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WWE has been entertaining fans with some top-quality action and drama over the past several weeks and continued to churn out some great storylines even during such difficult times.
Last week on RAW, fans saw the return of Christian to the WWE ring thanks to some heelish antics by Randy Orton. However, the former did not have as good a time as he’d have liked to, and things ended shockingly during the show.
Before the main event, Drew McIntyre teamed up with R-Truth to defend his WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley and MVP. Nia Jax’s disagreement with the referee cost her a shot at the RAW Women’s Championship.
WWE NXT followed with even better action as Damian Priest and Bronson Reed impressed with dominating victories. However, all eyes were on NXT Champion Adam Cole and NXT North American Champion Keith Lee who seem to have gotten themselves in a tangle on the Black and Gold brand.
Wednesday night ended with a great WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match between the teams of Bayley & Sasha Banks and Tegan Nox & Shotzi Blackheart.
SmackDown gave the fans the final bit of action during the week as Matt Riddle made his debut on the brand, while The New Day fought off one tag team but began a rivalry with another.
Sasha Banks managed to defeat the unstable Nikki Cross, while Braun Strowman got a big surprise to end the night.
In this article, we will look at the 5 things that must happen on the three brands of WWE this week to develop a few more storylines.
#5 The IIconics become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions
The IIconics made their return to Monday Night RAW last month and quickly got in contention for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. The two challenged Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross for the titles on RAW after defeating them a week earlier, and later got another shot at Backlash in a Triple Threat match that involved the Bliss & Cross and the team of Sasha Banks & Bayley.
Banks & Bayley retained the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships at the event, and The IIconics now have another chance of going for the titles on RAW next week.
While Banks & Bayley recently won the titles from Cross & Bliss and will be looking to extend their reign, WWE should allow The IIconics to pull off an upset victory on RAW by pinning Bayley.
Bayley is the current SmackDown Women’s Champion who has shown disrespect to her friend Banks several times by putting her in matches to determine whether a Superstar is worth competing with her or not.
Banks allowed her team to retain the titles at Backlash and then on NXT against Tegan Nox & Shotzi Blackheart. WWE should use this angle to make things tenser between Bayley and Banks before going for a full-blown rivalry between the two women.
#4 Rey and Dominik Mysterio eliminate one of Seth Rollins’ disciples
One of the biggest segments scheduled for this Monday involves the return of future WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio to RAW. Mysterio has been looking to get payback on Seth Rollins and he will not be in a good mood when he comes out to the middle following the gruesome eye injury he suffered at the hands of the Monday Night Messiah.
Last week, Rollins was calling Mysterio out to give the ultimate sacrifice before Mysterio’s son Dominik showed up to attack Rollins from behind and threw him into the steel steps.
This week, we will likely see Dominik accompany his father to the ring or watch on from the sidelines to ensure that no one else lays a hand on Mysterio.
WWE is looking to give Dominik a big start
To make matters more interesting, the WWE Creative must allow Rey and Dominik to come in with a plan where they can ambush the Monday Night Messiah and his disciples before taking either Murphy or Austin Theory down for good.
The two men should make Murphy suffer the same way Mysterio did and take him out of action for a few weeks, leaving Rollins and Theory alone. This could lead to a big match between the two teams for Extreme Rules where Dominik could make his debut alongside his father.
#3 Karrion Kross makes Bronson Reed pay
Karrion Kross has become one of the most talked-about wrestlers of the year since he signed with WWE. Kross debuted on NXT with an epic entrance and laid down Leon Ruff and Liam Gray to kick things off before he faced off against former NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa.
The two men competed at NXT TakeOver: In Your House where Kross dismantled Ciampa and made him pass out to pick up the victory.
Kross now has his eyes set on Adam Cole and his NXT Championship, but Bronson Reed has decided to act like a hurdle to make life a little difficult for the new WWE Superstar.
Bronson Reed has been around in WWE longer than Karrion Kross
Reed was taken down by The Herald of Doomsday after a match as Kross was trying to make a statement to Ciampa before TakeOver. This week the two men will collide in the ring and The Thicc Boy will try to make an impact in his attempt to take down the more famous Superstar.
However, WWE must allow The Herald of Doomsday to dominate Reed and completely dominate the larger WWE Superstar to pick up a victory and silence everyone in NXT.
This would allow Kross to stay busy while the picture for the NXT Champion and the NXT North American Champion clears up.
#2 Keith Lee retains the NXT North American Championship
Last week on WWE NXT, fans were treated to a great segment where four of the biggest current Superstars on the brand came face to face for the two men’s championships.
NXT Champion Adam Cole walked out to express his desire to win the NXT North American Championship before Keith Lee walked out to talk about how he deserves to be the NXT Champion.
Johnny Gargano and Finn Balor followed and all four men laid their eyes on the two belts before William Regal made a huge announcement. Regal announced a Triple Threat Match for the NXT North American Championship between Lee, Gargano, and Balor, claiming that the winner of the match would later face Adam Cole for the NXT Championship in a Winner Takes All match.
With such high stakes, WWE could end up delivering the match of the year sooner than later. However, this week on NXT, The Limitless One must retain his title as he has the most momentum of the three and is currently the brightest star on the brand.
Randy Orton has had some great advice for the NXT roster, as can be seen in the video below.
WWE NXT has been building some great storylines
Lee has had a good reign and he should be allowed a shot at the NXT Champion in the Winner Takes All match instead of Balor or Gargano who’ve already been all around NXT.
WWE can then allow Cole to defeat Lee for his title before Karrion Kross comes for him, perfectly setting up the new Superstar’s rise on the Black and Gold brand.
#1 Matt Riddle gets attacked by King Corbin
Last week on WWE SmackDown, AJ Styles opened the night to celebrate his Intercontinental Championship victory. He made Daniel Byran put the belt around his waist after defeating the WWE Superstar a week earlier for the title.
Styles and the WWE Universe were treated to an unexpected surprise as Matt Riddle made his SmackDown debut and walked down to pick up a fight with The Phenomenal One.
The two men had a good match to kick off SmackDown, and Riddle was able to hit the BroDerek on Styles to pick up the victory.
During the match, we saw Corbin shoot a few words at Riddle, and it seems like WWE is planning to go down the route that was reported by Sportskeeda earlier.
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WWE is building a strong SmackDown mid-card
This week, we could watch The King of Bros give a backstage interview during which Corbin must attack Riddle and remind him that he’s new to SmackDown while Corbin is the King of SmackDown.
This would allow WWE to immediately set up a big rivalry for the newcomer as give Corbin a chance to feature in another big rivalry. Corbin has been used generously by WWE to push other babyfaces, and Riddle could benefit the same way by facing the King of SmackDown.
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