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The following is the latest in\u00a0a new series of\u00a0weekly in-depth articles\u00a0exclusive to PWTorch which will help put in perspective major wrestling promotions with a weekly overview, looking at news and roster developments, results, future line-ups, social media activity, key interviews, plus a timely commentary at the end. We will be featuring similar features on other promotions each week and each will be updated weekly.<\/i><\/p>\n WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster (San Antonio, Texas) 1\/18\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Finn Balor beat Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre in a Triple Threat match SOURCE<\/p>\n WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster (Sioux Falls, S.D.) 1\/19\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) The Bar (c) beat The New Day to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championships SOURCE<\/p>\n WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster (Abilene, Texas) 1\/19\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Finn Balor beat Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre in a Triple Threat match when Balor pinned Ziggler SOURCE<\/p>\n WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster (Omaha, Neb.) 1\/20\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) The Bar (c) beat The New Day & The Usos to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championships SOURCE<\/p>\n WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster (Wichita Falls, Texas) 1\/20\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Finn Balor beat Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre in a Triple Threat match when Balor pinned Ziggler SOURCE<\/p>\n WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster (Topeka, Kan.) 1\/21\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) The Bar (c) beat The New Day & The Usos to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championships SOURCE<\/p>\n If you attend a live event, please send results to pwtorch@pwtorch.com. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n Monday Night Raw TV Results 1\/21\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Finn Balor defeated Braun Strowman via Disqualification after Brock Lesnar attacked Balor Smackdown Live TV Results 1\/22\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Mandy Rose (w\/ Sonya Deville) beat Naomi Order of Falls: 205 Live Results (Aired on WWE Network) 1\/22\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Humberto Carrillo beat Gran Metalik WWE Main Event (Aired on Hulu and WWE Network) 1\/24\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Rezar beat Tyler Breeze Source: WKPWP Post-Raw on-site correspondent<\/p>\n WWE Royal Rumble on Jan. 27 from Phoenix, Ariz.<\/strong><\/p>\n Kickoff Show<\/p>\n Main Card<\/p>\n WWE Elimination Chamber on Feb. 17 from Houston, Tex.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sun. 1\/27\/19 WWE Royal Rumble, Chase Field, Phoenix, Ariz.<\/strong> Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/p>\n Smackdown Live<\/strong><\/p>\n – Finn Balor spoke to ESPN\u2019s Tim Fiorvanti who posted a quick update on Monday regarding Balor\u2019s answer when asked about being The Demon at the Royal Rumble.<\/strong> Balor said \u201cI feel like maybe I leaned on the demon too much there in the past as a crutch, and I can assure you that the man who faces Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble will be Finn Balor, the man.\u201d Balor said people were surprised he wasn\u2019t The Demon last year at Wrestlemania, but he said he had a more important message to send that day, a message of equality. Balor seemed to close the door completely with that first quote, but Fiorvanti added an additional quote from Balor at the end of his update which was \u201cI don\u2019t have any new gear, I don\u2019t have any new looks, I don\u2019t have any new ideas right now, but you know, we\u2019re still six days away, so I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll come up with something.\u201d SOURCE<\/p>\n – Buddy Murphy on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia this week.<\/strong> They start the interview talking about Buddy Murphy\u2019s time growing up in Melbourne, Australia. He talked about his struggles staying away from home as a kid and how he had to overcome the struggle of no sleeping at home once he became a wrestler. He then told the story of going to a local wrestling school at 13-14 years old and after about a year of doing that, he stopped wrestling because he realized they were just using him as someone small to beat up on in training. After he quit the wrestling school, he joined a group of classmates who were wrestling in their back yard. After doing that for some time, he and his friends went to an independent show that was actually put on by the old wrestling school Murphy started out at and he and his friends started being booked on local shows.<\/p>\n Murphy then talked about the day he moved to America at 24 years old after signing with WWE and how he had nothing in his apartment. He said he had to go back to the leasing office of the apartment complex to have them call a cab for him so he could then start searching for furniture and everything else for his apartment because he came to the United States with nothing but a single suitcase of clothes. He talked about the tryout with WWE saying it cost him $3,500 just to get into the try out and there were 84 other people in the tryout with him. Out of 85 people, Murphy was the only one rewarded a contract at the end of the tryout. Other people were awarded contracts, but not on that day. He said Simon Gotch was another one of the people in that tryout that were given a contract. Murphy said he was told the reason he got a contract was his ability to take a bump and that it really caught the attention of the trainers and it\u2019s what ultimately got him the contract.