5 things that must happen on RAW, NXT, and SmackDown this week

#4 Authors of Pain answer The Viking Raiders’ challenge

Authors of Pain need to gain more heat by taking down fan favorites

The Viking Raiders have been doing a great job at keeping the RAW Tag Team Championships firmly around their waists.

While they’ve only run through regular tag teams (and a bunch of jobbers) on the Red brand, they showed their true powers at Survivor Series, securing the only victory for RAW.

Now that the pair is out offering open challenges on RAW, we should see the challenge get answered by none other than the Authors of Pain (AoP). Last week, The Street Profits gave the Raiders their first tough match on RAW, and AoP have the potential to do one better.

Having aligned with Seth Rollins recently, the pair is set to make a huge impact on the Red brand going forward.

The former RAW Tag Team Champions should answer the challenge with Seth Rollins by their side, and give the Raiders a tough time until Kevin Owens shows up to attack Rollins and distract AoP to allow the current champions to retain their titles via disqualification or count-out.

This will help steam up the challenges on the Red brand, and also give the Raiders a real threat to look forward to in the weeks to come.