As with any match involving the Judgment Day, the odds are heavily stacked against Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes heading into this bout for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships. There is another potential factor looming though — that being “The Scottish Warrior,” Drew McIntyre.

Since Jey Uso transferred over to the “WWE Raw” brand, multiple members of the locker room have been skeptical of his presence. Arguably the biggest critic of the move is Drew McIntyre, who has constantly reminded his peers of the utter chaos that Uso helped spread during his previous run in The Bloodline, the faction that prevented the likes of McIntyre, Rhodes, Sami Zayn, and Kevin Owens from becoming the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. With this in mind, McIntyre may choose to enact some revenge on Uso, and hinder him from regaining tag team gold.

At the very least, Damian Priest and Finn Balor are virtually guaranteed some level of assistance from their Judgment Day stablemates Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio, which is why 85% of Wrestling Inc. staff are confident that the Judgment Day will retain their Undisputed Tag Team Championships at WWE Fastlane. 

Outside of his numbers disadvantage, Cody Rhodes has also stressed the importance of “finishing the story,” which entails him winning the WWE Championship, not the WWE Tag Team Championships. If Rhodes is aiming to get himself back in the title picture soon, a run with the tag team titles will push back his timeline even more. On a similar wavelength, Jey Uso recently split off from his brother, Jimmy Uso, and has since moved to “Raw” with the goal of reestablishing himself in the main event scene. Another tag team title reign does not fulfill that mission.

Written by Ella Jay