3 Huge Names Confirmed For Next Week's WWE Raw

Next week's Raw gets a huge boost from Lesnar and co.

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Brock Lesnar, Drew McIntyre, and Randy Orton have all been confirmed for next week's episode of WWE Raw, the promotion has announced.

This comes off the back of perhaps the most threadbare Raw in history, as current events saw a skeleton crew of wrestlers work for an empty WWE Performance Center in Orlando Florida. Only Edge, The Undertaker, Steve Austin, Becky Lynch, The OC, Andrade, and Rey Mysterio worked the show, with Tom Phillips, Jerry Lawler, and Byron Saxton on commentary.

So stretched were WWE with last night's broadcast that they were forced to air the entire men's Royal Rumble match to fill time. Still, they're doing the best they can with a tough situation and this year's was an excellent Rumble. There are certainly worse ways to spend an hour.

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Lesnar, McIntyre, and Orton should at least provide intrigue. Lesnar and McIntyre can continue their feud face-to-face while Orton can answer Edge's WrestleMania 36 challenge, though he'd be doing well to match the quality of 'The Rated R Superstar's' promo on last night's show.

There's currently no word on who else might be on the show, though WWE has reportedly given wrestlers to skip tapings until current events blow over.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.