WWE RAW Live Coverage - January 26th, 2026
Bron Breakker to discuss his suspension with Adam Pearce
Bron Breakker will meet with Raw General Manager Adam Pearce to discuss his suspension. What does Breakker have in store for RAW before the Royal Rumble?
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— Michael Cole and Wade Barrett greet audiences at home as AJ Styles makes his way to the ring.
Styles welcomes fans to Raw, then addresses GUNTHER and says he's claiming to end his career on Saturday. He says 2026 will be the year that he retires, then says John Cena showed him that it can take a year to say goodbye. He says there's no reason for 2026 not to be the year of AJ Styles, then says there's men in locker rooms across the world he wants to wrestle. He adds he also wants to become a World Champion one last time.
CM Punk's music hits and he makes his way out. He questions what Styles is doing by putting his career on the line this Saturday, then reminds Styles how fun it is to say things like "it's great to be alive on a Monday night". Styles questions if Punk is saying that he thinks GUNTHER can beat him, and while Punk says that's not what he's saying, Styles will never get to challenge him for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Styles says he knows he can beat both GUNTHER and Punk, but Punk reminds Styles that he can't challenge him for the World Heavyweight Championship again if he loses on Saturday before proposing a title match between the two of them tonight. Styles accepts Punk's offer.
— We then head to video highlights from the WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on Peacock special from Montreal this past weekend.
— Roxanne Perez, Raquel Rodriguez, and Liv Morgan then make their way to the ring. Stephanie Vaquer, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY follow.
Stephanie Vaquer, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY vs. Roxanne Perez, Raquel Rodriguez, and Liv Morgan
IYO SKY and Roxanne Perez begin the action. The bell rings and SKY slaps Perez. She takes a shot at Rodriguez from the apron, but Perez blindsides SKY and rains down right hands on her. She fires off stomps on SKY in the corner, then tags in Morgan. Morgan fires off more stomps on SKY, then tags Rodriguez back in.
Rodriguez beats down SKY in the corner, then tags in Morgan. Vaquer tags herself in and lands a dropkick on Morgan, then levels her with a clothesline and follows it up with a leg drop. She goes for a pin, but Morgan kicks out and Vaquer catches her with a suplex.
During the commercial break, Perez tags back in and jams her boots into Vaquer's throat. Morgan then tags back in and levels Vaquer with a clothesline before Rodriguez tags in and delivers a leg drop to Vaquer. Perez tags back in and steps over Vaquer back from the break, but Morgan crawls under the ring to the other side in order to pull SKY off the apron and prevent Vaquer from tagging out to her.
Rodriguez sneaks up behind Ripley when she gets in Morgan's face and sends her crashing into the ring steps. Morgan tags back in, but Vaquer delivers a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker to Morgan and tags in SKY.
SKY dropkicks Rodriguez off the apron, then ascends to the top rope and lands a missile dropkick on Perez. She delivers the Bullet Train to Perez, then ascends to the top rope and sets up for Over The Moonsault. Morgan pulls Perez out of the way, but SKY catches her with a Butterfly Backbreaker. Morgan tosses the ring skirt to Perez for her to hang onto when SKY pulls her back in the ring.
Perez and Morgan land a Codebreaker-Russian Leg Sweep combination to SKY, then tags in Ripley. Ripley delivers a Fallaway Slam to Morgan and takes out an interfering Rodriguez with a headbutt, then sends Morgan crashing into Rodriguez with a Razor's Edge. Perez sets up for Pop Rox on Ripley, but Ripley levels Perez with a lariat.
Morgan tags back in and lands a Tornado DDT on Ripley, and Vaquer delivers a crossbody to Rodriguez off the top rope and on the outside. Perez makes the blind tag in and looks to double team on Ripley with Morgan, but SKY comes to Ripley's aid. Ripley then delivers a headbutt to Perez and connects with Rip Tide on her for the win.
Winner: Stephanie Vaquer, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY
— We then head backstage, where Finn Balor tells CM Punk that he wanted to win the World Heavyweight Championship and thanks Punk for their match last week after not returning the sentiment Punk extended to him. Punk advises Balor to think about what he wants his legacy to be, then tells him to ditch Judgment Day and win the 2026 Men's Royal Rumble if he wants another title shot.
— Back at ringside, The Vision makes their way out.
Heyman introduces himself and says The Vision is here to up the star power of "Raw". He then introduces Austin Theory, Bronson Reed, Logan Paul, and Bron Breakker and says before Adam Pearce comes to the ring, they should examine why a face-to-face meeting between Pearce and Breakker is necessary before he shows several tense moments between the two men and highlights why Pearce is at fault.
