t must qualify. I don’t write the rules, I enforce them. [man shrugging emoji,” he wrote.