10 Burning Questions For WWE Raw (Aug 1)

1. What’s Next For Finn Balor?

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Well, it’s all downhill for Finn Balor now.

OK, that might be a bit overstated, but seriously, has anyone had a better debut night in WWE in recent memory? Balor showed up on Raw for the first time last week, won a fatal four-way and then pinned a former three-time world champion to punch his ticket for a world (universal) title shot at SummerSlam.

What’s next for Balor? What does he do for an encore? Odds are that it will have something to do with his SummerSlam opponent, Seth Rollins. This is being billed as the “New Era” for WWE, and having Balor/Rollins as its top program for its flagship show might qualify. WWE gave us something new and unpredictable – assuming Finn would be a big deal was a safe bet, but catapulted to a title shot on his first night was not – so trying to guess what’s next might be tough.

Let’s just cross our fingers and pray that the words “50/50 booking” isn’t part of the writers’ lexicon on this one.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.