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The week after Money in the Bank proved to be a very eventful one for WWE. At the PPV, Otis was crowned Mr. Money in the Bank, and Asuka became Ms. Money in the Bank. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre retained his title at the event and went on to successfully defeat Andrade on the RAW that followed.
However, Seth Rollins did not have the best night on Sunday or Monday and there are several questions he needs to answer following his actions.
Becky Lynch relinquished her RAW Women’s Championship to take a break from wrestling and become a mother, after which Asuka was made the new RAW Women’s Champion.
NXT saw the former NXT Tag Team Champions Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher get torn apart and lose their titles to Imperium. Finn Balor got a big surprise during the show, as we found out who attacked The Prince of NXT three weeks ago.
Last but not least, SmackDown got a big show revolving around Otis who teamed up with Braun Strowman to defeat the former SmackDown Men’s Tag Team Champions, The Miz and John Morrison.
Charlotte Flair also appeared on SmackDown, while the brand kicked off its Intercontinental Championship tournament.
With so much going on in the company, there are several things WWE must do this week to keep the episodes as interesting as last week's. We take a look at 5 things that must happen on the shows this week.
#5 The Messiah of WWE takes down Aleister Black
Last week on RAW, we saw a disturbed Seth Rollins come out with Buddy Murphy to take on the two men who’d been thrown off the WWE Headquarters roof at Money in the Bank - Aleister Black and Rey Mysterio.
Rollins was out of sorts during the match as Murphy was left to compete for most of it himself until Mysterio knocked The Messiah back to reality. However, this did not work well for The Master of the 619 as Rollins went berserk and threw both his opponents into the barricade before he sent Mysterio eye-first onto the corner of the steel steps.
After the segment, Black confronted the two heels backstage and a brawl broke out between Murphy and Black as The Messiah decided to walk away.
This week, WWE must allow Rollins to compete against Black and dish out a similar sort of punishment to The Dutch Destroyer. Rollins must either defeat his opponent with several Stomps or end the match by injuring him just like he did Mysterio. Murphy should once again be allowed to intervene and try to stop Rollins who should push his disciple away and continue to attack his opponent.
RAW must allow Rollins to come across as a demented man going forward, one who knows no limits. This will help them build on his character and give him a new darker turn after his loss to Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship.
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#4 The WWE Champion takes the King’s head off
The WWE Champion, Drew McIntyre, has been looking to show why he deserved to become the top champion long ago by dominating whoever comes in his path. After defeating Brock Lesnar for the title, McIntyre has run through WWE’s old and new Superstars to prove his point time and time again.
Last week, McIntyre destroyed Angel Garza and Austin Theory before squaring off in a match against United States Champion, Andrade. McIntyre was able to blow Andrade’s head off with a Claymore Kick, after which he challenged SmackDown’s King Corbin for a match this week.
Corbin has been building as one of the top heels in WWE for some time now, but he has failed to perform whenever it has mattered the most. Keeping that in mind, McIntyre must be allowed to overcome another top heel this Monday Night.
This RAW vs. SmackDown match needs to be big
The former tag team partners will look to go one-up over each other, and WWE must allow The Scottish Psychopath to dominate the King before blasting him with a Claymore Kick to pick up the victory.
WWE is looking to build the next face of RAW after the departure of Becky Lynch, so successive dominating victories by McIntyre can help him develop into the top face of the company.
#3 NXT TakeOver: In Your House gets its first match
WWE NXT hasn’t had a TakeOver event since February where Johnny Gargano turned on Tommaso Ciampa to deny him the chance to defeat Adam Cole for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Portland.
Fans have been waiting patiently for the current global pandemic to get over so that they can fill in arenas once again and support their favorite WWE Superstars in the biggest matches of the industry.
WWE is back with another NXT TakeOver event
Last week, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Road Dogg made a surprise announcement that NXT is coming back with a TakeOver event in June titled TakeOver: In Your House. The same night, a few interesting happenings created some new rivalries that can unfold at the event.
One major rivalry that we want to watch is the one between The Prince of NXT, Finn Balor, and the Archer of Infamy, Damian Priest. Priest attacked Balor during and after his match against Cameron Grimes last week and revealed that he was the man who took down The Prince a few weeks ago.
Balor must appear this week to call out Priest, laying down a challenge for the first match at TakeOver: In Your House. WWE is hungry for some top matches at the moment, and this one could be one of the best mid-card matches possible.
Balor has been one of WWE’s top stars and he has taken down everyone in his path including Matt Riddle, Johnny Gargano, and Imperium.
WWE will be looking to book Matt Riddle vs Timothy Thatcher and Karrion Kross vs Tommaso Ciampa for the TakeOver event, so they should lead with this one.
#2 The Queen of NXT attacks Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai
An epic match between Charlotte Flair and Io Shirai for the NXT Women’s Championship a couple of weeks ago ended when The Queen of WWE decided to use the kendo stick on Shirai, causing a disqualification.
The Genius of the Sky had The Queen on the ropes and this prompted the most decorated female Superstar in WWE to resort to illegal means. After the match, Rhea Ripley returned to help Shirai fend off an attack from Flair, but Shirai wasn’t too happy with Ripley’s return.
The stakes will be high as The Nightmare and The Genius do battle on WWE NXT
This week, WWE will allow Ripley and Shirai to settle their differences in the ring via a one-on-one match. While the stakes are extremely high in this match, interference from The Queen of NXT cannot be overlooked.
With that in mind, WWE must allow this match to end in a no-contest to protect both the women involved after Flair appears to beat down both WWE Superstars.
This will help Shirai and Ripley to mount a case for another shot at the title, and give WWE a chance to build towards a big NXT Women’s Championship match for TakeOver: In Your House. A Triple Threat Match between these three top women of WWE can potentially steal the night!
#1 AJ Styles defeats Shinsuke Nakamura
The Intercontinental Championship tournament is on the way, and WWE is trying to put its top Superstars in competition for the title. While several SmackDown Superstars are a part of the tournament, it’s interesting to see AJ Styles from RAW appearing to represent the Red brand.
Sami Zayn, who was the Intercontinental Champion before he was stripped of the title, wasn’t too happy with the decision WWE made to crown a new champion. However, with Daniel Bryan, Elias, Shinsuke Nakamura, Jeff Hardy, Styles, and Sheamus competing to become the secondary champion, fans will be in for a treat at Backlash.
A Superstar from WWE RAW in the chase for a SmackDown title
Styles will take on Nakamura this week in what could end up being the best match of the tournament. With such high stakes on the line, WWE must allow Styles to pick up the victory over Nakamura after a great match.
With Styles progressing in the tournament, things will become very interesting as a Superstar from RAW will remain in the chase for SmackDown’s secondary title and provide a great threat to the other Superstars of the brand.
Styles progressing ahead as a heel could also end up giving us a great match between him and babyface Daniel Brayn or Jeff Hardy in the final.
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