Raw was all about the aftermath of a thrilling and quite surprising Royal Rumble, with an eye towards building up Elimination Chamber. There was even a main event directly tied to both, as CM Punk took on Sami Zayn for the chance to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match,

After technical issues marred Netflix’s first big live sports stream — last November’s Jake Paul/Mike Tyson “fight” — neither the streamer or its new partner WWE seemed too concerned. That event had a lot more viewers than anyone figured Raw would have when it began streaming weekly on Netflix last month as part of a multi-billion dollar deal with WWE,