WWE Raw: Burning Questions to Address After April 11 Show

The April 11 episode of Raw was arguably the best broadcast WWE has presented this year, creating burning questions that fans actually want answered rather than those that exist because of mindless booking decisions.

There was extraordinary wrestling featuring the likes of Natalya and Charlotte, AJ Styles and Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens and Cesaro. The next chapters in the main-roster careers of Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady and Apollo Crews were written. Shocking debuts were made. Those matches, moments and Superstars helped add to the overall quality of the broadcast.

Some are even the subjects of those aforementioned burning questions.

What are those questions, and how might they affect WWE as it enters the spring months, seemingly determined to make up for a wildly disappointing WrestleMania?

Let's take a look.

1. Whose side are Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows Really On?

The long-awaited arrival of former Bullet Club members Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson finally happened Monday night when the dangerous duo beat down The Usos, then escaped through the crowd, much to the delight of the fans in Los Angeles.

While it may be easy to suggest that they will eventually be paired with Finn Balor, who has regularly teased a Bullet Club reunion, the answer may just lie in who they attacked.

Anderson and Gallows laid out The Usos, whose relationship to Roman Reigns is regularly touted by WWE commentators. They have teamed with him countless times and are legitimately his family.

Who just happens to be weeks away from a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match against Reigns and was the most recent leader of The Bullet Club?

"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles.

It is absolutely possible that Gallows and Anderson will be aligned with Balor when the current NXT champion finally makes his main-roster debut.

As it stands now, though, it would make most sense for the audience to pay attention to them in relation to Styles, who was last seen in Japan alongside those men, ruling New Japan Pro Wrestling and creating havoc for top stars such as Shinsuke Nakamura and Kazuchika Okada.

2. Is WWE in the Midst of a Tag Team Renaissance?

The New Day has risen to such a level in WWE that there really is no tag team conceivably good enough to dethrone Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E as tag team champions. Monday night, the company took the initiative, looking to rebuild its tag team division via tournament to declare the new No. 1 contenders to the trio's titles. 

With such illustrious teams as The Ascension and Social Outcasts, there will understandably be doubts that the tournament will do any more good for the state of tag team wrestling in WWE than New Day's dominance would. On closer examination, though, the fact that WWE Creative even bothered to book such a thing suggests that there is a renewed interest in the art form among those in power.

The recent introductions of Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, not to mention the arrivals of The Vaudevillains and the aforementioned Anderson and Gallows, further lends credibility to the idea of a tag team renaissance of sorts.

The quality of the matches has left a lot to be desired thus far. As the tournament advances into the next round, expect both quality and length to increase. Whether WWE Creative can stay focused, stay on track and continue presenting multiple rivalries within the division is what bears watching.

3. Are We Nearing the End of the Charlotte-Ric Flair On-Screen Pairing?

Surprisingly enough, Dr. Phil was excellent as the special guest host of Raw. He even may have long-reaching effects on the show going forward thanks to a backstage confrontation with women's champion Charlotte.

The television doctor implored Charlotte to ditch her father, to stand on her own two feet. It was sound advice that could conceivably lead to the end of the manager-wrestler relationship between the two and force Charlotte to get over as a heel on her own, without the easy heat associated with her Hall of Fame dad.

Charlotte has proved her worth between the ropes and is easily one of the best and most athletic female wrestlers in the company. But the constant interference from Flair has bogged the division down a bit, as almost every title defense is guaranteed to end with The Nature Boy sticking his nose in his daughter's business and aiding her in victory.

The constant hovering of Flair prevents Charlotte and her fellow female performers from breaking out as an act of their own. If Dr. Phil's sage advice was the emphasis for the dissension that ultimately leads to the split, then he may very well go down in Raw history as the best guest host ever.