Heyman calls Pearce to the ring, and as Pearce makes his way out, Heyman encourages the fans to boo him. Pearce admits that things got out of hand because he put his hands on Breakker first and says he's already put Breakker into the 2026 Men's Royal Rumble, and Heyman extends his hand to Pearce.
Pearce tells Heyman that he's a tremendous negotiator, then says Heyman is so good that Logan Paul, Bronson Reed, and Austin Theory are in the 2026 Men's Royal Rumble as well. He then makes a match between Theory and Rey Mysterio official, and Rey makes his way to the ring along with Dragon Lee and Penta.
Austin Theory (w/ Logan Paul, Bronson Reed, and Bron Breakker) vs. Rey Mysterio (w/ Penta and Dragon Lee)
The bell sounds and Theory attacks Rey on the outside. He dumps him into the ring and wears him down with a submission hold as we're in the midst of a commercial break, and Theory continues wearing down Rey when we're back from it.
Theory delivers a knee to Rey's midsection, but Rey dumps him out of the ring. As Paul, Reed, Lee, and Penta argue on the outside, Rey flies off one of the barricades with a senton to take out Theory. He slides back in the ring and dumps Theory out on the other side, but Theory sends Rey crashing into the ring steps and dumps him back inside during the commercial break.
Theory lands a backbreaker on Rey, then lands a Fallaway Slam on Rey back in the ring. Rey connects with a hurricanrana on Theory, but Theory catches Rey with a forearm as he flies off the ropes.
Rey sends Theory crashing into the ring apron with a hurricanrana, and Lee looks to land a crossbody on Reed off the apron. Reed catches him and sends him crashing into the barricade, but Penta rocks Reed with a superkick. Paul takes out Penta, but Rey levels Paul with a kick to his head through the ropes. This opens the door for Theory to deliver a Curb Stomp to Rey and pin him for the win.
Winner: Austin Theory
— After the match, Reed delivers a Tsunami to Penta. Breakker then runs over Penta with a spear.
— We then head over to a video from Natalya, where Natalya says Maxxine Dupri failed her instead of herself. She says Dupri thought she could roll like a legend as everyone else does, then says while Natalya elevates, Nattie decimates.
— We return live backstage inside the Scotiabank Arena, where cameras catch up with some chaos taking place right now. We see a furious Raquel Rodriguez is looking for Stephanie Vaquer. She finds her, and they start to brawl before officials rush to the scene to break things up. We head to a break.
— Now we shoot to a special one-on-one interview. Michael Cole sat down with Gunther earlier today and asked him why he wanted to end AJ Styles’ career. Why rob the fans of a full year of moments? Gunther says he’s sick and tired of these old timers overstaying their welcome, chasing one moment after the other.
Those moments belong to Gunther. Bill Goldberg was chasing a moment, and Gunther took it away from him. John Cena was chasing a moment for the whole year. What will they talk about? What Cean gave up in his last match against Gunther. As for AJ Styles, he has an idea of a farewell tour.
Gunther isn’t interested in Styles taking moments away from Gunther. Speaking of old timers, Cole falls into that category. How long will Cole stick around to chase another moment? Gunther could end Cole’s career right now, but he won’t.
On Saturday, he wants Cole to sit there at the Royal Rumble. He wants Cole to call that match and say, “The career of the ‘Phenomenal’ AJ Styles is over.” Gunther chuckles and says it will be great.
— Back at ringside, Jey Uso makes his way out to join the announce desk. New Day, Grayson Waller, Los Americanos, Alpha Academy, The Creed Brothers, and Ivy Nile follow.
— Back from the break, we head backstage and see Finn Balor try to get a spot in the 2026 Men's Royal Rumble from Adam Pearce. Pearce informs Balor that all 30 spots have been filled.
WWE Tag-Team Championship No. 1 Contender Match: The New Day vs. Alpha Academy vs. American Made vs. Los Americanos
Kofi Kingston and Bravo Americano begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Brutus Creed flies off the ropes to level everyone on the outside, then sends Otis crashing into the ring steps with Brutus.
Julius Creed dumps Akira Tozawa in the ring, then tags in Brutus. Brutus fires off right hands on Tozawa before Rayo Americano tags in and wears down Tozawa with a submission hold during the commercial break. Bravo tags back in and fires off stomps on Tozawa, then tags in Xavier Woods.
Woods wears down Tozawa with a submission hold back from the break, then tags in Kingston. Kingston delivers a leg drop to Tozawa, and Woods gets him in an electric chair position. Kingston delivers a moonsault to Tozawa.
