5 Things WWE subtly told us on RAW: KOTR winner teased, unexpected change to Clash of Champions main event? (August 26th, 2019)

Well, tonight was a rather interesting episode of WWE Monday Night RAW. While it was rather eventful, it unfortunately suffered from having a rather slow pace. The second half, however, did go by a lot more smoothly as there were quite a few matches.

Either way, we didn't get a title change, but we did get two great champion vs champion matches. The first one saw SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley defeat one-half of the Women's Tag Team Champions Nikki Cross.

The main event saw United States Champion AJ Styles defend his title against RAW Tag Team Champion Braun Strowman. While all of that did end in controversy, there were quite a few things to note on the show.

With this episode of RAW being done, it means that there are only two more episodes before the big PPV Clash of Champions next month. Here are a few things WWE subtly told us tonight.

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#5 Sasha Banks could be the one to dethrone The Man

The Boss cut an intense promo

There's absolutely no denying that Sasha Banks is Becky Lynch's biggest, toughest and most important challenge since WrestleMania 35 and Ronda Rousey. In the four months that have passed since WrestleMania, the only two women to challenge for the title have been Lacey Evans and Natalya.

With them out of the picture, enter Sasha Banks and we have a readymade rivalry. Banks came out to express her frustration and jealousy towards Becky Lynch's main event spot, bragging that despite being on vacation for four months, people simply can't stop talking about her.

There's no doubt that the match itself is going to be incredible and while Becky Lynch has had a strong reign as champion, we could see it end very soon at the hands of Banks.

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#4 Ricochet is the man they're going with

The best start Ricochet could ask for

Ricochet had the toughest first-round match out of all the young "up and coming" stars of the King of the Ring tournament. While Samoa Joe vs Cesaro was a higher-level match-up, Ricochet vs Drew McIntyre was as expected, an intense affair.

Ricochet seems to have the tournament tailor-made for him, especially since he often goes by the moniker "King Ricochet". He faced Drew McIntyre and struggled but eventually came out on top.

There have been all sorts of rumours flying around about Paul Heyman being high on Ricochet and by the looks of how he has been getting pushed, it's not only Heyman who is behind him.

It's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out and you can expect a heel from the SmackDown side to go through to the finals. It seems like a no-brainer at this point that Ricochet will beat Samoa Joe while Baron Corbin likely beats Cedric Alexander.

It'll make for two major hurdles for Ricochet to jump over, but from the look of things, the King of the Ring is truly going to be his tournament and one that will give him his breakout moment.

#3 Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler are going to be tag team champions

Destination: Clash of Champions

Don't you love tag teams that are randomly put together? We've seen many odd pairing teams before, but those usually had a story and build up to it (take for example, Cesaro and Sheamus circa 2016).

Dolph Ziggler nor Robert Roode have been doing much and they definitely haven't been in the best positions creatively as well. With that being said, they randomly formed a tag team and it was announced by The Street Profits on RAW.

To protect The Viking Raiders, WWE had a "Double DQ" spot with them and Gallows & Anderson, allowing Roode & Ziggler to get past four other teams. They did so in emphatic fashion and Robert Roode was definitely the star of what appeared to seem like a gauntlet match.

They're now officially set to face Braun Strowman & Seth Rollins before the two face each other for the Universal Championship. It seems more than evident that the two are going to have quite a bit of momentum prior to the show before they win the titles.

Them winning the titles seems inevitable because nobody is walking out of there as a triple champion.

#2 Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman will turn on each other soon

Tensions are bound to arise

There's something new happening at Clash of Champions this year. It'll be the first time that a tag team has to defend their titles before facing each other in the main event later in the night.

When you have a babyface vs babyface main event, things won't always work out as hoped. Braun Strowman has had his eyes on the Universal title from a few weeks ago when he saved Seth Rollins and he hasn't been able to take his eyes off it.

As mentioned, the two of them will have not one, but two matches at Clash of Champions, meaning that they probably are going to have to drop the weight of the tag team titles. But before that happens, expect tensions to escalate like never before in the coming two weeks.

They don't have too much time to build but it can definitely be seen that there is a bit of tension between the two and that they will implode in no time. They seem to be perfectly fine with each other now, but as we know, in WWE, that doesn't last very long.

#1 We're going to have a "Winner takes all" main event

What is going to happen at the Clash of Champions?

As you know, the definitive theme of Clash of Champions (previously Night of Champions) is that all championships must be defended without fail. Every single title will be on the line and if you noticed, AJ Styles doesn't have any other separate opponent challenging him for the title.

Braun Strowman has been the only superstar to receive two title shots in two weeks and The Monster Among Men seems to have his sights set on multiple different titles. There was some confusion on commentary as to what the scenario would be if Strowman won the United States Championship.

Of course, the match did end in a DQ, but Corey Graves somewhat cleared the situation and what may very well happen.

Since AJ Styles must put his title on the line, we're more than likely going to get a Triple Threat main event that will be a "Winner Takes All" match.

Since Rollins won't be a Triple Champion, it's likely that he'll drop the tag titles and end the night with two championships, while Strowman walks out empty-handed. It's clear that AJ Styles is very much a part of this rivalry.