After a crazy night at WrestleMania 32, the WWE now shifts its focus to "Monday Night RAW" as the Roman Reigns Era begins at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
The WWE's flagship show is notorious for pulling out a crazy episode full of surprises the night after WrestleMania each year, and this time around should be no different.
Here are the keys to this week's episode.
1) Game Changer
Reigns defeated Triple H to claim the richest prize in the game for the third time in his career and closed out an up-and-down WrestleMania on top, but The Authority is still in control. Shane McMahon lost to The Undertaker inside Hell in a Cell, meaning he failed to gain control of the WWE's flagship show.
"The Game" will likely have a rematch with Reigns sometime this month due to the "clause" the WWE always uses when a title changes hands.
It'll be interesting to see if Shane-O Mac sticks around, especially since there was talk of a possible brand extension, possibly with Shane controlling "SmackDown" and Triple H and Stephanie holding the power for "RAW."
In the other main event, Dean Ambrose fell to Brock Lesnar in a Street Fight. It's unclear what's next for each of them, but this week's show should shed some light on it.
2) Women's World
As one WWE Superstar prepares to say goodbye, the rest of wrestling's ladies have something new to fight for. Brie Bella is expected to announce her retirement Monday after picking up the win for team Total Divas over Team B.A.D. & Blonde at WrestleMania. Bella plans to start a family with her husband Daniel Bryan, who retired in February due to concussions.
The rest of the WWE's newly structured women division have a new prize to battle over as Charlotte ditched the Divas butterfly belt for the new Women's Championship at WrestleMania. Ric Flair's daughter successfully defeated Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch -- with some help from her father -- but will undoubtedly have some more enemies this week.
3) Cinderella Men
Two key figures to keep an eye on this week are Zack Ryder and Baron Corbin. Ryder shockingly stood tall to capture the Intercontinental Championship in an epic WrestleMania Moment by besting six other men in a Ladder Match. Corbin, meanwhile, was surprisingly thrust into the Andre the Giant Battle Royal, in which he made a statement by winning.
Ryder will likely pick up a feud with former champion Kevin Owens, while Corbin may have punched his ticket to the main roster with the exposure he received at WrestleMania.
FINALLY heard my music play at #WrestleMania...so did the 101,763 people in attendance at @ATTStadium! pic.twitter.com/HkhiVg8726
— Zack Daddy (@ZackRyder) April 4, 2016
4) Cenation Leader
John Cena proved that all of his teasing wasn't for not as he returned to help The Rock thwart off a Wyatt Family attack Sunday night. The WWE is teasing that the "Cenation" leader may return to "RAW" tonight.
I worked hard, we had fun and I got a lil' lucky at #WrestleMania. An honor to have broken TWO… https://t.co/H7rcdrdgfs — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 4, 2016
5) The Best of the Rest
Big winners Sunday night include Chris Jericho (defeated AJ Styles) and The League of Nations (defeated The New Day), and they all may have something to say about their success Monday night. With this being the "RAW" after WrestleMania, there will likely be many surprises in front of a hot crowd.
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