5 things that can happen on SmackDown live next week

#3 No real advancement in the tag team division

Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin confront The New Day

SmackDown has an amazing crop of tag teams, but instead of utilizing them to their fullest capability they are just squandering an insane amount of talent. They appear to have fallen back into the old standby of the champions and one set of challenges, and nobody else matters. The New Day and Benjamin & Gable had a silly segment and a disappointing match this week, and it didn’t do anything for either team. Benjamin and Gable are unimportant after being within inches of winning the titles, and The New Day didn’t need to beat them if they aren’t getting a title shot anytime soon. They’re strong. Let the team who needs to keep up some momentum win, because otherwise, they could fall apart.

I expect the Bludgeon Brothers to win another quick squash match, and The Usos might actually cut a promo directed toward them instead of just a general “we’re the best” spiel. The other tag teams will do nothing of importance. I bet they end up doing either Benjamin or Gable in a one-on-one match against a member of The New Day (probably Kofi) just because they have no idea what they are doing and to kill some time.