WWE Raw Predictions: Brock Lesnar Will Replace Drew McIntyre
By Mark Justice
On this week’s go-home episode of WWE Raw, there are no scheduled segment but there are three scheduled matches: Bobby Lashley vs. Cedric Alexander, Drew McIntyre vs. King Corbin, and Asuka & Rhea Ripley vs. Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax. The WWE should deliver something huge on the very last Raw before WrestleMania 37. Will Brock Lesnar return to replace Drew McIntyre and collect the bounty for his WWE Title rematch against Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania 37?
The WWE is one week away from WrestleMania 37, and there are currently seven scheduled matches from Raw’s recent bookings: Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Title, Asuka (c) vs. Rhea Ripley for the Raw Women’s Title, Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton, Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon, Riddle (c) vs. Sheamus for the United States Title, Bad Bunny vs. The Miz, and The New Day (c) vs. AJ Styles & Omos for the Raw Tag Team Titles.
Another match that could be added to the match card is a Women’s Tag Team Title match featuring Baszler & Jax. The WWE has a proclivity to book matches like this one at the last minute. It has already been rumored that a fatal four-way women’s tag match will take place on Night 1 to determine the number one contenders for Baszler and Jax’s WWE Women’s Tag Titles on Night Two, so that is likely to be announced on this episode of WWE Raw.
With that being addressed, it’s now time to preview and predict the matches and segments that will occur on this week’s episode of WWE Raw.
WWE Raw is scheduled to take place on April 5, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT live on the USA Network. Here are some predictions for this week’s show.
5.) Braun Strowman vs. Elias & Jaxson Ryker [Handicap Match]
On the last two weeks of WWE Raw, Braun Strowman defeated Elias and Jaxson Ryker in singles matches. Since Elias and Ryker are Shane McMahon’s lackeys in this WrestleMania storyline, it would make sense for Shane McMahon to stack the cards against Strowman and book a handicap match to wear out Strowman before their scheduled steel cage match at WrestleMania 37. However, Strowman will inevitably defy the odds and continue his momentum with a victory here.
Speaking of their WrestleMania match, our Patches Chance addressed five things Braun Strowman could throw Shane McMahon off of in the grand scheme of things. Unfortunately, the WWE made this a steel cage match, which limits the amount of things of which Strowman could toss Shane McMahon. However, don’t be surprised if the finish from Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens in their Steel Cage Match at WWE Extreme Rules 2018 is mimicked at WrestleMania 37.
Prediction: Braun Strowman