When Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso first teamed together and became Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, it felt like more of a happy side effect of their battle against The Judgment Day than a goal in and of itself. That might change tonight on WWE Raw form Washington D.C. as the duo gears up to try to win the titles back.
Why? For starters, they’re up against the same two men they beat for the gold, Damian Priest and Finn Balor — who then beat Rhodes and Uso a few weeks later. There’s a measure of payback that wasn’t involved prior.
Plus the surrounding stakes are higher after Adam Pearce declared that all four men will be prominently involved in the WarGames match at Survivor Series. Is this the time to give any kind of psychological edge to the people you’ll be facing inside the double-size steel cage.
We’d say no. So it will be interesting indeed to see whether or not Cody and Jey can take the titles back, and perhaps even more so to watch what happens around this championship match that might still shape Survivor Series.
Here’s what else WWE is promoting for tonight’s Raw from the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.:
- Tommaso Ciampa will battle Ludwig Kaiser after the Imperium consigliere interfered in #DIY business last week
- Shinsuke Nakamura will get a literally big challenge in the form of Alpha Academy’s Otis
- Seeking some revenge on behalf of injured friends, Indi Hartwell will go one-on-one with Xia Li
- After the Fatal 4-Way match featuring both men didn’t quite go as planned, The Miz and Ivar will fight each other in singles action for the first time
- Tegan Nox will take on Piper Niven as an offshoot of Nox and Natalya’s ongoing issues with the women’s tag team champions
That’s a lot of in-ring action, and we’re ready to take it all in beginning at 8 p.m. ET tonight.