Early predictions for the teams in WWE's Mixed Match Challenge
WWE announced today a mixed-gender tag team tournament scheduled to begin in the middle of January. In an innovation, it will be broadcast live on Facebook's YouTube competitor, Facebook Watch, starting January 16th at 10 PM, after SmackDown. Is WWE looking to get digital broadcasting rights and move away from traditional TV in the future? With all the cord cutting, it's a wise experiment.
As such, WWE wasted no time in announcing the participants, many of which are the company's biggest stars. The following superstars will compete for their respective brands:
Fans will vote to determine the final member of each brand's team, narrowing it down from 14 to 12.
This tournament could be quite a bit of fun, but what really matters is pairing each team up properly. With the lineup as it looks, here are superstars that seem obvious teammates, based on alignments, booking, and gimmicks.
We'll begin with RAW's teams.
Team 1: Alexa Bliss and The Miz
Both are outstanding heel mic workers. The pre-match promos the two would be able to cut together would make for an instantly memorable program, which is what WWE should be aiming for in an experiment of this potential importance. Their safe, villainous styles of wrestling would also complement each other well in the ring.
This pairing has a very high chance of happening, and should it happen, they will go far.