Tag-Team Wrestling...can it be fixed?

[Rell]

I'd say the art of tag-team wrestling has been on its death bed since about 02/03. I'm sure some would agree, and some would disagree. The question I pose is...why? Why has tag-team wrestling been pushed aside? Theres obviously a number of reasons, but I guess I'll throw out a few.

Longevity - Tag-Teams just aren't built to last these days. Its almost a trend. The highly successful teams usually end up parting ways within a year, which is acceptable in some cases. Looking at the current roster, BK and London have been teaming for the longest amount of time, and they've only been together for about two years (they're doing absolutely nothing at the moment)

Teams consisting of two singles competitors - Of course, its been done in the past, but the idea is pretty much whored these days. We have Rhodes and Holly, Carlito and Santino, The Miz and John Morrison, etc. I understand throwing these guys in a tag-team gives them something to do, but it's something that I personally dislike.

Brand extensions - Believe it or not, the brand extension hurts tag-team wrestling. It seems as if RAW, Smackdown, and ECW are limited to about 4 tag-teams per show, which is pretty low.

Well, these are just a few thoughts I had brewing, anyone agree? Disagree?

 

[C4]

Teams consisting of two singles competitors - Of course, its been done in the past, but the idea is pretty much whored these days. We have Rhodes and Holly, Carlito and Santino, The Miz and John Morrison, etc. I understand throwing these guys in a tag-team gives them something to do, but it's something that I personally dislike.

I completely agree on this one, they just throw around random wrestlers in a Tag Team so that they have something to do on the roster, how many real tag teams do we have at the moment? Londrick, Murdoch and Cade.... ??? :g:

They need to stop doing this and build a solid tag team base on RAW, Smackdown and ECW as well; they do have the immense talented roster but they just aren't utilizing it in a proper manner. I personally think that there can be another boom period for the tag teams but they just need to think about it in detail and come up with something constructive in the end.

 

[MikeRaw]

You make some good points there rell. I absolutely agree that its a dying breed in WWE, heres my reasons, some of which youve said...

The brand extension is a huge problem, because you cant have more than like 3 teams on each brand, and as a result, theres not much interest. If it was one set of tag title for all 3 brbands, it could be sick.

WWE;s mindset.. They are too hung up on the big body guys, but they forget that throughout the 90s and early 2000's the tag teams were very popular. They are too focused on writing for the singles guys now. I think they should hire a few new writes, dont fire the old ones, but bring in some new guys with fresh ideas that could include teams.

Allso, there are plenty of good tag teams in the world, but as I stated in the previous part, they dont want them, so instead they use singles gusy like rhodes/holly, kane/punk etc, and dont go after any actual tag specialists.

They also give up too early. I mean, when hs a push ever lasted? WWE doesnt give any time for them to gro wor get support, basically, after a few sows, if they arent huge favorite,s, or arent in a major storyline, WWE gives it up...

But I wish they would fix this division, cause we're missing out on alot, and a few teams have gimmicks too.

They could have:
Highlanders, Cade/Murdoch, Deuce/Domino, The Edgeheads, Festus/Dalton, Holly/Rhodes, London/Kendrick and even bring up DH Smith and TJ Wilson for part of the hart foundation.
WWE just doesnt let these teams grow... And thats the main problem

Edit: Bring back La Resistance as well, lol.

 

[Qwake]

yeah, people like the Major's should be in there an actual tag team...

I disagree with it being dead from 02 though, it died more around 04 - 05.
in 02 they had Kane and RVD and dudleys and all those other great tag teams.....

 

[Hometown Kid]

Good points by everyone & I don't disagree it's been buried for about a year now. But can't the WWE just try & sign a couple of teams from TNA or the Indies? I mean teams like the Briscoes would be a solid fit IMO & you can't tell me whenever their contract runs out that MCMG wouldn't go to WWE if they kept their gimmick & the moneys enough...

 

[Tsaalyo Phoenix]

How to Revive the Tag Team Division

Step 1: Give London and Kendrick the belts.

