Post by Steveweiser on May 7, 2018 3:13:19 GMT -5
RAW is live from the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island tonight, coming off a widely panned Backlash show. It's six weeks until Money In The Bank, so there'll be plenty of time for the Red Brand to build their matches up...
Roman Reigns claims he's the uncrowned WWE Universal Champion, and The Big Dog supported those claims with a win over SmackDown Live's Samoa Joe in the main event of Backlash. Though Reigns lost his last two matches with Brock Lesnar, he still has a claim to the title due to the end of the Steel Cage Match at the Greatest Royal Rumble, where his feet looked to hit the floor first after a spear through the cage wall. However, Lesnar and Paul Heyman will feel that another challenger is more deserving - how will RAW GM Kurt Angle handle this situation?
With Money In The Bank six weeks away, attention will turn to qualifying for the men's and women's Ladder Matches, which will feature Superstars from both brands. Over on SmackDown Live, The Miz will be in a qualifying match, but who will have one on RAW tonight? With a shot at a world title on the line, and a high conversion rate (100% for the women, albeit only one has been on the line for them, though run twice), there'll be a queue of elite names looking to be in the conversation.
Things have not gone well for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn since moving to RAW, and they ended up turning on each other again in their loss to Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman. If history has proved anything for Owens, it's that he's had his greatest success when he's onside with his general manager, and his biggest struggles are when he's battling them, so he may have to curry favour with Kurt Angle somehow... but first may have to be making amends with Zayn, and trying to avoid being killed by giant men again.
Bayley and Sasha Banks continue to have problems with their friendship, and Ruby Riott is profiting from the breakup. In the past week, the leader of the Riott Squad has gained wins over both Sasha and Bayley, due to the other woman refusing to be at ringside, allowing Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan to freely interfere. The toxicity of the friendship is leading to L's piling up, so they'd better patch up and go after the Riott Squad...
The Intercontinental Championship remains safely on RAW, with Seth Rollins retaining the title against The Miz in the clear standout match of Backlash. One person happy with this is Finn Bálor, who came close to taking the title from Rollins last week on RAW. Bálor has made it his goal recently to become the Intercontinental Champion, and he already has a title win over Rollins when he became the first Universal Champion. Will Bálor go after Rollins again?
All this and much more, including more Nia Jax anti-bullying buzz words and tag champs The Deleter of Worlds, tonight from 8/7c on USA!
Roman Reigns claims he's the uncrowned WWE Universal Champion, and The Big Dog supported those claims with a win over SmackDown Live's Samoa Joe in the main event of Backlash. Though Reigns lost his last two matches with Brock Lesnar, he still has a claim to the title due to the end of the Steel Cage Match at the Greatest Royal Rumble, where his feet looked to hit the floor first after a spear through the cage wall. However, Lesnar and Paul Heyman will feel that another challenger is more deserving - how will RAW GM Kurt Angle handle this situation?
With Money In The Bank six weeks away, attention will turn to qualifying for the men's and women's Ladder Matches, which will feature Superstars from both brands. Over on SmackDown Live, The Miz will be in a qualifying match, but who will have one on RAW tonight? With a shot at a world title on the line, and a high conversion rate (100% for the women, albeit only one has been on the line for them, though run twice), there'll be a queue of elite names looking to be in the conversation.
Things have not gone well for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn since moving to RAW, and they ended up turning on each other again in their loss to Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman. If history has proved anything for Owens, it's that he's had his greatest success when he's onside with his general manager, and his biggest struggles are when he's battling them, so he may have to curry favour with Kurt Angle somehow... but first may have to be making amends with Zayn, and trying to avoid being killed by giant men again.
Bayley and Sasha Banks continue to have problems with their friendship, and Ruby Riott is profiting from the breakup. In the past week, the leader of the Riott Squad has gained wins over both Sasha and Bayley, due to the other woman refusing to be at ringside, allowing Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan to freely interfere. The toxicity of the friendship is leading to L's piling up, so they'd better patch up and go after the Riott Squad...
The Intercontinental Championship remains safely on RAW, with Seth Rollins retaining the title against The Miz in the clear standout match of Backlash. One person happy with this is Finn Bálor, who came close to taking the title from Rollins last week on RAW. Bálor has made it his goal recently to become the Intercontinental Champion, and he already has a title win over Rollins when he became the first Universal Champion. Will Bálor go after Rollins again?
All this and much more, including more Nia Jax anti-bullying buzz words and tag champs The Deleter of Worlds, tonight from 8/7c on USA!