We are just hours away from the go-home show of RAW for WWE Super ShowDown which takes place this Friday on June 7th at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Monday Night RAW will come to us live tonight from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
WWE has already announced some major segments for RAW tonight, the biggest one of them being Paul Heyman's announcement of the Beast, Brock Lesnar's cash-in on the Universal Champion, Seth Rollins.
Other than that, a major return announced for the show tonight is that of The Dead Man himself, The Undertaker. Taker is scheduled to take on Goldberg later this week at WWE Super ShowDown in what would be the two icons first one-on-one clash in the history.
With the massive war between WWE and AEW symbolically started, WWE needs to buckle up its belt and deliver solid shows to avoid losing its fans as well as TV ratings.
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In this article, let's take a look at the 4 biggest mistakes that WWE should avoid making on tonight's show of Monday Night RAW. Feel free to comment your opinions on what other things WWE should avoid on the show tonight.
#4 Brock Lesnar becoming 3-time Universal Champion
The biggest segment heading into the show tonight is, hands down, Brock Lesnar's cash-in. Paul Heyman announced on Twitter a few days ago that his client will cash-in on the Universal Champion, Seth Rollins tonight on RAW.
The biggest mistake that WWE can make on the show tonight would be to let the Beast cash-in successfully on Rollins and walk-out as the 3-time Universal Champion. With all the drama and chaos involved, the chances of this happening are low but with Vince, one can never say anything for sure.
Rollins is having a great run as the Universal Champion and is making the title look valuable, something which Brock didn't during his reign. Taking the title off him and putting it again on Lesnar would not go well with the fans as his last reign was highly criticized by everyone.
I won't be surprised to see fans come with signs like "If Brock wins, we riot." Vince better not do this.
#3 The RAW Tag Champs not showing up again
The poor state of the RAW Tag Team division can be seen clearly with the fact that the RAW Tag Team champions, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder have not been seen on the show for the last several weeks.
WWE needs to address this issue as soon as possible, as an absence from them for yet another week would be highly damaging for the whole division. Also, WWE needs to get rid of the cringe-worthy booking of The Revival and booking them in comedy segments with The Usos.
#2 An insignificant Undertaker segment
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of the Undertaker and am excited to watch him return to RAW tonight. But his last few appearances have been highly disappointing.
The Deadman coming out tonight for an insignificant promo ending with a "Rest in Peace" would be a huge waste of the rare appearance of a legend. While him appearing on RAW surely looks like a strategy to increase the ratings, WWE should at least plan to do something significant with him.
#1 Too many Wildcard appearances
The Wildcard rule is one of the worst decisions WWE has taken in recent times. What started as "3 people are allowed from each show to appear on the other" has gone out of hands with as many as 6 superstars appearing from SmackDown on RAW last week.
The rule has pretty much made the Brand split insignificant with so many wildcard appearances each week. Superstars like Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch, etc have made a habit of appearing on both shows each week, which is restricting those who need some TV time from getting it.
WWE has already announced Roman Reigns to appear on RAW tonight in a 6-man Tag Team match alongside his cousins, The Usos. But WWE should avoid having so many superstars from SmackDown appear on RAW tonight, especially in meaningless segments and matches.
It would be better to give opportunities to the underutilized superstars on RAW to get some screen time and showcase their talent.