WWE SmackDown: 3 biggest questions from this week’s episode (February 05, 2019)

#2 Why are Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura becoming a tag team?

Rusev holding Nakamura's hand up a the end signals towards an alliance

Just a few weeks ago, Shinsuke Nakamura was one of the most hated heels on SmackDown Live while Rusev was one of the biggest babyfaces in WWE.

While both men had a singular aim, which was to win the United States Championship, it’s odd that the two men have turned into a heel tag team after losing the title to R-Truth.

We had seen Nakamura intentionally and unintentionally attack Lana a few times, but all seems to be forgotten now as the two men took on The Good Brothers last night in a winning effort.

If WWE is planning on building another makeshift tag team comprising of two top-level individual superstars just to keep them relevant, then this can be a bad move.

If they are planning on making them the tag team champions at some point this year, then what about the existing tag teams on SmackDown who are waiting for their chance?

Maybe WWE is planning to switch the two men to Raw in the Superstar Shakeup.

Whatever the case may be, it is quite puzzling to see these two individuals teasing a tag team pairing for some time.