A new era awaits "Monday Night RAW" when it emanates live from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis this week.
The flagship show will focus on the fallout of Payback, where every single champion heading into the show walked out of Illinois with their gold still intact.
Here are five things to watch for this week on "Monday Night RAW"
1) McMahon Mania
Vince McMahon made his highly-anticipated announcement at Payback and revealed who will be in control of "RAW" going forward. The CEO and chairman of the WWE ordered an edict for his son Shane McMahon and daughter Stephanie McMahon to each seize control of the flagship show. No word yet on how Triple H will factor into things or where he's been, but this could all eventually lead to another brand split. The drama begins tonight.
2) Styles Clash Again
Roman Reigns successfully defended his WWE World Heavyweight Championship in what was a solid main event with AJ Styles on Sunday. At the end of the show, Vince McMahon announced a rematch between the two at Extreme Rules on May 22 in a No Holds Barred match. With Reigns and Styles set to go at it again, the collision course will continue on Monday.
3) Tag Team Turmoil
Payback started off on a sour note Sunday as the opening bout to determine the new No. 1 contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championships ended prematurely due to injury. Enzo Amore was clotheslined by the ropes and hit into them head-first when he attempted to fall through them. He sustained a concussion and the WWE posted a video of him getting stretchered off, while Kevin Owens put up a photo of Amore in the hospital:
— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) May 2, 2016
That leaves some questions for what's next for his tag team partner Big Cass, while The Vaudevillians may become the de facto No. 1 contenders for The New Day's Tag Team Championship.
4) Best of the Rest
There are a lot of interesting developments going on in the midcard and it seems the feuds between The Miz and Cesaro and Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens are about to collide, possibly leading to a Fatal 4 Way Match for the Intercontinental Championship at Extreme Rules. Elsewhere, Dean Ambrose notched a big momentum-building win over Chris Jericho and Kalisto will be looking for a new opponent after once again defeating Ryback to retain the United States Championship.
5) Women's Revolution
The WWE played on the Montreal Screwjob for the finish to the Women's Championship match on Sunday as Charlotte applied the Sharpshooter on Natalya, who had her uncle Bret Hart at ringside, and Charles Robinson called for the bell despite the challenger not giving up. Hart and Natalya got some revenge on Charlotte and Flair, which may mean this feud is far from over. With the Charlotte-Natalya program set to continue, it's uncertain where that puts other women's wrestlers such as Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch going forward.
It was pretty awesome to make em' both tap at once... Tap tap tap until the cows come home.https://t.co/xD2MV7kO4L — Nattie (@NatbyNature) May 2, 2016
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