WWE Raw results, grades: CM Punk and Bron Breakker set for Jan. 5 world heavyweight title match

Breakker will have the opportunity to capture his first world title in just over one month

At Survivor Series on Saturday, the men's WarGames match ended with Bron Breakker pinning CM Punk. During Raw on Monday, Breakker managed to parlay that pinfall into a future shot at Punk's world heavyweight championship.

Breakker's win wasn't without an asterisk, as a masked man ran into the cage and hit Punk with a superkick and a stomp shortly before Breakker delivered the match-ending spear. The identity of that mystery man was not solved on Monday, but Breakker will have a shot to become a world champion for the first time in his career when he faces Punk on Jan. 5.

CBS Sports was with you all night with recaps and highlights of all the action from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

Bron Breakker set to challenge CM Punk for the world heavyweight title

Paul Heyman and Bron Breakker arrived early in the show, confronting general manager Adam Pearce. Heyman insisted he did not know who the masked man who interfered in WarGames was. Heyman then said they needed to talk because Breakker pinned world heavyweight champion CM Punk in WarGames.

Later in the night, Heyman and The Vision came to the ring. Heyman announced that Breakker would receive a world heavyweight championship match with Punk on the Jan. 5 episode of Raw. Breaker then cut a promo where he expressed frustration at the masked man for ruining his moment before saying he was disappointed in how easy it was to pin Punk. Breakker said Punk tried to break his neck and ruin his life, so now he would ruin Punk's career and life because Punk was nothing more than a veteran trying to cling to past glories.

This was a pretty standard episode of Raw, with nothing feeling very "in the moment" and everything focused on what's coming down the road. That said, it's probably best to quickly move on from a highly disappointing WarGames that left a bad taste in almost everyone's mouth. Breakker's promo was fiery, but wasn't quite as good as he seemed to think, as he announced, quite literally, what a great promo it was. Either way, it's nice to see a month-long build to a title match on Raw, and it will be interesting to see what direction WWE decides to go when Jan. 5 comes. Grade: B

What else happened on WWE Raw?

• "The Last Time is Now" tournament semifinal match -- LA Knight def. Jey Uso via pinfall with a crucifix pin. Knight kicked out of an Uso Splash directly into the crucifix for the flash victory. A frustrated Uso tossed the ring steps and other equipment at ringside after the defeat.
• The Judgment Day celebrated Dominik Mysterio's win over John Cena. Mysterio claimed his win at Survivor Series to regain the intercontinental championship proved he is the greatest of all time before Liv Morgan came to the ring. Morgan said she was happy to be back but had heard that Judgment Day had lost its edge with her gone and promised things would be back on track with her return. Morgan would later confront Stephanie Vaquer backstage, clearly setting her sights on regaining the women's world championship.
• World Tag Team Championship -- AJ Styles & Dragon Lee (c) def. The New Day via pinfall after Styles hit a Styles Clash on Kofi Kingston to retain the titles.
• "The Last Time is Now" tournament semifinal match -- Gunther def. Solo Sikoa via pinfall after a low blow and powerbomb. Talla Tonga attempted to interfere, but Gunther was able to fight him off before taking his own shortcut.
• Rey Mysterio slapped Logan Paul after Paul interrupted a backstage interview. Paul told Mysterio to back down from Dominik Mysterio, because the intercontinental championship belongs to The Vision. Mysterio delivered the slap after Paul said he would retire him.
• Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair vs. Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley ended in a no-contest after interference from The Kabuki Warriors. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria ran in to break up the attack, but were eventually overwhelmed when Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez ran to the ring, laying everyone out. Perez and Rodriguez picked up the title belts before Perez attempted to hand a belt over to Liv Morgan, who placed it back in Perez's hands before raising the arms of her Judgment Day teammates.