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Monday Night Raw is live from the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio tonight and has become a highly anticipated episode of the show since WWE announced last week that Commissioner Stephanie McMahon would be making a "historic announcement" as part of the show.
The Raw Tag Team Championships will be on the line tonight as well since Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt have cashed in their rematch clause for the Championships against The B Team.
Bobby Lashley and Roman Reigns will collide once again in an Extreme Rules rematch, this time their match has the added stipulation that the winner will take on Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam next month.
#1 That historic announcement
WWE has definitely got the WWE Universe talking over the past few days after they revealed that Stephanie McMahon would be live on Raw tonight to deliver a huge announcement. Of course, there are a number of things that The Commissioner could announce tonight, including Women's Tag Team Championships, An All Women's pay-per-view for the first time or even a change of General Manager.
Right now it is unknown as to what the announcement will be, but the ones listed above seem to be the favorites among the WWE Universe. Given the fact that Ronda Rousey won't be on Raw tonight due to suspension, it will be interesting to see if the announcement has anything to do with her recently announced Championship match at SummerSlam.
#2 Raw Tag Team Championship match
The B Team shocked the world when they defeated Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy at Extreme Rules to become the Raw Tag Team Champions. Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas have remained undefeated ever since they were rechristened as The B Team and will hope that their new turn of fortune will help them tonight in their match with the former Champions.
The Revival were seen watching The B Team last week on Raw and it will be interesting to see if the self-proclaimed "Top Guys" decide to interfere in the match and in turn put themselves into the conversation when it comes to the Raw Tag Team Championship match at SummerSlam.
#3 The Women's Division
Sasha Banks and Bayley's issues have continued over the past few weeks since it appears that therapy didn't help the former NXT stars to overcome their issues, but last week Sasha's backstage segment has led to many fans wondering where this storyline is actually going.
If Stephanie announces Women's Tag Team Championships as part of the show tonight then this could easily feed into the bigger picture for Sasha and Bayley. The Raw Women's Championship picture isn't expected to push forward tonight either since Ronda Rousey is still sitting out her suspension which was extended for another week and if she appears tonight on Raw then her Championship match at SummerSlam will be canceled.
Ember Moon was defeated by Sarah Logan last week, and it's thought that The War Goddess will want some revenge on Liv Morgan for the role she played in that defeat last week.
#4 The Mid-card
Dolph Ziggler is the current Intercontinental Champion, but he just seemed to be wasting time with his win over Bobby Roode last week, Finn Balor is currently free and would be a fantastic opponent for The Showoff heading into SummerSlam.
Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre have had a few issues as of late and after both men failed to win their triple threat match last week for a chance to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, it will be interesting to see if their feud continues.
Elias' new EP dropped today so after weeks of being relegated to backstage segments and short promos, The Drifter could finally be set for a push heading into The Biggest Party of the Summer, but who will be part of this storyline with him?
Braun Strowman has been a wrecking ball in recent weeks and Kevin Owens isn't expected to be on Raw tonight as he still continues to sell the injuries that he suffered at Extreme Rules, so who will The Monster In The Bank target next?
#5 Paul Heyman will be live on Raw
Paul Heyman is set to be in attendance on Monday Night Raw this week for the second consecutive show as he continues to build a showdown between his client and his new number one contender at SummerSlam.
Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley are set to collide tonight for the right to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam next month, but the popular theory online right now is that neither man will win this match and it will turn into a triple threat match at SummerSlam instead.
Reigns and Lashley collided at Extreme Rules last weekend with the former MMA star defeating the former World Champion, this will be Reigns chance to extract revenge and it will be interesting to see what part Paul Heyman plays in proceedings.
What are you looking forward to the most on this week's Raw? Tell us in the comments below!
