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Nikki A.S.H. won the WWE Money in the Bank contract on Sunday night. She couldn't wait too long and decided to cash in the contract on Monday night against Charlotte Flair. Nikki won the RAW Women’s Champion after pinning Flair for the title at the event.
The RAW Tag Team Champions suffered a setback after teaming up with John Morrison on Monday night. Will The Viking Raiders win the titles on this week’s show? Drew McIntyre vented his frustration at Jinder Mahal and his henchmen. Will Mahal pay for costing McIntyre the Money in the Bank ladder match?
Karrion Kross kept teasing Samoa Joe throughout WWE NXT this week. Will The Herald of Doomsday pay for laying his hands on the brand’s General Manager?
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Xia Li failed to defeat Raquel Gonzalez for the NXT Women’s Championship on the show. Who will step up to the champion next? Will Dakota Kai betray her friend soon to get a title shot at NXT TakeOver 36?
Finn Balor made his in-ring return on WWE SmackDown against Sami Zayn. Balor defeated his former rival and immediately tried to get into the Universal Championship picture with Roman Reigns.
He wasn’t the only ambitious superstar on SmackDown this week as a massive brawl broke out between the top superstars of the mid-card. Who will get in a rivalry with Apollo Crews for the Intercontinental Championship next?
Let us take a look at the five things that must happen on WWE RAW, NXT, and SmackDown this week.
#5 AJ Styles and Omos must defeat The Viking Raiders on WWE RAW
The Viking Raiders got a WWE RAW Tag Team Championship match against AJ Styles and Omos at Money in the Bank. Erik and Ivar tried their best to defeat Styles and Omos but failed to win the title.
Last week, The Viking Raiders teamed up with Riddle to defeat the RAW Tag Team Champions and John Morrison. WWE will give The Viking Raiders another shot at the titles this week.
Styles and Omos must first have a backstage disagreement with Riddle and the returning Randy Orton on this week’s show. They must go on to defeat Erik and Ivar once again to retain their titles and end the rivalry on RAW.
While The Viking Raiders are a great tag team, the company must end the rivalry this week to build towards an even bigger feud. Orton has been away from RAW for some time, and it's time to bring him back to the fold with the fans back in the arena.
WWE must then book a title match between the RAW Tag Team Champions and the R-K-Bros. With WWE SummerSlam coming up, the company will be looking for some top feuds involving the company's biggest superstars.
#4 Alexa Bliss must try to pull Nikki A.S.H. closer on WWE RAW
Nikki A.S.H. made history last week by cashing in her Money in the Bank contract on Charlotte Flair on WWE RAW. Nikki delivered a crossbody and pinned Flair to win her first RAW Women’s Championship in WWE.
Nikki recently came up with a superhero character, and it looks like she’s been rewarded for her creativity by the higher-ups.
Nikki was best friends with Alexa Bliss not too long ago. The two superstars even won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships together. Over the past few weeks, WWE has paired the two women up for some matches.
Now that Nikki is the RAW Women’s Champion, WWE must look to build another storyline between the two superstars to make things interesting. Bliss must try to get closer to Nikki and use her mind-control abilities to influence the champion’s decisions.
WWE could build on the storyline and take it all the way to SummerSlam, where the two superstars could compete for the RAW Women’s Championship in a big match. The women's roster of the Red brand could do with a storyline involving these two superstars.
#3 Ridge Holland must return to help Pete Dunne and Oney Lorcan win on WWE NXT
Pete Dunne and Oney Lorcan have been trying to prove a point on WWE NXT. With Danny Burch away, Dunne has been working with Lorcan to prove that he’s the best wrestler in WWE.
Dunne and Lorcan have had a couple of ugly face-offs with Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher over the past couple of weeks. The two teams will compete in a match on this week’s show.
Thatcher and Ciampa have already lost a couple of crucial matches in recent months. Therefore, WWE will need to protect the two superstars in this contest. Keeping that in mind, NXT must bring back Ridge Holland to help Dunne and Lorcan pick up the victory.
The victory will allow Dunne and Lorcan to retain their value while not chipping away at Ciampa and Thatcher’s credibility.
Holland has been away from the ring since last year. Bringing him back in time for TakeOver 36 could be the perfect move for NXT. Holland could align himself with Dunne and Lorcan following the match to form the faction that Pat McAfee was dreaming of.
#2 William Regal must book a match between Karrion Kross and Samoa Joe on WWE NXT
Karrion Kross has been out of control since winning the WWE NXT Championship. He defended his title against Johnny Gargano a couple of weeks ago. After defeating Gargano, Kross laid out the special referee Samoa Joe with a Kross Jacket.
Kross then headed over to WWE RAW for a match against Jeff Hardy without consent from NXT General Manager William Regal. The Herald of Doomsday ended up losing his first match during his current run in WWE to Hardy.
Last week on NXT, Kross toyed with Joe before taking out Regal at the end of the show. It now looks like Kross will have to pay for his actions sooner rather than later.
On this week’s NXT, WWE must allow Regal to come out and address what happened last week. He must then call out Kross and ask him to relinquish his NXT Championship. Joe must then come out to mock the champion and claim that Regal is letting him off easy.
A war of words between the three men must force Regal to book a match between Kross and Joe for NXT TakeOver 36. Regal must also make it clear that neither man will be allowed to lay their hands on the other before the match takes place.
This would be the best way to bring The Samoan Submission Machine back to the ring. He could go on to defeat Kross, allowing him to move to RAW in the process.
#1 Finn Balor must team up with The Mysterios to defeat The Bloodline on WWE SmackDown
Finn Balor made an impact on WWE SmackDown a couple of weeks ago. The Prince made his way back to the Blue brand after a successful run on WWE NXT. He defeated Sami Zayn on his return to the SmackDown ring last week.
Later in the night, Balor confronted Universal Champion Roman Reigns after he rejected John Cena’s challenge. The Prince challenged Reigns to a Universal Championship match, and the champion accepted without much hesitation.
It isn’t clear yet when the match between the two WWE Superstars will take place. However, WWE must allow the two men to meet in the ring this week as part of a six-man tag team match.
Balor must team up with Rey and Dominik Mysterio to take on Reigns and The Usos on this week’s SmackDown. The angle could allow The Mysterios to get another shot at the SmackDown Tag Team Championships at SummerSlam while building a better storyline between Balor and Reigns.
Balor could end up pinning one of The Usos to win the match for his team to gain more momentum.
