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The latest episode of WWE Raw takes place in Denver, Colorado on Monday.
One of the biggest storylines heading into the show surrounds the Raw Tag Team Championship, which Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler will defend against The Revival, in the night’s featured match.
It has also been announced that Brie Bella will return to action against Riott Squad member Ruby Riott, while Elias will go one-on-one with Bobby Lashley (w/Lio Rush).
We can expect to see more build-up to the Super Show-Down event, which takes place on 6 October, with Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman all advertised to appear this week.
Further down the card, WWE is speculating on its site that the rivalry between Nia Jax and Alexa Bliss could be renewed, while there is likely to be more developments in the storyline between The Ascension and Bobby Roode & Chad Gable.
In this article, let’s take a look at five last-minute predictions ahead of the episode.
#5 Brie Bella vs. Ruby Riott
The Bella Twins will team with Raw Women’s champion Ronda Rousey to face The Riott Squad at the upcoming Super Show-Down event.
Last week’s Raw saw The Riott Squad attack Natalya, Ronda's training partner, and all three women then set their sights on “The Baddest Woman On The Planet” in the middle of the ring.
That’s when Brie and Nikki made the save for Ronda, kick-starting this rivalry ahead of next month’s match in Melbourne, Australia.
It’s worth noting that Ronda is usually in the main graphic on WWE's site ahead of episodes of Raw, as you can see here for next week's show in Seattle, but she is nowhere to be seen on the advertisements for this week's Denver show.
With that in mind, the numbers game will surely play a part in this match, with Ruby getting the win.
Prediction: Ruby Riott def. Brie Bella
#4 Bobby Lashley vs. Elias
Lio Rush made one of the best first impressions of anybody who has made the step up to the main roster from WWE’s developmental system in recent years.
Bobby Lashley’s new manager talked the talk (and showed off his impressive athletic ability in the process) while “The Dominator” walked the walk, immediately making this duo fan favourites with the audience.
Ahead of this week’s match with Elias, one imagines that the Lashley-Lio alliance will get off to a winning start, so let’s go with the former ECW champion.
Prediction: Bobby Lashley def. Elias
#3 What next for Chad Gable & Bobby Roode?
Chad Gable has had a career resurgence since he began teaming with Bobby Roode after SummerSlam.
The unlikely duo defeated The Ascension in back-to-back weeks in early September before the former American Alpha member picked up a singles win over Viktor last week, prompting Konnor to attack Gable and Roode from behind.
While no match has been announced yet for this storyline, Konnor’s actions will surely lead to him competing in (and losing) a singles match this week.
Prediction: Chad Gable or Bobby Roode def. Konnor
#2 Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler vs. The Revival
The Revival were set to challenge The B-Team for the Raw Tag Team Championship on an episode of Raw three weeks ago.
However, they were attacked in the backstage area by Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler, who entered the match instead of them and won the titles from Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas.
With Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson finally set to receive their latest opportunity at the titles this week, let’s predict that they’ll produce their best main-roster performance so far but they’ll ultimately be unsuccessful.
Prediction: Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler def. The Revival
#1 What next for The Shield?
WWE recently named The Shield as the top faction in wrestling history, so why has the trio still not teamed together since Dean Ambrose returned from injury before SummerSlam?
Sunday was five years to the day since "The Hounds of Justice" competed in a memorable 11-on-3 elimination handicap match on Raw – something we’ve barely seen on WWE television since.
With seemingly the entire heel side of the Raw roster against Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, let’s make a bold prediction and suggest that acting GM (and resident Shield hater) Baron Corbin could spring a surprise by forcing all three men to do battle in one of the biggest handicap matches of all time.
Prediction: The Shield wins a handicap match
