WWE RAW 3rd March 2014: 5 Promising Developments

Chicago, Chicago, Chicago! What a crowd and the WWE used every lexicon used in social media with plenty of CM Punk mentions which surely made the night even more infectious for what was expected to be his return. They even spread out the dirt sheets to make believe that he was actually returning.

Anyway, all of this made Raw exciting, and the WWE is the clear winner for at least this day. It’s not every week that they come to a place like Chicago! Here are five promising developments for the near future that happened on Raw -

The Art of Control- BY WWE

“I came here tonight to tell the story of a Paul Heyman Guy … a Paul Heyman Guy that was never truly wanted in WWE”

The WWE did just fine in Chicago without CM Punk coming out in the arena. They even got the desired berserk reaction when they played CM Punk’s music only to have Paul Heyman come out. And he did well to handle the uber excited crowd. They built the anticipation for his much awaited return and only to fool the audience by getting them in the palm of their hands. In the face of unrest, the show went on.

And in a way, WWE made Punk look weaker for his stubbornness and his hometown crowd sure went home disappointed.

WWE gave out a bigger message – The Show will go on.

Seth Rollins’ Character

Seth Rollins

As I had predicted earlier, Seth Rollins became the first person to actually leave the Shield, even though it seems to be temporary. He just does not want to be the glue that’s keeping the team together. He wants his teammates to come figure their issues out on their own. This was the best thing to do, and it seems the Shield will still be a team but right now all three members are unsatisfied with this union.

Even though the WWE management is going mental on making Reigns look much more awesome, Rollins and Ambrose are equally part of this interesting development that might unravel in the coming weeks or months.

New Tag team champs

The Usos – New Tag Team Champions

And so, the past finally gave up to the present. Even though it was pretty nostalgic and all having the New Age Outlaws as the Champions, the only great thing out of their reign was Road Dogg’s opening monologue or whenever he was on the mic. But having the Usos win is a huge step towards focusing back on the present full times performers in the roster. And this young team is just one of many that is bound to take the tag team scene by storm.

It’ll be interesting to see who faces them next for the titles. Maybe The Real Americans? Maybe.

Raw is Splitsville

Antonio Cesaro, Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger

Another team came on the verge of splitting. The Real Americans might just break up sooner than the Shield. And all this comes at a time when the momentum is ever so high for Cesaro. Cesaro was one of the few wrestlers whom the Chicago crowd paid good attention too. The crowd was all pumped up to see the freaky strong Cesaro in action. Only Swagger disqualified Cesaro by attacking Big E. They hugged it out later on but not before almost getting into a fight.

It will be interesting to see what happens with both the Shield and The Real Americans as a split is inevitable but how will the WWE manage the storylines or gimmicks of 5 new superstars instead of two teams as the Creative is not quite well known for its management skills as far as multiple storylines go.

The Bryan-Triple H feud

Daniel Bryan-Triple H

The Yes Movement- The only entity which was able to hold the CM Punk chants a lot longer. The segment with Triple H, Stephanie and Bryan was intense with crowd booing the hell out of the heels and making the Authority inaudible but they were both good as the villains and Daniel Bryan looked like a great hero in front of his biggest villains.

The segment actually built well towards a Bryan-Triple H feud. Actually, both this segment and the main event worked well to develop their feud. But a lot of it was because of the Chicago Crowd.