WWE Raw: Potential Spoilers, Rumors, News and Preview for May 25

The Memorial Day edition of WWE Raw concludes the construction of the Elimination Chamber's groundwork, as the short build between events comes to a close already.

On May 25, WWE travels to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, with plenty on the agenda for its go-home show. The company has several title matches to hype. The next chapters of storylines centered around Lana, John Cena and Dean Ambrose are on their way as well.

WWE also has a movie to help promote and likely a giant to welcome back.

The Elimination Chamber card is essentially set. It's time now to crank up the animosity between all the rivals set to collide on the WWE Network exclusive.

How will all that unfold on Monday's Raw? What subplots will emerge en route to the event? Backstage reports, rundowns of house shows and James Wortman's five-point preview on WWE.com provide a look into the future.

Entourage Invades Raw

Not everyone stepping into the ring on Monday night has their eyes on the Elimination Chamber. The squared circle will also host actors looking to push their movie. 

As WWE announced on its official website, the cast of Entourage will appear on Raw.

Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara are all scheduled to appear. Entourage star Jeremy Piven, the man who bungled SummerSlam's name on Raw years ago, is not.

No word on what WWE has planned for the actors. Based on what similar guests have done, though, count on silliness to ensue.

News, Potential Spoilers

Monday's Raw may feature some faces fans have seen in a while.

Rumblings emerged recently that Big Show would be back. According to F4WOnline (h/t Wrestling Inc), he was expected back on TV over the past few weeks. The World's Largest Athlete didn't make it to Richmond, Virginia, on May 18, though. This Monday may be when he storms back into the ring instead. 

About Big Show, PWInsider's Mike Johnson reports, "He was originally slated to return at last week's TV tapings but WWE creative pushed his return back." Johnson also notes that Big Show is back on the road with the company. The big man worked a house show in Utica, New York, on May 23. 

Fan Grady Martson provided a shot of Big Show that night in a steel cage:

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@WWETheBigShow #WWEUtica pic.twitter.com/QpiM5xamFg

— Grady Marston (@grads99) May 24, 2015"

The lineup on the some of the last few live events also teased a possible return for both Layla and Brad Maddox.

As noted on PWInsider, Maddox and Layla both wrestled at the house show on May 24 in Binghampton, New York, as well as the house show in Utica the night before. Chances aren't great that they will make the air on Monday with all the hype WWE has to create for Elimination Chamber, but if the company needs a body for a multiple-person match, it appears these all-but-forgotten competitors could join the fray.

Before the Chamber

With both women on the hunt for Nikki Bella and the Divas Championship, expect Paige and Naomi to collide on Monday's Raw. 

They are set for a Triple Threat bout at Elimination Chamber. And with minimal time to build up the tension between the three wrestlers, WWE is moving things along quickly. On last week's SmackDown, Paige and Naomi's trash-talking session morphed into a brawl in the blink of an eye.

Monday's Raw promises to add to that escalating hostility. 

In another case of bad blood boiling over, John Cena will have a chance to respond to his confrontation with Kevin Owens last week where he ended up flat on his back. Wortman offers two clues of what to expect from Cena when he writes, "Will we hear from The Champ this week? Also, who will answer Cena's U.S. Open Challenge?"

The answer to the first question has to be yes. It would be completely unlike Cena to not call out Owens after the attack, especially with the two of them set to clash at Elimination Chamber. And it's clear from Wortman's preview that we're getting another open challenge.

That match has consistently been the highlight of Raw. Count on that trend continuing when WWE rolls out its latest surprise foe for the U.S. champ.

To provide Monday's Raw with its share of soap opera drama, Lana's budding relationship with Dolph Ziggler will roll on. Last week, Lana split with Rusev and started locking lips with The Show-Off. 

There's more of that story to come. Wortman writes, "The world will be watching to see what Lana and Ziggler do next."

Ziggler and Rusev will then have a chance to fight over the girl on Sunday. Both men are part of the six-Superstar field in the Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber match. That contest, the first tag title match inside the chamber, and Dean Ambrose's battle with Seth Rollins will all get slices of the spotlight pie on Monday's Raw.

Ambrose vs. Rollins remains the marquee matchup. They have restarted their feud from last summer, now with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the center.

The last time we saw these two rivals together, Rollins sent Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury after The Lunatic Fringe on last Thursday's SmackDown. Roman Reigns assisted his old partner, though, to prevent another beatdown from the goons.

The five-point preview suggests that Ambrose will be looking to issue violence of his own. Wortman asks, "Should J&J Security double their efforts in protecting Rollins Monday night?"

It sure sounds like fans can count on some brawling between these former brothers-in-arms as WWE makes his last hard sell of the Elimination Chamber event.