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Goldberg came out to lay down a challenge for Bobby Lashley once again on WWE RAW. While Lashley wasn’t too interested in Goldberg’s challenge at first, he ended up accepting it later in the show. Will The Hall of Famer take the title away from The All Mighty at WWE SummerSlam?
The rivalry between Damian Priest and Sheamus also heated up further this week. Will Priest get a shot at the United States Championship at SummerSlam? How will Riddle deal with the threat of Omos and AJ Styles without the help of Randy Orton?
Dexter Lumis failed to win his match against Johnny Gargano on WWE NXT. The Tortured Artist still managed to win the heart of Indi Hartwell who kissed him at the end of the night. Will Indi part ways with The Way and start a new gimmick with Lumis on NXT?
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KUSHIDA accepted Roderick Strong’s challenge for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. Will Diamond Mine look to do some damage to the Japanese Superstar before Strong takes him on for the title?
Finn Balor wanted to get back in the Universal Championship picture on WWE SmackDown. The Prince defeated Baron Corbin but was attacked by The Bloodline soon after. Will the creative team add him to the match at SummerSlam?
Zelina Vega failed to defeat Bianca Belair after making her case for a SmackDown Women’s Championship match. Will Sasha Banks win the title back from The EST at SummerSlam?
Take a look at the five biggest questions from WWE RAW, NXT and SmackDown this week.
#5. Why is WWE allowing NXT's top champion to lose on RAW repeatedly?
Karrion Kross has proven to be the most dominant superstar on WWE NXT. The current NXT Champion has run through all of his opponents with ease and will take on Samoa Joe at TakeOver 36.
Even though Kross has had favorable booking on NXT, his booking on WWE RAW have been questionable. The superstar made his RAW debut last month and lost his first match to Jeff Hardy.
He then defeated Keith Lee on RAW before picking up a loss against The Limitless One this week. Why is the WWE creative team booking the NXT Champion in such a manner? Would Bobby Lashley or Roman Reigns ever lose a match if they went over to compete on NXT as champions of their respective brands?
Karrion Kross was once hailed as the next big thing in WWE. However, recent bookings have dented his credibility. Kross has a huge match ahead of him, and these losses have already hurt his chances against The Samoan Submission Machine.
Will Kross be able to recover from the losses once he moves to the main roster full time? Or will he continue to suffer from 50-50 booking just like Keith Lee, Asuka and Shayna Baszler have after having great NXT runs?
#4. Why is Ricochet saving other superstars from Sheamus on WWE RAW?
Ricochet has seen a lot of ups and downs in his WWE career. He had a good run on WWE NXT before moving to the main roster. Things haven’t been too great for Ricochet on the main roster except for a short United States Championship reign.
Ricochet is currently performing in random rivalries on WWE RAW and Main Event. He nearly got into a feud with Sheamus last month, but it did not wind up going anywhere.
Instead, Ricochet first saved Humberto Carrillo from Sheamus on RAW, and then replaced Carrillo while he was away. This week, Ricochet once again appeared on RAW. He came out to save Damian Priest from an attack from Sheamus.
Why does Ricochet keep saving other superstars from Sheamus without getting into a proper feud with him? Is WWE creative not ready to give him a shot at The Celtic Warrior’s United States Championship?
The One and Only is someone who deserves a big rivalry on RAW after remaining underutilized for a long time. WWE could have him enter the United States Championship scene rather than just having him save other superstars from Sheamus.
#3. Will the 24/7 Championship become more important in WWE?
R-Truth has held the 24/7 Championship no less than 52 times in his WWE career. That shows just how many times the title has traded hands in just over two years.
The 24/7 Championship could have meant much more had WWE utilized it properly. Instead, the title was used as a prop to build some funny segments and storylines on RAW and SmackDown.
Reggie won the title for the first time a couple of weeks ago and has since defended it twice inside the WWE ring. Rather than having the title trade hands via roll-ups around the world, WWE has finally decided to book matches for it inside the ring.
Will this help the title finally gain some value in the months to come? Will the title mean something more if the creative team starts building rivalries and matches for it?
WWE has many talented superstars who may never win a title in their career. The 24/7 Championship could become a good way to reward those who give it their all in the ring if the company adds more value to it.
#2. What’s next for Diamond Mine on WWE NXT?
Diamond Mine debuted on WWE NXT after creating some hype over several weeks. The faction consisted of Roderick Strong, Tyler Rust, Hideki Suzuki and manager Malcolm Bivens.
Rust and Strong competed in a couple of matches before Strong laid down a challenge to the NXT Cruiserweight Champion, KUSHIDA.
However, WWE released Rust from his contract on Friday night, denting the faction in the process. Strong is now the only full time active wrestler left in the faction, and he has a big match coming up at TakeOver 36.
What’s next for Diamond Mine after Rust was released from his contract? Will NXT add another member to the faction and pretend like nothing happened, or will the faction break up soon?
It looked like Strong and his accomplices would go on a good run following the breakup of the Undisputed ERA. Rust also looked like someone who’d become a big name on NXT and possibly get into a title picture himself.
However, the release of Bobby Fish and Rust from WWE now puts the faction in a difficult position. It will be interesting to see how Strong and his men cope with the situation in the weeks to come.
#1. Is WWE building towards a rivalry between Rey and Dominik Mysterio?
Rey and Dominik Mysterio made their dreams come true by winning the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships. The father-son duo held the title for a short time before dropping it to The Usos.
The two superstars are still engaged in a feud with The Usos, and will soon get a rematch for the titles. However, it looks like tensions are rising between Rey and Dominik.
Dominik competed against Jey Uso on WWE SmackDown and had the match under his belt before a distraction cost him the contest. Dominik did not seem too pleased with his father, who was not to blame for his loss.
WWE could be looking to build on that angle and possibly build another dream match between the two men. Will Rey and Dominik implode at WWE SummerSlam?
A match between the father-son duo would be epic, to say the least. While the two superstars have already lived their dream, WWE could offer them something more with a major feud in the near future.
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