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Damian Priest won the United States Championship at WWE SummerSlam, and The Archer of Infamy then confronted WWE Champion Bobby Lashley the next night on RAW. Right away, Priest made it clear that he hoped to climb to the next level on the red brand.
Meanwhile, Alexa Bliss confronted the new RAW Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair. Will The Goddess (and Lilly) defeat Flair for the title at some point soon?
Over on NXT, Samoa Joe came across several challengers for his NXT Championship just two days after he won it. Raquel Gonzalez was also ready to take on anyone who wanted a shot at her title.
Legado del Fantasma defeated Hit Row in Tuesday's biggest match. Will Santos Escobar get a shot at Isaiah 'Swerve' Scott’s NXT North American Championship in the weeks to come?
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Finally, on the blue brand, Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated John Cena cleanly at SummerSlam to make a statement to the entire WWE Universe. But The Head of the Table’s celebration was cut short when Brock Lesnar returned to confront him at the end of the pay-per-view.
Sitll, it was Finn Balor who challenged the Universal Champion on SmackDown. Meanwhile, Becky Lynch didn’t seem too interested in the new challengers who came out to confront her for the SmackDown Women's Championship. Though the champion initially turned down Bianca Belair's challenge, The EST picked up a victory on Friday to become the number one contender for the title.
Here's a look at five things that must happen on WWE RAW, NXT and SmackDown this week.
#5. The Miz must take down John Morrison to draw more heat on WWE RAW
The Miz and John Morrison had a great partnership in WWE after the latter returned to the company in January 2020. The two formed a great tag team on SmackDown once again and began entertaining the WWE Universe.
At Super ShowDown, Miz and Morrison won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship from The New Day. But they started to lose some steam in recent months. Even after The Miz had a short reign as the WWE Champion, the two men could not get out of the 50-50 booking patterns they constantly faced.
Many fans started hoping for a split between the two stars, which would lead to a heated rivalry. On last week’s WWE RAW, The Miz gave fans exactly what they wanted when he turned on Morrison and attacked him.
On this week’s episode of RAW, Miz and Morrison will go head-to-head in the ring. It looks like Miz will be the heel in the rivalry, while Johnny Drip Drip will play the babyface. With that in mind, WWE must allow Miz to defeat Morrison by cheating in their bout on Monday.
The victory will allow Miz to get more heat from the fans while allowing Morrison to build up his babyface character. This outcome could lead to a bigger and better match between the two men at WWE Extreme Rules.
#4. Damian Priest must interfere in the match between Bobby Lashley and Sheamus on WWE RAW
Bobby Lashley came out on WWE RAW this past week to gloat about his victory over Goldberg at SummerSlam. MVP made it clear that Lashley did not know who jumped him at SummerSlam, but he would have taken down anyone, the same way he attacked Gage Goldberg.
Damian Priest interrupted the WWE Champion, leading to a match between the two stars. After Sheamus attacked Priest mid-match, Drew McIntyre came out to turn the contest into a tag team match. Lashley ended up deserting his partner mid-match, and McIntyre subsequently defeated Sheamus once he was on his own.
After this star-studded tag team match, Sheamus and Lashley will go head-to-head on RAW this week. WWE must allow Priest to attack Lashley and Sheamus to cause a disqualification, leading to a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship at Extreme Rules.
Lashley will likely have a rematch against Goldberg for the title at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view. WWE should get Priest involved in the match on RAW in order to book a big match for Lashley at Extreme Rules before he goes back to his feud with Goldberg.
#3. Tommaso Ciampa must defeat Ridge Holland on WWE NXT
Ridge Holland returned to WWE NXT, and he has already destroyed a few Superstars. Timothy Thatcher set out to teach Holland a lesson on NXT last week, and thhe two men had a very physical contest in which they traded some explosive moves.
In the end, Holland showcased his strength and delivered the Snow Plow to Thatcher to pick up the win. After the match, Holland, Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch attacked Toothless Timmy before Tommaso Ciampa ran down to make the save.
This week on NXT, The Blackheart will aim to defeat Holland, who has looked unstoppable in recent weeks. While The Bothercauser has been on a red-hot run in NXT, WWE must allow Ciampa to steal a win on Tuesday.
For Holland, there would be no shame in losing to Ciampa because he's one of the brand's top stars. By having Ciampa hand Holland an unexpected defeat on Tuesday, WWE can easily continue the rivalry between Pete Dunne’s group and the duo of Ciampa and Thatcher.
This path could be the perfect way to keep the top stars away from Samoa Joe for some time and eventually give fans a massive tag team match between Dunne & Holland and Thatcher & Ciampa.
#2. Johnny Gargano must make quick work of LA Knight on WWE NXT
Samoa Joe won the WWE NXT Championship from Karrion Kross at TakeOver 36. On the episode of NXT that followed, The Samoan Submission Machine hoped to find a challenger for his title.
Several men answered Joe’s call, including LA Knight, but the former Million Dollar Champion was the unlucky one who had to taste Joe’s fists during the segment. Knight and Johnny Gargano also had a backstage altercation on NXT.
The two former champions will lock horns this Tuesday night. WWE must ensure that Gargano comes out on top in this contest. The Rebel Heart is one of the finest workers in the wrestling industry, but he has been caught up in a comical gimmick for several months.
While Gargano has been extremely entertaining, he needs to have a change of character soon. WWE could look to change his gimmick into a serious one again after Candice LeRae recently announced her pregnancy.
The company could look to make Gargano one of the brand's top legitimate stars on the brand and have him go up against Samoa Joe. This progression could start on Tuesday if Gargano defeats Knight in a convincing manner.
#1. The Usos must save Roman Reigns from Finn Balor on WWE SmackDown
Finn Balor returned to the Universal Championship picture on WWE SmackDown this week. John Cena stole Balor’s opportunity for a match against Roman Reigns for WWE SummerSlam, but The Prince did not give up.
Balor challenged Roman Reigns for a Universal Championship match on this week’s show. Balor said he wasn’t ready to let anyone jump the line again. This week on SmackDown, the two men will meet for the title in the biggest match of the night.
WWE must allow The Prince to impress and come close to a win before The Usos interfere to save Reigns from a loss. The Street Profits should then rescue Balor from The Usos, building toward a SmackDown Tag Team Championship match between the two popular teams.
WWE can then look to build up two big title matches for the upcoming Extreme Rules pay-per-view. Finn Balor and Roman Reigns could compete for the Universal title again, while The Street Profits could take on The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
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