Of course, The Judgment Day and The Bloodline aren’t the only stables having internal problems, though Imperium’s issues are somewhat less compelling.

McIntyre and Riddle vs. Imperium was a pretty standard tag team match with a pretty standard finish that didn’t really advance the McIntyre/GUNTHER feud in a meaningful way, but did tease a potential divide within Imperium. After Vinci got pinned, GUNTHER and Kaiser abandoned him on the ramp, presumably because he’s the one who lost? It’s a strange choice, since it’s not like Kaiser has been covering himself in glory lately; he and Vinci almost never win TV matches as a tag team, and certainly never as individuals. If we had to guess, we’d say the Imperium/Vinci split is a swerve and he’ll show up at SummerSlam to help GUNTHER beat McIntyre (not everyone can slowly break up with each other at the same time, can they?) but it’s always possible WWE is changing up the Imperium lineup. It would suck for Vinci, but it might be better for the group overall, which doesn’t have much going for it right now outside of the Intercontinental Champion.

While the match between GUNTHER and McIntyre will probably be great, this feud isn’t working for us so far. Too much Riddle, not enough direct interaction between GUNTHER and McIntyre themselves. We have no idea what to make of McIntyre and Riddle’s backstage declaration that they’re going to rid WWE of dominant factions, and we’re not really looking forward to GUNTHER mauling Riddle again next week — unless the beating takes him off TV.