RAW Preview: Unexpected plan for top title feud, 8-time World Champion's WrestleMania status finally confirmed? (March 23rd, 2020)

Welcome to this week's edition of RAW Preview! It's an empty arena show once again and it's going to be interesting to see how WWE pulls it all off. We must admit, Edge's promo last week had a level of intensity to it even with no audience and perhaps this could be a learning curve for WWE in the art of performing in front of empty crowds.

It's undeniable, however, that pro wrestling is always better with an audience and it reached its popularity because of the reactions from live crowds. But the situation has forced WWE into this state and the fact that they're able to pull it off is incredible in itself. There are so many logistical nightmares that WWE has to deal with, especially given the two-day WrestleMania that they're pulling off this year.

However, the two-day WrestleMania was reportedly done to respect social distancing and avoid giving WrestleMania a monotonous feel to it. Let's jump right into it with this week's RAW!

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#5. What's the future of the United States title picture?

Rey Mysterio

Last week's episode of RAW saw WWE run back United States Champion Andrade against his bitter rival Rey Mysterio in a non-title match. The two never failed to have a good match before and despite no live reaction, it was still a solid contest.

Rey Mysterio would end up with the victory and with that, has seemingly earned a United States Championship match soon or WrestleMania. While we expect the two to possibly have a title match as soon as tonight, the rumored direction seems to be Dominick Mysterio making his long-awaited debut in a tag team match with his father against Andrade and Angel Garza.

It would be an unexpected direction, but a welcome one as WWE officials are reportedly happy with Dominick's progress.

#4. A big face-to-face ahead of the WrestleMania main event?

Drew McIntyre and Brock Lesnar

The first night of WrestleMania will be headlined by Brock Lesnar vs Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. Being the main feud on the RAW side of things, there was some tension recently over Lesnar's possible WrestleMania status after the United States-Canada border closed for flights.

However, given that WWE is still advertising Lesnar's appearance, it's safe to assume that he's made it to the United States. However, his vulnerabilities have begun to show, with Drew McIntyre proving to be a more than even opponent for him. The last time we've seen Lesnar get destroyed the way he did was against Braun Strowman over two years ago, but he eventually ended up overcoming him.

We expect the face-to-face to happen and it's going to be a tense one. Either the two don't back down and there's no physicality involved, or we could see Lesnar get the better of McIntyre. The first time that he did, he made sure to attack him from behind.

#3. How will AJ Styles respond to The Undertaker?

The Undertaker made it official

AJ Styles and The Undertaker were supposed to have a face-to-face contract signing last week and the WWE legend wasted no time in coming out, showing a different appearance after over 16 years.

Instead, AJ Styles appeared from behind the screen and sent his fellow OC members Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to go and hand the contract to The Undertaker. They were slow and steady and simply slid it from the bottom rope to avoid any possible contact. However, the lights went out and the next thing they knew, The Undertaker was behind them - attacking them both.

He made it official and signed the contract, while there are many questions over what his new attitude could indicate. Whether he's there or not, AJ Styles will have something to say and we can expect him to respond to The Undertaker this week, with no guarantees that the lights won't go off.

#2. Will Shayna Baszler appear to reprimand The Man?

The Man sharing a beer with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin

Last week, Becky Lynch made a WrestleMania-worthy entrance when she appeared in a custom made truck. Her role was fairly minimal, talking about Shayna Baszler and their upcoming WrestleMania match.

It's certainly one of the most interesting matches on the card, even if it doesn't seem to have a large-scale interest the way her match last year at WrestleMania did. She's set to face the toughest opponent of her title reign so far in Shayna Baszler - the only Superstar in WWE history to eliminate every single opponent inside the Elimination Chamber.

The utter dominance has seemingly put The Man's RAW Women's title reign in jeopardy and we could see her lose the title at WrestleMania after falling shy by just a year. Either way, Baszler is the only multi-time NXT Women's Champion and there's a reason why she was so dominant there as well.

Will she appear to respond to Becky Lynch? Will there be an interaction between them?

#1. Randy Orton responds to Edge's challenge

Randy Orton

Randy Orton is now in the most personal rivalry in all of WWE. There's no title needed - just two old tag team partners who despise each other. Orton is back at his psychopathic worst and "welcomed back" Edge after the Royal Rumble 2020 by viciously assaulting him.

Recently, he was confronted by Edge's wife Beth Phoenix, who berated him for what he did, only to be assaulted with an RKO herself. It made the rivalry all the more personal and last week, Edge cut one of the most intense promos of his career.

He challenged Randy Orton to a Last Man Standing match at WrestleMania 36 and we have no doubt that Orton will respond by accepting it. We're assuming that we won't be seeing Edge this week, which is why Orton will try to further justify his actions by stating how much he loves both Edge and Beth Phoenix.

If Edge does make an unexpected appearance, then we can expect a full-fledged brawl to happen.