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The final week of shows before the second month of the year comes to an end will likely try to set up the matches and segments for Super ShowDown and the weeks that will follow.
While many of WWE’s Superstars do not travel to Saudi Arabia, they will likely continue to build on their individual feuds to continue on the Road to WrestleMania.
RAW’s Aleister Black, Becky Lynch, and The Monday Night Messiah will have great plans lined up for the week while Ricochet will have all his focus set on his WWE Championship match.
NXT will give fans the usual hard-hitting action along with a lot more drama which has increased since the arrival of Finn Balor. Austin Theory might also get a chance to exact revenge from Tommaso Ciampa for ruining his moment last week.
SmackDown delivered a rather fun episode last week where we saw the babyfaces shine throughout the night before Goldberg delivered a massive Spear to his Super ShowDown opponent.
In this article, we will look at the five things that must happen on RAW, NXT, and SmackDown this week.
#5 Aleister Black puts down Erick Rowan again
For months, Aleister Black sat around backstage waiting for someone to knock on his door so he could show them the way to oblivion.
Cesaro was the first unfortunate soul who was Knocked Out by the Dutch Destroyer, after which Black had several squash matches before he met his match in Buddy Murphy. Murphy too was unsuccessful at putting Black away as he fell for the Black Mass each time.
After several weeks of battling local competitors, Black finally found an opponent in Rowan. Rowan was able to give Black a really good fight, one of the best performances from Rowan in a long time, and take Black to his limits.
Black was finally able to put Rowan away with not one but two Black Mass kicks. This week, we should see a more focused and intense Rowan walk out to the middle to exact revenge from Black.
Fans should be treated to an even longer and better fight between Black and Rowan before Black picks up another victory over Big Red.
This will allow Black to march ahead as the biggest undefeated threat on RAW while Rowan will get even more praise for his performances and get a chance at better bookings.
#4 Ricochet and McIntyre team up
Ricochet has one of the biggest matches of his life scheduled for Super ShowDown 2020. He will face ‘The Beast’ Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship in just over a week.
Drew McIntyre, on the other hand, has his sights set on the WWE Championship as he will battle for the title at WrestleMania 36.
While Ricochet is building towards his clash against Lesnar, Paul Heyman and McIntyre are overlooking the current challenger for the title while building towards the WrestleMania 36 clash.
Last week, Ricochet took on Karl Anderson on RAW and defeated him convincingly. As WWE is building McIntyre as a babyface, they should allow him to team up with the man next in line for the WWE Championship challenge.
This week, we must watch The O.C. come out to taunt Ricochet and then attack him, leading to McIntyre coming out in his defense and challenging the heels to a Tag Team Match.
This will allow WWE to build towards the WWE Championship clash for both the men and keep them on the same page. Since Ricochet is one of the biggest babyfaces, teaming up with McIntyre will allow The Scottish Psychopath to get in the good books of many more fans.
#3 Austin Theory gets his hands on Ciampa
Last week, fans were pumped to finally see Austin Theory back in the ring for a match at Full Sail University. However, a bitter Tommaso Ciampa made his way put before Theory’s opponent could come out.
Ciampa asked Theory to stay out of it and then addressed Johnny Gargano and the NXT Universe regarding his NXT Championship match at TakeOver: Portland and Gargano’s actions.
Before he could end his promo, Theory got fed up and attacked the former NXT Champion , which ended up costing the newcomer. Ciampa laid waste to Theory and ended his promo before leaving.
This week, NXT should give Theory a chance to redeem himself in the match against The Psycho Killer. Ciampa is an outstanding athlete who can give Theory the match of his career and allow him to get a push out of it even in defeat.
This will allow Ciampa to vent his frustration before finally coming face to face with Gargano, and allow Theory another big match after his outstanding performance against Roderick Strong a couple of months ago.
#2 The Prinxe makes his next move
Finn Balor laid down the challenge and he lived up to every word he’d uttered. Johnny Gargano was convincingly defeated by The Prinxe of NXT in an epic clash that will be remembered for a long time.
After taking a severe beating, both men did not physically show up on the episode of NXT that followed TakeOver: Portland. However, NXT showed a vignette of Balor claiming that he will reveal his next move this week.
Fans can’t hold their excitement as they want to know what the former Universal Champion will be up to as the field is wide open for him.
This week, The Prinxe must let his actions speak louder than his words and attack his next victim rather than simply coming out and cutting a promo.
Whether its the current NXT Champion Adam Cole, the former NXT UK Champion Tyler Bate or anyone else, Balor must attack them early in the show and then appear to cut a promo later to put them on notice. This will allow The Prince to make an impact and continue his reign of terror on NXT.
#1 Tucker finds the culprit
On Valentine’s Day, millions of hearts around the globe were broken when Otis was stood up by Mandy Rose as he saw her engaged in a date with Dolph Ziggler.
Oris, who had a confirmed date with Rose for Valentine’s Day, received a text from Rose that she was running late but caught her having a good time with Ziggler at the restaurant when he arrived there.
Last week, Tucker confronted Rose and Sonya Deville and asked God’s Greatest Creation why she would do such a thing to his friend who he believed is the nicest person he knows.
Rose did not have any recollection of sending the message to Otis, after which Deville cut in and told Tucker than Ziggler was more of her friend’s type of man.
This week, we should see Tucker sneak up on Deville and Ziggler talking backstage, discussing how it was Deville who sent the message to Otis in order to set up a date between Ziggler and Rose.
This would add even more flavor and drama to the already chaotic romance, and lead to some matches between Heavy Machinery and Ziggler and Robert Roode while setting up a breakup of Fire & Desire down the road.
