WWE Fastlane 2019: 5 Potential Finishes for Revival Vs Chad Gable & Bobby Roode Vs Aleister Black & Ricochet

WWE have managed to somehow pull the Raw Tag-Team Division from the edge of the abyss. A number of week's ago it was dying a death and now a Triple-Threat match for the Raw Tag-Team Titles is taking place at Fastlane with all three teams being credible potential winners.

Much has been made about the Revival's future with WWE after news emerged of the pair handing in a release request, as well as their lacklustre booking after winning the titles. Nevertheless, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder are heading into their first WWE PPV as main roster tag-team champions and will be looking to leave as main roster tag-team champions.

Their challengers, Chad Gable and Bobby Roode are a random pairing that has grown on me, and they are, of course, former Tag-Team Champions themselves. The other pair thrown into the mix are somewhat of a wildcard having only just been called up to the main roster from NXT, like Gable and Roode they're a thrown together pairing, but Aleister Black and Ricochet are extremely promising Superstars, undefeated as a tag-team, who could walk away victorious.

But who will this Triple-Threat Tag-Team Title match end? Who will leave Fastlane with the Raw Tag-Team Titles? What will the repercussions be heading into WrestleMania? Well, here are my five potential finishes for Revival Vs Chad Gable and Bobby Roode Vs Aleister Black and Ricochet.

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#5. The Champions Retain!

The Revival to get a clean win over the other two teams!

Many consider the Revival to be one of the best tag-teams in the world as far as wrestling ability goes, and I certainly won't argue against that. However, if you were to watch them on Monday Night Raw on a weekly basis you'd be forgiven for perhaps not taking them seriously.

Even after winning the Raw Tag-Team Titles Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder have been eating defeats all over the place, including losses to freshly called-up Ricochet and Aleister Black, who aren't even a tag-team, and DIY.

But, this could be the perfect stage for the WWE to right some wrongs and really make a statement with a team as talented as the Revival and show the world just how good they are by giving them a decisive, clean, dominant win over the other two tag-teams and allowing them to head into WrestleMania with the belts!

#4. The Call-Ups Cause A Massive Upset

Could the newly called-up, thrown together pairing from NXT win the day?

When your tag-team is made up of the extremely talented pairing of Ricochet and Aleister Black can it even be called an upset if they were to surprise the WWE Universe and triumph over Revival and Chad Gable and Bobby Roode at Fastlane and becoming Raw Tag-Team Champions?

Perhaps not, but there's certainly no denying that, even though they're undefeated as a team on the main roster, it will be a surprise to many people to see Black and Ricochet emerge victorious with some kind of Fade to Black high-flying move combination.

Black and Ricochet heading into WrestleMania as Raw Tag-Team Champions would certainly make things interesting, especially if we get to see them go head to head with either Gable and Roode or Revival in a one-on-one rematch.

#3. Gable and Roode split

Will Chad Gable and Bobby Roode split up?

Okay, so this is less of a match finish prediction and more how the match will finish prediction, but there's a very strong chance we could see a tag-team split in this match, with Chad Gable and Bobby Roode being the most obvious choice.

Since Gable and Roode started teaming up together many believed the plan was to have one of them turn heel on the other, starting a rivalry programme between the two. That is yet to happen, despite them losing the Raw Tag-Team Titles.

However, what if it were to happen during this match, with Gable attacking Roode, or Roode attacking Gable and this is what allows one of the other teams to pick up the win which would see Black and Ricochet as new champions, or Revival retaining!

And if it doesn't happen during the match, the finish to the whole thing could be a post-match beatdown involving the two former tag-team champions.

#4. A Shocking Return

Authors of Pain returning at Fastlane would make a big statement!

The Authors of Pain were one of NXT's most dominant tag-teams ever (We don't think about the Ascension) and they spent most of their main roster run to-date not living up to that dominance. Sadly, just as things were looking to improve for Akam and Rezar, Akam suffered an injury and the pair were sidelined for the second time since their callup.

Akam picked up a leg injury in January and had surgery around that time, with his expected time out to be roughly a few months. The beginning of March might be pushing the recovery time a little bit, but it's still an outside possibility that Akam could return.

If he does, the WWE could do something they should've had Authors of Pain doing from the start, and that's have then run through the competition. And, to make things better, they can do it all in the same night. Imagine the scenes of Authors of Pain returning and leaving the three Raw Tag-Teams laying on the mat.

#5. A No Contest

Will the match

get

thrown out by the referee?

On paper, all three of these teams are actually quite evenly matched, which means the result is much harder to predict. I know I certainly wouldn't be too disappointed if Revival, Gable and Roode or Ricochet and Black won.

But, what if no-one does? With six men all competing in a high-pressure match for the title there's a chance things will get a little heated and the established tag-team rules will get thrown out of the window as the match dissolves into chaos.

Ending this match with a disqualification, no contest or even a triple count-out will allow the three teams to give a taste of what they can do, and let them save the real fireworks for a rematch at WrestleMania.