Apollo Crews defends WWE U.S. Title, Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka set for next week’s RAW

Two matches have been added to next week's RAW. NXT Women's Champion Charlotte Flair will meet RAW Women's Champion Asuka in singles competition and Apollo Crews is set to defend his United States Title against a mystery opponent.

WWE taped more episodes of RAW today at the Performance Center in Orlando and coming out of those tapings, matches were announced for next week’s RAW on the USA Network. On last night’s program, Apollo Crews captured the WWE United States Championship by defeating Andrade. This is Apollo’s first title win since he joined WWE and next week, he’ll have his first title defense against a mystery opponent.

Also, NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair is set to go one-on-one with RAW Women’s Champion Asuka. At WWE’s Backlash pay-per-view on June 17th, Asuka is defending her title against Nia Jax and at NXT TakeOver: In Your House on June 7th, Charlotte Flair is defending her title in a three-way against Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai.

 

WWE announced during last night’s broadcast that next week on RAW, Seth Rollins will go one-on-one with Aleister Black. To get a recap of last night’s show, head over to the ‘Rewind-A-RAW’ tab in the “podcasts” section of the site.

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