5 Things that must happen on WWE RAW, NXT, and SmackDown this week

#3 Roderick Strong overcomes Dexter Lumis on WWE NXT

😳 #WWENXT @DexterLumis pic.twitter.com/pG4OUOHpFT

— WWE (@WWE) June 25, 2020

Roderick Strong has been having a tough time in WWE NXT for the past few months. At the turn of 2019, Strong was still the NXT North American Champion and defended the title against the debuting Austin Theory in his last match of the year.

Theory has since moved on to WWE RAW, while Strong is no more the NXT North American Championship. Over the past couple of months, Dexter Lumis has been stalking The Messiah of the Backbreaker and haunting him.

Last week, Strong had a chance to face his fears and compete against Lumis but failed to gather enough courage to take the ring and lost the match via countout. This week, he will once again come face to face with Lumis, this time in a Strap Match.

The stipulation of the match suggests that Strong won’t be able to wander too far off from Lumis and likely have a tough time taking down the larger man. However, WWE must allow the heel to win the match with the help of his buddy Bobby Fish and the two men should continue to beat down the creepy Superstar after the match.

NOT @theBobbyFish!!!! #WWENXT @DexterLumis pic.twitter.com/a6aoR52E0b

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) June 25, 2020

We could see Lumis work harder and emerge as a force on his own in the coming weeks to play more mind games on Fish and Strong to take them down on his own before progressing to the NXT Championship picture.