4 Botches you probably missed this week on Monday Night Raw (January 21st, 2019)

The go-home episode of Monday Night Raw ahead of Royal Rumble landed in Oklahoma City this week with what could be seen as a lackluster episode of the show ahead of one of the biggest events of the year.

Whilst there were a number of interesting talking points as Alexa Bliss announced that she would be returning to active competition inside the Women's Royal Rumble match this weekend and Ronda Rousey and Sasha Banks seemingly took their rivalry to the next level.

The Royal Rumble begins the Road To WrestleMania which is the most watched section of WWE's year, but despite the fact that all eyes were on the product this week, there were still a number of huge botches that have made their way onto Social Media.

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#4 The Singh Brothers finish

The Singh Brothers match ended prematurely on Raw

The Singh Brothers teamed with Jinder Mahal this week on Raw to take on The Lucha House Party. After weeks of issues with The Revival, The Lucha House Party were happy to mix it up with a different team.

Interestingly, even though The Lucha House Party have developed a reputation for botches in the few months that they have been together, it was Jinder's entourage that caused all of the problems this week on Raw since their match came to an abrupt ending.

It seemed as though Samir Singh was supposed to make the save when his brother was pinned by Gran Metalik, but he was unable to get there in time so Sunil was pinned. After the match, all eyes were on the Singh Brother since it was made blatantly obvious that the match wasn't supposed to end there, but Lucha House Party had no choice but to celebrate.

#3 Apollo misjudges the weight of Bobby Lashley

Bobby Lashley had quite an interesting night on Raw

Over the past few weeks, Apollo has been pushed quite hard on Monday Night Raw which was showcased a few weeks ago when he almost became Intercontinental Champion. This week on Raw, he continued to push towards that title when he stepped up to new Champion Bobby Lashley.

Lashley is a much bigger opponent than Apollo is used to and this showed when he attempted to do his usual bench press sequence. He was able to pick Lashley up but couldn't quite get him in position and went on to actually drop him.

Apollo then made it clear that this was a botch when he stood up and went for the move again, this time it was a little more successful but it still wasn't enough to help Crews to victory.

Not the first time Lashley has been dropped :) pic.twitter.com/Wene3Zh5x0

— The Brass Ring (@TheBrassRing1) January 22, 2019

#2 The women step it up in the main event

It was a rough week for Sasha Banks on Raw

The women of WWE main evented Raw once again this week as Sasha Banks and Ronda Rousey continued their feud heading into The Royal Rumble but it wasn't without incident since the match saw a number of interesting botches.

Sasha Banks stood out above all the others in the match since she delivered an interesting knee to Natalya that the former Women's Champion bumped even though it was miles away from her face.

Bayley and Rousey then went on to botch what seemed like a straight forward sweep of the legs, before WWE were forced to step in when Banks suffered a slight wardrobe malfunction as her shorts were caught on Natalya's head. The screen cut out and then came back as Banks pulled her shorts back up and continued the match.

Another botchy Raw main event from the women :/ pic.twitter.com/QLLPpNy8A6

— The Brass Ring (@TheBrassRing1) January 22, 2019

#1 Why wasn't this a disqualification?

Finn Balor had quite the night on Monday Night Raw

Braun Strowman took on Finn Balor this week on Raw just days before Balor challenges for the Universal Championship at The Royal Rumble, in what was a strange match as Brock Lesnar looked on at ringside. Strowman threw Balor into Brock Lesnar at ringside at one point and the Champion delivered a suplex on the outside, but even though the referee saw the move, he didn't call for the disqualification.

Interestingly, the match then continued and Brock was forced to involve himself to stop Balor defeating Strowman, but this time when Lesnar delivered an F5, the referee called for the bell. This made it clear that the match wasn't a no-DQ match so the question remains as to why WWE didn't have the referee distracted at the time or why they put that move in the match, to begin with.

Referee is in position. Isn't a DQ?? pic.twitter.com/cBwt9TLSkJ

— The Brass Ring (@TheBrassRing1) January 22, 2019