5 Things WWE subtly told us on RAW after Survivor Series: Vince McMahon's handpicked future World Champion, Big break-up and heel turn set to happen soon?

Welcome to this week's edition of things WWE subtly told us on the RAW after Survivor Series 2021. It was quite a good post-pay-per-view episode and we had quite a few storylines in place.

Vince McMahon's presence backstage was there as expected, and it played a big role in shaping the main part of the show. While there were a lot of weak points with how WWE handled their babyfaces, it was a good episode overall. Here's what was subtly hinted on RAW this week:

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#5. Vince McMahon's egg and the World Championship implications on RAW

The central storyline on RAW was Vince McMahon's golden egg that belonged to Cleopatra. It was stolen at Survivor Series 2021, and McMahon was present backstage at RAW to investigate the matter.

He added more motivation for superstars to investigate, revealing that the person who finds the culprit would get a WWE title shot against Big E in the main event of the show.

While we saw a lot of superstars like Kevin Owens searching around, it was SmackDown's Sami Zayn who found the culprit. It turned out to be Austin Theory, who simply said that he wanted a selfie with it.

Vince McMahon seemed oddly impressed with his guts and Theory took a selfie with him and the egg. McMahon then proceeded to award the 24-year-old with a title shot despite being the culprit. When Zayn was shocked and outraged, the Chairman told him to shut up and that "nobody likes a snitch" - which was admittedly hilarious.

Austin Theory getting thrust into the spot was a huge indication that Vince McMahon sees him as a future World Champion. While he won't beat Brock Lesnar's record for the youngest WWE Champion nor will he beat Randy Orton's record for the youngest World Champion, Theory looks to be in a good path.

He main evented RAW against Big E, during which Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens came out to be at ringside. To slightly deviate, Rollins was supposed to face Finn Balor earlier on the show but assaulted him viciously before the match even started.

This proceeded with The Visionary getting awkwardly taken down by a fan who ran into the stands and is now under the jurisdiction of the NYPD. As for Owens, he tried to make his presence known at ringside in the main event, as did Seth Rollins.

The chaos at ringside led to Theory getting distracted and he was hit with a Big Ending, leading Big E to retain the WWE title. He then took out Rollins and Owens, looking great one night after his loss at Survivor Series.

For Austin Theory, it was only the first of several opportunities. For Big E, it was just another day as WWE Champion. A triple threat feud seems inevitable for RAW or Day 1.

#4. Is the Mysterio implosion inevitable on RAW?

There were rumors following Rey and Dominik Mysterio's move to RAW that a break-up angle is coming soon at some point. We're trying to remember when the last time we even saw them win on the red brand was because it seems as though both men are on the losing end each time.

This has been done on purpose, to seemingly slowly build towards a break-up. The idea will likely be for Dominik to turn on his father Rey and shoot himself into singles stardom.

This week, Rey and Dominik Mysterio took on Bobby Lashley in a handicap match. While they seemingly came close to toppling off The All Mighty, it didn't work out for them as the former WWE Champion was able to put them away.

This seemingly ended the mini-feud that the Mysterios had with Lashley and MVP. However, it's more turmoil for the Mysterios, and WWE will continue to play out this dissent until fans start to complain about it being too dragged out on the Monday night show.

#3. The Women's tag team title change on RAW and the effects of it

It seemed inevitable, but the two former RAW Women's Champions turned tag team champions Rhea Ripley and Nikki A.S.H. no longer hold the titles. Following Nikki's loss of the RAW Women's title to Charlotte Flair, she paired up with Rhea Ripley and won the WWE Women's Tag Team titles.

Recently, they've been embroiled in a feud against Queen Zelina and Carmella. The two superstars couldn't seem to take Nikki A.S.H. seriously, constantly making fun of her.

And on every occasion, she has fallen and proven them right - summing up the company's handling of modern babyfaces. This week, a tag team title match was announced, with Zelina and Carmella only taking Ripley seriously.

Surely enough, they were proven right as the Queen pinned Nikki A.S.H. to become the new women's tag team champions. For Carmella, it's the first gold she's held in over four years, while for Zelina, it's the first gold she has held in WWE.

Unfortunately, this isn't going to be a very serious reign, and it will fizzle out in a matter of time before the next newly-paired team dethrones them later on - presumably in 2022.

#2. Two new frontrunners for the RAW Tag Team gold

The RAW Tag Team Champions RK-Bro are riding a big wave of momentum right now. Following their victory over SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, they returned to the red brand seeking new challengers.

Riddle, cosplaying as Randy Orton, faced Dolph Ziggler and defeated him as well. This seemed to rule The Dirty Dawgs out of contention after they fell short a few times. In the meanwhile, we had a tag team match between AJ Styles & Omos and The Street Profits.

Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins lost by DQ after the latter used a fire extinguisher on both Styles and Omos. Despite the loss, they were celebrating and looked bad in the process.

It seems clear that these are the two teams who will be challenging for the RAW Tag Team titles going forward. Some might argue that it would be overdoing it by putting Styles and Omos back in there, but WWE doesn't seem to have many options for new contenders. It sums up the state of the tag team division on both main roster brands.

#1. The state of the RAW Women's division

There seem to be two feuds in the RAW Women's division right now from a single's perspective - Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan, and Bianca Belair vs. Doudrop. Despite being the sole survivor for Team RAW at Survivor Series, Belair isn't back in the title picture - which is a good thing.

If she was thrust back into it, the situation would have been similar to Drew McIntyre's earlier this year, where fans felt he was overstaying his welcome in the WWE title picture. Having a non-title feud with Doudrop seems to be the best option right now.

Belair defeated Tamina on the Monday night show, but Doudrop ensured to take her out and seemingly aligned with Natalya and Tamina.

We're a little less impressed with the RAW Women's title feud. Despite the excitement of Lynch vs. Morgan, what we're seeing, in reality, is the latter getting chewed up and humiliated on the mic week after week.

It was no different this week as The Man literally made Liv Morgan cry by bullying her before she attacked the RAW Women's Champion. It's a sink or swim kind of feud, and WWE is doing everything possible to make Morgan look bad against a woman who is obviously on a higher level.