USA vs The World 16 man elimination set for RAW, more

With the fact Raw will struggle badly in the ratings this week due to July 4th and next week’s Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, WWE is trying something new for the next few weeks on their flagship show.

– They have advertised a champion vs. champion match with Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz, with neither title at stake — a match they just did on last week’s Smackdown.

– They’ve also announced Rusev vs. Titus O’Neil for the U.S. title.

The other match announced is a USA vs. The World 16 man elimination match.

What that tells us is that they can isolate a member of the writing team who came up with that suggestion and find out that he ACTUALLY WATCHES WRESTLING.  CMLL did that exact same match Friday night except it was Mexico vs. The World in a 16 man elimination match.  It also went 51 minutes and was pretty great.  Just make sure Volador Jr. and Kushida are the world team.

There will also be the return of a former Smackdown General Manager.

For those thinking Paul Heyman, Heyman arrives in Las Vegas tomorrow and his doing promotional work for a bikini contest much of the week at the Hard Rock, as well as spending time with Brock Lesnar who faces Mark Hunt a week from today at UFC 200.  While it’s not impossible for him to go to Columbus, OH from Vegas for one show, I would doubt that would happen because there is bikini contest activity on Monday.