WWE Raw: Burning Questions to Address After July 17 Show

Crystalizing SummerSlam plans and a storyline straight out of a soap opera left fans curious after the latest WWE Raw.

Kurt Angle revealed that former NXT champ Jason Jordan is his illegitimate son. That announcement cleared up a mystery that has slowly unfolded on Raw for weeks, but now new questions emerge. 

Will this be a major boost for Jordan's career? Will WWE's dive into the melodramatic work here?

Elsewhere on Monday's show, Nia Jax's place in the Raw Women's Championship hierarchy is yet to be determined. Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose continue to tease a reconciliation. And a match that was supposed to decide Brock Lesnar's SummerSlam opponent ended in chaos.

What's next for these narratives? Read on for a look at the biggest unknowns lingering after the red brand's trip to Nashville.  

How Does Jax Fit Into Women's Title Picture? 

Bayley pinned Raw women's champ Alexa Bliss for the second week in a row. Her buddy Sasha Banks helped keep Jax away to clear the path for that result.

After the bout, Bayley asked Raw general manager Angle for a title shot against Bliss. Banks wanted a crack at the champ, too. Angle obliged, setting up a No. 1 Contender's match for next Monday.

What of Jax, though?

She's been lingering around the title scene for months. Her alliance with Bliss is based on the promise of a shot at the championship. And WWE has booked her to be a dominant force.

Could WWE be heading toward a Fatal 4-Way match to include Jax? The Universal Championship bout already heading in that direction makes that less likely.

Chances are, Jax will be a bodyguard and ally for the moment and have to wait in line for her turn at Bliss.

Is a Shield Reunion in the Works?

For the second consecutive week, Ambrose and Rollins fought on the same side.

Their alliance remains a tenuous one, though. The Lunatic Fringe is having issues trusting the man who broke up The Shield. Even so, the two men paired up to fight off The Miz and his Miztourage.

Ambrose and Rollins' interaction to kick off Raw teased the possibility of them getting back together. As Wrestling Inc noted, the opening segment was a means to test the crowd's response to The Shield possibly reuniting:

We will see those two as partners for at least one more bout. Angle announced that The Kingslayer and Ambrose will battle The Miz, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel next week.

Is this the start of The Shield 2.0? Will they try to recapture the magic the faction had until its implosion in 2014?

The odd man out is Roman Reigns, however.

WWE has insisted on pushing him as a headliner and its new top babyface. He is chasing the Universal Championship and has been in WrestleMania's main event three times running. He's a solo act WWE has invested heavily in.

Reigns may be too busy with his own tales to start banging heads alongside Rollins and Ambrose again.

Is a Fatal 4-Way Match Inevitable?

Reigns and Samoa Joe bashed each other in Raw's main event in the hopes of naming a No. 1 contender for the Universal Championship. Braun Strowman stormed in and made sure that didn't happen.

There was no winner on Monday night. Unless you count Strowman, the man who battered both Joe and Reigns until they were motionless on the mat.

That no-contest and Strowman's involvement points to all three men eventually challenging Lesnar at SummerSlam on August 20.

Strowman has a case that he should be Lesnar's foe as he beat Reigns at Great Balls of Fire. Reigns has long demanded that opportunity, though, and retiring Undertaker should afford him something big. As for Joe, he nearly had Lesnar beat in their first clash. 

It's easy to see all this leading to Joe, Reigns and Strowman all colliding with Lesnar.

The merging of their narratives points to this. As does the fact that going this route would allow WWE to save Reigns vs. Lesnar II for WrestleMania.

How will Jordan-Angle Story Play Out?

We finally know what Angle's mysterious text messages were all about. He told the world on Monday that Jordan is his son.

The storyline isn't everyone's favorite flavor of ice cream, so to speak, but that won't matter soon.

WWE is moving along with Jordan as a solo act. And he'll have Angle as a kayfabe father moving forward. 

Will this be his ticket to success? Will the wackiness of how this came about hurt Jordan's potential?

ProWrestling.net columnist Will Pruett is among those high on the possibilities for this storyline:

Jordan will get a number of opportunities to make this work. As much as WWE built this up, it will hesitate to junk the story too soon.

The move to Raw alone will give Jordan at the very least a short-term spark.

WWE also wisely left the door wide-open for an American Alpha reunion. Former tag team partner Chad Gable explained on SmackDown that they aren't as much broken up as they are looking for new opportunities on their own.