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This week's WWE RAW show is the go-home show to the TLC PPV, which will be held at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. TLC will be the final PPV of the year for the WWE, where several titles will be on the line.
The red brand has two titles on the line for TLC, as Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose will battle it out for the Intercontinental championship, while Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey face off for the RAW Women's title. There could be another match for the show involving the RAW Tag Team champs, AOP, who could continue their rivalry with Chad Gable and Bobby Roode.
The PPV promises to be an exciting one to end the year on, and this week's RAW go-home show could set it up to be an even better show with a few changes.
Let's take a look at 5 things that should not happen on this week's RAW:
#1 Baron Corbin abusing his power
Baron Corbin, who is the acting GM of RAW, has polarised opinion regarding his authority role among the WWE Universe. Some fans love his heel-ish ways, while others absolute loathe that he gets a lot of screen time every Monday night on RAW.
Corbin has been getting a lot of heat from the fans for the way he is abusing his power as GM of the red brand. On last week's show, he made Roode and Gable face off against AOP and their manager, Drake Maverick, after Gable was attacked backstage.
He even pitted the tag team of Rhyno and Heath Slater against each other in a singles match with the loser leaving RAW. Rhyno lost and he left RAW, as well as announcing his retirement, while Slater was given a new role on RAW, as a referee.
Previously, he has helped in attacking and injuring Braun Strowman, as well as making a few handicap matches, including the match he had with Finn Balor. Corbin abusing his power is becoming very predictable and boring, and it seems like he can do anything he desires but gets away with it. It's become plain obvious that the babyfaces that he's tricking and victimising, will win at a bigger stage.
#2 Boring promos
Prior to any PPV, the WWE Superstars are bound to talk smack and tell the world why they are going to win, and even send a message to their opponent. While this hyping themselves up has worked wonders years ago, it has become rather dull and dreary lately, apart from a few Superstars.
Sometimes, fewer words have a greater impact if used rightly. The scripted promos on RAW and SmackDown are not going away anytime soon, but we could perhaps use some reality on RAW, something that SmackDown has done brilliantly, especially Becky Lynch and Samoa Joe, who have used real-life scenarios and incidents to get one over their opponents.
Even someone like Dean Ambrose, who was great on the mic in his past feuds (especially with AJ Styles) has become boring and predictable. He should mix it up and bring a different angle to RAW this week.
#3 Drew McIntyre brutalising another star
Ever since he defeated and brutalised Kurt Angle on RAW, Drew McIntyre has looked a million dollars with his actions, while also sounding downright scary!
McIntyre has brutalised one star after another, including Finn Balor, former partner Dolph Ziggler, as well as injuring Braun Strowman with the help of Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin.
While it is believable that McIntyre, all 6'5" of him, can attack and defeat any person on the WWE roster, it doesn't make sense for the Scottish Psychopath to lose later, that too to someone like Finn Balor, at TLC.
McIntyre did lose last week to his former tag team partner Ziggler, and if WWE wants to put up an interesting match against Balor at TLC, they have to show that he has weaknesses that can be exploited, as well as show that he can be defeated.
#4 Open forum
Two of the most popular women's Superstars on WWE, Sasha Banks and Bayley have not featured higher up the card lately as Ronda Rousey has dominated the top of the card. Banks and Bayley are still a tag team after a brief period when it seemed like they would turn on each other and one of them would turn heel.
But that hasn't happened, which has heightened rumours of WWE introducing the women's tag team belts.
Alexa Bliss, who is now in charge of the RAW women's division, introduced an 'open forum' which has featured Banks and Bayley asked a question by the WWE Universe. It is quite clear that the audience member asking the question is planted by the WWE, hence doesn't feel authentic or real.
WWE, just introduce the women's tag team titles, already!
#5 Not revealing the status of Braun Strowman for TLC
It was announced a couple of weeks ago by Stephanie McMahon that Braun Strowman will face Baron Corbin at TLC, and that a victory for The Monster Among Men would give him a shot at the WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, at Royal Rumble.
But an unfortunate injury has put his match against Corbin at TLC in jeopardy, as Strowman is recovering from his surgery. WWE have still not announced the status of Strowman and his injury, and it wouldn't be the best idea to not reveal The Monster Among Men's injury or if he will be available for the match.
The WWE Universe absolutely adore Strowman and are waiting with bated breath to see him in action once more.
If he isn't available for TLC, they could perhaps replace him with a different Superstar, maybe someone like Bray Wyatt, who is ready to get back in the ring.
