WWE RAW Live Results (January 8th, 2024): Cody Rhodes goes to war in a Street Fight!

Thanks for joining us for WWE RAW tonight, folks! We'll see you tomorrow night for WWE NXT! In case you missed them, the full results are below!

Tommaso Ciampa defeats Finn Balor via pinfall.
Kofi Kingston and Ludwig Kaiser battle to a Double Count-Out.
The Miz defeats JD McDonagh via pinfall.
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance defeat Chelsea Green and Piper Niven via pinfall to retain the WWE Women's Tag Titles.
Ivar defeats Otis via pinfall.
Cody Rhodes defeats Shinsuke Nakamura via pinfall.

After avoiding the Kinshasa and sending Nakamura into the table, Cody follows with the Cross Rhodes! 1-2-3!!

Cody Rhodes defeats Shinsuke Nakamura via pinfall.

Nakamura kicks out of the Cody Cutter! What does Cody Rhodes have to do here?

Cody counters the Kinshasa with a superkick, and follows with a Pedigree! 1-2-no!! He kicks out!

The flying knee blasts Rhodes in the jaw for another near fall.

Nakamura brings in another table and sets it up in the corner. Cody fights out of a sleeper but is driven back first into a chair in the turnbuckle. Shinsuke follows up with the sliding German suplex, and Cody's not looking good.

Nakamura drives Cody through the table with a double knee strike to the chest! Somehow, Cody kicks out.

Cody fires back with a series of punches, and rocks Nakamura with his daddy's patented three punches and Bionic Elbow! Nakamura's still standing, so he eats another Bionic Elbow! Cody is pumped up and picks up the table. The crowd goes wild!

Nakamura's been torturing Cody ever since that moment. Wade Barrett calls out Cody's concern for another human being, claiming that "The one willing to leave their humanity at the door would emerge victorious."

OH NO! 😲😲😲#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/ylLFW7dOGx
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2024

That time keeper is in excruciating pain. He took all of that mist right to his eyes.

Shinsuke Nakamura breaks out nunchucks, pelting the American Nightmare with a series of strikes. Cody fights them off and gets a steel chair. Nakamura goes for the mist, but Cody ducks! As the time keeper is writhing on the ground, Cody takes out Nakamura with a chair before asking for help.

That sincere sympathy gives Nakamura a chance to crack Cody on the spine with the chair!

Nakamura sets Cody up in the corner, hitting his running knee for a two-count. Cody survives an onslaught of knees, and responds with a clothesline and rebound powerslam! Cody's picking up steam and hits the Disaster Kick for two.

Nakamura gets the advantage before the break, catching Cody with a broom and a kendo stick.

Nakamura's taken to the announce table and smashes a water bottle in his face. Nakamura has barely got any offense in.

The crowd quickly breaks out the "We want tables" chant.

Cody starts strong with a Dustin Rhodes-style uppercut and chases Nakamura to the floor with a baseball slide. Cody drags Nakamura to the stage where they brawl near the fans. One lucky fan nearly gets Nakamura in her lap.

Michael Cole and Wade Barrett reveal that Seth "Freakin" Rollins will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Jinder Mahal next week! Poor Seth doesn't stand a chance.

Intercontinental Champion Gunther also returns next week. Will he be pleased with Ludwig Kaiser's actions from earlier tonight?

It's time to finish this once and for all. Will Cody finally put this demon behind him, or will Shinsuke Nakamura break Cody's spirit before he can make it to the Royal Rumble?

We get highlights of the feud between Cody and Shinsuke up to this point, including Nakamura's "American Nightmare Before Christmas" where he insulted Dusty Rhodes.

"You're vomit, you're stupid, your father was inbred."

Otis catches Ivar out of mid-air for a World's Strongest Slam!

🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/utZDnKZXdB
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2024

Main Event Jey Uso is backstage, and claims he'll get his first singles title this year. Bronson Reed interrupts, calling him "Jimmy's little brother." He advises Jey not to get in his way.

Ivar rocks Otis with the spinning heel kick and finishes the match with the Doomsault.

Ivar defeats Otis via pinfall.

Sit-out powerbomb plants Otis in response, but Ivar can only get a two-count.

Otis is taking on Ivar in a big beef brawl, and the fans are fully behind Chad Gable's #1 boy. Otis lays out Ivar, and attempts to follow with a running splash in the corner. Ivar leaps up, crashing down on the former tag team champion.

Otis manages to, somehow, CATCH a flying Ivar and plant him with the World's Strongest Slam!

Was @WWERollins about to hinder @JinderMahal on #WWERaw?! pic.twitter.com/ObmmApiTsS
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2024

You guys wanna see this at the Rumble? 💀#WWE #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/hM3Lmrwkzb
— Sportskeeda Wrestling (@SKWrestling_) January 9, 2024

When he doesn't, Seth states he's the "same old Jinder." This infuriates the Maharaja Mack Daddy, who blindsides Rollins when he turns his back. He nearly plants Seth with the Khallas, but Seth breaks free and catches him with a super kick.
Jinder just barely avoids the Curb Stomp, backing up the ramp but keeping his eyes on the World Heavyweight Champion.

Jinder claims everyone has been overlooking him, and Seth agrees. However, he says it's been on purpose because they don't want him around. He says that since Jinder's tired of being overlooked, he should take a swing.

Before he can continue, he's interrupted by former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal! Mahal says that he defeated Randy Orton for his title, and names him the Greatest of All Time!

Seth asks who he'll defend his title against at 'Mania, and the crowd chants for CM Punk.

"In his dreams, maybe..."

The Visionary is out next. Seth Rollins gives us a surprising bit of trivia; he has never walked into WrestleMania to defend a championship! This year? That changes!

That wasn't it, no. But the Skull Crushing Finale finishes it!

The Miz defeats JD McDonagh via pinfall.

Miz traps JD in the Figure 4 Leglock!! Is this it?

It's great that Michael Cole still acknowledges that Miz blatantly ripped those kicks off. "Miz calls them the It Kicks."

Miz fires up, hitting his patented flying clothesline in the corner. Next up? It's the It Kicks!

Back from the break, JD catches Miz with an impressive slingshot corkscrew plancha on the mat. A step-up enziguri rocks him for a two-count.

Dirty Dom giving out free tickets to the gun show!

Live, Laugh, Love
That's the Judgment Day way. 💜#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/q4BPuKOTR1
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2024

JD nearly flies over the ropes thanks to a back-body drop. Luckily, he lands inside the ring and avoids the Skull Crushing Finale. As he goes in again for the kill, Dominik Mysterio catches him from behind.

The Miz faces off against JD McDonagh in our next match-up. R-Truth appears next to Dominik Mysterio before the bout begins.

Miz schools McDonagh early, and hits his backbreaker-neckbreaker combination after a failed Figure 4.

What a beautiful tribute for The Judgment Day from @RonKillings. 💜#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/bdBse5xrIz
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2024

Welcome back…..kid pic.twitter.com/TaEisUzpj0
— Drew (@DMcIntyreWWE) January 9, 2024

That's...wait, did Finn have a beard when he was a baby?

BREAKING: Tonight's match between @CodyRhodes & @ShinsukeN will now be a Street Fight!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/JCgRRvJhDV
— WWE (@WWE) January 9, 2024

We get a short video of R-Truth explaining his "long" run with the Judgment Day. We see photoshopped pictures of Truth during Rhea Ripley's Royal Rumble win, Damian Priest's MITB win, and even "In Your House: Judgment Day."

Michael Cole has breaking news. The match between Cody Rhodes and Shinsuke Nakamura is now a Street Fight!