WWE RAW, 16th September - Preview

By Siddharth Srinivasan
Modified Sep 16, 2013 17:07 GMT
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WWE RAW will be live from Cleaveland, Ohio and will feature Daniel Bryan entering the show for the first time as WWE Champion. The Night of Champions aftermath show will have a lot of questions to answer after a mediocre and confusing PPV on Sunday. With Dusty Rhodes invited to the show to talk about Cody Rhodes’s future and Goldust’s open warning to Stephanie there are a lot of issues that WWE needs to address tonight.

Here is a preview looking at the things that need to be focused upon.

1. Daniel Bryan’s victory and what’s the COO’s take on it?

Daniel Bryan won the WWE title last night from Randy Orton, most of you must be aware of that. But internet is now flooded with questions about the fast count from Scott Armstrong that got him the victory.

According to F4Wonline.com, WWE has asked officials to keep a tight lip about this issue as it will draw a lot of viewers to RAW tonight. Plus this was the reason why none of the commentators and ring announcers felt weird about the fast count.

Well by the look of things WWE’s trick has worked and the company can expect a huge number of people tuning into the show. The fast count controversy has spread like wildfire and almost every WWE fan is talking about it. Expect this to be a huge part of the show tonight.

2. Stephanie McMahon’s special invitation to Dusty Rhodes

After firing Cody Rhodes and humiliating his brother, Triple H and family now want to target the Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. Apparently Stephanie wants to discuss the prospect of WWE rehiring Cody. What WWE holds for us from this meeting is quite unclear and we can expect Daniel Bryan to be a part of this somehow.

Dustin Rhodes aka Goldust warned Stephanie earlier via Twitter to treat his father with respect and had a few words of wisdom for his dad. Here’s what he had to say.

3. Is Ryback a ‘Paul Heyman guy’?

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After attacking Punk on Night of Champions last night, Ryback has received a mixed response from the WWE Universe. While some have welcome Ryback in his new role there are many who have outright rejected this decision as a flop booking by WWE.

It was clear last night that Heyman wasn’t very sure about his client Curtis Axel and a new Heyman guy being introduced was on the cards. However, it raises question about whether Axel will still be involved in the storyline or will he carry on with his Intercontinental title defense against Kofi Kingston?

4. What next for RVD and Del Rio?

Despite winning the match, RVD wasn’t able to get hold of the title due to a DQ. The finish to the match brought out a lot of heat from fans who hoped the home boy will get hold of the title. But Del Rio getting disqualified for not winning the title was disappointing. RVD however did get the last laugh after hitting the Van Terminator on Del Rio with some help from Ricardo.

What will RVD do now to challenge the title again and how will Del Rio respond to the match last night is what WWE needs to answer tonight.

5. The Shield, Ziggler and the Divas

The Shield remained dominant last night as they won clean in both their matches. Dean Ambrose pinned Ziggler clean and it was obvious the Prime Time Players stood no chance against the duo of Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. So what next for the title holders? Will they still be Triple H’s henchmen? Also Ziggler needs some rebuild into his character provided WWE are willing to provide the same.

The Divas division too had a good showing last night and WWE will need to focus on trying to build the existing storyline between AJ and the Total Divas. After Aksana, Layla and Alicia Fox made it clear that they will not be supporting AJ backstage last night, AJ needs to rethink her strategy against the likes of Natalya and Brie Bella.

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