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With the 2020 WWE Draft now over, attention turns to the WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view and the new storylines that could potentially play out on WWE television in the near future.
Several WWE alliances came to an end in the weeks leading up to this year’s roster changes, including Andrade & Angel Garza, Bayley & Sasha Banks, Billie Kay & Peyton Royce, and Murphy & Seth Rollins.
In addition to those break-ups, the following allies were also separated in the 2020 WWE Draft: Lana & Natalya, Lucha House Party, The New Day, Otis & Tucker, and Ricochet & Apollo Crews.
Given that so many WWE Superstars have been left without any allies, it is inevitable that we will see new tag teams and on-screen partnerships on WWE RAW and WWE SmackDown soon.
In this article, let’s take a look at three WWE alliances that could potentially form after the 2020 WWE Draft, as well as two alliances that are highly unlikely to come to fruition.
#5 Possible alliance: Jey Uso and Roman Reigns (WWE SmackDown)
Roman Reigns’ WWE Universal Championship rivalry with Jey Uso is undoubtedly one of the best WWE storylines of 2020 so far.
After defeating his cousin in the main event of the WWE Clash of Champions pay-per-view last month, The Tribal Chief is set to face his former ally for the second time at WWE Hell in a Cell on October 25.
Once again, Reigns’ WWE Universal Championship will be on the line. On this occasion, however, the rematch will take place inside Hell in a Cell and it will also have an “I Quit” stipulation.
If Jey Uso quits at WWE Hell in a Cell, the storyline seems to be heading towards him bowing down to Reigns and acknowledging his cousin as The Tribal Chief of their family.
Speaking to talkSPORT’s Alex McCarthy in September 2020, Jey discussed the possibility of aligning with Reigns on WWE television again.
“The Bloodline will come on and off. That will always be there. But imagine us running that thing full-blown – and I would love to be heel – a heel faction. Hell yeah, bro! I wanna see some Samoan Swat Team 2.0 type of things, man. It’s written by itself, right?”
For what it is worth, Jey also revealed in the same interview that his twin brother, Jimmy Uso, should be ready to return from his knee injury in January-February 2021.
The Usos have aligned with Reigns on numerous occasions over the years in WWE, most notably in 2016 when they joined forces to battle AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows.
#4 Unlikely alliance: Aleister Black and Zelina Vega (WWE SmackDown)
Aleister Black (real name Tom Budgen) told Sportskeeda’s Rick Ucchino before the 2020 WWE Draft that the chances of him aligning with his wife, Zelina Vega (real name Thea Trinidad), in a WWE storyline are “zero to none”.
The former WWE NXT Champion said he obviously has a lot in common with Vega in real life, but he cannot say the same for their contrasting WWE personas.
“I personally think that it makes no sense to put me and her together because Aleister Black and Zelina Vega don’t have anything in common. Uh, Tom and Thea, who are married, have everything in common, but the characters have literally no alignment with each other. So am I saying never, never, never, never? No, but right now it’s zero to none. Like, there’s nothing that’s going to happen that is going to put myself and Zelina Vega together.”
Black and Vega both switched to WWE SmackDown in the 2020 WWE Draft after ending their rivalries on WWE RAW with Kevin Owens and Asuka, respectively.
As Black said, while a possible alliance with Vega cannot be completely ruled out, it would not make any sense from a storyline perspective to pair his character up with his real-life wife.
#3 Possible alliance: Andrade and Charlotte Flair (WWE RAW)
As of the time of writing, Andrade has still not been assigned to a brand following the 2020 WWE Draft.
In 2019, El Idolo was drafted to WWE RAW as the #5 overall pick with Zelina Vega. However, while Vega moved to WWE SmackDown after the second night of this year’s Draft, her former business associate did not get picked by either brand.
Andrade wrote on Twitter after the roster changes, “Thank you/Gracias.”
Following wild speculation about what the tweet meant, Charlotte Flair – Andrade’s fiancée in real life – clarified in a since-deleted tweet that he was thanking Vega after their three-year WWE alliance came to an end.
Interestingly, Flair also teased that she could join forces with her future husband on WWE television.
Of course, Andrade will have to get drafted to WWE RAW for this dream alliance to happen.
Flair has also been off WWE programming for the last four months after she underwent surgery in July, so it remains to be seen if and when the real-life couple’s on-screen characters could potentially work together.
#2 Unlikely alliance: The Hurt Business and Ricochet (WWE RAW)
The long-term storyline between The Hurt Business and Ricochet came to an end on the second night of the 2020 WWE Draft.
Over the last few months, MVP has repeatedly tried to convince four WWE Superstars – Apollo Crews, Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali, and Ricochet – to join his villainous faction, which originally consisted of himself, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin.
After successfully persuading Alexander to join, MVP had one last opportunity to recruit Ricochet on this week’s episode of WWE RAW.
Ricochet faced Alexander in a one-on-one match with high stakes. If Ricochet won, The Hurt Business had to leave him alone. If he lost, The One and Only would have to join The Hurt Business.
As it turned out, the former WWE United States Champion won the match after he used an old Eddie Guerrero trick to get Alexander disqualified.
With the referee down, Ricochet hit the ring canvas with a steel chair before throwing the chair into the hands of Alexander. The referee then awarded the win to Ricochet after being fooled into believing that Alexander used the chair.
The Hurt Business and Ricochet are still on WWE RAW following the 2020 WWE Draft, which means their paths could potentially cross again. However, if WWE sticks to the stipulation of this week’s match, a possible alliance should be out of the question.
#1 Possible alliance: Jeff Hardy and Matt Riddle (WWE RAW)
Jeff Hardy was drafted from WWE SmackDown to WWE RAW as the #10 pick on the second night of the 2020 WWE Draft.
As for Matt Riddle, he was chosen by WWE RAW as the #8 pick in the same Draft Pool, which means we could potentially see the two WWE Superstars join forces on a permanent basis on Monday nights.
Shortly before the 2020 WWE Draft, Riddle took to Twitter to reveal that he was a huge Hardy Boyz fan growing up.
He also mentioned that he wanted to team with Jeff Hardy before the roster changes took place.
On reflection, it is clear now that Riddle only posted that tweet in order to set up the tag team match between himself and Hardy against The Miz and John Morrison on last week’s WWE SmackDown.
However, that does not necessarily mean that a full-time alliance between the two men on WWE RAW should be ruled out.
The babyface Superstars certainly worked well together in their debut match as a team. Hardy took out Morrison with a Twist of Fate, allowing Riddle to hit the Bro Derek on The Miz to pick up the victory.
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