What if Elias replaces Roman Reigns as the face of Raw?

1. Star tag teams

Elias may get a credibility boost from high profile tag team partners.

Any time that a new talent gets a main event level push out of the mid-card, it requires some degree of adjustment for the fans. Sometimes that means a slow, steady build working up through the mid-card, or sometimes that means a white-hot angle, or sometimes a shocking title win. The quicker it happens, though, the more support a star typically needs in order to be accepted as credible in his or her new role.

While Elias has had some interactions with stars like John Cena, he has mostly been handled as a staunchly mid-card talent since joining the main roster (and was also never an NXT headliner). He’ll need some rebuilding and a face turn is a good start. Another step in the direction of better establishing Elias as a top talent would be to team him with talents like the one WWE wants him to be. That might mean mending fences with John Cena, pairing up with the newly alone Seth Rollins, or conceivably even continuing his partnership with Kevin Owens from Super Show-Down, but with each man now cast as a face.