3 Potential Reasons for Undertaker’s Appearance on WWE Raw

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1. He’s Strictly There to Promote the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania

This is the worst case scenario, but one that can’t be ruled out. There is a chance that Undertaker does nothing of significance this Monday on Raw. As mentioned before, the main reason he’s appearing is to give Raw a ratings boost since it will be competing with the College Football Playoff Championship on Monday night. While one would hope Undertaker would actually be there for a storyline reason, it’s no guarantee.

Look no further than most of Brock Lesnar’s appearances for other examples of this. Countless times we’ve seen Lesnar and Heyman advertised for Raw, only for Heyman to deliver a generic promo about how Lesnar is a beast and is going to beat his next opponent, blah, blah, blah. Undertaker could follow suit by talking up the importance of the Rumble and how WrestleMania will follow shortly after. He could talk about how the Rumble is going to be in his backyard and that maybe he’ll make an appearance. But he doesn’t have to actually confirm anything.

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Hopefully Undertaker will do something of note. But with Shawn Michaels likely only appearing to hype his new movie “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone”, there’s a chance Taker doesn’t do anything notable either. This could just be a case of trying to get some star power on Raw to help the ratings and hype up the Rumble. It would be unfortunate if that were the case, but it’s a possibility that is very much on the table.