WWE Monday Night RAW: May 11, 2015- 5 promising developments

3. Lana’s searing popularity

Many of you may not be a fan of how the WWE is going about breaking up a potentially great wrestler- manager duo like Lana and Rusev. But the WWE’s got one thing right and that is to make Lana a babyface.

The chants for Lana continued to this week’s Raw as well and Rusev was certainly not happy about it. When Rusev came to the WWE, Lana seemed to have The Bulgarian Brute on a leash, giving him instructions, one of them being ‘Rusev, CRUSH’. And over time, the dynamic between them has completely changed as the Brute has been unleashed after his losses and Lana is the one taking the brunt of it.

Everyone wants Lana to break free. She may be on her way to becoming one of the faces of the Women’s division and one of the premier faces of the WWE.

4. The Sandow Journey

Damien Sandow has embraced his role of an impersonator, or so it seemed on Raw. He walked out as an impersonator of Macho man Randy Savage to face Curtis Axel’s Axelmania.

This match had absolutely no point with no long term potential but it was a fun throwback to two of the most dominant faces from the past who made sports entertainment thrive in the 80s and 90s.

Also, Sandow is no longer a comic relief jobber. He’s over the crowd and the WWE knows it. One of Vince McMahon’s cardinal rules for success is if a wrestler gets over. Sandow’s popularity has been there for all to see for almost a year. Something’s got to give.

5. Up for grabs

Daniel Bryan’s promo was definitely the saddest part of the show. He had to relinquish another title in a year. He’s unsure if he could even wrestle again. His promo was immensely moving and the only diamond in the rough is that the Intercontinental title is up for grabs.

WWE has made it clear how much they want the secondary titles to be relevant again and the IC title may again see a rejuvenation of interesting moments. It’ll be interesting to see what the WWE decides to do with the vacant title.