Rayo tags in and immediately tags out to Bravo. Tozawa drapes Bravo off the top rope by his knees, but Brutus tags himself in and Bravo delivers an Airplane Spin to Brutus. Tozawa lands a dropkick off the middle rope to take out Bravo and Brutus.
Otis and Julius tag in, and Otis lands an elbow drop to Julius. Tozawa begins firing off right hands on Brutus, Kingston and Rayo, then levels Kingston and Brutus before taking out Rayo with a German suplex.
Tozawa flies through opposite sides of the ring to take down New Day and The Creed Brothers, then levels Kingston with a spinning kick and ascends to the top rope. Waller trips Tozawa as Woods distracts the referee, but Otis sends Waller crashing off the apron with a splash. Jey levels Waller with a superkick.
Otis sends Julius and Brutus crashing into one another, then tags in Tozawa. Tozawa then connects with a senton on Julius off the top rope for the win.
Winners and new #1 Contenders: Alpha Academy
— Backstage, we see Jackie Redmond standing by with WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch. Lynch says she had a monumental victory before adding that Redmond wouldn’t know about it. Redmond is wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jacket.
Lynch says she’s entering the Royal Rumble. From there, The Kabuki Warriros walk up. Kairi Sane says Lynch will not win the Rumble because no one is ready for Asuka. Lynch is ready for Asuka and has beaten her before. They would have won WarGames if not for Asuka.
Sane goes to relay the message, but Asuka says she heard her. Asuka says, “See you in the Royal Rumble.” Sane mugs at Lynch until Asuka shouts Kairi's name. As usual, this scares the living daylights out of Sane. From there, the segment wraps up and the show moves on.
— We see a video looking back at AJ Styles' long-awaited WWE debut ten years ago at the Royal Rumble. After the nostalgic video wraps up, we return live where we shoot backstage and see "The Phenomenal" one himself. He is warming up for his title shot tonight against CM Punk.
Before his high stakes main event showdown tonight in "The 6" against "The Best in the World," we see Styles is approached by newcomer to the scene on the WWE Raw roster, Je'Von Evans. Evans tells Styles he hopes to see him at some point on his 2026 retirement tour. We head to another break.
— We return live, where we see WWE Raw General Manager Adam Pearce is backstage, when reigning WWE Women’s World Champion "La Primera" Stephanie Vaquer walks up. She wants Raquel Rodriguez in a fight. Pearce says if she wants a fight, she’ll defend the title next week in a Philadelphia Street Fight on WWE Raw.
— The commentators run down the updated lineup for this Saturday's WWE Royal Rumble: Riyadh premium live event. We then shoot backstage, where we see Paul Heyman is on the phone in the background. Logan Paul says no one can stop them. They’re a well-oiled unit. They’re a machine of machines.
Since they have the advantage, they need to make sure that one of them leaves as the winner of the Royal Rumble. Paul says that the winner should be Bron Breakker. “Big” Bronson Reed agrees, as does Austin Theory. Paul says that is The Vision.
— CM Punk then makes his way to the ring. AJ Styles follows.
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WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk (c) vs. AJ Styles
The bell rings and the two lock up. Punk sets up for the GTS on Styles, but Styles escapes and Punk levels him with a clothesline. Styles sends Punk crashing out of the ring, then sends him crashing into the barricades spine first and dumps him back in the ring during the break.
Styles wears Punk down with a submission hold, but Punk fires off right hands on Styles back from the break. Styles levels Punk with a clothesline and a sliding right hand, then lands another clothesline on Punk in the corner. Punk sets up for another GTS, but Styles avoids it and lands a neckbreaker on Punk. The two men then teeter on the ropes, but Punk sends Styles crashing into the mat face first and lands an elbow drop on him. He goes for a pin, but Styles kicks out.
Punk cinches in the Anaconda Vice on Styles, but Styles escapes it and Punk fires off shoulders on him in the corner. Styles then sets up for the Styles Clash, but Punk uses the ropes to escape and delivers a GTS to Styles on the outside.
The referee begins a ten count, but both men beat it and Styles connects with a Styles Clash on Punk. He goes for a pin, but Punk kicks out.
Styles sets up for the Phenomenal Forearm on Punk, but Punk trips Styles and Styles rocks Punk with an enzuigiri. Finn Balor appears out of nowhere and blindsides both men, causing the disqualification.
No Contest
— After the match, Balor dumps both men out of the ring and stalks Punk on the outside. He lands a single leg dropkick and a shotgun dropkick on Punk, then dumps him in the ring and ascends to the top rope. He connects with a trio of Coup De Graces on Punk, then berates him and stands tall over him as the show goes off the air.
