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The Good, The Bad and The NXT: Ronda Rousey, AJ Styles and more

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After being slapped by Stephanie McMahon at WWE Elimination Chamber, Ronda Rousey wants retribution.

It has now been made official that for the fourth year in a row Roman Reigns will be main-eventing WrestleMania as he takes on Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at the biggest event of the year.

Elimination Chamber was Raw's final Sky Sports Box Office stop on the Road to WrestleMania so it seems that it's plain sailing now ahead of the event.

Fastlane is now in full view for the SmackDown roster as they prepare for their final pay-per-view stop before they reach New Orleans on April 8, but this week only further proved that nothing is ever a certainty in the wrestling world.

Ronda Rousey is being presented very strongly in WWE
Image: Rousey threw Triple H through a table at Elimination Chamber

Good week

Ronda Rousey (Raw)

Elimination Chamber probably didn't go to plan for the former UFC champion, but she more than made up for it on Monday Night Raw, when she proved that she knows her way around a microphone.

There aren't many superstars who can say that they put the WWE COO through a table on their debut and then planted the seeds for a WrestleMania match that could well be one of the highlights of the show.

If the training videos of Ronda are anything to go by she will definitely fit in well in the WWE, and the fans are eagerly anticipating her in-ring debut in less than six weeks' time.

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The big question now is whether or not Kurt Angle will be the one to partner Ronda as she steps up against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a match that has been building for the past three years.

Dolph Ziggler will be part of the WWE title match at Fastlane
Image: Dolph Ziggler will be part of the WWE title match at Fastlane

Dolph Ziggler (SmackDown)

It was only a few months ago that Dolph Ziggler dropped the United States Championship in the middle of the ring and walked out of WWE, seemingly for good.

This week Ziggler became a real threat to the WWE Championship at Fastlane after John Cena managed to defeat AJ Styles and turned the match into a six-way between six of the biggest stars that WWE has to offer.

Ziggler attacked Kevin Owens during Sami Zayn's match with Baron Corbin before then sending a message to Corbin when he hit him with a Zig Zag.

He then made the save later in the night when Zayn, Corbin and Owens attacked Cena and Styles. Ziggler is looking strong since his recent contract signing which poses a number of questions when it comes to his WWE future.

Kairi Sane was attacked by the debuting Shayna Baszler on NXT
Image: Shayna Baszler produced another strong performance on NXT

Shayna Baszler (NXT)

Shayna Baszler has left a path of destruction in her wake over the past few months and even though she failed to pick up the NXT Women's title in Philadelphia, she definitely left her mark on the champion.

Baszler was unable to capitalise on this a few weeks ago on NXT because of the return of Kairi Sane, but this week Baszler forced the Pirate Princess to tap out before she once again set her sights on Ember Moon.

Takeover: New Orleans is now just over five weeks away and given how much she's been built into a legitimate threat in recent weeks, it's hard to see Moon walking out with her Championship.

Finn Balor picked up a win over The Miz
Image: The Miz exited the Elimination Chamber early and was beaten by both Seth Rollins and Finn Balor on Monday night

Bad Week

The Miz (Raw)

The Miz was defeated in the Elimination Chamber quite easily before he arrived at Monday Night Raw and was then defeated by Seth Rollins and Finn Balor in quick succession.

There are now rumours suggesting that The Miz could be forced to defend his Championship against multiple opponents at WrestleMania which means that the odds will definitely be stacked against him.

Miz is the second-longest reigning Intercontinental champion in terms of combined reigns - with 560 days - but WrestleMania is in just 39 days, so the Authority on Raw is definitely making him work for that record.

AJ Styles won the WWE title from Jinder Mahal in Manchester
Image: AJ Styles is in great danger of losing his WWE title

AJ Styles (SmackDown)

Styles was the man who stood between John Cena and his presence in the WWE Championship match at Fastlane this week on SmackDown, but the 16-time champion found a way past Styles to book his place in the match that has now become a six-way for the biggest Championship in the company.

AJ doesn't even have to be pinned to lose his title in the match with five other men, which is definitely not what the champion wanted at the final pay-per-view event before WrestleMania, knowing that if he loses then he may not have a match at the big one at all.

It's been a rough few weeks for Styles, who didn't agree to a match of this calibre, but it's only going to get worse at Fastlane next weekend when he could easily be dethroned by any of the five other men.

Tyler Bate has started to take a worrying amount of losses
Image: Tyler Bate has started to take a worrying amount of losses

Tyler Bate (NXT)

This time last year Tyler Bate was the inaugural WWE United Kingdom champion, now he is on a lengthy losing streak after Velveteen Dream became the latest star in a long line over the past few weeks who have been able to brush aside the British star.

Tyler's future in WWE isn't secure after he lost to Roderick Strong in a match to decide the number one contender for the UK crown a few weeks ago and then lost to TJP on 205 Live in the tournament to decide a new Cruiserweight champion last month.

Bate put on a fantastic showing once again, but even he must be aware at this point that the losses are mounting up and his future is just becoming more and more uncertain at the worst possible time of the year.

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