If you're like me you like some good tag team wrestling. But this week on Raw Xavier Woods brought up an interesting questions. How will the brand split affect the tag team division. In response Shane pulled a Donald Trump and said that every aspect will be "very well thought through." Very well thought through. What the hell is that. So this week I want to take a closer look at what the brand split could mean for the WWE Tag Team Division.
For the past couple years the tag team division has been going though a renaissance of sorts and with teams like American Alpha and the Revival in NXT, while it isn't the tag divisions of the late 80's and early 90's it is stronger then it has been in years. However the brand split could put that in jeopardy, just when it is starting to really pick up some steam again. There two possible problems that could occur.
Possible problem 1: The splitting up of tag teams.
It's always possible that they will split up tag teams. While there are some teams that could probably make it as singles guys, like Enzo and Cass, or maybe the Vaudevillains. Most teams don't have that luxury. Remember when Jimmy (or was it Jay) Usso went out with an injury. What did the other do? He was put on commentary just so that he has something to do. Split those two up and they are done. They barely have enough charisma between the two of them to get one guy over. We've seen what happens when you split the Dudleys up, nothing good. On top of that this lowers the number of tag teams which will just lead to a stale division.
This leads us to problem 2: Not having enough teams.
As things stand today I'm not sure that they have enough teams to split them to two shows. Especially if they want to have a title for each show rather then having one set of champions. Let's list the tag teams active today and you'll see what I mean.
New Day
VaudeVillains
Enzo and Cass
Dudleys
Ussos
The Club (Anderson and Gallows)
The Social Outcasts
Golden Truth
Breezango
The Shining Stars
I'm assuming the Revival will be called to the main roster after Takeover, and American Alpha might be shortly after. So in total that is 10 teams, 12 if you include the two coming NXT teams. Plenty of teams right, but how many of them are likely to get any kind or real push? Count the outcasts out, the Dudleys aren't doing anything but getting over the younger talent (nor should they be), Breezango will likely be done come the end of the Golden Truth feud. Speaking of the Golden Truth they are a comedy team so count them out. The Shinning Stars are fine wrestlers more then deserving of a push, but with the gimmick they have it wont happen. The Ussos are just too bland for another real push without an overhaul. That leaves us with four viable teams. Split them between two shows and it will run it's course real quick.
How can we avoid this? First off don't split anyone up, let all the teams stay together. Secondly have only one set of tag champs, like I talked about in my last post. This will let the champs flow from show to show and keep it at least somewhat fresh. Thinking outside the box a little you could move all the tag teams to one show. Maybe Smackdown is the tag team show. Lastly, with the tag teams it might be best just to rotate the teams between the shows somehow. Even if it is just the jobber or middle of the road teams. This will keep us from seeing the same old matches week after week.
What are your thoughts? Do you like tag team wrestling or would you rather see it fade into the background? What would you do to keep the division intact?
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