Predicting EVERYTHING That Will Happen On This Crazy Week Of Wrestling
13. Rey Vs. Rollins Goes 20 Minutes...
WWE's A-show is now the B-show.
After over 26 years as Vince McMahon's flagship, Raw's relegation has been completed before the new season's first episode has even aired. The cash behind SmackDown's move to FOX, plus the all-encompassing promotional push Friday nights have received, has knocked the blue brand ahead of its red cousin in the pecking order, and this will eventually be compounded by a 2019 Draft that will likely cycle the bulk of WWE's biggest names over to SD.
None of this means that WWE won't go all-out to make this week's Raw a blast, though. While SmackDown has more hype, Raw's lineup is crammed with stars and recent form suggests that no matter what, Paul Heyman and co. will find a way to make it work.
Expect Heavy Machinery to fall to Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode in their Raw Tag Team Championship match, Cedric Alexander to "steal one" against United States Champion AJ Styles, a big Four Horsewomen brawl to build to Friday's tag, Brock Lesnar to stand around looking scary, and the Ric Flair/Hulk Hogan Miz TV segment to kept as short as possible to mitigate again negative crowd reactions for 'The Hulkster.'
Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio should main event, and will. WWE will give them a generous 20-25 minutes to work their magic and get the crowd buzzing, and while Rollins will retain his Universal Championship, the night won't belong to him...