WWE Monday Night RAW, 7th January 2014 - 5 talking points

The Captivating progression

After a jaw dropping episode of Raw last week, the old school themed edition of Raw had the responsibility of answering some pressing questions.

And the creative seems to be on a gold run at the moment as they pulled off another magnificent show to wipe off their previous mistakes. The adding of the legends into all the crevices added more intensity to the proceedings.

The matches turned out to be solid while there were many promos which reminded us of some old school microphone tactics. Brock Lesnar showed up again, Roman Reigns went against CM Punk, Daniel Bryan showed up with the Wyatt Family and John Cena and Randy Orton picked up from where they left earlier.  So there were a lot of things that gave the show many dimension, but here is a look at five talking points which stood out from the rest.

The Animal’s first victim?

Asking for more than what he can chew?

After suffering a concussion some weeks ago, Alberto Del Rio made his return with a band by defeating Sin Cara, who was carrying a lot of momentum.

But the match didn’t have anything to talk about as all the attention went to what Del Rio said after the match. He mentioned that he will eliminate Batista in the Royal Rumble which propels the value of Del Rio to some height even though Batista is still an invisible presence.

Using Batista’s name as a Launchpad to give Del Rio some spark was a nice touch from the creative and we could see at least a stare off between the two once the Animal makes his return.