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We are just five days away from the Super Showdown at Melbourne, Australia. The go home episode of RAW had lots of action tonight. All six members of the faction war between the Shield and the Dogs of War were involved in singles battles. There were also singles matches between the Ascension's Viktor and Bobby Roode, Kevin Owens and Bobby Lashley, Ruby "Riott" and RAW women's champion Ronda Rousey, and a tag team match between the B-team and The Revival. The segment involving The Undertaker, Kane, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels was intriguing as well.
With that being said, let us rank the superstars/factions with the most momentum heading into the biggest live event in Australia.
#5 Ronda Rousey
Even though she is not defending her RAW women's title in Australia, Ronda Rousey is partaking in a six women tag team match also involving the Bella Twins, Ruby, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan. Before that, she had a one on one match with the leader of the Riott Squad.
Ruby Riott had the advantage in the majority of the bout. But when she looked to finish Rousey off with the Riott kick, the champ countered it, subsequently locking Ruby in the cross armbar for the submission victory.
#4 Kevin Owens (and Elias)
After returning less than a week after quitting, Kevin Owens started targetting Bobby Lashley. The prizefighter along with his new best friend Elias has garnered immense heel heat from the Seattle crowd before the match. Ahead of their tag team match against the team of John Cena and Bobby Lashley at the Super Showdown, both Kevin Owens and Elias bashed the 16-time world champion on the mic.
Even though he did not get much offence, Kevin Owens successfully pinned the manager after a roll up, thus becoming only the second guy to pin Lashley since his return. After the match, the duo laid waste on Bobby and his manager Lio Rush.
#3 Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns followed up his Hell in a Cell "No Result" with 3 consecutive victories - this time over one-half of the RAW tag team champions Dolph Ziggler. Initially, Reigns wanted to make this a Universal title match, but the acting General Manager Baron Corbin ordered that Reigns cannot defend his title before the Crown Jewel at Saudi Arabia. This was a fun match involving various pinfall counters. Ziggler even hit the Zig Zag on the Universal champion, but the Big Dog kicked out and eventually pinned Ziggler to add extra momentum on his side heading into Australia.
#2 The Undertaker
The Undertaker vs. Triple H is the most hyped up match of the Super Showdown. Quite fittingly, the go home show of RAW delivered that angle very well. Shawn Michaels threatened Kane that he would "Sweet Chin Music" the Big Red Machine if he were to interfere in the match between the Deadman and the Game.
This caused Kane and Undertaker to appear out of nowhere and attack Michaels, subsequently forcing Triple H to run down the aisle and make a valiant effort to save his best friend. However, the brothers of destruction stood supreme and chokeslammed both Hunter and Michaels. Undertaker then proceeded to tombstone Triple H to end RAW, standing tall ahead of the big match.
#1 The Dogs of War
The team of Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre are heading into the Super Showdown with the most momentum from RAW. Even though Ziggler fell short of beating the universal champion Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman defeated Dean Ambrose via DQ, and Drew McIntyre defeated Seth Rollins in their respective matches.
After Drew's match against Rollins, the tag team champions attacked the architect forcing rest of the members involved in the six-man tag team match to get involved. However, Braun, Dolph, and Drew were too big for the Shield to handle at the moment and they laid waste to all three Shield brothers.
Ahead of the Super showdown in Australia, the Dogs of War has picked up enough steam to put the Shield to rest.
