5 Questions after this week's edition of Monday Night Raw (31 December 2018)

It was the second week since Vince Mcmahon had famously run intervention of sorts and talked about a complete overhaul in the way things were run in WWE. Triple H had famously said that now it would be the audience who would be the authority from now onwards.

So two weeks since then, has been there been a change? There has been some. Finn Balor is finally able to win a few matches. Now as a new thing the champion will not get a rematch immediately after he loses the title which has led to some juggling as now Seth Rollins will not get an automatic rematch.

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But other than that have there been any sweeping changes? Admittedly, No there haven't been. Some things are still the same and the Christmas special suffered heavily as it was the worst rating ever for a Raw telecast.

Talking about this week's edition it was more or less the same with some new things happening that have raised a few questions on how the storylines could develop next. Let's have a look at a few questions that are left unanswered after this week's edition.

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#1 The road to WrestleMania begins for Seth Rollins?

Triple H came out and confronted Seth Rollins accusing him to have "mellowed down" from what he used to be

In this week's edition of Raw, Triple H confronted Seth (when Seth was demanding a rematch against Dean Ambrose) and told him he had softened up. He even brought up the WrestleMania match where Seth beat Triple H and told him he softened up since.

A match was then set up between Seth and Bobby Lashley in which Seth got frustrated by continuous interference by Lio Rush and ended up bashing both Lashley and Rush with chair shots all through the ring.

It does seem the rumors are true and Seth's main event push has started. Especially with the continuous reference of Brock in his promos. It would be interesting to see how it all ties up with the Dean Ambrose feud as there are clearly loose ends in that respect as well.

#2 Is Raw suffering heavily from Braun Strowman's absence?

Braun Strowman has been missing from action ever since his injury

Raw's rating had plunged again on the Christmas special show. Even this week, Braun Strowman didn't feature on Raw and it is becoming a worrying theme that the biggest prize, the most coveted title and the most important thing for the brand is missing from the show more often than not.

To add to that, even the No.1 contender is not present which makes it even worse. It does seem that WWE is suffering badly with the lack of build-up for the Universal Title match which is just around 3 weeks away now. It's a clear thing though if WWE doesn't show that it cares for the title and feature it on the show more often then the fans wouldn't care much about it either. And it has started to happen as the Universal Title has been almost nonexistent for almost a year now.

#3 Can Ronda Rousey carry the Women's division on Raw?

On Raw, Ronda has been shouldering the Burden pretty much on her own recently

The women's tag match between Natalya and Ronda against Nia Jax and Tamina closed out the show which is a clear sign of women getting the push (and a precursor for WrestleMania where women are expected close out the show).

But it does seem like it's a bit too much of a burden on Ronda Rousey and it starts to show sometimes. Rousey is a true main-eventer and despite doing this for a very short period of time she has established herself very well on the Raw roster, the others, not so much.

The current version of Natalya where she's literally feeding off Ronda and the two are best friends just puts her more and more in the shade. The lesser said about Nia and Tamina, the better. Raw is currently missing someone like an Alexa Bliss who can really spice things up on the mic and deliver in the ring.

#4 What next for Bobby Lashley?

Another Day, Another beating for Bibby Lashley

It's been a horror run for Bobby in WWE and it just keeps on getting worse day by day. You look at him and you look at what he's doing, there just no correlation. You would really have to strain your memory to remember something valuable and of use that Bobby has done ever since he has stepped into the ring at WWE.

And when you do, a mini-feud with Roman Reigns comes to mind. Ever since then he has been turned heel and even as a heel has seen his character disintegrate even more. In the Christmas special he was beaten up by Elias and lost and in the latest edition of Raw, he was thrashed around by Seth Rollins.

You look at Bobby and then you look at what he's doing in WWE and wonder how on earth someone of this size could just keep on getting thrashed by fellow wrestlers. Bobby is in a no man's land right now and it's a shocker what WWE has done with him and it's anybody's guess what plans are in place for Bobby in the future.

#5 Lack of storylines hurting the tag team division?

It does seem as if the Creative team hardly puts in the hours for writing anything about the Tag Team Division

The tag team division is in the doldrums, there are just no two ways about it. The biggest issue is not the performers but the storylines (or the lack of it). Chad Gable and Bobby Roode are the Champions and The Revival would be going up against them next week.

But without any build up are we really supposed to care? The creative team doesn't even put the time in to build up a decent match between the two teams. There's hardly any segments involved. There's no reason given to actually love or hate a team except the fact that they're the designated Heel or Face. There's no denying that such an attitude has actually hurt the tag team division and there's a massive disinterest from the people as a result.