10 New Directions For WWE After WrestleMania Backlash 2022

4. WWE Unifying The Tag Belts

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If that six-man headliner at 'Mania Backlash achieved one thing, it was buying WWE some more time before unifying both the Raw and SmackDown Tag-Team Titles. They'll probably do that soon, and might even lock The Usos vs. RK-Bro inside Hell In A Cell on 5 June.

Why not? The promotion don't exactly have many viable options for the cage on that pay-per-view. Sticking a tag bout in there, especially if they ramp up the violence between both duos over the next few weeks on TV, could turn out to be an inspired idea.

Remember Jimmy and Jey vs. New Day in 2017? Yeah, think a sequel to that.

WWE don't really have enough top-tier tag-teams to warrant two separate divisions right now. "Touring" champs who flit between Raw and SmackDown would be the best bet going forwards, and it'd also compel the writers to book non-title feuds that build fresh challengers ahead of schedule.

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