5 talking points of RAW this week

After a wonderful showing on April 8, RAW this week had garnered a lot of expectations from fans all around, with hopes that this week too would be a cracker of a show. Though it is something none of us considered a practical possibility, deep within, there was a slight wish for RAW to turn out equally good as last week.

That however didn’t happen thanks to the dead crowd at Greenville, S.C. Here are the top 5 talking points of RAW this week.

1. Undertaker to perform on RAW next week

Huge news this, as we are getting to see Taker in a match that is not happening at WrestleMania. This is great news for all Taker fans, as he will go against the Shield in a 6-man tag team match. Despite the fact that the Phenom is not his previous self, he looks fit enough to compete in a match. Let’s hope that this is just one of the many other matches that he will perform in in the weeks to come. But for now, let us just bask in the fact that the Dead Man is going to be on RAW next week.

2. Brock Lesnar challenges Triple H again

Most of us thought that the Lesnar-Triple H feud was done with WrestleMania. Triple H got his babyface win and we were expecting a different opponent for Lesnar. But it seems that the WWE wants to bring out the best of these two, as both are tied at one match each. Lesnar won at SummerSlam and Triple H at Mania. It remains to be seen if Lesnar will come out victorious at Extreme Rules to re-establish himself as a monster heel. So for all those who are against a third consecutive match between these two, wait it out as the feud is coming to an end this Extreme Rules.

3. Fandango’s disastrous segment

RAW last week saw the crowd find Fandango’s music as a source to overcome boredom, and unfortunately the WWE has misinterpreted that to be a Fandango Revolution. Looks like we are going to find ourselves stuffed with tons of Fandangoing in the weeks to come. Fandango’s segment on RAW clearly lacked connection with the crowd. The dead crowd in Greenville seemed impervious to the fact that Fandango was out in the ring.

4. Kofi Kingston is the new United States Champion

Antonio Cesaro was absent for more than three weeks, and this week, when we finally saw him return, he lost his United States title to Kofi Kingston. Well, the fact that we need to be happy about is that there is some sort of a change as far as the US title is concerned. The title change came as a shock to many of us and though I don’t appreciate it I am not going to complain about it, as it is a much-needed change in the mid-card division.

5. Ryback‘s attempts to turn heel

No matter how hard WWE is trying, fans are not giving into the fact that Ryback is a heel. There always seems to be constant support for heels against Cena, and one shouldn’t blame the fans for this. Cena’s stale character gets another year, and all hopes that people had of a Cena heel turn has been wiped away. Ryback’s actions this week on RAW proved that he is on the path to turning heel, and is going to face Cena for the WWE title at Extreme Rules.