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Several matches have been announced for NXT, NXT UK, 205 Live, SmackDown Live, and Monday Night Raw. Top superstars including Ronda Rousey, Kofi Kingston, Samoa Joe, Keith Lee, Dominik Dijakovic, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Finn Balor, Bobby Lashley, and Randy Orton have been announced for in-ring action.
There are three matches confirmed for Raw including a Raw Women's Championship match, a tag team match involving an unknown mystery partner, and a singles match. There is a gauntlet match with WrestleMania 35 implications confirmed for SmackDown Live, a tournament finals match confirmed for 205 Live, and huge singles matches confirmed for both NXT and NXT UK.
#7: James Drake (with Zack Gibson) vs Tyler Bate (with Trent Seven) - NXT UK
The Grizzled Young Veterans and Moustache Mountain have been involved in a brutal rivalry for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships ever since James Drake helped Zack Gibson defeat Trent Seven in a singles match on NXT UK. Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Moustache Mountain in a great match to become the first ever NXT UK Tag Team Champions and Moustache Mountain have been chasing those titles ever since.
Since becoming NXT UK Tag Team Champions, Zack Gibson & James Drake have successfully defended the NXT UK Tag Team Championships against the team of Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch. It seems like Moustache Mountain will be next in line for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships.
This rivalry will likely rekindle when James Drake and Tyler Bate face off in a match where both men's partners will likely be at ringside and will almost certainly get involved in this matchup.
The two superstars are both similar in that they both competed in the tournament to determine the first ever NXT UK Champion and have already faced off on an episode of NXT UK in which Tyler Bate gained the elusive victory over one half of the inaugural NXT UK Tag Team Champions. This will likely be a great match and it has already been announced that this will be the main event.
#6: Dominik Dijakovic vs Keith Lee - NXT
Dominik Dijakovic and Keith Lee both recently started a rivalry with each other. Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic faced off on an episode of WWE NXT in a singles match three weeks ago. This was a great match that stole the show and excited the entire NXT Universe.
Both men showed incredible spurts of athleticism, speed, and strength before the match ended in a double count-out after Dominik Dijakovic took him out with a springboard moonsault to the outside.
The two superstars would then have an altercation with each other in the Performance Center. It was then announced that these two would face off this week on NXT in a match that will almost certainly wow the crowd and should definitely be the main event of what will likely be a stacked edition of NXT.
#5: Cruiserweight Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Finals: Cedric Alexander vs Tony Nese - 205 Live
There has been a tournament on 205 Live that has featured eight of the best cruiserweights in the world. Akira Tozawa, Cedric Alexander, Drew Gulak, Humberto Carillo, Kalisto, Oney Lorcan, The Brian Kendrick, and Tony Nese.
In the first round, Cedric Alexander defeated Akira Tozawa, Oney Lorcan defeated Humberto Carillo, Drew Gulak defeated The Brian Kendrick, and Tony Nese defeated Kalisto, In the semifinals, Tony Nese defeated Drew Gulak and Cedric Alexander defeated Oney Lorcan.
Cedric Alexander will now face Tony Nese in the finals of this tournament and the winner of this match will move on to face Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Championship at WrestleMania 35. Both men would be great options to face Buddy Murphy at WrestleMania as both men have a lot of chemistry with the champion.
#4: Kofi Kingston vs Randy Orton, Samoa Joe, Cesaro, Sheamus & Rowan: Gauntlet match - SmackDown Live
Kofi Kingston has been in pursuit of a WWE Championship ever since he replaced Mustafa Ali in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber. He lasted about an hour in a gauntlet match (and defeated Daniel Bryan, Jeff Hardy, and Samoa Joe along the way), put up a spirited effort against Daniel Bryan as one of the final two superstars left in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match, and pinned Daniel Bryan in a six-man tag team match on SmackDown Live.
However, Vince McMahon has repeatedly taken his opportunities away from him and is now saying that if Kofi Kingston wants to go to WrestleMania, he has to run the gauntlet on SmackDown Live in the opening match of the show.
#3: Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush vs Finn Balor and a mystery partner (Raw)
Finn Balor shockingly lost the Intercontinental Championship back to Bobby Lashley last week on Monday Night Raw due to interference from Lio Rush. The Extraordinary Man who does Extraordinary things will now have the opportunity to get some level of revenge against the nefarious duo when he teams up with an unknown competitor against Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush in tag team action.
This is not only an interesting match because Lio Rush will be given another opportunity to compete on Raw but also interesting in that we have no idea who Finn Balor's mystery partner will be.
There are a number of superstars who can fill this role from a directionless superstar like Braun Strowman to an underutilized NXT call up to even a returning superstar like Sami Zayn or Bray Wyatt.
#2: Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins - Raw
Drew McIntyre has been on a warpath ever since the Shield defeated Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre at Fastlane. He completely obliterated both Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose last week on Monday Night Raw with a numerous amount of Claymore Kicks.
Seth Rollins will hope to avenge his former Shield stablemates in Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose when he faces off with an old rival of his in Drew McIntyre. The two have faced off several times and both superstars have traded victories with each other.
Drew McIntyre defeated Seth Rollins via pinfall the first time that they faced off and since then Seth Rollins has gotten count-out, disqualification, and pinfall victories over Drew McIntyre. He will hope to do the same on Monday Night Raw.
#1: Raw Women's Championship: Ronda Rousey (c) vs Dana Brooke - RAW
Ronda Rousey has been on a warpath against everything WWE related for the past few weeks and is set to defend the Raw Women's Championship against Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in one of the most hyped up matches of all time.
However, all of those plans can be thrown into the proverbial fire if Dana Brooke has her way. Last week on Raw, she delivered an impassionate promo on Monday Night Raw describing her love for the business, how she has nothing left to lose and asked for a title opportunity.
Ronda Rousey then completely obliterated her in the ring. Dana Brooke will have an opportunity at redemption in the biggest match of her career against Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship on Monday Night Raw.
