WWE Raw: Rating every traded superstar’s chance of winning a title after Shakeup

The Usos

Jimmy and Jey Uso have made their way to Monday Night Raw, where they were needed. Raw’s Tag Team Division has been in a rough spot over the past year, with only The Revival emerging as a legitimately great tag team. Chad Gable and Bobby Roode had their moments and Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins are the current champions after a fun WrestleMania moment, but only Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder could be described as a “great” tag team.

That’s changed now. The Usos are arguably the best tag team in the world, and their very presence changed the energy in the entire arena. They are an even bigger addition to Raw during the Superstar Shakeup than even AJ Styles, because Raw didn’t necessarily need another babyface in the main event – but they did need an elite tag team.

The Usos vs. The Revival and The Usos vs. The Viking Experience sound like dream title feuds, and it’s only a matter of time before they win the championships on Raw for the first time in their careers.

Rating: 10/10, Lock it in the Uso Penitentiary. 

The Viking Experience

I shudder whenever I have to type the phrase “The Viking Experience”, so we’ll just go back to calling them “Hanson” and “Rowe” and “The War Raiders” here for the sake of our…ahem…sanity.

It’s hard to fathom why Vince McMahon though this name was a good idea, save for the fact that perhaps he knows it’s a terrible name and did it to troll us. Vince McMahon troll the audience? Nah, he’d never do that, right?

Anyway, War Raiders have been one of the world’s best tag teams since they were “War Machine” in NJPW, and they are still the NXT Tag Team Champions. Their tag team title matches with Undisputed Era and Black/Ricochet are among the best tag matches of the year, and it is not even fair how athletic these two are. Strength, agility, explosiveness, you name it, Hanson and Rowe have it.

They aren’t “guaranteed” to win the tag titles like The Usos, but as one of the top four players in a thin division that is still missing AOP, War Raiders are a safer bet than most call-ups.

Rating: 8/10, It would be a surprise if they didn’t win the Raw Tag Team Titles.