With Nick Aldis filling in for Adam Pearce on Monday Evening RAW this week, issues are going to get fascinating. Final week’s episode of RAW marked the daybreak of a new alliance between Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, and Seth Rollins because the steady laid out Roman Reigns and CM Punk.
In the meantime, Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria instantly misplaced the Girls’s Tag Workforce Championships, which led to Lynch attacking the Intercontinental Champion. Then, there’s additionally Gunther, who choked out Pat McAfee, leaving Aldis with a couple of choices that might spherical out the Backlash card.
Roman Reigns and CM Punk vs. Bron Breakker and Seth Rollins
John Cena vs. Randy Orton is the plain option to important occasion Backlash, however this tag crew match provides one other layer to the Reigns storyline. Rollins and Breakker have by no means teamed collectively, however getting Punk and Reigns to crew up received’t be simple, both. Nevertheless, the pair can have no selection if they need revenge on Heyman, who screwed them each over at WrestleMania.
Reigns didn’t wish to crew with Punk going way back to Survivor Sequence: WarGames, however Aldis placing the 2 collectively seems like a no brainer because the Backlash card begins to take form.
Becky Lynch vs. Lyra Valkyria
This one is clear. Valkyria has been Intercontinental Champion for simply over 100 days however has but to defend her title on a premium dwell occasion. She received it on an episode of RAW and has defended it 4 instances on the purple model. Having defeated the likes of Dakota Kai, Ivy Nile, Raquel Rodriguez, and Bayley, Valkyria has confirmed herself as one of many prime stars within the RAW girls’s division.
She was set to crew with Bayley at WrestleMania to problem for the tag titles, however Lynch’s shocking return put a cease to that. Lynch and Valkyria have been champions for simply in the future — the shortest reign within the six-year historical past of the titles. Alexa Bliss and Asuka are the one different crew to carry the titles for lower than every week.
When Lynch attacked Valkyria, it was clear the seven-time girls’s champion had her sights set on turning into the second Girls’s Intercontinental Champion.
Gunther vs. Pat McAfee
Gunther simply misplaced one of many largest matches of his profession, and he can be the primary to say it was one among his most embarrassing losses. Having overwhelmed Jey Uso many instances earlier than their assembly in Las Vegas, Gunther was a favourite to go away WrestleMania together with his championship in hand.
Uso had different plans, although, making Gunther faucet out within the first match of the two-night occasion. Gunther let his frustration run wild on the RAW after WrestleMania, practically attacking Michael Cole earlier than Pat McAfee stepped in. McAfee hasn’t had a singles match since WrestleMania 39, however Aldis might need no selection however to pressure him to step again contained in the squared circle.
