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WWE Raw Results (1/5/26): CM Punk Retains, New Women's IC And Tag Team Champs

Full results and highlights on a huge first episode of WWE Raw in 2026.
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CM Punk
CM Punk | WWE

WWE is set to start 2026 with a massive episode of Monday Night Raw. Three championships will be on the line this week as WWE celebrates its first anniversary of being on Netflix.

In the main event of this week's show, CM Punk will defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Bron Breakker. Breakker secured the opportunity at the championship by pinning Punk inside of WarGames at Survivor Series.

Punk has been embroiled in a feud with The Vision since WrestleMania last year. Initially, the feud was between him and Seth Rollins, but it pivoted to him and Breakker once Rollins was kicked out of the group.

Breakker has demanded to see the old CM Punk during this match, but Punk has said Breakker can't handle the current version of himself. Breakker said it was embarrassing that there hadn't been any world champions under the age of 30 in WWE for nearly ten years. Will Breakker break that trend? It all goes down on this week's episode of Raw.

The WWE Women's Tag Team Championships will be on the line this week. The Kabuki Warriors will defend their titles against Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky. Sky and Ripley have been at odds with The Kabuki Warriors since they betrayed Sky, but now the titles are on the line.

Rhea Ripley
Rhea Ripley | WWE

The other championship on the line this week is the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship. Maxine Dupri defeated Becky Lynch to win the championship, but now she'll put it on the line against her. Lynch has called Dupri's win a fluke and a conspiracy against her, and she'll try to prove it on this week's Raw.

Finally, Gunther and Stephanie Vaquer are scheduled to appear on the show this week. What will Gunther say about his 2026 plans? The Ring General and the man who made John Cena tap out will address the WWE Universe this week. As for Vaquer, the WWE Women's World Champion will speak about 2026 in a special interview.

WWE Raw Results

-The show began with the entire Raw setting flipping upside down with the Stranger Things music playing. Michael Cole and Corey Graves got out of a nearby Stranger Things van and welcomed the audience to the show.

-The Vision, Bron Breakker, CM Punk, Liv Morgan, Maxxine Dupri, and Becky Lynch were each shown arriving to the building.

-Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky made their entrance ahead of their tag team championship match. They were followed by the champions, The Kabuki Warriors. Once both teams were in the ring, official introductions were made, and the match began.

-Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky defeated The Kabuki Warriors to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships. Ripley hit Asuka with a Riptide and Sky followed right after with her moonsault from the top rope. Right after, Sky dove out of the ring to take out Kairi Sane. In the ring, Ripley made the cover for the win. After the match, pyro went off as Sky and Ripley celebrated in the ring.

-A hype video aired that highlighted the CM Punk vs. Bron Breakker main event for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

-Backstage, Adam Pearce congratulated Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky on winning the tag team championships. He then confronted Gunther and told him to show a little respect when he goes out there to address the fans. Gunther laughed him off and then walked to the ring.

-Gunther spoke and said that management wanted him to show respect. He asked where all the respect was for him. Gunther said people should respect the man that made John Cena tap out. As he was about to call Cena a b***h, but AJ Styles walked to the ring.

-Before Styles could speak, Gunther said Styles was punching above his weight talking to him about respect. Styles tried to get a word in, but Gunther kept talking over him. Gunther then mocked Styles and asked him what he was going to do about it. In response, Styles slapped Gunther in the face.

-Gunther fired up and went head to head with Styles. Both stared the other down and Styles yelled that Gunther wouldn't do anything. Styles then looked him in the face and said "I told you." Styles then left the ring as Gunther looked on.

-A highlight video hyped up the Becky Lynch vs. Maxxine Dupri WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship match.

-Backstage, Ivy Nile said to Adam Pearce that she wanted another women's IC title shot and that she wasn't going to wait in line to get it. Then, Gunther approached Pearce and said he wanted AJ Styles. Styles then joined in and called Gunther a b***h. Gunther then screamed he wanted the match next week and Pearce made it official.

-Back in the ring, Maxxine Dupri made her entrance and the women's IC title match began.

-Becky Lynch defeated Maxxine Dupri to win the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship. Dupri had Lynch in her ankle lock on a few occasions, but didn't get the submission. Lynch eventually countered one of those submissions into a pin and used the ropes for leverage to get the win.

-The Usos made their entrance and did the Yeet Entrance two times. They celebrated winning the tag titles last week and thanked Dragon Lee and AJ Styles for a competitive match. They cut the promo from the stands and said it was 2026 and that it would be the year of The Usos. The challenged any other teams to step up and they'd be ready.

-Stephanie Vaquer was introduced and walked to the ring with a walking boot on her left foot. Michael Cole said she injured her ankle in last week's world championship defense against both Nikki Bella and Raquel Rodriguez.

-In the ring, Stephanie Vaquer said she had a fantastic 2025. She said that she accomplished many goals and the biggest one was winning the world championship. She addressed the boot on her ankle and said she was hurt, but that it wouldn't slow her down. She said she wanted to face everyone and laid out that challenge.

-Vaquer posed in the ring, but was then attacked by Raquel Rodriguez. Rodriguez targeted her injured leg and then hit her with a side slam. Rodriguez tried to use a steel chair on the injured ankle, but WWE officials stopped the attack.

-Vaquer was being helped by doctors backstage and Rodriguez attacked her again. Adam Pearce screamed for help and then kicked Rodriguez out of the building as Vaquer writhed in pain.

-Rey Mysterio gave Dragon Lee words of encouragement backstage. Mysterio said that Lee would be a champion again. Penta then addressed Mysterio and said he came back to help fight off The Vision. Penta said that he would always be around to help Rey and they both did the Zero Miedo pose.

-Liv Morgan defeated Lyra Valkyria. Roxanne Perez got involved in the match on behalf of Morgan. Eventually, Bayley fought Perez off, but it was too late. Morgan hit Valkyria with Oblivion and made the cover for the victory.

-CM Punk was interviewed by Jackie Redmond backstage. Punk said that everyone was talking about him and had an opinion. Punk said that it would be GTS and Breakker was going to sleep.

-Bron Breakker made his entrance and Paul Heyman walked him to the ring.

-CM Punk walked to the ring and the audience loudly sung his entrance music. When he got to the ring, official introductions were made and the world championship main event began.

-CM Punk defeated Bron Breakker to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Breakker took about as much as Punk could give. It was a fantastic back and forth battle. The Vision got involved, but the trio of Rey Mysterio, Penta, and Dragon Lee fought them off. Breakker kicked out of a GTS, but Punk countered his Spear with a knee to the face and then hit another one before covering for the win.

-After the match, Punk celebrated in the ring as the show went off the air.

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Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

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