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

WWE seems to have gotten their creatives back on track after they lost the path during the latter months of last year. Since this year has begun, RAW, NXT, and SmackDown have been delivering some of the best storylines and content we’ve seen in a long time.

Last week, we saw some unexpected returns on RAW and NXT as Ruby Riott and The Velveteen Dream match their way back to the action.

RAW also got the next challenger for the WWE Championship for Super Showdown, as Ricochet downed Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley in a gutsy effort.

NXT built on several rivalries between Undisputed Era, the Broserweights, Tommaso Ciampa, and the most bitter one between Johnny Gargano and Finn Balor.

SmackDown capped off the week with new challengers for The Fiend’s Universal Championship and Bayley’s SmackDown Women’s Championship.

With so much going on it the wrestling world, we will look at the 6 things that must happen on RAW, NXT, and SmackDown this week.

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#6 Ruby Riott explains her actions

Last week on RAW. Lana and Liv Morgan battled in a one-on-one match to continue their ongoing rivalry. While Lana faked an injury during the match to gain an undue advantage, she was unsuccessful in getting the better of Liv.

Liv managed to defeat Lana convincingly, after which we saw her former partner Ruby Riott return to RAW after several months. While fans and Liv believed Ruby would embrace Liv and get the team running again, she attacked Liv instead and laid her out.

This week, Ruby should be used on RAW once again to continue the momentum and work on the advantage. She should appear to address the WWE Universe about the Riott Squad’s separation and how Liv and Sarah Logan were holding her back. She should then declare war on Liv and any other Superstar's out there who doubts her abilities, vowing to become the leader of the entire Women’s division.

This will help WWE bring Ruby back into the spotlight and make her a threatening heel which is required on RAW at the time. By utilizing Ruby right after her attack on Liv, WWE will hopefully not waste any time or the impact of the attack and continue to build Ruby forward.

Before we move on to the next part, gear up by listening to our exclusive interview with Lilian Garcia where she revealed how Paige inspires her!

#5 The Beast is taken down

Lesnar ruined Ricochet's party last week

Brock Lesnar has been appearing of RAW far too often now and fans are getting extremely suspicious of his motives. A couple of weeks ago, he returned to RAW after the Royal Rumble and delivered an F5 to the man who eliminated him from the Rumble and won the entire match.

Last week, Lesnar once again appeared to F5 Ricochet who had just defeated Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley in a Triple Threat match to become Lesnar’s challenger for Super ShowDown.

With that in mind, WWE should book a match between Lesnar’s current and future opponents on this week’s RAW. We should get to watch Ricochet take on Drew McIntyre before Lesnar appears to attack both the men and cause a disqualification.

However, WWE should allow Ricochet and McIntyre to take out Lesnar together and stand tall at the end of the night. This will help the company tell an interesting story as Lesnar seems to be unbeatable, but the two men managed to eliminate him from the Rumble.

It will also help the two challengers build-up towards their future matches as potential threats to The Beast rather than just pose as his targets for weeks to come.

#4 The Queen of Spades arrives

RAW will witness another battle between RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Women’s Tag Team Champion Asuka this week for the former’s title.

The two have met on several occasions, with Lynch finally getting the better of The Emperess of Tomorrow in their previous clash.

Asuka will be trying her best to win the Championship from The Man as it might be her last chance to contend for the title for some time. While both women will have a good match, RAW should utilize this to debut the much-awaited Shayna Baszler.

Baszler has been rumored to debut on the brand soon, and she must interfere during the Championship match this week causing a disqualification and allowing Lynch to retain her title.

It will also allow her to immediately restart her rivalry with The Man and get in contention for the RAW Women’s Championship after two impressive reigns as the NXT Champion.

An appearance by Baszler will allow her to get involved just in time for Elimination Chamber and she could work her way up to a RAW Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania 36.

#3 Johnny Gargano gets the better of The Prince

The Prince of NXT has been roaming around the NXT locker rooms, attacking whoever he wants whenever he wants without any repercussions.

After taking out Johnny Gargano for good, Finn Balor has run through Matt Riddle, Tomasso Ciampa, Trent Seven, and Ilja Dragonuv since his return to the Black & Gold brand, and has become the undisputed Prince of NXT.

While Balor has dished out a lot of punishment to Gargano over the past several months, including an attack that injured him and took him out of competition for some time, Gargano hasn’t returned the same favor to Balor.

At Worlds Collide, we watched Balor attack the former NXT Champion backstage after DIY defeated Moustache Mountain. Carrying on the rivalry, NXT must get Gargano to attack Balor in return this week just days before NXT TakeOver: Portland.

Gargano needs to get an upper hand before their match at TakeOver since Balor seems to be on track to end Gargano’s illustrious career.

An attack during a match between The Prince and another NXT Superstar or during a backstage segment will nicely set up the clash for Sunday where only the strongest will survive.

#2 A huge eight-man tag team match

NXT has been working on some great storylines involving the members of the Undisputed Era and other top Superstars. NXT Champion Adam Cole is involved in a bitter rivalry with Tommaso Ciampa for the Championship, while Pete Dunne and Matt Riddle have their eyes on Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly’s NXT Tag Team titles.

Last week, the six men met in a huge six-man tag team match which saw Undisputed Era’s Roderick Strong look on from outside before attacking Ciampa and drawing a disqualification.

However, things did not end well for Strong as The Velveteen Dream returned to attack his former rival and make a huge statement to end the night. It seems that now even Strong has a big rivalry at hand even though he’s not holding any Championship.

With that in mind, the creatives should book at huge eight-man tag team match between The Undisputed Era and the team of Riddle, Ciampa, Dunne, and Dream. Not only will this give Dream a chance to get even with Strong before the two meet one-on-one while giving fans a taste of what to expect just a few days before NXT TakeOver: Portland.

#1 The Fiend begins his mind games

"HERE'S YOUR BREAKING NEWS: #TheFiend @WWEBrayWyatt, YOU'RE NEXT!" - @Goldberg #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QDQxuCB6IH

— WWE (@WWE) February 8, 2020

SmackDown delivered an impactful segment last week as we saw Goldberg appear on the screen to announce who’s next.

While fans wanted to see Goldberg in person, it was the announcement regarding his next match in Saudi Arabia that mattered the most. The legend clarified that he wanted another run with the Universal Championship, which brought ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt into the equation.

Wyatt was unmoved by Goldberg’s challenge, as he has laid down many legends before him and Goldberg would nicely add to his collection.

This week, we should watch Wyatt continue the story of facing Goldberg through the Firefly Fun House as we might not see Goldberg add too much to the storyline after his appearance last week.

With only a couple of weeks to Super ShowDown, it is important that the WWE uses their new legend killer to great effect in this rivalry and give Wyatt a massive push from this rivalry as he will benefit a lot from facing Goldberg.

The Fiend has managed to play a lot of mind games over his opponents and has changed them for the better or worse at the end of each rivalry.