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WWE had a very eventful week, which concluded on Sunday with Survivor Series, and there will be no stopping the three brands when they get back to business for this week’s shows. Drew McIntyre regained the WWE Championship from Randy Orton during last week’s WWE RAW and will be looking for a new challenger following Survivor Series.
The New Day overcame The Hurt business during last week’s show but lost to The Street Profits at Survivor Series.
A huge announcement was made last week on WWE NXT as this year’s TakeOver: WarGames event was announced. The Kings of NXT tried to target the returning Finn Balor, but The Prince had able backup in the form of The Undisputed ERA.
Leon Ruff defeated Johnny Gargano once again to retain his NXT North American Championship, and now he’s ready to defend the title against both Gargano and Damian Priest.
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During WWE SmackDown, Murphy defeated Seth Rollins to possibly put an end to their storyline. Daniel Bryan made a great return and defeated Jey Uso to avenge the beating he received a few weeks earlier.
At Survivor Series, Roman Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre with some help from Jey Uso. However, Uso was unable to lead Team SmackDown to victory over Team RAW, something that did not go down well with The Tribal Chief.
This article will look at the five things that must happen on the three brands of WWE after the Survivor Series pay-per-view.
#5 RETRIBUTION challenge WWE RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day
During WWE RAW last week, The Hurt Business challenged The New Day for the RAW Tag Team Championships. While Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander pushed The New Day to their limits, they failed to overcome the RAW Tag Team Champions.
At WWE Survivor Series, The New Day locked horns with SmackDown Tag Team Champions, The Street Profits. Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods put up a great fight but came up short against the SmackDown Tag Team Champions on the night.
This week on RAW, The New Day could come face to face with their new challengers in the form of RETRIBUTION. While some fans expect to see Mustafa Ali challenge Bobby Lashley for the United States Championship, WWE should tie up the heel faction in another rivalry before Ali’s big break.
We could watch two of Mace, T-Bar, and Slapjack go after Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods for the titles to make a name for themselves on RAW. Fans are aware of the past tensions between Kingston and Ali, and that could play perfectly well in this rivalry.
Not only will this provide RETRIBUTION a chance to stay relevant, but it will also give them an opportunity to target two of the biggest babyfaces in the company.
#4 Lana boasts about her achievement on WWE RAW
At WWE Survivor Series, the men's RAW Team made easy work of Team SmackDown without losing a single member. This was an incredible achievement for the men in red. However, the women's match saw Lana become the sole survivor to help Team RAW win the match.
Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax did most of the work for Team RAW, but the former was disqualified while the latter was counted out. We will likely watch them vent their frustration during this week's show.
Keeping that in mind, Lana could show up and boast about being the sole survivor during the match to help Team RAW win. This could allow the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions to offer Lana a chance to find a partner of her choosing and challenge them for the tag titles.
Not only will this finally give the two women a challenger for their title, but also possibly open the doors for a return by Charlotte Flair in the weeks that follow. There are talks of The Queen returning to the ring, and she could set her sights on the Women's Tag Team Championships right away.
#3 Shotzi Blackheart and Candice LeRae select their teams for TakeOver: WarGames on WWE NXT
Last week, WWE Universe announced the return of NXT TakeOver: WarGames for a third edition this year. WWE also confirmed that Undisputed ERA will compete in their third WarGames match against The Kings of NXT.
On the other hand, it was announced that Shotzi Blackheart would lead a team against Candice LeRae and her team for the event. While LeRae will likely have Indi Hartwell as a part of her team, WWE must allow the two leaders to pick the other members of their team during this week’s episode.
LeRae had her eyes on Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez during last week’s NXT. We could watch the two heels join The Poison Pixie to strengthen her team for the event.
On the other hand, Blackheart could recruit ace babyfaces Toni Storm, Ember Moon, and even Rhea Ripley. We could even have one spot open for the face team to give fans a surprise during the event to make things more interesting.
NXT will need to build some hype around WarGames as it’s only a couple of weeks away and there isn’t much time to build the show.
#2 Boa introduces a repackaged Mercedes Martinez on WWE NXT
Mercedes Martinez had a good debut on WWE NXT and managed to pull some eyeballs with her initial performances. In no time, she found herself on the main roster as a member of RETRIBUTION. However, her partnership with the faction did not last too long and she was cut out of the rebellious faction.
Since then, Martinez has been moved back to NXT and we haven’t seen her appear once again. Last week on NXT, William Regal tracked down Boa, who seemed disturbed and warned the General Manager that “she is coming.” While Boa seems to be managing Xia Li now, he may get the added responsibility of managing another Superstar.
With that in mind, we could watch Boa bring back a repackaged Martinez as a wrecking force in NXT. Martinez was paired with the Robert Stone brand for a short while, and we could watch her pair up with someone else to make a bigger impact.
Martinez is someone who can make it big in WWE if given a proper chance, and having her return with a bigger and better gimmick could give her the push she needs to become a breakout star like Rhea Ripley.
#1 Roman Reigns puts Jey Uso through the test again on WWE SmackDown
At WWE Survivor Series, Team SmackDown was wiped out by Team RAW. While the women of SmackDown put up some resistance, the men were simply outdone by AJ Styles and his team.
Roman Reigns wasn't too happy with Jey Uso and how his team lost the match and told him to leave the arena. However, Jey arrived later in the night to help The Tribal Chief defeat Drew McIntyre.
While the two cousins embraced to end the night, WWE must stretch the story of Reigns not being happy with Jey going forward. This week on SmackDown, we must watch The Big Dog talk about how disappointed he was in Jey and offer him a chance to prove himself once again or lose his spot in the family.
Jey has taken a loss from Daniel Bryan, and Reigns could once again push his cousin to face The Planet's Champion and eliminate him from SmackDown. This will allow WWE to build a greater story for the Universal Championship as Reigns has no solid challengers, and Bryan could emerge as The Tribal Chief's biggest threat yet.
