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With Fastlane now thankfully in the rearview mirror, the Road to WrestleMania can accelerate without any further obstacles. Much of the picture was finally cleared up last night, but some questions remain. Raw should begin the process of answering them tonight.
#1 Where does John Cena go now?
After failing to capture the WWE Championship last night, the commentators put over John Cena's mid-life crisis. He still has no clear path to WrestleMania and The Undertaker didn't show up at Fastlane, as many expected.
The time for an Undertaker angle is rapidly running out. With WrestleMania less than a month away, John Cena's match build should begin immediately. No one expects him to not be on the card, so he'll be facing somebody.
Who will it be? With no more diversions, we might finally find out. If a gong does ring, it really should ring tonight (or tomorrow on SmackDown - whatever suits the "free agent's" fancy).
#2 How will "Team Rude" break up?
With Asuka finally making her intentions clear last night, there's no doubt that Alexa Bliss is going to go face to face with her "BFF" Nia Jax at WrestleMania. It's far from a match to look forward to, but it's what we're getting.
How will that build start? Will Nia's rise to the #1 contendership be through ANOTHER multi-woman match or will we see something more creative? Let's hope it's the latter. WWE has done a good enough job in slowly turning Nia face, so perhaps there is reason to hope for some more effort on their part.
#3 Where is Braun Strowman going?
The same question remains from last week. What is the Monster Among Men going to be doing in New Orleans? His "Symphony of Destruction" match was, as typical of him, the best part of Raw. It gave us no answers about what his direction will be, though.
Perhaps the rumours about Braun being kept on standby in case something catastrophic happens with Roman Reigns are true because that's what it feels like. He deserves better than that, though, after the year he's had.
Braun Strowman has no logical storyline heading into New Orleans, except against Elias, which would be beneath him, especially after last week. This needs to be fixed.
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