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WWE Raw Predictions: Backlash Fallout, What's Next for Bobby Lashley, Lana? More

Erik BeastonJun 15, 2020

Just 24 hours after Randy Orton drew even with Edge in "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever" at Backlash, WWE Raw will hit USA Network's airwaves with a show featuring the return of Rey Mysterio and his son, Dominik, at the invitation of the "Monday Night Messiah" Seth Rollins.

What will go down when those combustible elements are in the same building at once?

More importantly, what awaits the likes of WWE champion Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley and the aforementioned Orton on Monday's broadcast?

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Anything but Wedded Bliss for Bobby Lashley

At Backlash, Lashley came within seconds of defeating Drew McIntyre and capturing the WWE Championship for the first time in his career.

Then Lana appeared and ruined it all.

Monday night will be the beginning of the end for an on-screen marriage that has been dead in the water for months anyway.

Since the sudden and inexplicable conclusion of the crash-TV-style storyline involving Lashley, Lana and Rusev, there has been little in the way of development for the happy couple. The recent jealousy demonstrated by Lana as Lashley turned to MVP for career guidance changed that, and it appears as though The Ravishing Russian's days as Mrs. Lashley are over.

And rightfully so.

For Lashley to move on to bigger, better and more important things, he must divorce himself from that chapter of his WWE run, both literally and figuratively.

Expect the breakup to happen Monday, or shortly thereafter, in some grand and ridiculous angle that sees Lana overreact and Lashley gleefully return his focus to McIntyre and relieving The Scottish Psychopath of his title.

A Queen Awaits The Empress and Irresistible Force

Asuka and Nia Jax may have intensified their rivalry Sunday night, when they fought to the arena floor and were both counted out, but by no means does that suggest their next encounter for the Raw Women's Championship will be one-on-one.

Charlotte Flair has been hanging around the division for weeks and, on the previous edition of Raw, defeated Asuka to continue her impressive winning streak against the champion.

With Extreme Rules on the horizon, all signs may suggest Asuka vs. Jax in some sort of gimmick match, but there is no way Flair is left off of pay-per-view for a second consecutive month. She has been as heavily featured and pushed on WWE television as any of her female (or male) counterparts and stands to play a key role in that particular title picture for the foreseeable future.

Especially with Becky Lynch taking maternity leave.

Asuka and Jax may have the feud, but Flair will be at the center of it by the time July's pay-per-view rolls around, beginning with Monday's broadcast.

Seth Rollins Perpetrates His Most Heinous Act

If you thought Seth Rollins nearly taking Rey Mysterio's eye out the night after Money in the Bank was bad, what he does Monday night to the future Hall of Famer's son, Dominik, will make it look like child's play.

The rivalry between Rollins and Mysterio is clearly building to a high-profile match between the two, presumably as early as Extreme Rules. The Monday Night Messiah has been nothing short of brilliant as he justified his actions and thanked Mysterio for being an example for the masses.

Monday night, though, he will respond to Mysterio's return and Dominik's appearance with a vicious, brutal and barbaric assault on the prospective second-generation star. With Mysterio helpless as Murphy and Austin Theory hold him at bay, Rollins will replicate his actions in May on Dominik.

He will be stopped short of damaging his eye, though, by Aleister Black, whose issues with Rollins have been well-documented in recent weeks.

Do not be surprised if WWE opts to go Black vs. Rollins for Extreme Rules and holds off on the Mysterio match until SummerSlam, where it will have greater impact and historical significance.

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