Monday Night Raw will make their last stop before Fastlane at the Resch Center in Green bay.
While the match card is complete, WWE still has to make some final minute preparations to make the pay-per-view exceed all expectations and Raw will play a huge role in doing so.
Last week, WWE made some bold moves to build up the Fastlane card and all those could provide WWE with a good platform for continuing the stories.
The return of Goldberg and Seth Rollins will be the main highlights and after this, WWE’s build-up of the already-booked matches for Fastlane will also provide Raw with the necessary push that it needs.
In this preview, we are going to take a look at the segments that we could expect from the show.
#5 Seth Rollins returns
The main reason why the debut of Samoa Joe on Raw excelled was because of the attack that he unleashed on Seth Rollins.
Joe took out Rollins and the attack led to an injury to Rollins which might keep him out of action for some time. After being injured, Rollins has been out of the WWE programming and he will be making his return this week around.
Rollins will probably address the attack by Samoa Joe on Monday Night and WWE would have another opportunity to put over both Joe and Triple H as a heel faction. Meanwhile, there is also a possibility of Rollins pulling a swerve on the WWE fans and saying that his injury is healed and that he could face Joe or Hunter at WrestleMania.
#4 When giants collide
WWE has been strongly building up to the showdown between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman.
Last week, WWE hyped the Strowman – Big Show match to the sky and Strowman getting a win underlines the fact that WWE has big plans for Strowman going forward. Strowman overpowered Reigns after his match with Big Show as well.
The most interesting thing about the feud is that Strowman and Reigns are two heavily backed names.
The Creative team has been high on them ever since their main roster debuts and these two colliding can give WWE a big star. Reigns will be looking to bounce back from what happened this week while Strowman looks to continue his momentum before the match on Sunday.
#3 The Mid card sort
The mid card scenario of Monday Night Raw ahead of Fastlane is currently populated by the Tag team title feud and the Cruiserweight title feud.
Enzo Amore and Big Cass will challenge Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows for the tag team titles this Sunday night and making the last minute decorations for this storyline should be one of WWE’s primary motives.
Elsewhere, the Cruiserweight Title scenario has been interesting ever since WWE decided to bring in Jack Gallagher into the mix. He has been making good use of the opportunity and it wouldn’t be a surprise if Gallagher goes on to win the gold on Sunday.
#2 Chasing Gold
The WWE Universe will be looking closely into the Women’s Championship feud ahead of Fastlane. Bayley heads into the pay-per-view as the reigning champion but still, she is an underdog. We’ve been here in this same situation with Sasha Banks.
Rather than the title being the centre of attraction, the pay-per-view streak of Charlotte is what draws motives and this is what makes Charlotte a favourite to walk out with the gold. WWE should avoid doing a repetition if they don’t want to make the fans scratch their heads.
Having such a booking could also impact the WrestleMania plans for the Raw Women’s title as it would be easy for the fans to grow tired of what WWE’s serving on the plates.
#1 Goldberg has a message 
Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar is bound to be one of the highlights of this year’s WrestleMania. While the match is a strong one as a stand-alone entity, WWE now has the opportunity to raise the stakes by including the WWE Universal championship into the mix. Goldberg will challenge Kevin Owens for the title on Sunday.
Before this, he returns to Raw this week and we could expect a physical confrontation between the champion and the challenger.
The presence of Chris Jericho and the potential threat of Brock Lesnar would be external factors that might influence the segment. No matter what WWE has in plans, the Universal title match is going to get interesting once Raw gets wrapped up.
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