WWE Monday Night RAW hits the airwaves tonight live from the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. as the WWE focuses on the fallout of the Extreme Rules event Sunday night and begins to build towards Payback on June 1 live from the Allstate Arena in Chicago.
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One interesting facet on tonight's show will be whether or not Batista is in attendance. There was news that Batista turned down a match with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan at Payback as he was slated to take time off following Extreme Rules and didn't want to job Bryan to a second time on his way out.
Reports out of Extreme Rules were that Batista now plans on sticking around through Payback before departing until SummerSlam in August, though he still may opt not to face Bryan at the event on June 1. If he shows up on RAW, it will be interesting to see if the WWE writes him off for a while or if he has a program building towards Payback.
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Batista was on the losing end of a Roman Reigns pinfall at Extreme Rules and the WWE will continue to build off of The Shield's triumph over Evolution tonight on RAW.
Bryan retained his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Kane in an Extreme Rules match on Sunday night, and the WWE will focus on The Authority having a new road block in the way for Bryan coming out of Sunday's events as Triple H will likely address Bryan on the show.
With Batista out of the picture, it's possible that Triple H or Orton will take on Bryan at Payback, while there is a good chance that Batista changes his mind and jobs to Bryan on his way out for his hiatus.
The WWE will undoubtedly address the Bray Wyatt and John Cena feud after Wyatt used a kid choir singer to distract Cena en route to defeating him in a Steel Cage match, and the tensions will likely continue to come to a head tonight in Albany.
With Bad News Barrett becoming the new WWE Intercontinental Champion and WWE Divas Champion Paige retaining her title against Tamina Snuka, the WWE will address challengers for them as well on tonight's show.
Adam Rose is also set to make his main roster debut tonight on Monday Night RAW.
WWE Monday Night RAW will surely be a jam-packed show as the company continues to hash through the fallout of Extreme Rules and builds towards Payback on June 1.
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