WWE RAW (4th January 2021): 5 Talking Points - A night of upset victories, legend lays down a massive challenge to Drew McIntyre

Goldberg laid down a challenge to WWE Champion Drew McIntyre
Goldberg laid down a challenge to WWE Champion Drew McIntyre

#3 Charlotte Flair berates her father, Ric Flair, after being pinned by Peyton Royce on RAW

The tag match on RAW pitting the reigning Women's Tag Team Champions, Charlotte Flair and Asuka vs. Peyton Royce and Lacey Evans had a fairly predictable outcome on paper. Nobody would have expected the duo of Royce and Evans to come up victorious against the decorated women. However, in a genuinely shocking development, the former IIconics member was able to secure a victory for her team by pinning The Queen via a roll-up.

Royce and Evans were successfully able to sideline the RAW Women's Champion Asuka from the action in the ending stages, after which they went onto pull off the upset. Post-match, Evans kissed Ric Flair on the cheek after trying to distract him throughout the match. This angered Charlotte Flair, and she asked her father to stay out of her business.

This development is clearly a way to bring back the heelish side of Charlotte Flair, sooner than later. Given the outcome, a tag-title match is on the cards, and that could be the night when she turns on Asuka and mark the beginning of a feud for the RAW Women's Championship. The involvement of Ric Flair going forward is uncertain at best, considering his old age and the raging pandemic.

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