Analysing Raw's acquisitions in the 2018 Superstar Shake-up

#3 Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

Owens and Zayn could do well as a tag-team

While it wasn’t a trade as such, since they both remained fired from Smackdown Live following their loss to Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 34, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were unveiled as Raw superstars this past Monday.

Kurt Angle was unaware of these acquisitions but Zayn took great pride in revealing to him that Stephanie McMahon had gone over Angle’s head and personally signed them to Raw deals herself.

Moving Owens and Zayn away from Smackdown makes sense and they will likely have a significant role to play in the brand moving forward, possibly in the tag team division.

There is a lot that could be done with the duo as a team and they have a whole host of potential feuds on Raw, with the likes of Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt and Authors of Pain, amongst others.

However, long-term, this will likely lead to an eventual break-up between the pair and who wouldn't want to see Owens and Zayn tear each other apart again as the culmination of this story?