10 Booking Steps For WWE Raw (Oct 17)
Goldberg is coming back to Raw for the first time since 2004...
For years, the possibility of Bill Goldberg making a return to WWE has been discussed and ultimately shot down time and time again. The former WCW phenomenon's last appearance for the company came at WrestleMania XX in 2004, oddly enough against Brock Lesnar. Now, WWE seem interested in setting up a marquee match between both men in 2016.
This coming Monday, Goldberg will appear on Raw for the first time in 12 years. Even though WWE could hold off on Goldberg vs. Lesnar until WrestleMania 33, it'd be much wiser to schedule the bout imminently. Let's not forget that WWE have one of their traditional pay-per-view giants coming up in November.
Elsewhere on the brand, Hell In A Cell is right around the corner. Currently, the company have planned no less than three titular Cell matches for the show. That may seem like overkill, although this week's Raw can help further each individual story nicely.
Monday Night Raw needs to be a busy broadcast as Hell In A Cell is mere weeks away. Let's look at what the creative team could have planned for the broadcast...
10. Foley & Stephanie Agree To Most Of SD's Survivor Series Proposals
On the latest edition of SmackDown Live, Shane McMahon and his General Manager Daniel Bryan sent out a challenge to Monday Night Raw for Survivor Series on November 20. Not only did McMahon and Bryan propose a 'Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown' elimination bout, they also put forward the challenge for traditional Survivor Series matches involving tag-teams from each brand and female competitors.
It makes sense to imagine that Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley will address what happened on SmackDown come the next episode of their own show. Coming out to kick off the program, Foley and Stephanie could accept the first two matches, only to then turn down one involving the women.
Explaining this, Foley would say that female athletes have all too often been pushed into multi-woman affairs at Survivor Series over the years. On this occasion, that won't be happening. Instead, they will be featured in one of the few singles encounters on the Survivor Series card.
Immediately, this sets up another challenge, this time from Raw to SmackDown. Stephanie and Foley are willing to take females seriously, meaning Shane and Bryan must follow suit.