Monday Night Raw Preview 7/21/14: Battleground Fallout Leads to SummerSlam With Brock Lesnar's Likely Return

The July 21, 2014 edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw will emanate live from the American Airlines Arena in Miami and will feature the fallout from Battleground, which many fans called a glorified episode of Raw in the aftermath of the pay-per-view on Sunday night. Tonight's Raw should start the build to SummerSlam with the extremely likely return of Brock Lesnar.

John Cena retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal Four Way match against Roman Reigns, Randy Orton and Kane on Sunday night. The rumored SummerSlam main event has been Cena vs. Lesnar for weeks, and current reports hold that Lesnar will return to WWE television tonight to start us on the road to that match.

Cena, on the other hand, will not be at Raw due to a film commitment, so WWE would have to do something else with Lesnar in order to bring him back. This is Brock Lesnar we're talking about, so it could be as simple as his coming out, F-5ing a few people and standing there while Paul Heyman announces that the one in 21-1, the man who conquered the Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania, wants his shot at the belt.

Reigns came up short in the title match on Sunday, so he will likely move onto a feud with either Randy Orton or Triple H for SummerSlam. What will Reigns do tonight to agitate the Authority and force them to face him in a match at the pay-per-view next month?

Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins never had their match last night because Ambrose was frothing at the mouth and couldn't even wait to get into the ring, so he assaulted Rollins backstage. Triple H broke it up and kicked Ambrose out of the building. Then Ambrose attacked again when Rollins went to the ring to celebrate his victory by forfeit. Then Ambrose hid in the trunk of Rollins' car and attacked a third time.

This was clearly all just a stall tactic to save this great match for SummerSlam, so expect Ambrose to continue to stalk his former friend tonight on Raw. Will Rollins take extra steps to protect himself, such as security, or will he face Ambrose directly?

As always, check back with MStars immediately after the show for a full recap of all the action. But for now, let us know in the comments below your thoughts and predictions for tonight's episode of Raw.