Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley in a signing deal on WWE Raw.
WWE Raw from Barclays Center has announced the signing of a contract between Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley. Raw also announced MizTV featuring Seth Rollins, The Miz vs. Rick Boogs, and a six-woman interpromotional tag team match pitting Elimination Chamber contestants Asuka, Carmella, and Nikki Cross against Raquel Rodriguez, Liv Morgan, and Natalya.
Last week’s broadcast of WWE Raw drew 1.866 million viewers.
WWE Raw Results February 13, 2023
- Judgment Day def. The benefits of the street
- Piper Niven beats. Michin
- Cody Rhodes beats. Baron Corbin
- Asuka, Carmella and Nikki Cross won. Raquel Rodriguez, Liv Morgan and Natalia
- Bronson Reed beats. Mustafa Ali
- Rick Boogs beats. The Miz
- Bianca Belair defeated. Bayley and Becky Lynch
WWE Raw Rankings
- February 6, 2023 | 1.866 million
- January 30, 2023 | 2.114 million
- January 23, 2023 | 2.344 million
- January 16, 2023 | 1.489 million
- January 9, 2023 | 1.693 million
- WWE Raw location: Barclays Center (New York, NY)
- WWE Raw tickets distributed: 10,470
- WWE Raw tickets available: 726
WWE Raw Winners and Ratings
Bayley, Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch Open WWE Raw
Becky Lynch fired on Bayley for never competing at WrestleMania, and that roast hit just as hard in WWE as it did in AEW.
The Elimination Chamber will be a Triple Threat match if Bayley or Becky Lynch wins in a Triple Threat against Bianca Belair. It’s a new wrinkle in the Elimination Chamber that I don’t hate.
Adam Pearce’s idea of The Elimination Chamber starting as a triple threat, to accommodate more women, is actually brilliant and understated. It also shows how heavy-handed WWE is right now if they have to squeeze Becky Lynch and Bayley into an elimination chamber.
Bayley, Becky Lynch and Bianca Opening segment grade: B+
Judgment Day def. The benefits of the street
This match opened with chants of “we want mami!” as Rhea Ripley continues to tour the world promoting WrestleMania.
Finn Balor pinned Angelo Dawkins, despite the fact that neither will be in the Elimination Chamber. Is WWE going to start another tease of a Street Profits breakup?
Edge came out to a monster pop to make the Street Profits save.
As fate would have it, Rhea Ripley showed up to attack Beth Phoenix, and although fans booed the attack, there was still vocal support for Ripley.
Profits from the street against judgment day
Signing of the contract between Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley
Similar to Batista in 2010, Bobby Lashley came out with a cavalcade of his own security, and he even added a nice touch by stepping out of his own office.
Bobby Lashley seemed legitimately amused by the chants of “Bobby’s scared!”
Lashley has honed in on his new heel performer, the only thing missing is The Hurt Business, which is set to bring together this Black History Month at Elimination Chamber.
Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley Rating: A
Piper Niven beats. Michin
Piper Niven was featured against Michin, whose momentum is directly affected by Niven’s return.
It doesn’t seem like much, but Piper Niven feels like the early favorite to win the Women’s WrestleMania Battle Royal.
Piper Niven vs. Michin Rating: C
Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn face to face
Prior to this segment, WWE cut a Baron Corbin segment to move on to something “bigger”. After the Zayn-Rhodes segment, Baron Corbin predicted that Roman Reigns would destroy Sami Zayn in front of his family and friends. Corbin also reminded us that he was the last person to beat Reigns.
Fans chanted “Cody” as he stood in the same ring with Sami Zayn, who is being falsely billed as the next Daniel Bryan.
A lot of wrestling media was in awe of this segment, but this just validated that Cody Rhodes is the alpha challenger for WrestleMania. Rhodes. cut a great homecoming promo on behalf of the unconfident Sami Zayn, who feels like a pig to slaughter at Elimination Chamber.
Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn Rating: A+
Cody Rhodes beats. Baron Corbin
This impromptu match began during a Baron Corbin backstage promo, where Corbin spoke ill of Cody Rhodes, his father and his dog.
Baron Corbin was defeated by suit pants Cody Rhodes, continuing his WWE burial.
Cody Rhodes vs. Baron Corbin Grade: C+
Team Raw beats. SmackDown Team
Nikki Cross ran to that ring like a bat out of hell and almost rightfully collided with Carmella.
Based on the crowd reactions, Asuka should be the heavy favorite to win the Women’s Elimination Chamber and challenge Bianca Belair at WrestleMania. Raquel Rodriguez is a potential spoiler.
Asuka didn’t care about the rules of the tag team, as she kicked her own teammates with impunity.
Backstage, Otis and Chad Gable had a segment with Maximum Male Models. Otis’ potential new model name is “Otís”. (pronounced: Otice)
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown Grae: C+
Bronson Reed beats. Mustafa Ali
Bronson Reed had a stare with Alpha Academy backstage, which is great for him because they’re two of the few people on the roster he’s taller than.
Mustafa Ali, who had his own backstage complaints about being booked, feels like a WWE parody of every “underutilized” wrestler who feels he doesn’t get enough opportunities. The parody was brutally crushed by Reed within minutes.
Bronson Reed vs. Mustafa Ali Grade: B-
Rick Boogs beats. The Miz
Seth Rollins walked out of a MizTV segment in giant red boots, dressed as if The Village People added an astronaut.
This whole segment was about Seth Rollins’ boots until Miz brought up Logan Paul, prompting Rollins to get serious and tell Miz “shut up, Mike!”
Rollins ended the segment by performing the Stomp on The Miz with his oversized boots. The Miz might not wake up until the net week. Unsurprisingly, Boos stepped in and took the win.
Prior to this match, Boogs shared the screen with Elias, which had been unavoidable since the day Boogs touched a guitar.
Rick Boogs still needs to work out his catchphrases, but he has the type of natural connection to live crowds that few babyfaces have.
Rick Boogs vs. The Miz Rating: D+
Bianca Belair defeated. Bayley and Becky Lynch
Half of the women’s roster ran out for this one, which led to a great spot where Bianca Belair met Iyo Sky on a crowd of women.
While a Triple Threat Disposal Chamber would have been a good concept, I also like that this possible stip was only used to get Bianca Belair into the Disposal Chamber, where she doesn’t participate.