WWE Superstar Shakeup 2019: Full Predictions For Call-Ups, Trades
By Tom Colohue
SmackDown to Raw – The Usos
The final piece of both WWE tag team divisions and heralds of everything that I’m trying to build here; The Usos have ruled SmackDown Live since the moment the brand split began. Now it’s time to go red.
With The Usos losing their SmackDown tag team titles right after WrestleMania, this move seems set in stone already but it couldn’t possibly be more important. As has been mentioned elsewhere, The Usos have been too dominant at the top of SmackDown. Style wise, the SmackDown Live tag roster is moving away from their style. Meanwhile, the Raw division is moving towards it.
The Usos would provide much needed starpower in what has been the weakest division in WWE for the past year. They would also provide the highest match quality possible regardless of their opponent. It would be a shame to cross over The Revival on the way, but you do not get a tremendous tag division without a team as good as The Usos.
Despite being a solid, unquestionable team, The Usos will be able to occasionally wander beyond the tag division; primarily through the former Bloodline. This allows the potential for The Usos to work with Roman Reigns, either as backup or, in fact, as the primary storyline. There are not many three man teams on Raw but give me Undisputed Era vs The Bloodline at Survivor Series and I’m a happy man.
If someone is in with a shout of being the best tag team in the world, you have to give them the best opponents, the best storylines and the best exposure possible. The Usos will take the Raw tag division from being okay to being the brand to watch.
Except maybe SmackDown Live.