RAW: 5 theories why Randy Orton helped Rey Mysterio retain the US Championship against AJ Styles

The Viper distracted The Phenomenal One during the Championship match
The Viper distracted The Phenomenal One during the Championship match

#2 To form a faction of the babyfaces

Will Orton lead the two young Superstars?
Will Orton lead the two young Superstars?

RAW is currently crawling with some of the best heels in the company. At a time when SmackDown seems to be finding it difficult to set up good rivalries for Roman Reigns, RAW is finding it difficult to keep top babyfaces and heels apart for long.

The O.C. was already playing the premier role of the villainous faction for RAW, while this week the brand threw another major faction at us. Seth Rollins seems to have aligned with the Authors of Pain, and we could get another huge villainous faction out of those three men.

With that in mind, there is a need for the babyfaces to have each other back at all times. We have seen Ricochet and Humberto Carrillo come to Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton’s aide recently, while Mysterio handed his lead pipe to Kevin Owens to protect himself.

With all this brewing on the Red brand, it feels like the company will be giving us a nice top babyface faction sooner than later.

RAW already had the options of pairing Ricochet, Mysterio, and Carrillo together, and now it seems like they might even add Randy Orton or Kevin Owens to the mix.

With such big names, we could witness the ultimate clash of the factions on RAW in the coming weeks.

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