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3 genius bookings by WWE on this week's Raw (June 24, 2019)

The Stomping Grounds fallout episode of Raw emanated from the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington. Coming out from a surprisingly good PPV, WWE had a lot of work to do to build-up the ongoing & new feuds.

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With their next PPV Extreme Rules set to take place in three weeks, WWE has started building up the match card right away. The Universal title match has been made official, and we might have also seen the potential challengers for the WWE Championship. With wins over the current champions AJ Styles & the Usos could also find themselves in title matches at Extreme Rules.

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Having a lot of things at stake, WWE could not afford to go wrong with any steps they took on the road to Extreme Rules. Judging by how the show went on, it seems the company has made the right decisions. Let's take a look at three genius decisions WWE has made on this week's episode of Raw.

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#3 Reaping up a two-way benefit with AJ Styles beating Ricochet

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Ricochet defeated Samoa Joe in an excellent match at Stomping Grounds and won his first major singles championship on the main roster. The new United States Champion felt the pressure right away as AJ Styles challenged him to a match on this week's Raw.

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Ricochet and Styles squared off in the main event of this week's Raw and the Phenomenal One came out victorious against the new US Champion. The fans were puzzled by WWE's decision to have Styles go over Ricochet after only 24 hours since the latter won the US title.

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But if we carefully observe the decision, there might be a double benefit for the WWE from Styles' win. The victory would place AJ Styles in contention for a future US title opportunity, and that could happen at Extreme Rules.

WWE is putting on a show in Tokyo, Japan on June 28 and AJ Styles will be the company's trump card to exploit the Japanese market. Having Styles walk into the event with a big win over the US Champion would help WWE's intentions to capture the eyes of the WWE Universe in Japan.

The second benefit would be to give Ricochet a credible opponent for his United States Championship. Ricochet is the only male superstar among the recent NXT call-ups to succeed on the main roster, with hm already having a big win over Samoa Joe. A feud with AJ Styles will help Ricochet's career and also WWE to sell more tickets.

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#2 Bray Wyatt's puppets stalking the WWE superstars

Bray Wyatt is making his presence felt!
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It appears that we have seen the finale of Bray Wyatt's Firefly Fun House on last week's episode of Raw. Wyatt disappeared from the Fun House at the end of the segment, which indicated that the Eater of Worlds is on his way back to Raw.

Bray Wyatt has begun his mind games once again as he made his presence felt in this week's episode of Raw. When the Miz was on his way to the ring to host Miz TV, he got stalked by Abby the Witch, one of Wyatt's puppets from the Fun House.

The Miz was not the only one, as another one of Wyatt's puppets, Mercy the Buzzard, was seen stalking WWE Champion Kofi Kingston.

Instead of bringing in Bray Wyatt right away, WWE is taking one step at a time and wait for the proper time to re-introduce Wyatt with his new character. We have to give the writers credit for thinking of the perfect way to increase the fans' expectations ahead of Wyatt's big return.

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#1 A surprise return from The Undertaker

Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre have awakened the reaper!
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WWE caught the fans completely off guard by having The Undertaker return to save Roman Reigns from Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre on this week's Raw.

The Big Dog defeated Drew McIntyre at Stomping Grounds despite the latter having Shane McMahon in his corner. However, the Best in the World made it clear that he is not finished with Roman Reigns and booked him in a two on one handicap match against himself & McIntyre on this week's Raw.

When Shane O'Mac and McIntyre had Roman Reigns beat down, the Undertaker made a surprising return to make the save. WWE announced a tag team match for Extreme Rules with Undertaker & Roman Reigns taking on Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre.

The reason behind the Undertaker's surprise return could be to draw more crowd to the Extreme Rules PPV. WWE had to screen out half of the arena to make up for the low attendance for the Stomping Grounds PPV, and they didn't want that to happen again for Extreme Rules.

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WWE made the most genius decision by having their two top superstars team up to take on the current top heels in the company. If there is one person who can make the fans glued to their seats, it's the Undertaker, and the Deadman will prove that once again at Extreme Rules.

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