WWE Raw: 5 Burning questions before this week's episode (June 17, 2019)
This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw will come to us live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. It will also be the go home show for WWE’s next PPV Stomping Grounds.
AEW's All Out PPV sold out in less than fifteen minutes, while WWE is struggling to fill out even half the arena for Stomping Grounds. The company has only two days left to draw the attention of the fans before this Sunday.
It feels like WWE was hasty in filling out the match card for Sunday's PPV. The fans are already lashing out against the PPV by calling it "Rematch Grounds", as four out of the seven announced matches have already taken place in the past three months.
With that in mind, let's look at the five burning questions before this week's episode of Raw.
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#5 Who will be the next challenger for the US title?
There will be a fatal 5-way match on this week’s Raw to determine the No.1 contender for the United States Championship at Stomping Grounds.
Braun Strowman, Cesaro, Ricochet & Bobby Lashley crashed Miz TV on last week's Raw to stake their claim to be the next challenger for the United States Championship.
The superstars competed in a six-man tag team match last week which saw Strowman, Miz & Ricochet coming on top. This week, the potential challengers will clash in a fatal 5-way match to see who will face Samoa Joe for the title this Sunday.
Cesaro got hurt after Ricochet landed on his knee while executing his 630 senton finishing move. Though reports claimed Cesaro's injury was not serious as we thought, we have to wait till Monday to see if he'll be cleared to compete on time for Raw.
The US title picture has started to take shape since Rey Mysterio handed the title back to Samoa Joe after the former's injury. It will be interesting to see who will be the one to challenge Joe for the title this Sunday at Stomping Grounds.