WWE Draft 2017: 5 Things That Will Happen (And 5 That Won't)
10. Tag Wrestling’s Shortcomings WON’T Be Addressed
WWE’s tag team divisions are in a dire state at the moment. On Raw, current champions Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows are still recovering from last year's disastrous New Day feud, and experienced another setback by playing Roman Reigns’ personal whipping boys last month. The New Day, meanwhile, lost all direction after losing the Tag Team Championships, while Sheamus & Cesaro have fallen off following their initial formation story.
Things are even worse on SmackDown, where tag champs American Alpha routinely miss several weeks of television at a time. Last week’s main event with The Usos was dominated by talk of Shane McMahon vs. AJ Styles, and outside of the top two teams, competition is non-existent.
Logic dictates that WWE should use the draft to address such issues within their rosters, but don’t expect them to do much with the tag teams. A team or two may change brands, but the problems are too significant for a single draft to solve, and WWE probably won't even try. The company have displayed a complete disregard for this side of their product in 2017, and assuming they’ll try to improve the situation with the draft is wishful thinking.