WWE Monday Night Raw Preview: March 12, 2018

With less than four weeks to go until WrestleMania, WWE has definitely hit the fast lane. Things are starting to shape up for The Grandest Stage of Them All in New Orleans with new matches seemingly being announced every week on Raw.

Last week, we found out that Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle will face off against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in New Orleans, and that former UFC star Rousey will be appearing at every Raw between now and then - and we also discovered that The Miz will have not just one but two huge obstacles to overcome at WrestleMania 34 when he faces off against both Finn Balor and Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat Match.

With Asuka moving over to SmackDown Live to seemingly challenge Charlotte last night too, who will step up to the challenge on the red brand?

Perhaps tonight's Raw will give us some answers, or maybe even more questions on the road to WrestleMania.

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#6 Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar meet face-to-face

Given how things have gone in recent weeks, it may still be slightly ambiguous as to whether or not The Beast Incarnate will appear on Raw tonight, but WWE.com are reporting that The Big Dog will go face-to-face with "the entitled Universal Champion" on Raw tonight.

Two weeks ago, Roman Reigns called Lesnar an “entitled piece of crap who hides behind his contract,” before Paul Heyman confirmed last week that The Beast Incarnate will be in Detroit tonight at Raw.

After Reigns' recent barbs at Brock over the past two weeks, this confrontation could be explosive.

#5 Is Sasha Banks and Bayley's friendship over?

Friendships rarely last forever in the realm of wrestling, so it was no surprise when things started to get slightly fractious between the pair over recent weeks.

With Sasha Banks eliminating Bayley from the Royal Rumble then turning on her Mufasa from Lion King Style at the Elimination Chamber, not many would have blamed Bayley when she left The Boss high and dry during a tag team match.

Last week, however, Sasha tried to make amends when she saved Bayley from a beating at the hands of Absolution, but Sasha's olive branch in the form of a hug was firmly rejected by The Hugger.

Will the pair find a way to put the past behind them, or will we see more cracks appear in the relationship?

With Asuka going over to SmackDown to challenge Charlotte at Fastlane last night, Alexa Bliss no longer has an opponent at WrestleMania. Will either lady try to stake their claim? Nia Jax may have something to say about it if they do.

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#4 Braun Strowman, The Maestro Among Monsters

After last week saw Braun Strowman absolutely decimate Elias in WWE's first ever Symphony of Destruction Match, The Drifter may be feeling slightly worse for wear.

WWE notes that “The Ballad of Elias” is a sad, sad song." and that, after Braun Strowman buried the troubadour under a piano last week, Elias left Raw on a stretcher and was rushed to a local medical facility.

However, The Monster Among Men is on a rampage on The Road to WrestleMania and, after his wonderful piano solo on the red brand last week, will Braun Strowman hit writer's block with that difficult second album? Or will The Abominable Strowman continue to run through everything in sight?

With Strowman narrowly losing out to Brock Lesnar in his Royal Rumble Triple Threat Match where Kane took the pinfall and narrowly losing out to Roman Reigns after eliminating every other contender of the Elimination Chamber Match, the former Wyatt Family member appears to have transformed his Road to WrestleMania into more of a Path of Destruction.

#3 Will Ronda Rousey regret putting her hands on Stephanie McMahon?

After her explosive contract signing that saw Ronda Rousey put WWE COO Triple H through a table, it's been an explosive few weeks between Rousey, Kurt Angle, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.

Last week, the stage was set when the Mixed Tag Team Match was made for WrestleMania with the Olympians taking on The Authority, but it wasn't so straightforward as Angle locked in the Angle Lock on Triple H and Rousey dropped Stephanie with a powerful Samoan drop.

Triple H had no problem dropping Angle the week before with a sucker punch, but what will happen when Rousey appears tonight? Will Stephanie and Triple H seek revenge, or will there be something else in store for the former UFC star?

#2 When will “The Ultimate Deletion” take place?

With Woken Matt Hardy picking up a pinfall victory over Bray Wyatt at Elimination Chamber, Wyatt seemed to snap and decimated Rhyno and Heath Slater in consecutive weeks in aggressive fashion.

Well, Matt Hardy challenged "The Consumer of Terrestrial Entities" last week, stating that The Great War was not over, to The Ultimate Deletion, inviting The Eater of Worlds to The Hardy Compound for their final battle.

With the Ultimate Deletion being filmed this past week, when will we see it on television? It's been suggested that it may not be at WrestleMania, so maybe we'll find out tonight.

#1 The Undertaker to return?

Rumours are suggesting we may see The Deadman tonight

Well, with John Cena's road to WrestleMania hitting yet another roadblock when he failed to capture the WWE Championship at Fastlane last night, many are wondering what's next for the 16-time World Champion.

Cena stated on Raw two weeks ago that he wanted The Undertaker - before saying he's been told it's impossible. After the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, Cena cut a promo on Raw Talk saying he had to rethink his options as he may have to face not being at WrestleMania this year.

We haven't seen Undertaker since Raw 25 in January before that was WrestleMania when rumours were rife that the legend had retired, but now all talk points to the dream match of John Cena vs The Undertaker at WrestleMania even if Cena himself says it's unlikely.

It now looks like options are running out for John Cena, though, so will he turn up on Raw tonight to try and forge a path to WrestleMania yet again?

And, more importantly, could Undertaker show up to call out John Cena after Mr Hustle Loyalty Respect called him out two weeks ago?

We'll need to wait and see...

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