WWE Raw on USA Network
Date - Monday, January 16, 2011
2012 Week - 3
Episode - 972
Site - live from Anaheim, Calif.
Announcers - Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler
Aired - 9:00 p.m. to 11:10 p.m. EST

Match Times

Total bell-to-bell wrestling - 25:08 (Last Week - 25:34)
Avg. Match Length - 4:11 (LW - 5:06)
Longest Match - 14:12 (Main Event tag)
Shortest Match - 0:56 (Divas tag)

Title Implications

-- Jack Swagger beat U.S. champion Zack Ryder to capture the U.S. Title.

-- WWE tag champions Epico & Primo beat Air Boom (Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne) to retain the WWE Tag Titles. This was a re-match from a Raw house show the previous night, where Epico & Primo captured the Tag Titles from Air Boom. Bourne was then suspended for a Wellness Policy violation the day after Raw.

Raw brand TV & PPV Win/Loss Records 2012

Brodus Clay - Win [3-0-0]
Dolph Ziggler - Win [2-0-1]
David Otunga - Win [2-0-0]
R-Truth - Win [1-0-0]
Evan Bourne - Loss [2-2-0]
Zack Ryder - Loss [1-1-0]
C.M. Punk - Loss [1-2-0]
Jack Swagger - Win [1-2-0]
The Miz - Loss [0-1-0]
JTG - Loss [0-3-0]
Kofi Kingston - Loss [0-3-0]
Chris Jericho - Loss [0-1-0]
Mick Foley - Loss [0-1-0]

Smackdown brand TV & PPV Win/Loss Records 2012

Primo - Win [2-0-0]
Daniel Bryan - Loss [3-1-1]
Epico - Win [2-1-0]
Sheamus - Loss [2-1-0]
Wade Barrett - Loss [2-2-0]
Mark Henry - Win [1-1-0]

Divas TV & PPV Win/Loss Records 2012

Alicia Fox - Win [2-0-0]
Brie Bella - Loss [2-1-0]
Nikki Bella - Loss [1-1-0]
Kelly Kelly - Win [1-2-0]

Notable TV & PPV Match Streaks 2012

A. Fox - 11 match winning streak (carried over from 2011)
JTG - 5 match losing streak (carried over from 2011)
Sheamus - lost 12 match winning streak (carried over from 2011)
Ryder - lost 7 match winning streak (carried over from 2011)
Swagger - snapped 6 match losing streak (carried over from 2011)

Match Results

(1) WWE tag champions Primo & Epico (w/Rosa Mendes) beat Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) to retain the WWE Tag Titles. ... (2) Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero) beat U.S. champion Zack Ryder (w/Eve) to capture the U.S. Title. ... (3) Kelly Kelly & Alicia Fox beat The Bella Twins (Brie & Nikki Bella) with Perez Hilton as guest ring announcer. ... (4) R-Truth beat Sheamus, Wade Barrett, and The Miz in an over-the-top-rope battle royal. ... (5) Brodus Clay beat JTG. ... (6) Mark Henry & David Otunga & Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero) beat WWE champion C.M. Punk & World Hvt. champion Daniel Bryan & Mick Foley & Chris Jericho via reverse decision in a six-man tag match that turned into a handicap match.

TV Reports

-- CALDWELL'S RAW TV REPORT

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