WWE RAW: 3 Reasons why Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman becoming RAW Tag Team Champions is good & 2 reasons why it isn’t

This week’s episode of RAW promised us a lot of goods and mostly delivered them. The show opened with Roman Reigns beating Dolph Ziggler – who seems to have become the new punching bag of the company – and then slowly worked towards developing major storylines for the Superstars.

Randy Orton once again joined forces with the Revival during the latter’s match against New Day. Orton, for the second time, RKO’d all three members of the New Day to establish himself as the strongest possible challenger to Kofi Kingston’s WWE Title.

Bray Wyatt’s Fiend also showed up and attacked Jerry Lawler while Sasha Banks refused to give any explanation for her attack on Natalya before brutalizing her even further.

The King of the Ring first-round matches also took place as Samoa Joe and Cedric Alexander came out as winners, as expected. The highlight of the show, however, was Braun Strowman teaming up with Seth Rollins to take on Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson for the RAW Tag Team Titles.

By the end of the match, Rollins and Strowman were the new RAW Tag Team Champions and here are 3 reasons why it was a good move and 2 why it wasn’t…

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#3 Why it is good: More limelight on the Tag Team Division

More limelight on the Tag Division

The Tag Team Division of WWE has always been looked upon as an afterthought. The fact that the company saw it fit to put the title on a 10-year-old kid, who was coincidently partnered by Braun Strowman, is a testament to the secondary status of the titles.

However, with the Universal Champion now holding the RAW Tag Team Title alongside his potential challenger for the very same title, it automatically puts more limelight and prestige to the Tag Titles.

This could be a way to put more weight on the RAW Tag Team Titles and Strowman and Rollins winning it now certainly puts the limelight on the division. Whether the company is going to capitalize on that, however, by putting over another Tag Team is another story entirely.

#2 Why it isn’t good: Undermines the other Tag Teams

They have been doing nothing but squashing jobbers

While there is no doubt that having the WWE RAW Tag Team Titles on Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman adds more prestige to them, what can’t be denied is that the pair are not actually a ‘team’.

The two are simply singles competitor who came together for one night and won the title off Anderson and Gallows, who have been Tag Team partners for a long time now.

This is something that undermines the real Tag Teams out there as it goes to show how the company prefers two singles competitors over them for the time being. But there is a very good opportunity to correct this by using Strowman and Rollins to put over another Tag Team, as mentioned earlier.

The pair are almost certainly not going to hold the titles for a long time as their win might be used as a springboard towards a feud between the two. But for now, thinking from the perspective of the likes of Heavy Machinery and the Viking Raiders, the message from this doesn’t really bode well for the other Tag Teams.

#2 Why it is good: Strowman gets gold

Braun Strowman had a really strong 2017 and first-half of 2018. At one point, when he was terrorizing the production unit by destroying anything and everything in his path, he seemed destined to become the WWE Universal Title sooner rather than later, especially when Roman Reigns announced the return of leukemia and had to drop the title.

Brock Lesnar and Strowman fought for the Universal Title at Crown Jewel last year and the former beat the latter with ease, thanks to an assist from Baron Corbin, to win back the title which he only lost a few months ago.

After that, things started going downhill for the Monster Among Men but then a feud against Bobby Lashley gave him momentum and his win against the Almighty in a Last Man Standing match at Extreme Rules set him up for bigger and better things.

While he wasn’t on the card at SummerSlam, Strowman came back strongly after the PPV and seems to be back in the title picture. If his bid for a Universal Title shot wasn’t convincing already, putting gold around him especially after he pinned Anderson gives him more credibility.

Strowman is a Monster Among Men and he needs to be portrayed that way and having a belt around his waist, which is also shared by the Universal Champion Seth Rollins, is a step towards the right direction.

#1 Why it isn’t good: Makes OC look weak

They were really dominating in recent weeks

As mentioned earlier, the Tag Team Division have been more of an afterthought for the company. It is difficult to recall the last time when a faction or a Tag Team dominated the proceedings in the company apart from the Shield and the New Day.

With AJ Styles coming together with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, it seemed like the company was finally realizing the importance of having an intimidating faction.

We have to remember that the OC are a heel faction and villainous teams are always more interesting as they have more freedom to work with because they are not limited by ethics like face factions are.

As a result, when every member of the OC were draped in gold, there was a feeling that they are here to stay and dominate for a while. Every AJ Styles match since the three came together have been interesting and the same can be said about Tag Team matches of Anderson and Gallows.

However, with this loss to Rollins and Strowman, OC look weak, especially considering that AJ Styles also interfered in the match to help his friends. Had WWE kept AJ Styles out of this somehow, this might not have made them look as weak as it does now.

#1 Why it is good: Potentially incredible Strowman-Rollins feud

A future feud in the making

Dave Meltzer mentioned last week that Braun Strowman is the likeliest opponent for Seth Rollins’ WWE Universal Title at Clash of Champions.

"It is Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman in the Charlotte main event. Unless Vince changes his mind, but I don't think he's going to.

"I think that's pretty much (set), which is weird because the do everything to make Seth into a babyface and they bring in Braun, who is going to be a super babyface the way that they brought him in and just because he's been forgotten about for a few weeks.”

As he stated, both Strowman and Rollins are babyfaces, which makes it a little tough to have a proper feud between the two. However, now that they are the RAW Tag Team Champions, WWE have the premise to work on an epic feud between the two.

WWE could go old school and make the duo lose the titles as early as next week, which could cause a friction between them that could lead into a WWE Universal Title match at the Clash of Champions.

There are actually many ways to play this and if WWE gets it right, we could have an incredible storyline on this front.