Brock Lesnar, The Usos, Xavier Woods and More from the Militant Mailbag

This week’s mailbag features talk about The Usos and WWE’s new pro-black alliance. The mailbag will not be televised. Per usual, it will be written.

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@ThisIsNasty Who will beat The Usos for the gold?

— Jack Bird (@MrJackBird) July 23, 2014"

That’s a question that will draw more money the longer it lingers. The Usos are a tag team throwback in several ways. The face paint, the matching outfits, the coordinated moves and now a long tag team championship run.

The Usos’ dominance has been able to mask what has been a depleted tag team division. To book them, all WWE really needs to do is build up one team per pay-per-view cycle (usually around two to three months), and The Usos will do the rest.

As far as potential dethroners, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan have already had their chances, although they could resurface in a Fatal 4-Way.

After The Wyatts, WWE really begins to grasp at straws in terms of viable challengers. Few fans are considering RybAxel a serious threat to take the strap from The Usos.

The team of Stardust and Goldust, however, is somehow gaining popularity through overly cryptic promos that make a Bray Wyatt monologue seem lucid.

Metaphoric talk of a cosmic key that apparently represents the WWE Tag Team championship continues to draw cheers from live arenas.

Oddball or not, the Rhodes brothers are still a talented duo. Once the hottest act across all WWE programming, the Rhodes’ efforts combined with that of The Usos can match the level of chemistry that the Wyatts and Usos have developed. 

There is, however, another tag team that seems to be in the works.

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@ThisIsNasty if the NOD is back who gets to be Owen?

— Jordan Smith (@JSmith_Sports) July 22, 2014"

Of course, this is a reference to the late, great Owen Hart, who is one of two white alumni of pro-black stable Nation of Domination (the other being Crush).

As cliche as the Nation of Domination reference seems, one can’t blame WWE fans for making this comparison.

Xavier Woods—doing his best impression of Malcolm X—was clearly using racially charged language, saying “now is our time” and “this is our place.”

Judging by their match on Main Event, expect this angle to only develop Kofi Kingston and Big E as a tag team, with Woods acting as a mouthpiece.

I don’t expect any additional members, black or white. In fact, this angle is currently on borrowed time and will be exponentially cooled down once pressure from other media outlets regarding WWE’s race relations subsides.  

That said, Kingston and Big E make for an intriguing tag team. With Big E the thunder to Kingston’s lightning, WWE can salvage serious tag team title contenders once this radical storyline hits its ceiling. It certainly was refreshing to see Kingston work a more aggressive heel style, rife with chops and scowling facial expressions. 

Big E and Kofi would be good foils for The Usos. The Usos have connected with fans through the type of pre-match tribal salute that Woods deems “singing and dancing like a puppet.”

With WWE’s tag team division in need of formidable threats to the Uso dynasty, Big E and Kofi are your men.

But if ever there were a white member of this alliance? Let’s go with Heath Slater.

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@ThisIsNasty Gotta keep you alive! Q. If Brock wins the Championship, what kind of schedule is he gonna keep? Part time or full time Champ?

— V (@MrVDawg) July 23, 2014"

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is rarely defended on Raw. In fact, current champion John Cena missed Monday’s Raw to film scenes for his role in the forthcoming Trainwreck movie, according to PWInsider.com (subscription required, h/t WrestlingInc.com).

Still, Raw achieved its highest rating in two months, according to James Caldwell of PWTorch.com.

Of course, that was with Lesnar on television, and should he defeat Cena at SummerSlam, it’s difficult for some to foresee a scenario where a part-timer like Lesnar holds the title until WrestleMania.

Trust me—it’s possible.

Despite the former MMA star's return to WWE television, it was Paul Heyman, not Lesnar, who once again shined. While Lesnar appeared menacing, Heyman delivered a standard Heyman promo, which is tantamount to a top-10 promo from anybody else.

That’s what he does. Heyman basically breathes promos and sells pay-per-views.

The amount of heat he would get for carrying the WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt around and singing Lesnar’s praises—all while reminding fans that Lesnar will show up when he wants because that’s what a conqueror does—will justify a part-time world champion. 

This experiment worked seamlessly with The Rock, and he didn’t have the luxury of a surrogate to speak in his absence.

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship does not need to be on television every week. The only concern is possibly adding a few pay-per-views to Lesnar’s limited-dates contract if the plan is for him to keep the championship through WrestleMania. 

Sure, WWE is on a tight budget these days. But Lesnar’s drawing power, as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion who conquered The Undertaker's streak, will be well worth it. 

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