Today's Updates, 1/15/2019

Today's UPDATES

They say that a lot can change almost overnight, and we saw a perfect example of that last night on Monday Night RAW, but here's a Max Sports rundown to explain everything. It all started when Braun Strowman announced his clear intentions to defeat Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, but Baron Corbin got himself involved in the promo and then found himself being chased by The Monster Among Men. Soon after Elias told Strowman that Corbin was hiding in a limo parked in the middle of the arena's garage, The Monster attempted to retrieve him by smashing and ripping off the passenger's seat door, but Corbin came out the other side and ran in a hurry. An incident would cost Strowman big time because that limousine belong to Mr. McMahon who had just arrived the moment the show started, first he would fine $100,000 for the limo and when Strowman made the mistake of yelling at The Chairman, McMahon took away his Universal Title shot at the Royal Rumble. So the big question of the night was who was now going to challenge Brock Lesnar at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona? Well after John Cena, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin and Finn Bálor made their case, Mr. McMahon would announce a Fatal 4-Way match to determine the New #1 Contender, Bálor did not have it easy all night because he had to put his spot in that match on the line in another match earlier on against Jinder Mahal. Despite Jinder Mahal's ruthless antics including to attack Bálor before ever got started, Finn survived his wrath, kept his spot in the Fatal 4-Way, and then won the Main Event of RAW in order to get his wish of competing for the Universal Title. It could not have come at better time for The Leader of Bálor Club vs The Beast, who knows if we'll see The Demon pop up in Phoenix and steal the show at the Royal Rumble, we'll have more on last night's RAW later on, but first a look other sports scores from last night.

NFL Playoffs
Conference Championships
NFC Title Game: Los Angeles Rams vs New Orleans Saints, Sunday at 3:05PM on FOX
AFC Title Game: New England Patriots vs Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday at 6:40PM on CBS
Super Bowl LIII
February 3rd, 2019 from Atlanta at 6:30PM on CBS

NBA

Last Night

Nets 109, Celtics 102

Rockets 112, Grizzlies 94

Spurs 108, Hornets 93

Jazz 100, Pistons 94

Kings 115, Trail Blazers 107

Pelicans 121, Clippers 117

Tonight

Suns vs Pacers at 7PM

Timberwolves vs 76ers at 7PM on NBATV

Thunder vs Hawks at 7:30PM

Heat vs Bucks at 8PM

Warriors vs Nuggets at 9PM

Bulls vs Lakers at 10:30PM on NBATV

NHL

Last Night

Avalanche 6, Maple Leafs 3

Devils 8, Blackhawks 5

Flyers 7, Wild 4

Blues 4, Capitals 1

Canadiens 3, Bruins 2

Oilers 7, Sabres 2

Tonight

Blues vs Islanders at 7PM

Hurricanes vs Rangers at 7PM

Devils vs Blue Jackets at 7PM

Panthers vs Canadiens at 7:30PM

Ducks vs Red Wings at 7:30PM

Captials vs Predators at 8PM

Kings vs Wild at 8PM on NBCSN

Golden Knights vs Jets at 8PM

Lighting vs Stars at 8:30PM

Penguins vs Sharks at 10PM on ESPN+

WWE

RAW results

- Sasha Banks and Ronda Rousey defeated Tamina and Nia Jax

- The Revival defeated Lucha House Party

- Bayley, Natalya and Nikki Cross defeated the Riott Squad

- Finn Bálor defeated Jinder Mahal

- Bobby Lashley defeated Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship

- Finn Bálor defeated Baron Corbin, John Cena and Drew McIntyre in a Fatal-4 Way match to become the new #1 Contender for the WWE Universal Championship

NXT TakeOver: Phoenix match card

- Tommaso Ciampa vs Aleister Black for the NXT Championship

- Shayna Baszler vs Bianca Belair for the NXT Women's Championship
- The Undisputed Era vs War Raiders for the NXT Tag Team Championship
- Ricochet vs Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Championship

Royal Rumble match card

- 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 35

- 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 35

- Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor for the WWE Universal Championship

- Daniel Bryan vs AJ Styles for the WWE Championship

- Ronda Rousey vs Sasha Banks for the WWE Raw Women's Championship

- Asuka vs Becky Lynch for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship

- The Bar vs The Miz and Shane McMahon for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

- Buddy Murphy vs Akira Tozawa vs Kalisto vs Hideo Itami in a Fatal Four-Way match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship

