RAW Preview: Huge heel turn, WWE legend to get title shot? (May 6th, 2019)

#1. Roman Reigns returns to RAW, but why?

Roman Reigns took the wrestling world by surprise when he announced that he would be on RAW this week. The immediate question was "why?". After all, Roman Reigns is SmackDown Live's biggest acquisition ever, and he's going to be a major game changer on the blue brand.

Despite being just two weeks into his run with the blue brand, he announced that he will be appearing on RAW. The major speculation going on is that Roman Reigns will challenge Goldberg at the June 7th event at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After all, Goldberg's return was just announced by WWE and they need a major marquee match.

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Reigns was initially denied by WWE officials, who cited his "obligations as a SmackDown Live superstar". Roman Reigns being Roman Reigns, just laughed it off and told WWE to get his music ready.

😂😂 Just have my music ready. I’ll be kicking things off on #Raw right at 8pm. https://t.co/DJsTczTKAF
— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) May 5, 2019

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Roman Reigns will kick things off on RAW tonight!

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