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10. A Standalone Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZBbBdTlie4 In Sundays Burning Questions column, the question was posed whether WWE would incorporate the upcoming special event from Tokyo, Japan into Raw, using Mondays show to set up a couple of the matches that were expected. Normally, house show cards arent set up like that, but seeing how this is being aired live on the WWE Network, its a different situation. For example, Brock Lesnar is scheduled to face Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler and John Cena are teaming up to battle Kane and King Barrett. Chris Jericho is also on the card. A simple mention could help establish that these matches are taking place for a reason rather than appearing to be completely at random. The only real plug beyond the ads that aired was during the John Cena-Cesaro match, when Michael Cole asked Kevin Owens about defending his NXT Championship against Finn Balor in Tokyo. Additionally, Seth Rollins did mention that Lesnar was boarding a plane to fly to Japan while licking his wounds from last week, but seeing how Rollins isnt on that tour, that only served to further their Battleground title match.
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