6 Things WWE Subtly told us on RAW: Popular superstar's push temporarily canceled, Huge title plans for Kevin Owens revealed? (January 17, 2021)

#1. The doomed main event of RAW

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The main event of RAW this week was a blockbuster clash between Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley. Atleast the word "Blockbuster" is what it should have been, as it's a match that could easily be on WrestleMania as well.

However, it was a bout between the Universal title challenger Seth Rollins, and the WWE title challenger Bobby Lashley. WWE played an excellent video package highlighting the careers of Lesnar and Lashley, and The Almighty looked a lot better this week as well.

The main event was always a foregone conclusion in terms of result. It was just a matter of who would get the win "technically". In this case, The Hurt Business' former members Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander came out and attacked Bobby Lashley, ruining an otherwise-good main event.

WWE had to protect both the challengers, as they are set to face Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar respectively. There is no way that there was going to be a clean finish to this match. The Usos coming from SmackDown to take out Seth Rollins fueled the interbrand storyline.

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Are both challengers doomed to lose at the Royal Rumble? Or will one pull off a big upset to shock the WWE Universe?

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