WWE RAW: 5 Biggest news stories - Alexa Bliss returns, The Miz to become Mr. MITB once again? (December 21, 2020)

#1: The Fiend isn't really gone; Alexa Bliss brought her playground to Randy Orton and sent him a warning on WWE RAW

W H A T !#WWERaw @RandyOrton pic.twitter.com/mBIqtJk1Sl

— WWE (@WWE) December 22, 2020

From a production standpoint, the Firefly Inferno match was absolutely excellent at WWE TLC.

Randy Orton has changed after TLC, and his promo made it clear that The Viper took joy in destroying The Fiend at the Pay-Per-View. After he took a sadistic credit for taking out The Fiend, the lights went off in a trademark Fiend-like manner. Alexa Bliss returned to WWE RAW, and she was sitting on a swing set, surrounded by an impromptu playground in the ring.

Apparently, The Fiend was "home" now. The Fiend had symbolically melted deeper into the surface of the earth, in hell. This was an interesting contrast to the Firefly Fun House, which includes a heavenly set and a graphic that features clouds.

👀#WWERaw @RandyOrton @AlexaBliss_WWE pic.twitter.com/LOjZVncy9J

— WWE (@WWE) December 22, 2020

Alexa Bliss hoped that The Fiend would visit her playground someday, but she sent a clear message to Randy Orton. If The Fiend does return, he will do so in a manner that Randy Orton has never seen before.

Bliss and Orton's segment was probably the biggest takeaway from an episode that wasn't quite newsworthy, to say the least. It perfectly established that The Fiend's lore is something that has now eclipsed the circle of life, and the segment added more towards the possibility that The Fiend will become stronger when he returns in a slightly repackaged form.

In the video embedded above, do check out former WWE Head Writer Vince Russo's thoughts on all that went down during this week's RAW in the latest edition of Legion of RAW with Dr. Chris Featherstone.