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The Judgment Day is the hot new heel faction on Monday Night Raw. WWE Hall of Famer Edge, Damian Priest and most recently Rhea Ripley have joined forces to create this new faction, and they look set to take over the show.
Edge has spoken on the show about other potential members already existing, and it is reported that WWE has considered adding, at least a fourth, member to the group.
With that being said, there are several stars across Raw, SmackDown and NXT who could make fine additions to the group. Here are 8 potential new members of ‘The Judgment Day’.
8. Veer Mahaan
Veer Mahaan has finally come, and he is getting the jobber squash match treatment to build him up.
WWE opted against making Veer a more lighthearted babyface following his months of coming, so now we are tasked with getting monster heel Veer over.
He has the right look, presence and the unique background, so putting him in the background of the Edge faction would help him as he would have a WWE Hall of Famer doing his talking for him.
Plus, if you’ve seen his Instagram, you know he looks damn good in a suit.
7. Viking Raiders
The Viking Raiders are on SmackDown. The fact that I had to Google that to make 100% sure shows their position on that brand right now, so I doubt people would moan if they quietly moved over to Raw.
Adding a tag team to the act with Edge, Priest and Rhea would give us the potential for the ‘hold all the gold’ faction trope that the Undisputed Era and Evolution had.
The Vikings have been doing the same thing on the main roster for three years now, it’s time to give them something new to sink their teeth into.
6. Io Shirai
No, I will not stop fantasy booking Io Shirai into things. She’s arguably the best women’s wrestler in the world and she deserves all the best things in life.
Rhea’s addition to the group has shown that this will be a mixed gender affair, and Io has shown that she can fit in with the kind of aura that the group has, they don’t call her the Joshi Judas for nothing.
Io’s English would be a potential hurdle on the main roster, but in this group she’d have Edge speaking for her, so that’s eliminated right away.
Just bring her up.
5. T-Bar
Without Googling it, try and guess how much ring time T-Bar has had on Raw in the year 2022. Seriously, guess right now, then scroll down to see how right you were. Ready?
40 seconds.
On February 28, Omos squashed T-Bar in 40 seconds. That is the only match he has had on Raw in 2022.
He’s putting on bangers on Main Event weekly based on his Twitter feed, it’s time to let the man shine on Raw. He has the whole persona down pat, and him and Priest have a history, so it would make sense.
Maybe drop the name though. Or maybe not, I wouldn’t even care at this point, just give him an opportunity.
4. Sonya Deville
From one suit wearing persona to another, Sonya Deville had a bit of a rough time on last week’s Raw, losing her role as a WWE official.
Sonya is sure to be down on her luck after being stripped of all her power, a power which Edge and the Judgment Day would try and give back to her, through control.
Plus she’d do a lot of tag team work with Rhea Ripley and that sounds great, and only partially because I know how Twitter will act when those two are on screen together.
3. Randy Orton
I know, I know. A LOT of hoops would need to be jumped through for Randy betraying Riddle and joining his former rival to make sense, but I just think it’d be awesome.
Orton and Edge’s feud had an underlying respect between the two, and with Edge now a sinister minister himself, Rated RKO reuniting and co-leading the group would kick ALL kinds of ass.
RK-Bro is fantastic though, so I don’t want this to happen any time soon, which by that point it would probably be too late, but still, I just think it’d be cool, and it’s my list. So there.
2. Finn Balor
Balor has been at loggerheads with Damian Priest specifically for months now, and recently helped AJ Styles in his quest to stop the Judgment Day.
Balor has been on the losing end of most of his encounters with the group, and what’s that old saying about not being able to beat someone?
The Bullet Club greatest hits world tour is nice for now, but Balor realising his weakness and joining up with the people who helped him realise it would be a nice twist to the story.
Plus it’d probably set up Balor vs Styles at SummerSlam which sounds tasty.
1. Ciampa
Yeah he’s gonna be the one, and honestly fair fucking enough.
Ciampa already seems to be floating around on the main roster, he’s the third wheel in the rivalry between The Miz and Mustafa Ali right now, if that tells you enough.
When the group was very initially pitched before WrestleMania 38, the names mentioned were Damian Priest, Tommaso Ciampa and Rhea Ripley.
Lo and behold, just over a month later, the group exists and Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley are in it, so it seems like the planned members may be all systems go, Ciampa included.
Maybe he’s floating around for now until WWE are ready to pull the trigger on his alliance with the group, and are just easing him into the wider WWE landscape before thrusting him into that position.
Either way, Ciampa is likely the guy.
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