WWE Raw: Potential Spoilers, Rumors, News and Preview for Nov. 14

From Daniel Bryan to Brock Lesnar, the Nov. 14 WWE Raw will have no shortage of star power.

The go-home show before Sunday's Survivor Series pay-per-view will welcome a number of big names, including SmackDown's head honchos. WWE will be focused on hyping the brand warfare set for the event.

As noted in the Raw preview on WWE.com, SmackDown general manager Daniel Bryan and commissioner Shane McMahon will invade Raw in the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.

They will have plenty to discuss with Raw bosses Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon. Three Raw-versus-SmackDown tag team elimination matches are set for Survivor Series, as are two inter-brand title matches.

And two titans will step into the same ring for the first time since 2004. As Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net noted, "Goldberg and Brock Lesnar are advertised as going face-to-face." This confrontation promises to be a warm-up for their marquee match at Survivor Series.

The WWE.com Raw preview, backstage news and recent onscreen happenings offer a glimpse ahead before Raw airs on Monday at 8 p.m. ET on the USA Network.

News, Potential Spoilers

Summer Rae offered some clarity on her recent absence from Raw. She wrote on Instagram, "For the past two and half months, I have been dealing with an injury." 

Rae had been tight-lipped about the situation previously. She didn't specify what the issues are in her post, but it sounds as if she will be gone for a significant amount of time.

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Monday's Raw may see a shift in the cruiserweight division.

Sin Cara is poised to potentially get less airtime. According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Cagside Seats' Sean Rueter), WWE has sent the luchador to anger management classes following several backstage scuffles.

And following his tag team match on last week's Raw, Sin Cara has not wrestled at any live events since, per the Internet Wrestling Database.

Should Sin Cara be out of the spotlight on Monday's Raw, Gran Metalik may be set to take his place. Figure Four Online reported on Nov. 12, "Mascara Dorada (now Gran Metalik) had his final match for CMLL last night at Arena Mexico and bid farewell to the promotion as he heads to WWE."

Metalik only appeared on Raw once before returning to finish out his tenure in Mexico.

Raw Streaks

The gears are starting to turn on a Sami Zayn push. After a stretch of inactivity, the former NXT champ is starting to get some wins on his resume.

Zayn knocked off Rusev on last week's Raw to become the No. 1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship. Not counting the Battle Royal on Halloween night, that marked his fourth win on Raw in a row, per CageMatch.net. He is now 6-4 in his last 10 bouts overall.

WWE needs to harness his popularity and keep this roll going. Zayn could easily be one of Raw's top babyfaces.

The New Day is surprisingly enjoying the spoils of victory less than Zayn these days. 

The tag team champs lost in non-title action to Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson last week. Per CageMatch.net, that marked the faction's third consecutive loss overall and second on Raw.

Is this WWE setting up the champs to drop the titles? More than likely, it's just a means to elevate The New Day's peers ahead of Survivor Series. Gallows and Anderson have desperately needed some momentum.

Survivor Series Home Stretch

Zayn has a huge match on the horizon now. His win over Rusev last Monday earned him a shot at Dolph Ziggler and the IC title at the upcoming PPV.

It's not likely that Zayn interacts with The Showoff, who is a SmackDown Superstar, so WWE will have to build that bout in non-traditional fashion. The Raw preview on WWE.com hinted at him taking down another wrestler en route to facing Ziggler: "Expect the fired-up Zayn to pick up some key momentum in the lead-up to Survivor Series."

Brian Kendrick and Kalisto are set for a cross-band showdown of their own. On last week's SmackDown, Bryan announced that Kalisto will challenge Kendrick for the Cruiserweight Championship. If The King of Flight wins, the entire cruiserweight division will move to the blue brand.

Kendrick's reaction to the announcement will be one of the things to watch out for on Monday's Raw.  

WWE has little time to hype that bout. Its best bet would be to show off how devious and crafty Kendrick is by having him cheat his way to a win over one of his cruiserweight brethren. 

Monday's Raw is guaranteed to feature tension between its three Survivor Series teams. The tag team squad and both the female and male teams have bickered aplenty already, showing not an ounce of unity. 

The Raw preview asked whether that will continue: "Can these squads put their differences aside, or will they continue to fall apart?"

The latter is the safe bet. Rivals Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins are on the same team. Archenemies Sasha Banks and Charlotte are supposed to fight alongside each other. And Braun Strowman has refused to take orders or play nice.

Chaos will be the order of the day as Survivor Series closes in.