5 Things you need to know before tonight's RAW (September 23, 2019)

#2 A new challenger for the Universal Championship

Who will be the next challenger?

This came as a massive surprise, didn't it? With the entire wrestling world invested in the build to The Fiend's Universal Championship match against Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell, WWE threw us all a massive curveball by announcing a major match for this week.

In what will most likely be the main event tonight, Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles, Ricochet, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Robert Roode will compete in a Fatal 5-Way Match to determine who will challenge Seth Rollins for his Universal Championship on the season premiere of RAW next week.

This brings in so many new permutations to the Universal title picture. First, the selection of the participants in this match makes us wonder about the criteria behind it. I can personally see either Mysterio or Ricochet picking up the win here to get a shot at Rollins' gold.

While the chances of the title changing hands just a week before a highly anticipated Hell in a Cell match are almost zero, the match could hint toward future rivalries after the PPV.

That does not mean that the current Wyatt/Rollins storyline would take a step back, as the ever-smiling host of our favorite RAW segment will return each week with a new edition of Firefly Funhouse.