5 things WWE subtly told us on RAW: Major Royal Rumble title match teased, 2 surprising names teased as Drew McIntyre's next opponent (December 21st 2020)

#4. The surprising WWE Championship direction on RAW

Is this what we will be seeing?

The WWE Championship picture certainly got interesting on RAW. While it appears that AJ Styles could still be sticking around, two surprising names have emerged as contenders - Sheamus and Keith Lee.

Can these 3 remain on the same page for tonight's Holiday Street Fight?#WWERaw @RealKeithLee @WWESheamus @DMcIntyreWWE pic.twitter.com/z13KnMw3sJ

— WWE (@WWE) December 22, 2020

It's surprising for a couple of reasons. With Sheamus, it shouldn't come as too big a surprise, but his babyface run on RAW is set to be brief and he showed that in the main event. It appears to be set up to become Drew McIntyre's title challenger.

Keith Lee could also emerge as a WWE title challenger. In the main event of RAW, Keith Lee, Drew McIntyre, and Sheamus teamed up to defeat the trio of AJ Styles, The Miz, and John Morrison.

The main event of RAW was a Street Fight, but they waited until two minutes before the end to start using the weapons outside. After the match, Sheamus Brogue Kicked Keith Lee, and a furious Drew McIntyre asked him why he did that after they won.

Why, @WWESheamus, why? The #CelticWarrior has dropped @RealKeithLee with a thunderous #BrogueKick on #WWERaw. pic.twitter.com/umnd8nodRB

— WWE India (@WWEIndia) December 22, 2020

The clash of egos is one thing, but Sheamus teased a heel turn again. There are three possibilities in this scenario - either we're headed in a Triple Threat direction, a potential Fatal-4-Way including AJ Styles, or Keith Lee and Sheamus will face each other in a #1 Contender's match on RAW.

It will be interesting, but we hope that Drew McIntyre gets a multi-man match. He hasn't had many multi-man matches in his two WWE title reigns in 2020. TLC was technically that, but only due to a Money in the Bank cash in.