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With WrestleMania behind us, all eyes were on Raw after the Show of Shows as we are usually treated to a fair share of surprises at the show.
We were not disappointed, as we saw the return of some big names, and were also teased with another Winner Takes All clash.
While the show did well to act as the landing ground for the night after WWE WrestleMania, it did little, if anything, to present new challenges for the new champions that were crowned at the event.
Here, we will take a look at the 5 biggest questions that we were left with after the April 8 episode of Raw, and what many of the things we were presented with could mean for the future of the superstars involved.
#5 Why was The Undertaker kept off WrestleMania?
Just like last year, fans at WrestleMania waited patiently for the gong to sound and the lights to go out. While they got the return of the Doctor of Thugnomics instead, they didn’t have much to complain about. Not until the night after WrestleMania.
The gong didn’t sound at WrestleMania 35, but it did on Raw right after the event as the same superstar who was interrupted by John Cena was interrupted by a much bigger legend.
The Undertaker made his way to the ring, laid out Elias, and made his way back to the locker room, fans were left asking one simple question: Why today?
An appearance by The Deadman is always welcome in the WWE, but the WWE Creative opted to keep him off what would have been his 18th consecutive WrestleMania.
This raised many questions as to why The Undertaker could not do the same just one night earlier and have John Cena layout Baron Corbin after his match with Kurt Angle instead?
#4 Why was Dean Ambrose humiliated in his last match?
Fans were hoping against hope that there would be some way WWE would be able to hold Ambrose and not let him leave the company. However, after his complete exclusion from WrestleMania 35 even after the years of great service he has done for the company, it was also cemented that he wasn’t staying back.
Last night on Raw, Ambrose took the ring for his final match in WWE, which did not go as planned. Ambrose was first insulted by Bobby Lashley, who later destroyed him in a similar fashion Drew McIntyre has done over the past few weeks.
With Lashley claiming that he will take care of Ambrose’s wife, Renee Young, after he is gone, it seemed as though the creative were teasing a new and long feud between the two men.
The question now is whether Ambrose is actually leaving the company, and WWE has completely humiliated him on his way out, or whether he will stick around to protect his wife on the show and exact revenge on Lashley.
#3 Why did Lars Sullivan attack Kurt Angle?
After waiting for almost five months, the WWE Universe finally got what they had been waiting for, the arrival of The Freak.
While the introduction of Lars Sullivan wasn’t met with the best reaction by fans, as he was a bit too late in debuting and the hype around his arrival had already died down, he did introduce himself in tremendous fashion.
Sullivan went on to attack Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle, who just retired from wrestling a night ago, and he did so to attract a lot of hate from the crowd and become a major heel in the process.
While one can’t question the impact his arrival has made, it’s the choice of prey that is questionable. Kurt Angle has already retired, and it makes little sense to have Lars attack a 50-year-old on his debut.
WWE had a great chance of having him wreak havoc in the main event to make a huge point, or even intervene in Bobby Lashley and Dean Ambrose’s match or attack one of the tag teams.
Why did Lars go after Kurt Angle and not an established superstar with whom he can have his first rivalry?
#2 Why did WWE tease a men’s championship unification?
Just like WWE has done for decades, they relied on the good old bait and switch gimmick to get the fans excited at the beginning of the night and send them home with a bit more hatred towards the creative.
Seth Rollins accepted Kofi Kingston’s challenge to a Champion vs. Champion Winner Takes All main event for the night, which was conveniently interrupted by The Bar and turned into a tag team match with nothing on the line.
But there must be a reason behind WWE teasing a possible men’s championship unification too, right? Becky Lynch is now both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion, and fans got exactly what they wanted at WrestleMania in almost all the matches.
Did WWE tease a men’s Winner Takes All clash to see how the crowd would react before, during, and after the show for a future match of this sort? Or did they just do it for fun and it will never be mentioned again? We will surely find out sooner than later.
#1 Why did Lacey Evans interrupt Becky Lynch?
In an anti-climax to Becky Lynch’s promo which had her look back on her historic win only 24 hours earlier, Lacey Evans was taken down in brutal fashion.
Lacey Evans has been ‘lurking’ just like Lars Sullivan on both Raw and SmackDown for some time now but hasn’t done anything of note to have the WWE Universe excited about her singles career on the main roster.
All that changed last night, as she interrupted Becky Lynch and the two got in a brawl which led to Evans being laid out by The Man.
After the dust settled, we are left wondering if Lacey Evans will be the first woman to challenge Becky for her titles amid a roster filled with women like Natalya, Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Asuka, and Naomi.
If that is so, then why hasn’t Lacey Evans been built up strong enough before getting such a major push?
