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This week was the last week of WWE television before this Sunday night's SummerSlam PPV, and it featured the final build for this weekend's stacked PPV card.
Of note, the storyline with Roman Reigns and his mystery attacker continued, Goldberg returned to television and announced he will officially be facing Dolph Ziggler at WWE SummerSlam. And finally, new champions were crowned when Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross won a fatal four way match to become the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
Let's take a look at five things we learned from WWE TV this week heading into SummerSlam on Sunday night.
#5 The Roman Reigns storyline is a mess
Two weeks ago, WWE introduced a new storyline for Roman Reigns which saw The Big Dog end up as the victim of an "accident" on SmackDown Live.
The accident involved a bunch of scaffolding and backstage equipment mysteriously falling on Reigns, which lead to an "investigation" from WWE into the incident.
During this week's episode of WWE Raw, Reigns' car was struck by another car as Reigns was arriving to the arena, and the person behind the attack remains unknown.
At this point, it looks like WWE itself has no idea who attacked Reigns. On SmackDown this week, Daniel Bryan denied that the attacker was a suspected Rowan.
Original reports suggested Daniel Bryan would be revealed as Reigns' attacker, leading to a match at SummerSlam this Sunday, however, the match was never announced and the attacker was never confirmed.
Reports suggest Roman Reigns might not have a match at SummerSlam at all, or he could be facing Buddy Murphy, or the attacker will finally be revealed at the PPV, but one thing is for sure - the WWE fans are confused by this entire storyline and it seems like WWE officials might be confused by the storyline as well.
#4 New tag team champions could mean new tag team focus
This week on WWE Raw, a surprising title change took place when the team of Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross defeated The IIconics, The Kabuki Warriors and Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville in a fatal four way match to become the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
The win for Bliss and Cross came at a time when the Women's tag titles were rarely being defended on TV, and the heel IIconics, who previously held the titles, were losing TV matches and dodging title defenses in a storyline which saw little TV time or significance.
With Bliss and Cross winning the Women's tag titles, the team can continue their ongoing storyline, but now as defending champions.
It remains to be seen where The IIconics will head after their tag title loss on Raw this week, but with Cross and Bliss capturing the gold, WWE might be looking to add more plans for the Women's tag titles.
#3 Samoa Joe's mic skills are nearly incomparable
Samoa Joe has been one of Roman Reigns' rivals for quite some time in WWE, and with the new Reigns storyline centering around a mysterious attacker, Joe was at the center of the "investigation" following the recent Samoan Summit on Raw which ended in chaos.
Despite WWE dangling Samoa Joe as a possible culprit in Roman Reigns' attack, Joe turned out to be a red herring as he surprisingly came to the aid of Roman Reigns on Raw this week after Reigns' car was struck by the attacker.
Joe has cut some incredible promos in the past week on WWE TV, which began with Joe "assaulting" a WWE cameraman at an airport. Joe continued his impressive mic work by threatening to hold up Raw this week, and his performances have been stellar.
When it comes to mic work in WWE, Samoa Joe proved this week that he is virtually unmatched in the company.
#2 NXT has great momentum heading into Takeover Toronto
This week was the final NXT TV stop before this Saturday night's NXT Takeover Toronto special, airing live on WWE Network, and the Wednesday night brand picked up great momentum heading into the weekend.
The current NXT Takeover Toronto card is stacked, featuring the following matches:
Three Stages of Hell of the WWE NXT Title:
-Adam Cole (c) vs Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT Women's Title Match:
-Shayna Baszler (c) vs Mia Yim
WWE NXT Tag Team Title Match:
-The Street Profits (c's) vs Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly
Triple Threat Match for the NXT North American Title:
-Velveteen Dream (c) vs Pete Dunne vs Roderick Strong
-Io Shirai vs Candice LeRae
With regards to Gargano vs Cole, Gargano has invoked a Street Fight for his fall of their match, Cole has invoked a classic wrestling match for his fall of the match, and should a third fall be necessary, William Regal will name the stipulation.
#1 Goldberg is back, and he is looking for Super ShowDown revenge
The last time fans saw Goldberg in a WWE ring, things did not bode well for the former WCW Champion, as Goldberg suffered an injury early on in his Super ShowDown match against The Undertaker, rendering him unable to successfully finish the bout.
At Extreme Rules this year, The Undertaker had his chance at redemption when he teamed up with Roman Reigns to defeat Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre.
This Sunday night at SummerSlam, Goldberg will have his shot at redemption when he faces Dolph Ziggler in a singles match.
Many fans expect the bout to be a total squash match in favor of Goldberg, and with the way his last match went in WWE, officials might opt for a squash match in order to help protect Goldberg from any possible match issues.
Following Goldberg's triumphant return to TV this week on WWE Raw, the big man looks to avenge his match at WWE Super ShowDown, and steal the show alongside the show stealer himself, Dolph Ziggler.
