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RAW Preview: Two Champions to clash in the middle of the ring, Big return from a WWE star?

By Riju Dasgupta
Modified Jul 06, 2020 09:51 IST
What does the Monday Night Messiah have planned for us?
What does the Monday Night Messiah have planned for us?

It's time for yet another edition of RAW on the road to Extreme Rules. Well, if you've been following our news coverage here at Sportskeeda, you probably know that the name of the pay-per-view has been changed as well, and it's now entitled The Horror Show at Extreme Rules.

Not a lot has been advertised for RAW, and therefore, it makes one wonder if the show will indeed be filled with surprises. If you'd like a list of potential surprises that may occur on the show, check the following out.

I had a tougher time than usual putting this week's RAW preview together because of the lack of information available, but I do believe that the following should suffice.

#5 Two current Champions will clash on WWE RAW

Asuka will go up against Bayley on RAW in a Champion vs. Champion match, from the way things are looking at the moment. Kairi Sane was initially scheduled to be in Asuka's corner, but the graphic was soon changed because we may have seen the last of Sane on RAW. Kairi Sane will be heading back to Japan, as the following tweet indicates.

Coming back to the match at hand, listen, the two women are going to tear it up on RAW because both Asuka and Bayley are exceptional workers who can tear down the house when they have a chance to showcase their talent in the ring. Sasha Banks is sure to be in the ringside area, presumably to make sure that neither woman gets pinned and both of them look strong heading into Extreme Rules.

One wonders if Nikki Cross could show up on RAW on attack Bayley to build up to the big match that's coming our way at Extreme Rules.

#4 Could Shayna Baszler make a big return to RAW this week?

There are various rumors doing the rounds about why Shayna Baszler is not on WWE television and specifically RAW, at the moment. But in the absence of Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and now Kairi Sane on RAW, there is the need for a top star to come forth and there's none better than Shayna Baszler for the role.

At this point in time, Lana is obviously forming a sort of alliance on RAW, the first member of which is Natalya. Chances are that she is not done with this female faction and she will keep recruiting top talent from the current RAW roster.

I think that Lana could very well recruit Shayna Baszler, especially if Vince McMahon has soured on her as the rumors indicate. Natalya and Shayna Baszler could be a very dominant tag team that takes the titles from Sasha Banks and Bayley because nobody else can really do it.

Do we really want to see Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross back on RAW with the tag team championships?

#3 Will a big Extreme Rules match be made official on RAW?

From the way that things are on WWE RAW, I wonder if we're heading towards a big stipulation match at Extreme Rules 2020 if you carefully consider all the pieces in the puzzle. It does seem like there will be a match involving 'eyes' in some way, but I can't think of how WWE and the RAW creative team can do something of that nature in today's PG product.

So, the closest alternative to a match of that sort is a match that could be made official on RAW with a stipulation that has been a mainstay of sports entertainment for many years now. We could see a mask vs. hair match with Rey Mysterio and Seth Rollins which ends with Rey Mysterio losing his mask to the Monday Night Messiah, in an unfortunate twist.

And then Dominik could take up the mantle in the RAW after Extreme Rules and compete for the mask at SummerSlam 2020, to be officially crowned his father's successor.

#2 How does Drew McIntyre bounce back after his crushing loss on RAW last week?

Drew McIntyre is probably having the time of his life on RAW, working with someone that he is very close with, in Dolph Ziggler. Even though it was a mixed tag team match with Asuka on his side last week on RAW, Drew McIntyre did come out on the losing team and that hasn't been the case for quite some time now. Now Dolph Ziggler has made some very strange comments since his victory on RAW, saying that he is in Drew McIntyre's mind right now.

The mind games should continue on this week's edition of RAW when Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler are bound to tussle in some capacity for certain.

Will it result in Drew McIntyre being laid out on RAW, with Dolph Ziggler having the upper hand leading into Extreme Rules, or will McIntyre take Ziggler down with a few Claymores? Could a major stipulation potentially be added to their big match on RAW to make it more exciting?

#1 Could Randy Orton betray his own mentor on WWE RAW?

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So, on the latest edition of Dropkick DiSKussions, Sportskeeda's analyst Tom Colohue revealed why Randy Orton and Ric Flair have been paired as a unit on WWE RAW.

This is what he had to say about how the storyline could potentially play out on RAW in the coming weeks:

The most obvious suggestion from where I'm sitting would be that the WWE has brought back the Legend Killer, and want to close the angle out by punting one of the biggest legends in the history in the face. Certainly possible, wouldn't like to see it myself.

And so, when Ric Flair least expects it, Randy Orton could unleash his true colors on RAW and take out his ire on the Nature Boy on WWE RAW. It would further the storyline with The Big Show on RAW as well, and probably confirm the upcoming match for Extreme Rules 2020.

What are your personal predictions for this week's edition of RAW, building up to Extreme Rules 2020?

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