WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 Predictions
By Tim Sherry
credit: WWE.com
Tag Team Turmoil for the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
This match, unfortunately, shows the state of the Smackdown tag division. Although the champions, American Alpha, happen to be one of the best teams in all of the WWE, the rest of the field aren’t exactly lighting the world on fire right now. Since the start of 2016, the five challenging teams have a combined record of 24-100 (cagematch.net). That doesn’t really scream legitimate challenger. But this is the type of match that comes about because the creative team can’t substantiate one singular contender and that’s a shame. Any of those teams given time and support could be turned into title threats. But in the meantime, we have tag team turmoil.
This is the easiest call of the night. There is no doubt in my mind that AA walks out of Phoenix as champions but the bigger question here is if anything happens to spice up the division. Maybe a post-match run-in by The Revival? Why not? The former 2-time NXT tag team champions had been off television for over a month until last week’s NXT and they are more than ready to make their main roster debut. American Alpha and The Revival rekindling their feud may be exactly what the Smackdown tag division needs.
Winner and still champions: American Alpha