<\/p>\n Buddy Murphy credited The Revival for the rise of Blake and Murphy as a tag team in NXT. He said they taught them both so much about tag team wrestling and thanks to them and working with other tag teams like Enzo and Cass in NXT, they were noticed and in one set of tapings they got their first win as a team and also won the Tag Team Championships. He does admit, they had the championships entirely too early into their run, but it helped them grow as a team and individuals. He said he and Murphy pitched the idea of having Alexa be a part of their group and initially they said no, but eventually they included her into their act.<\/p>\n They then turn to talking about Alexa and Lilian mentions that Alexa feels bad and blames herself for Blake and Murphy splitting up after she was sent to Smackdown and they were both in NXT, but Murphy dismisses that saying that it was her time to move up to the main roster. Buddy Murphy also said he\u2019s glad Alexa moved on because, in a way, he felt that her being the mouth piece for Blake and Murphy was almost holding her down. They then talk about Murphy and Alexa\u2019s relationship noting that she is doing the Raw schedule and he is on the Smackdown schedule as a member of 205 Live. He says Alexa is the person he turns to for help with promos and he\u2019s the person she talks to about in-ring wrestling.<\/p>\n Buddy Murphy then talked about how he got on 205 Live saying that he wanted to be on that show for about a year before they put him on the show. He said he asked multiple people about it and they all shrugged him off saying he\u2019s too big for that before Adam Pierce finally listened and talked to Triple H to get him on 205 Live. He then said he was called to come film multiple hours of vignettes leading up to his debut on 205 Live.<\/p>\n The interview starts at 17:30 and you can listen to it HERE.<\/p>\n PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch East Coast Cast host Travis Bryant as they discuss WWE Smackdown with live callers first, then an on-site correspondent from Wichita, and then later answering Mailbag questions. Topics covered: Final Royal Rumble hype, Samoa Joe vs. Mustafa Ali, Randy Orton’s return, Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade, Becky Lynch-Asuka-Charlotte Flair, Vince McMahon, A.J. Styles and Daniel Bryan, and more.<\/p>\n \n
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\n\u2022WWE Weekly Event Results<\/h3>\n
\n(2) Natalya, Sasha Banks, Ember moon, & Bayley beat The Riott Squad & Mickie James
\n(3) Baron Corbin beat Kurt Angle
\n(4) Bobby Lashley (c) defeated Elias to retain the Intercontinental Championship
\n(5) Bobby Roode & Chad Gable (c) defeated The Revival to retain the Raw Tag Team Championships
\n(6) Ronda Rousey (c) defeated Nia Jax to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship
\n(7) Seth Rollins beat Dean Ambrose in a Lumberjack match<\/p>\n
\n(2) Naomi & Lana defeated Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville
\n(3) Jeff Hardy beat Samoa Joe
\n(4) Andrade Cien Almas beat R-Truth
\n(5) Daniel Bryan (c) beat A.J. Styles to retain the WWE Championship
\n(6) Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, & Shelton Benjamin defeated Sanity & Aiden English
\n(7) Jey Uso beat Aiden English
\n(8) Rusev (c) (w\/ Lana) beat Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the United States Championship
\n(9) Asuka (c) beat Charlotte & Becky in a Triple Threat match to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship<\/p>\n
\n(2) Natalya, Ember Moon, Bayley, & Sasha Banks defeated The Riott Squadd & Mickie James
\n(3) Apollo Crews beat Baron Corbin
\n(4) Ronda Rousey beat Nia Jax (w\/ Tamina) when Nia tapped out to the arm bar submission
\n(5) Bobby Roode & Chad Gable defeated The Revival
\n(6) Bobby Lashley (w\/ Lio Rush) beat Elias
\n(7) Seth Rollins beat Dean Ambrose in a Lumberjack match<\/p>\n
\n(2) Naomi & Lana defeated Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville
\n(3) Jeff Hardy beat Samoa Joe
\n(4) Andrade Cien Almas beat R-Truth
\n(5) Daniel Bryan (c) beat A.J. Styles to retain the WWE Championship
\n(6) Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, & Shelton Benjamin defeated Sanity & Aiden English
\n(7) Jey Uso beat Aiden English
\n(8) Rusev (c) (w\/ Lana) beat Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the United States Championship
\n(9) Asuka (c) beat Charlotte & Becky in a Triple Threat match to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship<\/p>\n
\n(2) Natalya, Ember Moon, Bayley, & Sasha Banks defeated The Riott Squadd & Mickie James
\n(3) Apollo Crews beat Baron Corbin
\n(4) Ronda Rousey beat Nia Jax
\n(5) Bobby Lashley (w\/ Lio Rush) beat Elias
\n(6) Bobby Roode & Chad Gable defeated The Revival
\n(7) Seth Rollins beat Dean Ambrose in a Lumberjack match<\/p>\n
\n(2) Naomi & Lana defeated Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville
\n(3) Jeff Hardy beat Samoa Joe
\n(4) Andrade Cien Almas beat R-Truth
\n(5) Daniel Bryan (c) beat A.J. Styles to retain the WWE Championship
\n(6) Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, & Shelton Benjamin defeated Sanity & Aiden English
\n(7) Jey Uso beat Aiden English
\n(8) Rusev (c) (w\/ Lana) beat Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the United States Championship
\n(9) Asuka (c) beat Charlotte & Becky in a Triple Threat match to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship<\/p>\n
\n\u2022WWE TV Match Results<\/h3>\n
\n(2) Bobby Lashley (w\/ Lio Rush) beat Apollo Crews
\n(3) Seth Rollins defeated Drew McIntyre
\n(4) Lucha House Party beat Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers when Gran Metalik pinned Sunil Singh
\n(5) Baron Corbin defeated Elias
\n(6) Heavy Machinery defeated The Ascension when Tucker Knight pinned Viktor
\n(7) Bobby Roode & Chad Gable (c) defeated The Revival to retain the Raw Tag Team Championships when Gable pinned Dawson. Curt Hawkins was the special guest referee for this match.
