Monday Night Raw Preview 9/1/14: John Cena's Ruthless Aggression, Randy Orton on Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel

The September 1, 2014 edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw will emanate live from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa at 8 p.m. Eastern on Labor Day and will continue to build to the Night of Champions pay-per-view later this month.

The first advertisement for tonight's show is that John Cena has tapped into his ruthless aggression after Brock Lesnar wiped the floor with him, quite literally, at SummerSlam to capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Cena and Lesnar will have a rematch at Night of Champions, and the former champ came out last week to inform the Hall of Fame panel of Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair that he would tap into the part of himself that would allow him to slay The Beast.

In the main event, Cena demolished Bray Wyatt before the match turned into a six-man tag team bout. The key was that Cena used the German Suplex as a statement to Lesnar.

The champ will not be in the building tonight, but his advocate, Paul Heyman, will be there. Will Cena continue to maintain his confidence in his ability to take out Lesnar, or will Heyman provoke the leader of the Cenation and try to push him over the edge?

WWE has also advertised Randy Orton to appear on Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel segment. Y2J has been quiet since Bray Wyatt beat him cleanly at SummerSlam, while Orton still has some simmering anger toward Roman Reigns. Will Orton make his next move clear during the Highlight Reel segment? Will Bray take another shot at Jericho? Or will The Viper and Y2J wind up clashing?

Nikki Bella brutally attacked her twin sister Brie Bella both verbally and physically last week despite Jerry "The King" Lawler's attempts to get them to reconcile. Nikki claimed to be done with Brie's personality and her husband, Daniel Bryan. Brie has done nothing but cry since Nikki turned on her at SummerSlam, so will she finally get angry this week and try to dish out some punishment on her sister? Or will Nikki continue to assault Brie?

Roman Reigns has seemingly turned his attention from Randy Orton to Seth Rollins and Kane after the two stomped Dean Ambrose's head through cinderblocks two weeks ago. In reality, Ambrose is filming Lockdown for WWE Studios, and this is likely just a placeholder until the Lunatic Fringe returns. Still, Reigns has stuck up for his buddy in this case, and he nearly connected with a cinderblock to Rollins' head last week. Will he get the upper hand on his former Shield partner again this week? Or will Rollins and Kane have something up their sleeves?

Things got weird between AJ Lee and Divas Champion Paige last week after AJ confessed her love to Paige and then kissed her on the hand. A confused Paige simply stood in the ring. On SmackDown, AJ brought chocolates to Paige, who ate one and spat it back at her. What bizarre turn will this relationship take tonight?

Goldust and Stardust also turned heel last week, so will they continue to attack The Usos as they try to capture the WWE Tag Team Championships?

Finally, will Mark Henry continue to try to defend the U.S.A. against Rusev and Lana? Or will he stay with Big Show and try to dominate the tag team division? Will Jack Swagger now move onto Bo Dallas, or will he take another shot a the Russian patriot?

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