Feb 23, 2015 With WWE Fastlane in the rearview mirror, all that stands between the WWE Superstars and WrestleMania is time. The Show of Shows is beginning to take shape. Roman Reigns emerged battered but victorious from his match with Daniel Bryan, and secured his WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match opportunity with Brock Lesnar. Triple H found himself staring down the barrel of The Vigilante, Sting’s legendary baseball bat, a challenge to WrestleMania laid out. Those two bouts, while huge in their own right, are only just the beginning of what looks to be one of the biggest WrestleManias in history. How will the fallout from WWE Fastlane affect The Show of Shows on tonight’s edition of Raw (8/7 C on USA Network)? WWE.com has a few ideas. Will Randy Orton get his hands on Seth Rollins? Randy Orton shocked the WWE Universe when he returned Sunday night at WWE Fastlane. The Viper had not been seen since Seth Rollins viciously Curb Stomped him twice back in November. The seething Viper cut short a 5-on-3 beatdown of Dolph Ziggler, Ryback & Erick Rowan by taking out J&J Security and Kane with thunderous RKOs. Orton had Rollins in his clutches, only for Big Show to pull Mr. Money in the Bank free. The self-proclaimed Future of WWE was last seen in a mad dash to escape Memphis’ FedExForum. If both men are in the building on Raw, will they come face-to-face? How will John Cena bounce back from his loss to Rusev? John Cena looked to be on the verge of capturing the United States Championship at WWE Fastlane, after the undefeated Rusev let go of the Accolade. However, a devious distraction from Lana opened the door for The Hero of the Russian Federation to hit Cena below the belt and lock on his spinebending submission. Cena passed out in the Accolade, allowing Rusev to remain unbeaten. Cena looked physically and mentally beat down as WWE medical staff tended to him following the bout. The 15-time World Champion’s status is unknown at this point. With WrestleMania just weeks away, will Cena be able to get back on track and make an impact in Silicon Valley? Is Roman Reigns ready to face Brock Lesnar? Roman Reigns erased all doubts at WWE Fastlane when he Speared his way to victory over Daniel Bryan. The Big Dog secured his spot in the main event of WrestleMania, where he will challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Yet even though Reigns weathered Bryan’s onslaught of hard-hitting kicks and painful submission holds, he will be facing a very different monster in five weeks at The Show of Shows. Is The Big Dog ready for the biggest test of his young career? How will Triple H's WrestleMania showdown with Sting affect The Authority? The King of Kings got his wish — and more — on Sunday. Triple H came face to face with Sting and offered to do things the easy way and let his legacy endure, or take the hard way and face the wrath of The Cerebral Assassin. The Vigilante remained silent, drawing The Game into battle. Triple H attacked Sting and drew his trademark sledgehammer out from under the ring. But when he slid back into the ring, WWE’s COO found the jet-black baseball bat that sent the feared New World Order running for the hills at his throat. The Vigilante backed Triple H into the corner, then aimed his bat at the WrestleMania sign looming over the squared circle. The Game accepted the challenge, warning Sting that this would be his funeral before trying to attack the franchise of WCW from behind. After being on the receiving end of a Scorpion Death Drop, Triple H had little choice but to accept the match. After being embarrassed at the hands of Sting, what kind of mood will Triple H be in on Raw tonight? How will one of the biggest showdowns in sports-entertainment history affect the WWE COO and the rest of The Authority as WrestleMania draws closer? Will The Undertaker respond to Bray Wyatt's challenge? For weeks, The Eater of Worlds has been sending strange missives to an unknown recipient. At WWE Fastlane, Bray Wyatt made his message much clearer, emerging from a casket and declaring that at WrestleMania 31, he will claim The Undertaker’s soul. However, The Deadman has neither been seen or heard from since Brock Lesnar broke his legendary Streak at last year’s Show of Shows. Wyatt has issued the challenge, but will The Phenom respond to it? Will The Undertaker stare into The New Face of Fear at Levi’s® Stadium on March 29? Don’t miss Raw this Monday night at 8/7 C on USA Network, and be sure to tune in to Raw Pre-Show at 7:30 ET, exclusively on WWE Network.
Feb 23, 2015 So much cool s--- is going on right now man. Sting and Orton are back, Cena actually lost for a change, and Bray Wyatt is challenging the Undertaker! Really hope they let Undertaker come back and win at WM. Seeing him lose RUINED my childhood.
Feb 23, 2015 Well this thread was a flop lol. I saw the last 5 or so minutes, not much to say about it. I did enjoy that the Nashville crowd was cheering for Roman though
Feb 24, 2015 Heyman's promo was awesome and actually made the match feel important, although I hate how they're building Reigns up as if he's already one of the all time greats lol. It's one thing to push him too early but now Heyman was already talking about him as if he's already on that same level as the Rock, Hogan, Stone Colds, etc. They're taking this whole push a little too far lol, Heyman did cut a great promo but d--- I'm hoping that was just a one time thing to talk about him like that. I just can't get behind Reigns, think he's an awful actor and so bad on the mic. He just has no charisma and is so cheesy. He's not bad in the ring but not great yet either. Was hoping AJ would return, probably next week. Cena/Rusev again, no surprise although it'd really s--- if Rusev's 1st loss is to Cena lol.
Feb 24, 2015 Also I wish WWE went with Reigns vs. Rusev at Mania and Reigns gave Rusev his 1st loss, think that'd make more sense and be a more fitting way to still give Reigns a huge push but not overdo too quickly like they did here. Tbh it would have been an easier way for WWE to get fans behind him too, since Reigns' role would be easy, the guy defending the US and the crowd will always cheer that and chant USA.
Feb 24, 2015 I took much of the "Reigns is as good as Hogan, Rock, Austin, etc." with a grain of salt because he kinda voided it out when he said something along the lines of "but you're no Brock Lesnar." Something to build more for Lesnar, because if Reigns is like all those big names, Heyman is saying Brock's even bigger than them.
Feb 24, 2015 Yeah I could tell he was doing it all to eventually hype Brock, but still annoyed me a bit how we're apparently supposed to pretend Reigns has had all of these accomplishments so far or that he has a great track record of matches or something lol.
