WWE Raw: 3 Questions from the January 23 Show

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2. Who Would Walk Out of the Rumble as the Universal Champion?

Reigns would face Jericho in the rematch for his United States title this week on Raw. The match would predictably end in disqualification after KO would make the save/interference on behalf of his best friend. The heels would then gang up on Reigns and beat him up. They would then proceed to lock Reigns in the shark cage. It would seem as if the heels would succeed in humiliating the challenger this week.

However, right in the nick of time, Reigns would recover and prevent the heels from locking the cage door. He would then proceed to beat up the heels single-handedly and lock Owens in the cage. So it would seem that the big dog had the last laugh this week. Going by the company’s usual booking patterns, that would mean that the champion might retain at the rumble.

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Moreover, the match has been made a no disqualification match following these events. That would open the door to a number of possibilities. The easiest of them being Jericho making the save for his partner. He could very easily drop his US title belt into the ring from above and KO could use it to blast Reigns eventually in the match. That would be one way to ensure KO retains. It remains to see who would walk out the champion come January 29.