No Mercy 2016: Hope and Reality

Heath Slater & Rhyno(c) vs. The Usos: SmackDown Tag Team Championship

“If we lose, I still get to keep my crackers, though, right?” -Rhyno, knowing what’s important

Hope

Slater and Rhyno are the best together as Team OMG! (One Man Gore). Aerosol cheese-loving politician Rhyno and hapless trailer park dad Heath are the first Smackdown tag team champs and if it can’t be American Alpha, this is a great alternative.

The Usos don’t need the belts right now because their pivot toward the dark side is actually working and it’s the first time ever I’ve been excited to see Jimmy and Jey do anything. I want OMG to keep the belts for a year, while The Usos and Jason Jordan and Chad Gable unsuccessfully attempt to take the belts in an endless comedy of errors.

Also, more cheese and crackers.

Reality

The Usos are gonna get it, and whether I like it or not, it makes sense. American Alpha are the future and their first championship win should come at the destruction of the Terrible Twosos.

I don’t wanna see Slater and Rhyno get beat by a team I love, because I love them, too. But the payoff of AA beating the bad guys is worth it. So when The Usos pull the belts off the current champs I won’t be too upset, and honestly, these hastily slapped together tag teams never last very long, even if they’re really great.