It's safe to say that the 2020 Presidential Election has fully underway, as a boat load of Democrats will be vying between later on this year and next year. In the past couple weeks, some Democrats have announced their intentions to run against the current President despite the earlier start, so far the Major Dems to have announced their candidacy are Julian Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, and Richard Ojeda. Senators Kamala Harris and Kristen Gillianbrand are expected to have a scheduled announcement sometime this week, in fact Gillibrand could make her announcement tonight during The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS tonight. Harris is planning to announce her campaign this weekend, maybe even on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, other Dems such as Marianne Williamson, Jay Inslee and Elizabeth Warren have yet to officially declare their plans to run, but last Saturday Julian Castro made his announcement in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas, and the fellow member of the Obama administration would make a promise that his campaign would bring "universal pre-kindergarten for all children whose parents want it." That sounds a little interesting, but for more info, we turn now to our #TwitterTrend which highlights Castro's Saturday event and how much love and support was put into it.

Vagiña Avenger ™️ 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏾 @monicaisliberal

💕💕💕 ready for ⁦@JulianCastro⁩ !!

Nolan D. McCaskill @NolanDMcCaskill

I wonder what @JulianCastro’s special announcement is... 🤔

Natalie Montelongo @natimontelongo

Sneak peek into the kick-ass visuals created by local San Antonio artist @cruzortizart that will be present at @JulianCastro’s announcement (fiesta) today. #JulianForTheFuture

Bob Garrett @RobertTGarrett

Quite the scrum as hometown boy made good ⁦@JulianCastro⁩ arrives at community center a few blocks from where he grew up #2020 #txpolitics #txlege

Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek

Scene here at @JulianCastro’s 2020 announcement on San Antonio’s West Side — campaign swag already out and line to get in wrapping around three sides of block:

Erica Zucco KENS 5 @ericazucco

#TX state Rep @DiegoBernalTX here to introduce @JulianCastro’s brother, Rep @JoaquinCastrotx. Starts by saying “the hashtag is #Julian2020.” @KENS5 #kens5eyewitness

Ryan Lizza @RyanLizza

Julian Castro, announcing his presidential campaign, notes he once wanted to be a journalist and calls press, “the friend of the truth in this country.”

Nolan D. McCaskill @NolanDMcCaskill

There it is: @JulianCastro announces, “I am a candidate for president of the United States.” (in English and Spanish)

Gideon Resnick @GideonResnick

In @JulianCastro's prepared remarks for his presidential announcement, he says: "It’s time for Medicare for All--universal health care for every American." Amazing this will be a feature of essentially every campaign

Julián Castro @JulianCastro

Wow. Love this!

Julián Castro @JulianCastro

“He believes in people that other people doubt. He believes in people that other people dismiss. And he believes in people that other people despise.” -- Sandra, I am so honored by your presence today. Thank you.

Cristela Alonzo @cristela9

@JulianCastro announcement starts with English/Spanish announcement introducing TX State Rep @jamestalarico. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

NBC Latino @NBCLatino

“I’m grateful that he believes in people that other people doubt...that other people despise,” says a Latina first-gen college student who benefited from @JulianCastro’s Café College, which he created as San Antonio mayor, speaking at #juliancastro announcement for his 2020 bid

Amber Ferguson @Ms_AmberDawn

"I want to be honest with you. There's going to be a lot of great candidates in this race. And a lot of them are good friends of ours. And we respect them and we wish them all well."-Joaquin Castro during Julian Castro's 2020 announcement event

Moving Back to Monday Night Raw, a lot of other great stuff happened last night other than with Finn Bálor. NXT alumni such as EC3, Lacey Evans, and Heavy Machinery made their first official appearances on the Red Brand, and it was said they may also appear on SmackDown LIVE tonight. But the one NXT star that really stole the show was the "Twisted Sister" known as Nikki Cross who teamed up with Bayley and Natalya in a Six-Woman Tag Team match against the Riott Squad. Speaking of Women's Tag Team, during "A Moment of Bliss" with Alexa Bliss, it was announced that three teams from both Raw and SmackDown will do battle inside the Elimination Chamber to become the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, plus the belts for said championships were revealed last night too. Since we are now talking about championships, last night there was a Triple Threat match for the Intercontinental Championship between current Champion Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Bobby Lashley. The third member of that match had a lot of help from his mini-Paul Heyman, Lio Rush who got involved in different point od the match until Lashley made his move and speared his way to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. To see these incredible moments for yourself, check out the latest Web Choice playlist which tell the stories on all of them.