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WWE: 3 reasons why Men’s Tag Titles should be unified at Superstar Shakeup 2019

By Kevin Parvizi

The Hardy Boyz celebrate victory in the ring during WWE show at Zenith Arena on May 10, 2017 in Lille, northern France. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
The Hardy Boyz celebrate victory in the ring during WWE show at Zenith Arena on May 10, 2017 in Lille, northern France. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) /
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The unpredictability is part of the fun

Some WWE fans cried “But what about the brand split?” when SmackDown’s Shelton Benjamin made a surprise appearance on Monday Night Raw in March to help Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar make like miserable for future Beast Slayer Seth Rollins. But for most fans, Benjamin was a pleasant surprise on Raw, and moments like that keep fans on their toes.

Unpredictability is often a large part of what makes WWE so fun, and by having just one belt defended on both shows, fans would be kept guessing. Who could interfere to stake their claim at the WWE Tag Team Championships? Will The Hardy Boyz show up on Raw or SmackDown this week? Will we get a No. 1 Contender’s match between two teams on opposite brands?

When Sasha Banks and Bayley showed up on SmackDown Live to call out the IIconics and have their first one-on-one match with Peyton Royce and Billie Kay, fans were locked in on that matchup. I’d imagine they’d do the same for, say, The Revival vs. The Usos.

Unifying the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Titles can help make tag team wrestling in WWE feel more important, just by virtue of making fans buzz about what could be in store each and every week. Though many tag teams in WWE, namely The New Day and The Bar or The Usos, are in “fight forever” territory, it would get tiresome watching Chad Gable and Bobby Roode vs. The Revival each week, regardless of the talents of the four men in the ring.

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