Roman Reigns is your new Tribal Chief.
During the premiere episode of WWE RAW on Netflix, Reigns defeated Solo Sikoa in an intense Tribal Combat match to earn the ula fala. The match took the action all around the ringside area, with Sikoa using a bunch of weapons including a monitor, steel steps, and a kendo stick. However, Reigns managed to shift the momentum, using his own weapon attacks, including a chair, and showing resilience through several high-impact moves.
The match saw Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu interfere, which led to Sami Zayn and Jimmy Uso coming out to help Reigns. The OTC was able to finish off Sikoa with two spears.
The Rock returned to the ring after the match, embracing Reigns.
Roman Reigns and The Rock #WWERAW pic.twitter.com/sigT2QpLNH
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) January 7, 2025
THIS IS AWE-SOME! 👏👏 👏👏👏#RawOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/sy0i6zjpkk
— WWE (@WWE) January 7, 2025
WE’VE GOT COMPANY!!!#RawOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/YNnPhGYSD3
— WWE (@WWE) January 7, 2025
During a commercial break during Monday’s premiere episode of WWE RAW on Netflix, The New Day’s Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston took a shot at rapper Kendrick Lamar.
Woods announced that the city of L.A was “elevating a trash rapper named Kendrick Lamar.” As you’d expect, this led to some boos.
Kingston responded by saying, “Yes, boo him. We think he sucks too.”
Kofi went on to claim that rapper Drake won their recent beef.
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The Rock will be in attendance at the January 7th NXT New Year’s Evil event.
As we’ve been reporting here on eWn, the show will be taking place at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday night.
The Rock’s daughter Ava is the NXT General Manager. She appeared alongside him at the Sunday night’s Golden Globes awards.
THE ROCK WILL BE AT NXT TOMORROW NIGHT #RawOnNetflix #WWEonNetflix #RawisNetflix pic.twitter.com/xNCTWfqU5X
— The Rock SZN (@Vertex346) January 7, 2025
You can check out the updated lineup for WWE NXT New Year’s Evil below:
NXT Championship: Trick Williams (c) vs. Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe
NXT Women’s Championship: Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Giulia
NXT Women’s North American Championship Number One Contenders Match: Cora Jade vs. Stephanie Vaquer vs. Lola Vice vs. Kelani Jordan
NXT Heritage Cup Sudden Death: Lexis King (c) vs. Charlie Dempsey
Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jazmyn Nyx, & Jacy Jayne) vs. Shotzi, Tatum Paxley, and Gigi Dolin
The Rock to attend.
And finally, Logan Paul says he’s now 100% dedicated to WWE.
On this week’s episode of WWE RAW, a video package aired where Paul delcared his intentions to become a full-time WWE Superstar moving forward.
Logan Paul has announced that he is no longer doing WWE on the side and he is 100% all in as a WWE Superstar. #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/LhSRXxmsSU
— PWUnlimited (@PWUnlimited) January 7, 2025
LOGAN PAUL is in the house for #RawOnNetflix!@LoganPaul #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/1odpImhdPO
— WWE (@WWE) January 7, 2025
Paul hasn’t wrestled since losing the WWE United States Championship to LA Knight at WWE SummerSlam 2024.