WWE Raw results, Jan. 23, 2017: Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker make shocking appearances as Goldberg returns

Kicking off Raw, The Big Dog confronts WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens and United States Champion Chris Jericho to invoke his rematch clause.

CLEVELAND — Roman Reigns said a few months ago that he wanted one title for each shoulder, and it would appear that this is still the case. After Jeri-KO interrupted Reigns’ opening interview to talk trash in advance of Sunday’s WWE Universal Title Match (Kevin Owens) and bemoan their eventual fate as a shark-cage inhabitant in said match (Chris Jericho), tempers grew hot and Jericho out-and-out threatened The Big Dog.

Reigns, of course, immediately called Jericho’s bluff and evoked his rematch clause for the United States Title Jericho won off of him two weeks prior, putting himself back in the running to be a potential dual-champion. Owens both accepted on behalf of a hesitant Jericho and promised to put Reigns in the shark cage before the night was over. But the damage may well be done by then, and WWE’s resident sexy piñata — sorry, very sexy piñata — may be relieved of his most precious prize.

One week after a controversial Raw Tag Team Championship Match, The Swiss Superman takes on one-half of Team Red's so-called "good brothers."

If not for a miscue involving the referees last week, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson would be Raw Tag Team Champions. But the good brothers didn’t exactly let themselves wallow in disappointment one week after their non-victory, with Gallows picking up a singles win over Cesaro despite the fact that Karl Anderson was chased away from ringside by Sheamus.

Left to his own devices against Cesaro, The Suntan Biker Man struggled to find an answer for The King of Swing’s multifaceted attack, not to mention some chicanery from Sheamus that let him get a cheap shot in on Gallows. Anderson made his return right as Cesaro locked Gallows in the Sharpshooter, taking out Sheamus from behind and distracting the referee right as the big man tapped. When Cesaro released the hold, Gallows sprang into action with a big boot and fireman’s carry flapjack for the win. So some referee funny business mars the match again. Good thing the title rematch this Sunday will have two.

Six elite Cruiserweights collide in six-man tag team action.

Well hello there, Mustafa Ali. This Cruiserweight has been lighting up 205 Live for some weeks now, and he’s officially made his Raw debut as the key member of a three-man squad that also included TJ Perkins and “Gentleman” Jack Gallagher. Everyone in Ali’s team certainly did their part, but thanks to a late-breaking scrap where Perkins took out Tony Nese and Gallagher headbutted Ariya Daivari into next Tuesday, Ali provided the finishing touch on a prone Drew Gulak with his signature Inverted 450 Splash.

Tensions run high as eight Superstars clash in an impromptu Eight-Man Tag Team Match.

The field for the Royal Rumble Match has begun to crowd up, and several dark-horse candidates — included newly minted Rumblers Rusev and Big Cass — joined forces for an 8-Man Tag Team Match on Raw to show what they can do. Ultimately, as you would expect, the team that boasted Braun Strowman on its ranks ended up coming through in the clutch. After Kofi Kingston took out pretty much everyone on the outside and The Monster Among Men tagged in to face Enzo Amore, Strowman made short work of Muscles Marinara to earn the win.

His glory was short-lived, however, as another newly announced Rumble Match entrant — Big Show — entered the arena and went face-to-face with Strowman. The Gift of Destruction declined to throw down with the giant, but come Sunday, he may not have the luxury of a quick exit.

The giant might respect Braun Strowman, but that won't stop him from tossing The Monster Among Men over the top rope in the Royal Rumble Match.

After making short work of a local competitor, Nia Jax has an unpleasant encounter with a crutch-wielding Sasha Banks.

Nia Jax has been dining out for a few weeks now on her decimation of Sasha Banks, crowing about how she “broke The Boss.” And after decimating a local competitor named Ray Lyn, Nia took to the microphone to boast once more about the “demise” of Sasha at her hands. Then The Boss returned, seemingly hobbling her way to face Nia with the aid of a crutch.

But what seemed like a doomed attempt to save face quickly turned #legit when Banks attacked, swinging the crutch like a cudgel into Jax’s shin and sides before sending her tumbling outside the ring. With Nia reeling, Sasha drove her point home — along with her knees, straight into Nia’s face.

Nia Jax could not celebrate after Sasha Banks charged to the ring with a crutch on Raw.