5 Surprises that can happen on WWE RAW: 13-time Champion to get added to WrestleMania title match, 2 members to get kicked out of top faction?

We only have two episodes of RAW left until WrestleMania 37. With the build to the event having started at the end of January, the card has now taken shape for the two-night event.

While 11 matches have been announced for WrestleMania 37 so far, WWE is expected to add a few more matches to the event. The penultimate episode of RAW will be an important one, and there could be a lot of twists and turns waiting to happen.

Here are a few big surprises that can happen on RAW with less than two weeks until WrestleMania:

#5. Asuka and Rhea Ripley make their RAW Women's Championship match official, but is it just them?

Asuka's RAW Women's Championship match at WrestleMania will be made official on Monday. After she defeated the impressive Peyton Royce last week, another Australian came out to confront The Empress.

This time, it was Rhea Ripley who made her RAW debut as advertised. In a bit of a surprising move, she challenged Asuka for a RAW Women's title match at WrestleMania, and The Empress accepted.

It seemed to be a big change in plans. Originally, multi-time Women's Champion Charlotte Flair said that she wanted to face Asuka at WrestleMania. But Flair recently revealed that she had tested positive for COVID-19 (although there were only four days left for her clearance when she had tweeted it).

This week on RAW, we will see a contract signing take place between Asuka and Rhea Ripley to make the match official. But what if the contract signing doesn't go according to plan?

It wouldn't be surprising to see Charlotte Flair unexpectedly turn up, even if she was removed from all the WrestleMania advertising. While there have been rumors about WWE being "secretive" on Flair's status, she is too big a name to miss WrestleMania 37.

Charlotte Flair's entry into the picture means that the RAW Women's title match at WrestleMania will be a Triple Threat.

#4. Who will pick up the bounty on Drew McIntyre on RAW?

Bobby Lashley had a terrible time on RAW last week. While he defeated Sheamus in another solid match, Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin kept trying to take matters into their own hands.

Lashley was furious and berated them. Later on, Alexander and Benjamin challenged Drew McIntyre to a two-on-one handicap match. McIntyre told Adam Pearce that he would only accept if a victory meant that the former RAW Tag Team Champions would be barred from ringside at WrestleMania.

He beat the two and gained a significant advantage for the WrestleMania 37 main event on Night One. Bobby Lashley was further infuriated and the WWE Champion gave the locker room a notice. He said that whoever could take out Drew McIntyre would get a shot at the WWE Championship.

With a bounty on McIntyre's head, we wouldn't be surprised to see Alexander and Benjamin try to prove their worth. However, things could go awry and Lashley and MVP might end up kicking the former RAW Tag Team Champions out of The Hurt Business.

#3. Braun Strowman gets "stupidly" humiliated on RAW?

Braun Strowman has been behind Shane McMahon on RAW. While they were supposed to face off at Fastlane 2021, McMahon pulled out citing an "injury".

Last week on RAW, Strowman faced his replacement opponent Elias in a Fastlane rematch, and the outcome was unsurprisingly the same. While Braun Strowman has been berated by Shane McMahon, he hasn't been made to look too bad in the rivalry.

What could hurt him, however, is getting humiliated by McMahon. Last week after his match on RAW, Strowman prevented an attack via McMahon's crutch. The Prodigal Son then ran away, proving that his injury was fake. This prompted Braun Strowman to demand a WrestleMania match, and his challenge was accepted by Shane McMahon.

A bit of a surprise would be to see Strowman getting destroyed and humiliated. So far, it's been about McMahon verbally berating Strowman. Could he outsmart The Monster Among Men this week?

Also, we hope that the train sound effects from RAW last week was a one-time thing.

#2. A very Fiend-y twist on RAW

There's little doubt about which storyline is the weirdest on RAW. It also happens to be the most unique one. While the last three months of RAW has seen Alexa Bliss torment Randy Orton, The Fiend is now back, stronger than ever.

In the main event of last week's RAW, Orton wanted to summon The Fiend, presumably to finish what he started. Unfortunately, the night didn't end well for him, and despite pouring gasoline over The Fiend, he only hit an RKO before proceeding to get destroyed.

The big question is as to what twist awaits this week? Will Randy Orton continue to get tormented? What is the endgame for him here?

Or there could be a surprise, and this week, Orton gets the better of The Fiend and Bliss. Even if he isn't going to win at WrestleMania, there needs to be some sort of comeuppance for The Viper. Could this week be the best one that Randy Orton has had in months?

#1. Sheamus takes on Riddle in a non-title match on RAW, but what will unfold?

Sheamus suffered a third defeat in a row last Monday on RAW and his second defeat to Bobby Lashley in just seven days. Later that night, he crossed paths with United States Champion Riddle, and Sheamus was irritated enough to attack him using his own scooter.

It seemed to hint at Sheamus vs. Riddle being the direction for RAW heading into WrestleMania 37. This week on RAW, Riddle will face Sheamus in a non-title match. We're not big fans of the idea that a Champion should be pinned before a big pay-per-view in a non-title match. However, Sheamus will be expected to overcome Riddle on RAW to earn a title shot at WrestleMania.

But is an outcome like that too obvious for RAW? WWE could still go in the direction of Riddle vs. Sheamus at WrestleMania, but instead of having a proper match on RAW, a controversial upset win for Riddle could set up the bout.

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Edited by Kaushik Das