What we learned from the WWE this week: May 05, 2017

After a lacklustre seven days leading up to Payback, the WWE were back on form this week; they moved new storylines and feuds forward and gave an all-time great the send off he deserved. So, without any further ado, here is what we learned from the WWE this week:

#1 Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax need to be a tag team

The big guy/little guy dynamic within a tag team has worked for the WWE for many a year now. The likes of Shawn Michaels & Diesel and more recent examples like Jerishow, Showmiz and Enzo & Cass are all prime examples of this dynamic. We have also seen recent examples of it in the women’s division too, such as when Tamina became AJ Lee’s bodyguard/ partner. This week, we saw the potential for another women’s tag team to emerge between Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax.

In Alexa’s grand championship coronation to kick off Raw, she went round her fellow female competitors and laid into them, giving particular attention to Mickie James, Sasha Banks and former champ, Bayley. Things got pretty comical when she realised Nia was looking down at her (literally) with that cold stare she has. Alexa played the cowardly heel persona brilliantly, deciding to suck up to Jax rather than offend her.

The dynamics of the two together, although only for a few seconds, appeared to work very well. Anyone who follows either of the women on social media will know they have developed quite the off-screen friendship, which always helps to make a tag-team that much more believable in the ring.

This would also be a good spot for Nia because she still needs time to perfect her skills and endear herself to the audience. A few months of teaming with Alexa might even lead to a face turn for Jax, which is probably what she needs in the long term anyway.