WWE RAW Notes: Bayley Declares for Women’s Royal Rumble, Sami Zayn Declares for Men’s Royal Rumble, Nia Jax vs. Rhea Ripley for WWE Women’s World Title Set for 1/25 SNME Show, Logan Paul RAW Debut & More Set for 1/27 RAW Show

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Jan 20, 2025

Bayley Officially Declares for 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble

Monday’s WWE RAW show at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas featured Bayley officially declaring for the Women’s Royal Rumble match at this year’s Royal Rumble event, which takes place on February 1st at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

During the show, Bayley was seen backstage being interviewed by Cathy Kelly. Bayley announced that she was officially back on RAW and declared herself for this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble match. Bayley then talked about how she is a former winner of the Women’s Rumble and she could go after either RAW and SmackDown’s champion. Bayley then started to tease about going after the NXT Women’s Champion but was interrupted by Nia Jax. Jax confronted Bayley and gave some words of warning stating that she wants Tiffany Stratton herself and plans on winning the Rumble.

Bayley joins Nia Jax as those who have officially declared for this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 2025.

Sami Zayn Officially Declares for 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Bayley officially declaring for the Men’s Royal Rumble match at this year’s Royal Rumble event.

During the show, Zayn came out to the ring and grabbed a microphone. Zayne stated that he is not going to beat around the bush. Zayn stated that he has talked to RAW GM Adam Pearce and officially declared himself for this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match. Zayn then stated that Seth Rollins told him that he was helping too many people and he needs to think about himself. Zayn stated that he has started to think about himself and he started thinking about the 14 year old him and his dream to become a wrestler. After some more words, Zayn talked about the only different between him and those people in the upper echelon in WWE is that they have a World title to their name. Zayn then talked about how he does not need the title to complete him because of the support he had received and that meant more than any title. Zayn stated that he does not need the World Championship but he wants it, fourteen year old him wants it, and he is still with him. Zayn then stated that he is going to take it.

This led to Kevin Owens’ music playing to interrupt and him coming out to the ring. After some words between Zayn and Owens about their past history with each other, Owens stated that Sami is his best friend and more like a brother. Owens stated that Zayn can and will win the Royal Rumble. Owens talked about how Zayn deserves to win the Rumble and how they can accomplish something together again. Owens talked about how they main evented WrestleMania and won the WWE Tag titles but they never main evented WrestleMania for the WWE Championship. Owens then talked about how that can happen when Zayn wins the Rumble and him walks out of the Royal Rumble as WWE Champion. Owens then told Zayn that he has his back and he knows he will walk out of the Royal Rumble as champion because Sami will have his back like how he had Roman’s back. Owens stated that he knows that as his brother, if he needs him, he knows that Sami will be there. Owens then left the ring as Zayn looked on conflicted over Owens’ speech.

Zayn joins Rey Mysterio, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, CM Punk, John Cena, and LA Knight as those who have officially declared for this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 2025.

Nia Jax vs. Rhea Ripley for WWE Women’s World Title Announced for Jan. 25th SNME Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured one new match announced for the card of WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event show on January 25th at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

This new match announced was a WWE Women’s World Championship match of Nia Jax vs. Rhea Ripley (c).

This match was initially setup in recent week’s shows over the bad blood issues between Jax and Ripley. During tonight’s show, Jax was seen ambushing Ripley as she arrived to the venue and walked backstage.

Following Jax’s victory over Bayley, Ripley came out and started brawling with Jax. This led to WWE officials rushing out trying to put a stop to it and tried to pull the two apart only for them to break away and brawled. After WWE officials were finally able to separate the two, Ripley grabbed a microphone and stood on the announcer’s table. Ripley then stated that it will be her and Jax for the Women’s World title at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

In a follow-up segment, it was announced that this match was made official for this weekend’s Saturday Night’s Main Event show.

Current card for January 25th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show:

  • WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Jey Uso vs. Gunther (c)
  • WWE Women’s World Championship – Nia Jax vs. Rhea Ripley (c)
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship – Sheamus vs. Bron Breakker (c)
  • Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu
  • Undisputed WWE Championship Ladder match contract signing segment with Kevin Owens & Cody Rhodes and special guest moderator Shawn Michaels

Current Card for Next Week’s RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured one new match and two new segments for the card of next week’s show on January 27th at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

These matches and segments were setup following promos, storyline angles, and match card graphics throughout the show.

Among the segments announced included the announcement of Logan Paul making his official WWE RAW brand debut on next week’s show.

Current card for Jan. 27th WWE RAW show:

  • WWE World Tag Team Championship – Judgement Day (JD McDonagh & Dominik Mysterio) vs. War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) (c)
  • Logan Paul to make WWE RAW debut
  • Cody Rhodes to appear
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