2.) Authors of Pain
After attacking Hawkins and Ryder backstage before Survivor Series, Akam and Rezar defeated Hawkins and Ryder in a very quick tag team match. They made Hawkins and Ryder look like jobbers and made the WWE fans question even further if Hawkins and Ryder are even legitimate contenders for the Raw Tag Team Championships.
This dominant victory should put them in the conversation for a Raw Tag Team Championship opportunity, but there is now speculation that Authors of Pain will align themselves with Seth Rollins. If that is the case, their opportunity at the belts might be put on hold until WrestleMania season.
However, if this monstrous match up between the Viking Raiders and Authors of Pain were to occur, it would be a tough match to call. The Viking Raiders have been fun tag team champions to watch inside the squared circle, and it would feel a tad premature if they were to lose the championships before 2019 came to a close.
On the other hand, Authors of Pain need the win to rewrite the pain they seek on inflicting and establish their claims of being the most dominant tag team on the main roster. In hindsight, the stakes are too high and this feud should be saved for WrestleMania once both teams have been built up appropriately. Nonetheless, there is one team on Raw that would be the most fitting for the Viking Raiders at WWE TLC 2019.