WWE Monday Night Raw Thread: Backlash Go Home Edition

The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever is coming up on Sunday (sorry Randy & Edge... way too much unnecessary pressure for what will probably be the 10th or 15th best match of the empty arena era)

but first... rasslin newzzzz!!!

Elias may have been almost murdered by someone dressing up as a drunk Sheamus trying to be Jeff Hardy a week and a half ago... and now we know why... b/c he does have a real injury

Elias apparently tore his pectoral muscle and will be out of action a while... thus why he was written off TV for the time being. Poor, poor Elias... every time he gets pushed someone tries to kill him

In "future endeavored" news... just hours after Matt Cardona (fka Zack Ryder) was released by WWE... someone else from the company gave him & (real-life gf) Chelsea Green a call to request if WWE could use their pool to shoot the Mandy & Otis "Fast Time at Ridgemont High" skit from Smackdown a few weeks ago

Also... the concern over Adam Cole's contract may have been unfounded. It's now being reported that he signed a 2 year extension like a month or so back... so apparently he'll be in WWE/NXT until at least 2022. Of course... going to AEW is a door that will likely always be open for Cole considering his friendship with his Elite buddies and his gf, the roll model (spelling intended) Dr. Britt Baker DMD should things ever falter with WWE

Now for tonight's Backlash go home edition of Monday Night Raw... pre-taped from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla.

The Peep Show returns as Edge's BFF Christian revives his talk show to discuss the upcoming Greatest Match Ever for a Backlash show

Speaking of BFFs... the new wimminz tag team champs Bayley & Sasha Banks will be on Raw to remind us just how awesome they think the other is

Olympic sports are back as the Viking Raiders & Street Profits take their "anything you can do, we can do better" competition to the "field" for a decathlon competition. Which woman will decide to hit on the Viking Raiders next?

Rey Mysterio will be on to talk about potential retirement... but really... he's not

Bobby Lashley heads to the VIP Lounge to discuss what happened after Raw went off the air last week... fortunately for G the tape machines were still rolling

the only actual wrestling match promoted for tonight's show... Asuka battles Charlotte less than 24 hours after Charlotte became the former 2-time NXT Women's Champion... so Charlotte's definitely winning, right?

Since we talked about her earlier... Zack Ryder's gf... who is perhaps destined for the main roster real soon... Chelsea Green