3 interesting things which could happen on the upcoming episode of Raw (19 August 2019)

#2 The King of the Ring tournament

This promises to be huge.

As announced earlier by the WWE, the King of the Ring tournament will be returning this week on Raw. With the event last held in 2015, the tournament will be returning after a gap of 4 years.

WWE further went on to reveal the brackets for the event last evening. While the first and second rounds are scheduled for this week and the week after, the finals will be held at Clash of Champions.

WWE has announced Samoa Joe vs Cesaro, Ricochet vs Drew McIntyre, Cedric Alexander vs Sami Zayn and Baron Corbin vs The Miz for the first round Raw matches.

While Samoa Joe vs Cesaro plus Ricochet vs McIntyre looks to be two high profile clashes, Cedric Alexander vs Sami Zayn certainly has the capability to steal the show. I mean, Alexander's agility and intensity seem a perfect match to that of Zayn. Thus, WWE deserves a lot of credit for their booking.

On another note, expect the likes of Baron Corbin and Drew McIntyre to proceed easily to the next round, given McIntyre is the hot favourite to win the tournament and WWE is always high on Corbin. (Thus, expect him to at least make it to the next round through hook or crook).

While Samoa Joe and Sami Zayn look to be the potential winners of the remaining two matches, who knows, WWE could give us a real surprise by handing over major wins to Cesaro and Cedric Alexandar just to spice things up(though, it does not seem likely).