United States Championship Match Set For Next Week's WWE Raw

Bobby Lashley puts the title on the line to entice a challenger and get revenge.

by Scott Carlson
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Bobby Lashley will once again tangle with Seth Rollins - or at least what's left of the Visionary - for the United States Championship on Raw next week.

Lashley successfully defended his title against Rollins two weeks ago on Raw with a little help from Matt Riddle, who balanced out Seth's cheating with a quick distraction. The outcome left Rollins furious and claiming that he was the uncrowned US champ.

Monday, things boiled over when Rollins blindsided Lashley after he defeated Mustafa Ali, laying him out with a pair of stomps, the second of which was on the US title belt. Afterward, Bobby was backstage being treated when he threw down the challenge for next week, which also happens to be Raw's "season premiere."

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Their first match was quite good, so you've got to imagine the rematch, now with a personal grudge attached to it, will also rule.

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Rollins, however, first has to survive a Fight Pit match against Riddle at Extreme Rules this weekend.

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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.