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It is still hard to believe that almost one year has passed since WWE WrestleMania 34 and the next edition of the Showcase of Immortals is due in less than ten days. WWE has changed a lot in the past few days - some for good and others for bad.
Even though most people are not hyped up for the event, the creative direction WWE is going in is evident since three fan-favorite babyfaces are on the rise to attain glory at WrestleMania 35.
In the main event, Becky Lynch will square off against Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey for the RAW Women's Championship, Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston will respectively challenge Brock Lesnar and Daniel Bryan for their respective championships. If all things go well, we might finally see a WrestleMania that ends with the fans cheering after four years.
However, WWE has failed to build up enough hype heading into WrestleMania. This has been a problem with the last few editions as well. However, the appearances of certain superstars on the go home edition of RAW could help propel the hype a bit. In this list, we will take a look at a few things WWE should do on the next RAW to hype up WrestleMania 2019.
#5 Announce the guest appearances
WWE has had guest appearances from former Superstars or legends from other fields at WrestleMania. Former Superstars and legends like Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and Shawn Michaels made appearances at WrestleMania even after they said farewell to their wrestling careers.
WWE will most certainly have some guest appearances this time around as well, and the last episode of WWE RAW before WrestleMania would be the perfect place to announce it.
#4 Have an altercation between Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar
Let us be honest here. WWE has failed terribly to build up Seth Rollins as a credible opponent for Brock Lesnar. Rollins only had one altercation with Lesnar, and the Beast got the better of the Architect.
Most of the fans excited for WrestleMania are waiting for either the triple threat main event, or the storytelling brilliance in the WWE Championship feud, or the clash between Batista and Triple H. Not many are excited about the Universal Championship match, and we cannot blame them.
WWE should have an all-out attack segment between Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar if they want the fans to get invested in this feud. WWE had two and a half months to build this feud, and they squandered that opportunity.
#3 No Ronda Rousey segment
While WWE officials did not do much with the Universal title feud, they saturated the RAW Women's Championship feud far beyond anyone's expectation. What was once promising to be an outstanding feud between Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch has now turned into a convoluted plot that destroyed the entire women's division in WWE, except for the three women involved in this feud.
Thus WWE should not do anything with this storyline on this episode of RAW. Instead, Ronda should visit SmackDown LIVE to face her challengers in their own den. Such a move would at least freshen things up a bit. Even though Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair have visited RAW many times after the 2019 edition of Royal Rumble, Rousey has not returned the favor yet.
#2 Brawls
There is nothing quite like an old school brawl that can propel the WWE fans' hype over the roof. Pure hard-hitting segments involving two competitors ahead of their clash is something everyone will be looking forward to.
At the moment, we have two feuds that could use a brawling segment to hype up the crowd. The first one is obviously between the Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar, and the challenger, Seth Rollins. The next one is between Rollins' Shield-brother, Roman Reigns, and the 'Scottish Psychopath' Drew McIntyre. A brawl between these two behemoths is guaranteed to lift the crowd.
Another rivalry that could use a bit of help from a brawling segment is the one between Batista and his Evolution mentor, Triple H. Even though this rivalry seems brilliant, the two veterans have not had any physical interaction with each other.
#1 A new opponent for Kurt Angle
The farewell tour for a legendary wrestler like Kurt Angle should be something phenomenal. However, WWE has botched it by announcing that Baron Corbin would take on the Olympic hero.
We have seen Corbin cross paths against Angle a million times, and to be honest, the majority of the WWE fans are not excited at Kurt Angle facing the Lone Wolf at WrestleMania 35. It is baffling, as Angle has recently faced the likes of AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, and Rey Mysterio.
Shawn Michaels got the Undertaker, Ric Flair got Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin got the Rock as their farewell match opponents. Thus, one could easily argue that Kurt Angle also deserves to face someone legendary in his farewell match, someone like John Cena.
If WWE can somehow replace Corbin with Cena on the next episode of RAW, that would elevate the hype for WrestleMania 35.