\n(8) Sasha Banks & Bayley beat Ronda Rousey & Natalya when Banks made Natalya tap out to the Bank Statement<\/p>\n
\n(2) Cesaro (w\/ Sheamus) beat The Miz (w\/ Shane McMahon)
\n(3) Samoa Joe defeated Mustafa Ali when he forced Ali to submit to the Coquina Clutch
\n(4) Rey Mysterio defeated Andrade Cien Almas in a Two out of Three Falls match after winning the second and third falls. Samoa Joe would attack Rey Mysterio causing the disqualification on the third fall to end the match.<\/p>\n
\n1 – Andrade Cien Almas
\n2 – Rey Mysterio
\n3 \u2013 Rey Mysterio via DQ<\/p>\n
\n(2) Hideo Itami defeated Akira Tozawa & Kalisto in a Triple Threat match<\/p>\n
\n(2) Mojo Rawley defeated No Way Jose<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Upcoming Lineups for Stadium\/PPV Events<\/h3>\n
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\n\u2022Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n
\nMon. 1\/28\/19 WWE Raw, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz.
\nMon. 1\/28\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Tucson Convention Center, Tuscon, Ariz.
\nTue.1\/29\/19 WWE Smackdown, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz.
\nFri. 2\/1\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Sasktel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
\nSat. 2\/2\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Brandt Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
\nSat. 2\/2\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
\nSun. 2\/3\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Canalta Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
\nMon. 2\/4\/19 WWE Raw, Moda Center, Portland, Ore.
\nMon. 2\/4\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Yakima Sundome, Yakima, Wash.
\nTue. 2\/5\/19 WWE Smackdown, Angel of the Winds Arena, Everrett, Wash.
\nFri. 2\/8\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
\nSat. 2\/9\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Tribute Communities Centre, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
\nSat. 2\/9\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, NIU Convocation Center, Dekalb, Ill.
\nSun. 2\/10\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, The DOW Event Center, Saginaw, Mich.
\nSun. 2\/10\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
\nMon. 2\/11\/19 WWE Raw, Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich.
\nMon. 2\/11\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Canton Civic Center, Canton, Ohio
\nTue. 2\/12\/19 WWE Smackdown, Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
\nFri. 2\/15\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Bert Ogden Arena, Edinburg, Tex.
\nSat. 2\/16\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Sames Auto Arena, Laredo, Tex.
\nSat. 2\/16\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Rapides Coliseum, Alexandria, La.
\nMon. 2\/18\/19 WWE Raw, Cajundome, Lafayette, La.
\nMon. 2\/18\/19 WWE Live Event, Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles, La.
\nTue. 2\/19\/19 WWE Smackdown, Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, La.
\nFri. 2\/22\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, First National Bank Arena, Jonesboro, Ark.
\nSat. 2\/23\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C.
\nSat. 2\/23\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Bancorpsouth Arena, Tupelo, Miss.
\nSun. 2\/24\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery, Ala.
\nSun. 2\/24\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C.
\nMon. 2\/25\/19 WWE Raw, State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Ga.
\nMon. 2\/25\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, Ga.
\nTue. 2\/26\/19 WWE Smackdown, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.
\nFri. 3\/1\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, WYCC, Salisbury. Md.
\nSat. 3\/2\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Mark Etess Arena, Atlantic City, N.J.
\nSat. 3\/2\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
\nSun. 3\/3\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Eaglebank Arena, Fairfax, Va.
\nSun. 3\/3\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, War Memorial Arena, Syracuse, N.Y.
\nMon. 3\/4\/19 WWE Raw, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
\nMon. 3\/4\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Westchester County Center, White Plains, N.Y.
\nTue. 3\/5\/19 WWE Smackdown, Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
\nSat. 3\/9\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Little Cesars Arena, Detroit, Mich.
\nSat. 3\/9\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y.
\nSun. 3\/10\/19 WWE Fastlane, Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio<\/strong>
\nMon. 3\/11\/19 WWE Raw, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Penn.
\nMon. 3\/11\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Covelli Centre, Youngstown, Ohio
\nTue. 3\/12\/19 WWE Smackdown, Nutter Center, Dayton, Ohio
\nFri. 3\/15\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
\nSat. 3\/16\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Five Flags Center, Dubuque, Iowa
\nSat. 3\/16\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wis.
\nSun. 3\/17\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, Ill.
\nSun. 3\/17\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis.
\nMon. 3\/18\/19 WWE Raw, Allstate Arena, Chicago, Ill.
\nMon. 3\/18\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, BMO Harris Bank Center, Rockford, Ill.
\nTue. 3\/19\/19 WWE Smackdown, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.<\/p>\n
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