5 Reasons why the Undisputed Era should join SmackDown instead of RAW

If you are like me, you've wondered just when the Undisputed Era will make its debut on either RAW or SmackDown. They appeared during the build to Survivor Series last year but that was only to help out that PPV. Once it concluded, the group went back to dominating NXT. The group did fulfill their prophecy to all hold gold at the same time, but as things sit almost halfway through 2020, only Adam Cole is still holding a championship.

The group has dominated NXT for the better part of the last three years. Outside of a break-up angle or having the members turn on each other, there isn't much else for UE to do on the Black and Gold brand. For that reason, I think they need to move to either RAW or SmackDown at some point this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has made things drastically different for everyone but both Bianca Belair and the Forgotten Sons debuted on RAW and SmackDown respectively following WrestleMania 36.

When Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish and Roddy Strong move up to either brand, it needs to be on Friday Night SmackDown. It will obviously come down to where Creative wants to put the faction but here are five reasons why the choice should be SmackDown.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the article belong to the writer and doesn't necessarily represent Sportskeeda's stand.

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#5 All members are great in-ring workers and would mesh well with SmackDown talent

Various members of the group have competed in some of the best matches in NXT history.

One thing that is apparent in every match featuring UE is that they are extremely talented in-ring performers. Strong has "cardio for days" while Cole has the high-profile performances of his NXT Championship matches and WarGames. Fish and O'Reilly have been in some of the best matches in NXT history when either defending or challenging for the tag team titles.

The simple fact is that they are all great workers. That doesn't always translate to success but within NXT, it has. Both RAW and SmackDown have great in-ring performers but SmackDown has a roster filled more with technical wrestlers like Daniel Bryan, Cesaro, Drew Gulak, Shinsuke Nakamura, Shorty G and Dolph Ziggler. RAW also has great performers and UE would mesh well with anyone.

The Blue brand just seems to have more technical savants that would match the members of the Undisputed Era. FOX wanted a more athletic base for SmackDown once it moved to their network and Cole and his minions would fit that wonderfully.

#4 SmackDown needs some different tag teams with all of the recent changes

The New Day

The wrestling world was rocked with the numerous roster moves made by WWE last week. Several long-tenured stars were let go due to the prevailing circumstances facing not only the entire world but also the entire wrestling industry. Everyone cannot be used due to restrictions placed on amounts of people allowed in public spots and at tapings.

Among those teams let go or who have been released in 2020 include Primo and Epico, The Revival, Gallows and Anderson and Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins. The Forgotten Sons joined the Blue brand after WrestleMania 36, adding to current teams like The New Day, The Usos, Miz and John Morrison, Heavy Machinery, The B-Team and the Lucha House Party. There are also the pairings of Bryan and Gulak, the Artist's Collective and Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode.

That's still a pretty deep division but still with some faults. The Lucha House Party and B-Team aren't serious threats to the title. The Usos and The New Day have fought each other numerous times over the years and are always in the title picture. Collectively, both teams have held the tag team titles 14 times.

Miz and Morrison were having an entertaining run as the title holders but they lost on the latest SmackDown. Heavy Machinery will be champions some time soon but adding a team like Fish and O'Reilly would completely refresh and shake things up in the division.

They would have great matches with every team and could even battle Gulak and Bryan if they switch to being a tag team this year. With new tag Champs, how much longer will Miz and Morrison be a tag team? When Robert Roode returns, how does he fit into things?

The fact is that UE is too talented to not be featured among the likes of The Usos and The New Day. There are several new tag teams on RAW as well but those are primarily ones that graduated recently from NXT. When they leave the confines of Florida, UE should join SmackDown and rejuvenate its tag team division.

#3 They already have some built-in feuds

Bryan faced Cole for the NXT title after travel issues prevented roster members from making it back after Crown Jewel.

When Cole and his teammates tore things up during Survivor Series season last year, they initially made a huge impact on SmackDown. They did go to RAW and Cole had a match with Seth Rollins. Kevin Owens also participated in WarGames last year against UE.

But when they showed up on SmackDown, they matched wits with Daniel Bryan. He challenged Cole in a fantastic contest for the NXT Championship. If they want to, Creative could easily revisit that feud. Having Bryan go through each member just to get to Cole would span a few months at the very least.

Another huge feud that would be looking at the creative team right in the face would be UE vs. The New Day. Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods would be down a member but that hasn't stopped them in the past.

Faction vs. Faction is always a good selling point when both groups are among the best in the company. That's definitely the case with Cole, O'Reilly, Fish and Strong and The New Day.

A potential showdown may also force the eight-time tag Champs to find a fourth person to back them up. People have wanted to see the two groups face off and as things currently sit, it could only happen on SmackDown.

#2 There aren't any main-event factions on SmackDown

The Artists' Collective

With the current landscape of SmackDown, the two groups closest to a main-event faction would be the Artists' Collective and the New Day. On RAW, it would have been The OC due to AJ Styles and the Monday Night Messiah's group. More recently, Zelina Vega has added Austin Theory and Angel Garza to her ranks.

Sami Zayn's group is more of a mid-card stable due to The Great Liberator holding the Intercontinental Championship. He is more than capable of being a main-event guy but he's primarily been booked as a mid-card staple in his career. The New Day have always been a dominant tag team and Kofi Kingston did have a good run as WWE Champion. But each member of the group hasn't consistently competed for main-event titles. Again, that has just been how they have been booked and isn't necessarily a sign of their talent.

The Undisputed Era has been the main-event group of NXT. They've participated in every WarGames due to their dominance and they have all held gold. They're probably the closest thing to a modern-day Four Horsemen.

SmackDown is bereft of big stables dominating a brand like Evolution did back in the early 2000s. There have been some other groups like the League of Nations and others but none have exactly been dominant. Undisputed Era could be just that on SmackDown and the Blue brand needs a group like them.

#1 SmackDown needs some new, young talent

Mustafa Ali represents the next generation of stars on SmackDown.

This last point is more opinion-based. Right after WM 35, SmackDown was producing some great shows. The mid-card was stacked with talented names that were new like Aleister Black, Buddy Murphy, Andrade, Chad Gable and Mustafa Ali. Of all of those names, only Ali and Gable are a part of the Blue brand currently. We haven't seen either man in a while but both are still members of SmackDown.

I'm sure the likes of Sheamus, Jeff Hardy, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison all have their supporters but none of those names are young up-and-comers or newer talent. Each person has been with the company for at least a decade and in Morrison's case, a decade on and off. I personally like to see some newer Superstars show up and get chances so that things don't get stale.

The New Day is one of the most entertaining teams ever but they have already had a bunch of runs atop the tag team decision. Hardy is still good in the ring but he's not the same Superstar he used to be. Sheamus is a decent heel heel but he's not doing anything new. Someone like Bray Wyatt, however, has completely remade himself into one of the hottest acts in the industry.

I know that Fish is over 40 and the rest of the members are 30 or older but in terms of main-roster shelf-life, they are still new. They have unlimited potential and feuds on either show. Whatever direction they take could likely carry any brand they are on for years. SmackDown desperately needs some new faces and faces that can wrestle and talk.

RAW has exciting names like Kevin Owens, Aleister Black, Andrade, Ricochet and Murphy. SmackDown does not. For the reasons mentioned above, Undisputed Era needs to join the Blue brand next.