5 things that could happen on RAW next week: Shake Up Fallout

#2 Bobby Lashley defeats Elias

I would like to see big things for Elias in 2018 but it may be a long shot

Neither man is going to have a role in a singles capacity at the Greatest Royal Rumble, but they will tie up the loose end on RAW next week. Lashley made his WWE return by taking out Elias, and this week on RAW,

Elias badmouthed him in a backstage segment. Lashley will take Elias apart next week, in another instance of WWE ignoring the fans and beating down someone who should be getting a more prominent role.

I don’t know how the new dual-branded PPVs are going to affect Elias, but if you look into it, the guy could barely even buy his way onto the kickoff show in 2017. He had a single main show match on PPV in 2017, which was a loss to Jason Jordan at TLC. His only other non pre-show appearance was in a losing effort in the 6-man Elimination Chamber match this year.

For the rest of 2017, he was in a couple of pre-show matches. What I’m trying to say here is that I guess nothing is likely to change for Elias in the near future. Fewer spots on the PPV cards means that a guy who already wasn’t being used on PPV has even less of a chance to be used now.