Divas and Women's Championship Unification Lumberjill Match: Melina. After WWE invested in creating that girlie "DIVA" belt, I can't see them letting McCool win. This way they bury the old belt and the title along with it. LayCool will have a falling out over the loss of the title... McCool goes solo and feuds with Melina while Layla becomes valet to NXT winner Kaval.
Big Show vs. CM Punk: What's happening here? Either Punk wins and regains some of his credibility, or Big Show wins (as usual, it seems) and the Straight Edge Society clique is over. I think (hope) that Punk wins and later his rookie Darren Young converts to the Straight Edge Lifestyle to give the SES some new life. Otherwise we won't be seeing Punk for a while, which is a shame.
Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston: Kofi. This feud has been going on too long, it's the logical conclusion after all the close matches. Also, Dolph's "failure" to defend the title will play into the Vicki/Kaitlyn/Dolph love triangle on NXT.
United States Champion The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan: Bryan. This could be a little premature. But... I think this sets up the Intercontinental title as a legitimate division (maybe even a classic TNA-style "X-Division") and you'll start seeing Husky Harris, Alex Riley, Kaval, et al., have a reason to exist. Miz will save face 'cuz he has that Money in the Bank which will come into play later in the night.
World Heavyweight Champion Kane vs. The Undertaker (No Holds Barred Match): Kane. The logical conclusion to this feud is a "Hell in a Cell" match. Since this is not that match, Kane will win somehow. Possibly a supernaturally-assisted win (teleportation?), but hard to predict when you bring the "dark powers" into the mix.
WWE Championship Six Pack Elimination Challenge: Orton (but not for long). WWE has spent several weeks putting Orton over and I can't see any way he'll lose this. However, if Miz loses to Bryan Miz will regain respect by pulling out the Money In The Bank contract and pinning Orton. This will set up a three-way feud between Orton, Miz and Sheamus that will bring us through football season to Wrestlemania.
Other observations: Why will Cena lose the Six Pack Challenge? Because he will probably move to SMACKDOWN to ensure good ratings when SD moves to SyFy later this year. Being on the SD roster will set up a Wrestlemania match between Undertaker and Cena (which Cena has hinted at on Twitter). Besides he's not doing anything useful on RAW right now.
Women's title unification tightens up the talent in two weak rosters. Naomi from NXT (called "the female Shelton Benjamin") will probably go head-to-head with Melina, and the belt will finally gain some legitimacy.
The Bryan/Miz match and Six Pack matches are connected because it puts the MIB in play. If Miz wins, there's no reason for him to interfere with the Six Pack match so there might be a different outcome there -- Orton wins but Sheamus demands his rematch on Monday Night RAW.
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