WWE RAW Preview: 4-time World Champion to challenge Drew McIntyre, New tag team to earn title shot? (April 13th, 2020)

Welcome to this week's edition of WWE RAW Preview! It's the second episode after WrestleMania 36 and after a few weeks of taped shows, we'll be having a live episode from the WWE Performance Center. Last week, the show ended with a post-WrestleMania 36 incident, where The Big Show challenged Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship before losing.

There were a lot of names missing, most notably Brock Lesnar and Kevin Owens. We're not sure what lies ahead for them, but it seems all but certain that we won't be seeing Brock Lesnar until close to summertime.

While we would like to see Lesnar regularly, the fact that he lost in a little over four minutes likely means that he's done for a few months. Moreover, we feel it would be best to save that match for when the crowds return.

Let's jump right into it and start things off with what to expect for the WWE Champion Drew McIntyre:

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#5. What's next for Drew McIntyre?

Drew McIntyre

As mentioned, Drew McIntyre faced an unexpected opponent in The Big Show, who had his Netflix series The Big Show Show debuting that same night. McIntyre refused his challenge at first, but he was goaded into giving the former World Champion potentially his last crack at the biggest prize.

It didn't work out well for the future Hall of Famer, who was defeated by the WWE Champion. We don't expect him to return this coming episode and perhaps a new challenge lies ahead for the Scotsman.

While there are a few big names we could see challenging McIntyre, the most logical one right now is Seth Rollins. Despite his defeat against Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 36, the four-time World Champion looks to be on the start of a new run and he would make for the perfect PPV challenger for Drew McIntyre.

#4. Who's next for The Street Profits?

The Street Profits and Bianca Belair were triumphant on RAW last week

The Street Profits and Bianca Belair took up around a third of the episode last week as their involvement saw three separate matches. At first, the RAW Tag Team Champions faced Angel Garza and Austin Theory in a WrestleMania rematch. It ended in a DQ, after which Belair took on Zelina Vega.

When that ended in a no contest, it turned into a six-person tag team match, where Belair picked up the win for her team. While we don't know if they're going to continue to get involved with Garza, Theory, and Vega, it makes more sense for them to go after new challengers.

There aren't many tag teams around right now, but one that recently formed is the exciting pairing of Cedric Alexander and Ricochet. While both seemed lost on the road to WrestleMania, this could be the perfect opportunity for them to go right after the gold.

More than anything, it would be a fun match to watch.

#3. RAW to start the road to Money in the Bank?

Money in the Bank 2020

Money in the Bank 2020 is set to happen less than a month from now. While the originally scheduled venue won't be where it's emanating from, it's likely to move forward in the Performance Center - as with the other shows.

On the SmackDown side of things, we already know that there are two Money in the Bank qualifying matches - Daniel Bryan vs Cesaro and Dana Brooke vs Naomi. We also know that Tamina needs to beat Sasha Banks this week to earn a SmackDown Women's title shot - presumably at Money in the Bank 2020.

With Superstars from both RAW and SmackDown expected to compete in the men and women's Money in the Bank matches, we wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of qualifiers abruptly announced for the show.

Either way, it's going to be interesting to see what's next, but we anticipate that this episode will start the build to WWE's next major PPV - Money in the Bank.

#2. Will Aleister Black's hot streak continue?

Aleister Black defeated Apollo Crews

Last week, Aleister Black continued his hot streak when he faced Apollo Crews in a surprisingly competitive match-up. Crews has had no momentum for a good part of four years now and he recently jumped ship from SmackDown to RAW, with an abrupt and unclear reason given.

Either way, he had arguably his best match in WWE so far against Aleister Black. He was never going to win, but he came closer than most before him - including Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania 36.

Unlike Lashley, Crews didn't need any assistance and he fell short by a narrow margin after receiving the Black Mass. When talking about potential Money in the Bank qualifiers, we would pick Black's name as the first entrant, but given his momentum now, he deserves a direct spot.

Nobody in WWE has been on a better streak recently, except for Drew McIntyre and Becky Lynch. We expect Aleister Black to be in yet another competitive match-up on RAW. Hopefully, a rematch with Crews could see a potential surprise.

#1. Is Shayna Baszler next for Becky Lynch?

Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 36

Despite Shayna Baszler's loss to Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 36, her rivalry with Becky Lynch seems far from over. With Lynch's win at WrestleMania 36, she's now completed a full year as RAW Women's Champion - something that hasn't been done in the title's four-year lineage.

It's crazy to think that a quarter of the title's lineage has been Becky Lynch's reign - and that's simply how impactful it was. Her WrestleMania match reminded us a lot of Shayna Baszler vs Ember Moon in the Royal Rumble 2018 weekend. Baszler dominated a good portion of it until the Champion at the time, Ember Moon, pinned her in the motion.

Becky Lynch's victory was similar to that and if you're not familiar with how it went in NXT - it only took Baszler one more attempt to capture the first of two NXT Women's titles. Despite Lynch technically winning clean, it appears that Shayna Baszler will be coming back for more at Money in the Bank 2020.