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WrestleMania is now less than a week away and we're all geared up for the last episode of RAW before the Show of Shows. WWE have teased a massive episode of RAW which will feature Batista returning again. There's also the massive tag match featuring Rousey, Flair, and Lynch.
The card for WrestleMania is almost set but we could see some big twists on RAW this week. Here's what WWE could do:
#5. Brock Lesnar "injures" Seth Rollins
One of the biggest matches heading into WrestleMania is the match for the WWE Universal Championship between Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins and it will determine what direction RAW goes into in the following year. I really hope the reign of the part-timer is over but we all know Vince McMahon is a sucker for Lesnar and I won't be totally surprised if he were to retain, although I do think Rollins will leave with the title.
It won't be a surprise if WWE decides to make Seth Rollins look like an even bigger underdog by having the 'Beast Incarnate' destroy Rollins and lay him out less than a week away from WrestleMania.
#4. Stipulation added to Lashley vs Balor
Bobby Lashley is set to defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania against Finn Balor who is rumored to be bringing back 'The Demon' again. There is also talk that a ladder match may be added to the WrestleMania card and if that's true, this is the match to do it.
Balor and Lashley have faced each other a number of times already in the recent past and this one really needs a stipulation to get it going.
How likely is a ladder match at Mania this year? Here's what Sean Ross Sapp said on Twitter:
There have been a LOT of pushes to get a ladder match on WrestleMania over the last couple of weeks.
#3. Dean Ambrose gets added to Reigns versus McIntyre
This one if a little out there for sure but hear me out. This depends on whether Ambrose is actually leaving the WWE or not.
To start off, Roman Reigns isn't the only one who has heat with Drew McIntyre. So does Dean Ambrose. McIntyre has swatted Ambrose away every time they've gone one on one recently and it happened again last week on RAW.
This could be a way for WWE to add Dean Ambrose to the match at WrestleMania, seeing that Ambrose hasn't been booked for a match yet. This would be the perfect setup for Dean Ambrose to turn on Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. If Dean Ambrose isn't actually set to leave the WWE, Reigns versus Ambrose is one of the biggest feuds WWE could to post-WrestleMania and it would also give the feud time to build.
#2. New tag-team champions
Ricochet and Aleister Black have been on fire since their debuts on both RAW and SmackDown earlier this year. They've been one of the hottest tag-teams on the main roster and have already had a shot at the RAW Tag-Team Championships.
Although unsuccessful on that occasion, Black and Ricochet will have another shot at the gold on the RAW before WrestleMania as they challenge the RAW Tag-Team Champions - The Revival.
There is actually a decent chance that the RAW Tag-Team titles will not be defended at WrestleMania and The Revival vocal about wanting to leave the WWE could be a factor in that apart from the fact the card is massive already.
With that being said, it wouldn't be surprising if WWE decides to give Ricochet and Aleister Black a big win before WrestleMania. They are already booked for TakeOver in the night before WrestleMania although they could still get added to the Mania card.
#1. WWE could announce a strange stipulation
It looks like WWE could be set to announce a strange stipulation for the WrestleMania main event. Instead of the winner of the triple threat between Rousey. Flair and Lynch being winner take all, the winners would get the title of whoever they pinned.
Dave Meltzer spoke about this on Wrestling Observer Radio:
"As of mid-week it was gonna be what I told you which was, if Charlotte gets pinned the winner gets the SmackDown title. If Rousey gets pinned, the winner gets the RAW Title. If Becky Lynch gets pinned, what? No titles change hands — which isn’t gonna happen.” “So basically, Becky Lynch is gonna win a championship. More likely than not unless they change their mind. Like I said, any of these things […] she’s not getting both belts, unless they change their mind.”
One of Samoa Joe's colleagues had harsh words for him HERE
