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We're on the penultimate RAW before WrestleMania. It's incredible to think that we're hardly a couple of weeks away from the show of shows, but once again. it's finally here. Drew McIntyre made the headlines again, this time taking out another member of The Shield in Seth Rollins.
McIntyre even confronted Brock Lesnar to start things off, only to be attacked and chased away by Universal title contender Seth Rollins. Kurt Angle had a dream match against Chad Gable and officially announced that Baron Corbin will be his final WrestleMania opponent, much to the dismay of the WWE Universe.
Ronda Rousey would have her final defence of the RAW Women's Championship, defeating Dana Brooke in a matter of seconds before getting involved with security. It was her husband Travis Browne who ended up getting involved in the action as well. A legend offered to come out of retirement and more, but that was last week. This week, there's quite a bit to look forward to and here's what's going down!
#5 It's about to get Rowdy in Boston!
Ronda Rousey defeated Dana Brooke in quick fashion last week to retain the RAW Women's Championship. However, the seconds of action in the ring wasn't enough, and she would then launch another attack on Brooke and subsequently security, not really caring about a fine being slapped on her again.
Her husband Travis Browne was ringside, and the UFC Heavyweight would get involved as well, punching the security before walking out with Ronda Rousey. With just two weeks remaining, will Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair have something to say about it?
Will they also appear on RAW again to confront the RAW Women's Champion? One thing is for sure, it's going to be a heated face-off when it does happen on Monday Night RAW.
#4 Will Roman Reigns accept Drew McIntyre's WrestleMania challenge?
Roman Reigns is finally back and he had a very successful return to the ring as The Shield would reunite one last time at WWE Fastlane. However, they did end up saying their farewell to the WWE Universe and it's time for Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins to focus on their singles run.
Drew McIntyre, after decimating Dean Ambrose last to last week and Seth Rollins last week (thanks in part to Brock Lesnar's convenient distraction), was able to pick up the win. However, before this, he would challenge Roman Reigns to a match at WrestleMania.
If, or rather when Roman Reigns accepts McIntyre's WrestleMania challenge, he's going to have to get ready for a war. It's going to be Roman Reigns' first WrestleMania singles opponent who isn't a part-time superstar. Either way, the build to the match will undoubtedly be interesting.
#3 Kurt Angle's final ride in Boston
Kurt Angle's farewell tour has been off to a smooth start, minus the fact that his WrestleMania opponent is Baron Corbin. He's faced Apollo Crews and Chad Gable and is set to face one of his greatest non-WWE rivals AJ Styles on SmackDown.
All three opponents alone would be considered far superior WrestleMania opponents for Angle than Corbin. Naturally, the WWE Universe was far from pleased with the announcement, and even Michael Cole was open about the fact that there was outrage on social media over the announcement.
Kurt Angle will have his final match at Boston tonight on RAW. The question is, who will it be? Potentially former Universal Champion Finn Balor. And will he change his mind about facing Baron Corbin? Corbin did lose to Apollo Crews last week.
There are undoubtedly more worthy WrestleMania opponents, but it's going to be interesting to see how his body is able to keep up performing on this level.
#2 Beth Phoenix's impending return
Beth Phoenix was assaulted last week amidst the chaos of the Sasha Banks-Natalya match. Since Nia Jax and Tamina decided to provoke and attack Phoenix at Fastlane, the WWE Hall of Famer seems to have gotten her motivation back to enter the ring and come out of retirement.
With WrestleMania season reaching its peak, it's no surprise that a retired star wants to make a big comeback. Either way, the Glamazon's comeback is a welcome one, and none more so for The Queen of Harts Natalya.
With Nia Jax and Tamina also warring with tag team champions Sasha Banks and Bayley. There's little doubt that we're headed for a triple threat showdown at the show of shows, but who's going to have the most momentum this week?
For the past couple of weeks, it's been Nia Jax and Tamina doing so, but we could even see The IIconics make their way over to RAW to challenge for the Women's Tag Titles.
#1 Braun Strowman's march of madness
Last week, Braun Strowman announced that he would be taking part in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, something that disappointed fans quite a bit. After all, he's been one of RAW's top stars for a while now, and the fact that he's got nothing going on for him once again at WrestleMania season is undoubtedly disappointing.
His real feud is against SNL's Colin Jost and Michael Che, who haven't exactly gotten off on the right foot with the Monster Among Men. WrestleMania host Alexa Bliss offered to be the mediator between Strowman and the two SNL stars, and as a week has passed, Strowman is going to question Bliss what she'll do to make peace between himself and the WrestleMania special correspondents.
Are we going to see more of Jost and Che's antics again or will The Monster Among Men have to take his frustrations out on other opponents?
