5 takeaways from Monday Night RAW: 19th Feburary 2018

Seth Rollins was handpicked by the Authority, to become the face of WWE back in 2014. The post-Shield run of Seth Rollins, in which he defeated the likes of Dean Ambrose, John Cena, Sting and Roman Reigns, was one of the best heel runs in recent memory. His face run lacked a lot of points and was in huge danger of making him obscure.

His performance at RAW this week was everything you'd expect a star to give, and Rollins obliged. In a show which had just three matches and extremely less amount of drama, RAW exceeded expectations.

We look at five major talking points from one of the best go-home episodes in recent times!

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#5: Brotherly Love

A battle for the wettest hair!

Roman Reigns and his current Shield mate, Seth Rollins, started off the gauntlet match in an epic fashion. Both these performers have shown their immense chemistry in the ring before and produced yet another fascinating encounter.

The rise of Seth Rollins could not have been booked in a better way. As he became the first superstar in almost a year to pin 'The Big Dog' clean in the middle of the ring! One cannot be happy for someone's injury, but Jason Jordan and Dean Ambrose being injured has given Rollins a new lease of life!

Hopefully, this momentum continues until WrestleMania for Rollins.

#4: A Second Coming of Y2J

Chris Jericho defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock, clean, in one single night, to win the Undisputed Title back in 2001. Seth Rollins did not win any title, but he most certainly did something on similar lines.

Roman Reigns and John Cena are two of the most protected superstars in WWE, and Seth "freakin" Rollins pinned both of them back to back! Bray Wyatt pinned AJ Styles and John Cena last year at Elimination Chamber and then on SmackDown Live, but nothing ever came of it.

Seth Rollins is in the perfect spot to be catapulted into the main-event picture, WWE must capitalize on it as soon as possible.

#3: A battle between factions coming soon

Miz delivered a Skull Crushing Finale, but this surely is not the finale of their rivalry

Judging by their recent twitter battles, and their animosity within the ring as well, Finn Balor and Miz could be headed towards a collision at WrestleMania. Finn Balor is desperate for a shot at the title he never lost, but as long as 'The Beast' has it, Balor won't be able to have a sniff at it.

Miz and Balor are both great workers, and have backup as well, which will be interesting down the road. Balor winning the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania could do wonders for his position in WWE, and also help him gain some momentum.

#2: New Players in town

Good to see WWE exploring the tag team division of RAW

For months, The Bar faced off against Rollins and a partner which kept changing every week. WWE has finally made a decision to utilize other tag teams present on the RAW roster, giving a chance to the highly entertaining unit of Titus Worldwide.

The Bar against the happy-go-lucky Titus Worldwide group is a reveling sight to see, and judging by the quality of talent involved, we could have a match on our hands!

WWE have been showcasing the talent of Apollo in recent weeks, and a sneaky win for the duo could be a fun sight to see.

#1: Strange Alliances

Someone's gotta turn on their "best friend", right?

Heading into Elimination Chamber, similar to Royal Rumble, its every woman for herself. However, the way things have unfolded in recent weeks, we have three different groups, all with their different motives.

The best friends in Bayley and Sasha, Paige's apprentices Sonya and Mandy, along with Mickie and Alexa, who have had a strange relationship ever since Mickie returned, are all going to collide in the unforgiving structure.

We can only hope for a history-making Elimination Chamber match which is as good as the Royal Rumble preceding it.