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This Sunday, fans were treated to an exciting Clash of Champions pay-per-view where the Champions of both WWE RAW and SmackDown defended their titles.
At Clash of Champions, WWE Champion Drew McIntyre retained his WWE Championship against Randy Orton. United States Champion Bobby Lashley also retained his title against Apollo Crews. It will be interesting to see where Crews heads from here.
Many WWE SmackDown titles were also on the line, but it was the Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso that stole the show.
Sasha Banks returned to attack Bayley, while Sami Zayn became the rightful WWE Intercontinental Champion at the event.
This coming Sunday, fans will be in for another major event in the form of NXT TakeOver. NXT will be looking to build some more big matches for the event after the confirmation of the #1 contenders to the WWE NXT Championship, NXT Women’s Championship, and NXT North American Championship.
We will find out who will challenge Breezango for the WWE NXT Tag Team titles during this week’s show.
In this article, we will look at the five things that must happen on the three shows of WWE this week.
#5 WWE RAW builds on the rivalry between Aleister Black and Kevin Owens
For weeks, Aleister Black has targetted former WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, on WWE RAW. Black seemed to have lost his eye after an attack from Seth Rollins several weeks ago, but he returned on the Kevin Owens Show and took down the host to kickstart their rivalry.
We’ve seen Black without the eyepatch too, and it seems like he’s wearing it more for character rather than any damage to his eye. KO has found himself in a rivalry that he wasn’t expecting.
WWE has showcased bits and pieces of this rivalry on episodes of RAW, and now that WWE Clash of Champions is behind us, WWE must go ahead to develop this rivalry for WWE Hell in a Cell.
Owens and Black are both outstanding wrestlers, and this could turn out to be one of the top rivalries on WWE RAW. WWE could start building this feud even more, starting this week, by giving the two men a few shots at each other, which could open the doors to a Hell in a Cell match at the upcoming pay-per-view.
#4 Seth Rollins pulls Aalyah Mysterio under his wing on WWE RAW
One of the biggest storylines that is kept WWE RAW interesting is the one between The Mysterios and The Messiah of Monday Night RAW. Rey Mysterio’s son Dominik Mysterio became a part of the rivalry a couple of months ago, while Murphy has been working closely with Seth Rollins.
After doing a lot of damage to Mysterio and his family, it seems like Rollins isn’t ready to give up just yet and has recently made some more revalations about the Mysterio family. This tease comes years after Eddie Guerrero went after Rey’s son Dominik which led to an unforgettable rivalry.
WWE has already shown that Aalyah could be romantically involved with Murphy, and we could see Rollins use that to pull Rey’s daughter into his faction.
On this week’s show, WWE must allow Rollins to play mind games with Aalyah and possibly pull her into his faction in the build-up to WWE Hell in a Cell. The slow process could help WWE build towards a major match at the upcoming pay-per-view, where Aalyah could play a major role in the outcome.
#3 Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae defeat Damian Priest and Io Shirai on WWE NXT
Last week on WWE NXT, Candice LeRae outlasted the other women of NXT to win the Battle Royal to determine the #1 contender to the WWE NXT Women’s Championship. LeRae will compete against Io Shirai for the title at NXT TakeOver.
Johnny Gargano, who will challenge Damian Priest for the WWE NXT North American Championship, delivered a Superkick to the champion after his match against Austin Theory last week.
The four competitors got into a backstage brawl after the matches, and Priest and Shirai tried to deliver a message to their challengers. NXT has now booked a Mixed Tag Team Match between The Garganos, and Priest and Shirai for this week's NXT.
While the two Champions have done a good job on the Black and Gold brand, WWE must allow the two challengers to pull off heelish tactics and defeat the Champions in the tag team match to gain the upper hand before NXT TakeOver.
This will allow Johnny Wrestling and The Poison Pixie to gain some heat and momentum before their big matches and give the Champions a reason to watch their backs during the Championship matches at NXT TakeOver.
#2 Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan punch their tickets for WWE NXT TakeOver
The Undisputed Era’s Roderick Strong teamed up with Danny Burch last week to defeat the team of Imperium’s Fabian Aichner and Legado Del Fantasma’s Raul Mendoza. The match came to life after one-half of the WWE NXT Tag Team Champions Fandango, gave General Manager William Regal the brilliant idea to crown their next challengers.
Fandango’s idea worked wonders, and now a match between The Undisputed Era and the team of Burch and Lorcan this week will determine who will face Breezango for the NXT Tag Team Championships.
While Undisputed Era is the more established tag team and deserves to get back in the championship scene, WWE must give Burch and Lorcan the chance to go after Breezango and build a fresh rivalry.
Burch and Lorcan must be allowed to defeat The Undisputed Era this week to start building themselves in the NXT tag team division.
The team of Burch and Lorcan haven’t had a one-on-one tag team contest against Breezango, and a match between the two sides will give the WWE NXT Universe something fresh to look forward to. NXT could then reserve a match between the Champions and Undisputed Era for a later date.
#1 Jey Uso demands another shot at Roman Reigns on WWE SmackDown
At WWE Clash of Champions, the WWE Universe got to see a very different side to Roman Reigns in an extremely personal match. Jey Uso challenged his cousin for the WWE Universal Championship and tried to put up a great fight against his cousin.
However, The Big Dog wasn’t ready to give Jey the title or any respect and beat him to a pulp until Jey’s brother Jimmy Uso was forced to throw in the towel and end the match.
This showed how Reigns has changed as a person since his return. The physicality and brutality of the match were enough to make this a great contest.
This angle could play out once again on this week’s WWE SmackDown where we will could see Reigns and Paul Heyman walk out to brag about the victory.
WWE must allow Jey to also appear at the show and talk about how he had the heart to take all that Reigns could throw at him and still not accept defeat. With the towel angle thrown in, Jey could ask Reigns to give him another shot at the title, this time in a Hell in a Cell match.
With WWE SmackDown still building some contenders for Reigns and the Universal Championship, it could be better for WWE to stretch this already established personal rivalry for a bit longer.
We could see Reigns put Jey through the test again before giving him his final shot at the title, making the Hell in a Cell match an even grander and more brutal spectacle.
