5 Things you need to know before tonight's Raw (November 26th, 2018)

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Lashley and Elias will battle tonight.

In just a matter of hours, the men and women of Monday Night Raw will gather to put on another 3-hour show.

Plenty happened last week, most notably the injury of Braun Strowman, who had been promised a shot at Baron Corbin after dominating, and co-existing with his teammates at Survivor Series earlier this month.

But now, with Survivor Series in the past, the Superstars now look forward to TLC, the final pay per view of 2018.

And with this being the final pay per view, it won't be long before the Royal Rumble, and for the road to WrestleMania 35 to get underway.

But before any of that, the Monday Night RAW roster need to get through tonight, which is shaping up to be a truly can't-miss episode of WWE TV.

Here are 5 things you definitely need to know before tonight's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw.

#5 The Intercontinental Open Challenge

Rollins will defend the gold tonight.

After regaining the Intercontinental Championship from Dolph Ziggler at Summerslam, it's safe to say that Seth Rollins has been a fighting champion.

Taking on all-comers, The Kingslayer has defended his title across the world and even bested US Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in non-title action earlier this month.

Tonight though, Rollins will put the coveted White-strapped gold on the line against a mystery opponent in an open challenge.

This title match comes just weeks before the Architect is scheduled to face former friend Dean Ambrose at TLC for the gold.

The two have been at each other's throats in recent weeks, ever since Ambrose turned on his Shield-brother, mere hours after Roman Reigns forfeited the Universal Championship.

But Rollins will have to put this all behind him tonight, though you can be sure that somewhere, Ambrose will be watching closely.

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