10 Predictions To Bring WWE Raw Back From The Brink

5. Lana Comes Good

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Going through an announce table every week won't get Lana over as the Raw Women's Division's top babyface.

Bouncing back from it might.

WWE is a strange and broken beast to such an extent that things can appear completely lost for a character right before everything comes together and bad faith a*seholes are rewarded for blind faith as if we're all just expected to forget all the bad times. And long before she became the victim of a running gag that is precisely as hilarious as it is cruel, the 'Ravishing Russian' had a lot of bad times.

If and when this whole thing concludes with Nia Jax going through a table herself, Lana can't be booked as if this fluke solves everything. Perception becomes reality very quickly in wrestling, and enough wins and okay matches will make the post-table spot run look like a full-bodied career turnaround. And that theme music, man. It deserves a pop like the one it received on its first night in 2017, and the fans that made all that noise deserve to get their favourite wrestler back.

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