5 things we wanted from WWE this week and what they delivered (6th September, 2018)

The WWE's job this week was much the same as it as last week, it needed to make it's Raw and SmackDown shows compelling enough to sell three huge events coming up, Hell in a Cell, Super Show-Down and Evolution.

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Monday Night Raw gave us a surprise title change, the return of the Bella Twins and a shocking main event ending whilst SmackDown Live advanced its tag-team tournament, built more bad blood between Joe and Styles and presented some interesting Mixed Match dynamics

And what did we want from NXT? Well, more of the same really! The investigation into Aleister Black's attacker was set to continue, Kairi Sane was in action and a new tag-team debuted.

So, let's take a look at the top five things we wanted to see the WWE do this week and whether or not they delivered on those things!

#5 More Evolution Hype!

What we wanted to see: Last week's Raw saw Trish Stratus appear to slap Elias and stand ringside for a match. We were hoping that another female legend would appear this week to interact with the existing Superstars.

We also wanted to see more storylines developing between the women currently on the roster, as a randomly advertised match between Alexa Bliss and Trish Stratus isn't going to be enough to make the pay-per-view appealing or successful at the moment.

What they delivered: The most direct Evolution development was that we got a randomly announced Mickie James vs Lita match and the Bella Twins taking on the Riott Squad on Raw. That being said we did get advancement in several female storylines with Bliss vs Rousey, Naomi and Asuka vs The IIconics and Lynch vs Charlotte all being progressed.

Another interesting note from both shows is that they used almost all of their women in segments and matches throughout. Only Nia Jax, who is allegedly injured, Tamina, who is also injured, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville weren't featured in some way. Which is such a huge improvement to the women only getting one quick five minute match years ago.

#4 The Shield vs Braun Strowman feud to escalate

What we wanted to see: The Shield reunion got the WWE a lot of attention and garnered a huge positive reaction from the crowd. The company seem to have struck gold with reuniting Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose for the third time. Now we just needed them to build on it.

Plus, with Strowman turning heel last week, we needed the WWE to cement that position and truly make him the perfect foil to the incredibly popular babyface faction. Otherwise, the storyline ran the risk of being hijacked by fans who still cheer for Strowman and boo Roman Reigns.

What they delivered: An entire episode geared around getting the Shield over as maverick anti-authority figures with the brawl to kick things off, then the Shield getting arrested, then appearing in the police van to save Finn Balor. The crowd cheered loudly when that happened.

And then Bam! Strowman and his new allies Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre cemented themselves as the perfect opponents for the Shield by outmaneuvering them, leading an ambush with the help of the rest of the locker room! It was great and really worked in putting Strowman over as a bad guy

#3 The Raw Tag Team Division

What we wanted to see: Raw's tag-team division has been put on the backburner a little bit of late, especially when compared to SmackDown Live's tag team roster, which is often a vocal point of that show. It's also not like Raw doesn't have talented tag-teams with Revival, the Ascension, The Fashion Police, Authors of Pain, Titus Worldwide, Slater and Rhyno all barely getting used properly.

We want to see Raw's tag team division elevated to the same height as SmackDown's. It makes no sense that it's languishing at the bottom of Raw's priorities given that the red brand has three hours to fill.

What they delivered: Well, they delivered us new tag team champions in the incredibly dominant Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre who replaced the Revival against the B Team after attacking the former backstage.

We also got a Raw that felt like a tag team rebuild with Chad Gable and Bobby Roode forming a new tag team, Titus Worldwide losing statistician Dana Brooke and the Authors of Pain getting a new manager in 205 Live's General Manager Rockstar Spud. So it's safe to say things are looking up for Raw's duos.

#2 More Undisputed ERA shenanigans

Would the Undisputed ERA continue to torment Ricochet and Pete Dunne?

What we wanted to see: I don't think it can be understated just how much the Undisputed ERA and their ability to make an enemy out of almost anyone has been one of the better part of NXT's programming, as evidenced by their great match against thrown together allies Pete Dunne and Ricochet on last week's NXT.

We wanted NXT to truly labour the point on this week's show and have Undisputed ERA become truly hated amongst the NXT roster. However, we also wanted the show to develop the small rivalry between Ricochet and Pete Dunne they have brewing.

What they delivered: An Undisputed ERA free episode. No Kyle O'Reilly playing the guitar on his title belt, no Roderick Strong breaking people's backs and no Adam Cole Bay Bay! It's okay though, I get it, NXT is getting fairly stacked and not everyone can feature every week.

We did, however, get a small development in the storyline between the Undisputed ERA's enemies Pete Dunne and Ricochet as it seems 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' can only take the two men so far! That's because NXT announced a huge champion vs champion match between the two for two week's time.

#1 Shawn Michaels to announce he'll be at Super Show-Down

The Undertaker and Michaels built towards Super Show-Down perfectly!

What we wanted to see: Super Show-Down will be the host of the final match between 'The Game' Triple H and 'The Deadman'. So when it was announced that Shawn Michaels would be appearing on Raw to address the next step in this incredibly well-done saga we all immediately wanted him to announce he'd be involved in some way.

After all, Michaels has his own incredible history with the Undertaker and was involved in the last match between Triple H and 'Taker as the special guest referee so we would have loved to have seen Michaels announce he'd be donning the black and white stripes again.

What they delivered: HBK stood in the ring and cut a great promo about who he thought would win in the final match between the two huge WWE Superstars, eventually saying he thought Triple H would beat 'The Phenom'.

Then Gong! What an incredible moment! The Undertaker back on Monday Night Raw and in the same ring as Michaels, the man he retired.

These two did more to build up interest and intrigue in Super Show-Down in ten minutes than the WWE have in two weeks. It was superb! Plus, Michaels hinted at a return to the ring, which would be amazing!

That's it for this week's 5 things we wanted from WWE this week and what they delivered, do you agree with what we've written? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below!

Edited by Alan John