WWE Raw predictions: The season premiere

WWE Raw Season Premiere will take place on September 30 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT live on the USA Network. Propitiously, there will be plenty of star studded segments and matches on this episode of WWE Raw, and it should be an exciting show.

On tonight’s episode of Raw, there are three scheduled title matches: (1) Seth Rollins (c) vs. Rey Mysterio for the WWE Universal Championship, (2) AJ Styles (c) vs. Cedric Alexander for the United States Championship, and (3) Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Heavy Machinery for the Raw Tag Team Championships.

It will be interesting to see if there is at least one title change from these three bouts.

In terms of the women’s division, Sasha Banks will battle WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Alexa Bliss in a non-title match. These two superstars have had a rumored, heated backstage rivalry, from the inception. Considering that their rivalry has blurred the lines of kayfabe, their match on Raw will have many eyes glued to the television screen.

Meanwhile, Lacey Evans and Natalya have been in a minor scuffle as of late, and they could have a match to settle the score this week as well.

Meanwhile, in terms of segments, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair will be special guests on Miz TV.

Hulk Hogan is still dealing with echoing boos from the crowd after his past racist comments. Meanwhile, Ric Flair is dealing with similar heat due to a rift with WWE over “The Man” gimmick that Becky Lynch currently possesses; this is a recent sudden attack by Ric Flair that is considered by some to be sexist and uncalled for. Henceforth, it will be interesting to see what kind of questions The Miz asks them on his renowned talk show.

Speaking of legends, the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar is set to return tonight. With a legend like him on Raw, The Fiend won’t be too far away.

It’s only a matter of time until the Fiend encounters the mark of the beast, especially in anticipation for their heavily rumored match at WWE Survivor Series this year.

With all of that in store, this episode of WWE Raw is also the go-home show for WWE Hell in a Cell, which will take place on October 6 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT live on the WWE Network. With only three matches on the PPV card thus far, the WWE Universe should be expecting many last-minute additions this week.

With that being said, let’s make five key predictions about what could happen on tonight’s WWE Raw.