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Last week, WWE gave fans some interesting shows before the WWE Backlash pay-per-view on Sunday. Seth Rollins called out Rey Mysterio on RAW once again, while Charlotte Flair managed to defeat the RAW Women’s Champion Asuka in a non-title match.
However, Asuka was able to retain her title at WWE Backlash, even though her rivalry against Nia Jax and Flair seems to be far from over.
NXT delivered a great show after NXT TakeOver: In Your House where Keith Lee and Mia Yim failed to defeat the heel couple, Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae. Finn Balor had other plans as he defeated Cameron Grimes during the show and called out Lee to challenge for the NXT North American Championship. The night ended with Dexter Lumis impressing the NXT Universe but failing to defeat Adam Cole.
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SmackDown had some interesting segments including Sheamus and Jeff Hardy, and Braun Strowman and the team of The Miz and Morrison. However, the show was stolen by AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan who had an excellent match for the Intercontinental Championship. At Backlash, Strowman retained his title while Sheamus defeated Hardy to make a statement.
In this article, we will look at the 5 things that must happen on WWE RAW, NXT, and SmackDown this week following WWE Backlash.
#5 Dominick beats down Seth Rollins and his disciples
Last week on RAW, Seth Rollins called out Rey Mysterio and asked him to sacrifice his career for the greater good. However, Mysterio had other plans and seems to be waiting to be cleared to compete after Rollins attacked him a few weeks ago and injured his eye in the process.
Mysterio’s son Dominick has been looking to kickstart his wrestling career and delivered a few moves to Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series 2019 to get started before taking to the big stage for an extended run.
If WWE is planning to get Dominick in action soon, then this seems like the perfect time and opportunity for the young man to make an impact and soar high on the Red brand.
This week, WWE must bring out Seth Rollins who, along with Murphy and Austin Theory, talk down to the Master of the 619 again and call him to come out and retire.
Will Dominick make his WWE debut at Extreme Rules?
This should lead to Dominick coming out with a steel chair and laying out the former WWE Champion and his disciples to prove a point before trying to further harm Rollins and try to attack his eye.
This would help the future Hall of Famer’s son to get in front of RAW and give him a chance at a big rivalry with Extreme Rules coming up. Will the WWE Universe get an 'Eye for an Eye' match at Extreme Rules between the father-son team of Mysterio and Dominick and the heel faction of Rollins?
#4 Asuka decides to give The Queen a chance
Asuka has been one of the star performers in WWE during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emperess won the Money in the Bank briefcase by defeating five other women, and was deservingly crowned the RAW Women's Champion after Becky Lynch relinquished her title to become a mother.
Nia Jax was the first to confront The Empress as the two women began their rivalry for the RAW Women’s Championship. In the meantime, Asuka had a couple of matches against Charlotte Flair but lost both the matches to the former NXT Women’s Champion.
At WWE Backlash, Asuka was able to retain her title against Nia Jax, overcoming her first hurdle as the new RAW Women’s Champion even though their rivalry seem far from over. While she is a dominant Superstar, her losses to Flair has affected her overall value as the Red brand’s Champion.
Asuka needs to become the best on WWE RAW again
To show that she is not just an average Champion who can be beaten by The Queen of WWE, Asuka must issue a challenge to Flair herself on this week’s WWE RAW.
Flair has recently lost her NXT Women’s Championship and will be looking to settle on RAW once again. The Empress, on the other hand, has defeated all her challengers but hasn’t managed to defeat Flair yet.
The two can develop their rivalry up until WWE Extreme Rules where they can have a showdown with Asuka’s title and reputation on the line.
#3 Velveteen Dream & Dexter Lumis take the fight to Undisputed Era
Last week on WWE NXT, Dexter Lumis competed in one of the biggest matches of his career as he took on WWE NXT Champion Adam Cole in a non-title match. While Cole showed how big a role experience plays in such matches, Lumis showed resilience and tried his best to defeat the reigning NXT Champion.
However, it was the interference from Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong that ultimately led to his downfall, after which all three members of the Undisputed Era beat down the Superstar. Velveteen Dream arrived to help him out and clear the heels before Cole was presented with a brand new challenger.
Dream lost to Cole at TakeOver: In Your House, and his dreams of becoming an NXT Champion were shattered at the event. However, Lumis tried to help him during the event by taking out Strong and Fish.
Dream and Lumis can take over the WWE NXT Tag Team division
With no real direction for both the babyfaces now, the company could allow the two men to form a tag team and fill in the void left behind by The Broserweights. The two men are extremely good in the ring and can begin their partnership by going against Strong and Fish this week.
WWE NXT could also plan to put the two men into the NXT Tag Team Championship picture later on. This would also allow them to take out Strong and Fish from the equation to leave Cole to fend for himself against Karrion Kross.
#2 Mia Yim gets one over Candice LeRae; Finn Balor takes out Keith Lee
At WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House, Mia Yim and Candice LeRae were on opposite teams during a six-women tag team match. The two women did not get to watch the end of the match as they fought each other out of the arena while their partners continued the match.
LeRae later tried to interfere in the NXT North American Championship match between Johnny Gargano and Keith Lee, but The HBIC ensured she wasn’t able to do any damage.
Last week on WWE NXT, LeRae and her husband teamed up to take on Yim and her partner in a Mixed Tag Team match. While Yim and Lee had an upper hand in the match, the heels took the victory after Gargano rolled up Lee for the three count.
This week, WWE NXT must allow Yim and LeRae to have a one-on-one match as their partners look on from ringside. Yim must be allowed to pick up the victory as she is still rising on WWE NXT but has failed to make a big impact.
Yim could find her footing on WWE NXT while Lee could find his biggest challenger
A win over LeRae will allow her to come across as a legitimate threat in the women’s division and give her some momentum to get to the top of the brand.
After the match, the company must allow Finn Balor to appear and take down The Limitless One as he celebrates with Yim. This will give Balor a chance to build up his case for an NXT North American Championship match after laying down a challenge last week.
#1 AJ Styles meets The Original Bro
Last week on WWE SmackDown, AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan competed for the Intercontinental Championship in the finals of the tournament. The two men put on one of the best matches of the year for WWE SmackDown and gave the fans more than what they expected from these two men.
Now that Styles is the new Intercontinental Champion and plays an excellent heel character, he has the power in his hands to give the mid-card babyfaces some good matches and a major rub.
Last week, another announcement that WWE SmackDown made was that Matt Riddle would be making an appearance on the Blue brand this week. While Riddle could come out to cut a promo before being interrupted by a heel on SmackDown, WWE must allow Riddle to interrupt Styles asking him to step up or stop running his mouth.
Matt Riddle needs a big rivalry to kick off on WWE SmackDown
This would allow Styles to immediately get a challenger for his new title while The Original Bro will get into a big rivalry straight away and get in the WWE Universe’s radar.
Riddle had a great time in NXT where he competed for all the men’s titles there, and he should get a push on the Blue brand right away.
