6 things WWE subtly told us on RAW: Expected title change at WrestleMania to possibly be delayed, Debuting superstar to get instant push? (March 20th, 2020)

Monday Night RAW concluded the road to WrestleMania 36 with an episode like no other. The RAW before WrestleMania is among the most important of the year, while the RAW after WrestleMania is the one that stands out and is considered to be the best.

However, the prevailing circumstances meant that WWE was forced to host all their shows at the Performance Center in Orlando. To their credit, they proved that they can make it work, one way or the other.

While the build to WrestleMania 36 has intentionally lacked the hype and overall storyline progression like recent years, we were impressed at the promos of the show - all of which were fantastic.

It could be argued that this episode of RAW had the best promo work in years. Let's jump right into what WWE subtly told us on the RAW before WrestleMania 36.

#6. No Drew McIntyre in the go-home segment of the go-home show

We've often criticized Brock Lesnar-Paul Heyman segments on RAW for the last few years primarily because the content of it appeared to be the same. That has held true, but on the final segment of RAW before WrestleMania 36, we saw Heyman cut a fantastic promo.

He can cut a good one when he wants to and he utilized this one to put over Brock Lesnar's WWE title challenger Drew McIntyre in a big way. It's no secret that McIntyre is among Heyman's top superstars on RAW and Lesnar's advocate did enough to put him over enough in his absence.

However, we did find his absence a bit odd. It seems to be a big possibility that Lesnar will retain against McIntyre and that the Scotsman will have to wait a few more months for a bigger show for it to happen.

#5. A big debut or a temporary spot?

There were rumors that Andrade was among the superstars that were forced to pull out of WrestleMania 36, along with names such as Roman Reigns, Rey Mysterio and The Miz, among others.

The United States Champion Andrade was scheduled to team up with Angel Garza and challenge The Street Profits at WrestleMania 36 for the RAW Tag Team Championship. While that match felt thrown together, this one appears even more so.

Either way, Andrade's lost spot turned out to be Austin Theory's gain as the 22-year old superstar made his debut and took Andrade's spot at WrestleMania 36. While Owens and The Street Profits won the match, the former Universal Champion was hit with a curb stomp as soon as he got the pin and win.

It's a sink-or-swim spot for Theory, especially since Montez Ford hit a big dive that didn't connect (and it didn't look good on TV, which makes us wonder why they kept it on a taped show). However, we believe that there's a high chance of Theory getting an instant push.

#4. The "New" Undertaker emerges

This isn't the Deadman, nor is this The American Badass

We've been buzzing about The Undertaker's new gimmick for a few weeks now and he's only done more to add to the excitement. We're not going to call him "The Deadman" right now because that isn't what it is.

Interestingly, it's not The American Badass either, but it appears to be a bit of a mix between the two. He cut his best promo in a long time and ripped AJ Styles apart without laying a finger on him (except for Super ShowDown).

He finally acknowledged Michelle McCool as his wife while being in character and we never would have expected that The Undertaker would be a superstar that we could be excited about in 2020.

It just goes to show that the reinvention was needed a long time ago and if the rumors of him being physically fit are true, it would be good to have him appear a bit more frequently. However, we'd still like to know what a Boneyard match is. It looks like we're going to have to wait till Sunday for that.

#3. Who's going to be The Man at WrestleMania?

Shayna Baszler knows how to make a statement

Yesterday in the RAW Preview, we called Becky Lynch's title match against Shayna Baszler the biggest one in her reign so far. It's also the most important one, as she'll complete a full calendar year as RAW Women's Champion if she manages to beat Baszler.

Shayna Baszler made a statement by being the first and only 2-time NXT Women's Champion, before making a statement by attacking Becky Lynch and biting her neck over a month ago. She made the biggest statement in Elimination Chamber history by being the first person in over 17 years to win the match by eliminating every other participant.

There's no denying that she's the biggest threat to Becky Lynch's title reign and this is a run that includes big wins over Lacey Evans, Sasha Banks, and Asuka. In the eyes of many, Shayna Baszler seems all but certain to win the RAW Women's Championship, but given that she stood tall before the show of shows, it's highly likely that we could see Lynch's historic run continue.

#2. No reason to build to Aleister Black vs Bobby Lashley?

This one took us by surprise. Last week, WWE announced that Aleister Black would have his first WrestleMania singles match against Bobby Lashley. It seemed like a random match that was put together on short notice and the reality is that it was. However, that doesn't stop it from being an intriguing match-up and if WWE wants to build Lashley as a possible contender to Brock Lesnar, then he needs to beat Black.

However, the consensus would be that Black should win and in the long run, he's a more exciting superstar to build RAW around. WWE has been very careful with the way that they've pushed and protected him and while he hasn't stayed undefeated as long as he did in NXT, those losses haven't affected him too much.

He even got a win over AJ Styles (albeit with The Undertaker's assistance) at Elimination Chamber, but we're surprised that WWE decided that no build was needed for Aleister Black vs Bobby Lashley. A simple staredown or beatdown would have sufficed. Instead, Black won a squash match as usual.

Also read: 5 reasons why WWE booked Aleister Black vs Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania 36

#1. The art of a rivalry and Edge's final promo ahead of WrestleMania

Edge and Randy Orton haven't had too many face-to-face interactions ahead of WrestleMania 36, but that hasn't stopped it from being one of the most highly-anticipated match-ups on the WrestleMania card.

The anticipation is, of course, because of Edge's first singles match in over 9 years, but even so, the personal nature of the rivalry has made it one of the best parts of RAW for the last two months.

Both Orton and Edge have proven to be a level among most and as we know, a motivated Randy Orton is capable of a lot. Edge's promo was fairly straightforward, highlighting how he's a "junkie" about getting in the ring.

The intensity of his promo translated well and we believe that this could be one of the matches that benefit from being in an empty arena. We're not arguing that it would be better than listening to 75,000+ people reacting for Edge, but we feel it could be a match with great psychology to it, similar to Triple H vs Batista last year at WrestleMania 36.