 

[Chuck Taylor's Grenade]

Maybe WWE should have an overbooked Tag Team/Singles Wrestlers tournament like TNA did. But seriously if they had an agent that was only in charge of booking/writing tag team contests that would probably help. Someone who's an expert in it like Arn Anderson. And I concur with the idea to have only a unified tag team belt defended across all brands. Only problem is when the title is defended on one show what will the other tag teams on the other shows do.

 

[The Showstopper]

Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly are boring like shit I switch the channel when ever I hear Cody Rhode's music.
They should give the titles to a exciting tag team like Cryme Tyme or Brain Kendrick and Paul London.

 

[noumenon]

WWE has everything they need to revive the tag division. They have ample teams but as most have said, the brand extension hurts the division greatly. WWE also has this ungodly fascination with the odd couple teams...two of which are holding the titles right now. (Honestly though I like Miz and Morrison but both are ready to go on to bigger and better things).
Kendrick and London, Cryme Tyme, Highlanders, Jesse and Festus, Deuce and Domino, The Edgeheads, Miz and Morrison, Cody and Holly, Cantino, Cade and Murdoch...certainly that's enough to make a fuckin awesome tag division.

 

[Nancy Di Loreto]

Miz and Morrison aren't really two single competitors anymore. They do actually use tag team manuevers, unlike Holly and Rhodes, and many of the moves are quite innovative...

 

[kingovkings]

I agree with near enough what everyone else has put. like ppl said its the brand ext that is killing the tag division. so simple answer is to just have one set of tag belts for all 3 rosters to chase then you have got ya tag div again. same for cruiser-weight they could have that belt back and have all the cruiser-weights of all 3 brands go for it then we would have 2 good divisions back. Because at the moment none of the belts apart from heavyweight and wwe get used properly even the US title doesn't get used as much as it could but at least it does get defended. Unlike the invisible IC title that very rarely gets defended because the ppl they put it on ends up in big feuds. For example Jeff had it and they started pushing him for wwe title shots, Now Y2J has it he is in a feud with HBK Tista so belt is on back burner, Why put the belts on ppl and not have them defend it regularly it is a waste of a time even having tag, cruiser, or IC belts if all they are going to do is devalue them by not doing anything with them.

 

[chessarmy]

I dont think Vince cares about Tag Team wrestling anymore...its unfortunate because WWE used to have a great tag division, but now its stale and boring. The first thing they need to do is merge the WWE Tag Team Title and the World Tag Team Title, as you said Rell, the brand extention does nothing but hurt the Tag Division. Since WWE obviously doesn't want to get rid of the entire brand extention, they should just have a tag division on ONE brand, and move all the tag teams over to that brand. It sounds stupid but, it will give the tag division some life and its realistic because we all know WWE will never get rid of the brand extention, it brings them way too much money and it keeps the roster from getting overcrowded

 

[John]

For me Tag Team wrestling has not been good for a while. to be honest Cade/ Murdoch when they first came in looked promosing but all tag teams round about june 2006 When DX came about on the scene and made all tag teams Job to them to make theirselves better than any other tag team. personally i would enjoy tag team wrestlers more if they had more background and i know them more.

 

[NinoBrown]

Can't they unify the tag team titles? I heard they can't for some reason that I can't remember but that's the only real way I see the tag team division having life again. Plus most of the tag teams are heel (Miz & Morrison, Deuce/Domino, Edgeheads, Carlito & Santino, Highlanders) but it actually looks like they're making Miz & Morrison look strong. They both have wins over Punk and Kane and beat them both in the last PPV. So they could be tag team champs longer which is good but bad at the same time.

 

[KenFan4life]

....Rell sold out:jawdrop:





Gawdamn Good Thing KenFan still loyal to the El-Spammer-Ne4roz and such...
:chefsp: <Captin KenFan...leading the way againest Smarts :stab:






anyways...I' say just toss all the tag teams on ECW and give that show an extra hour so it could be 2 hours of tag team wrestling....:tomato:



or something.....who cares bout tag teams?

like seriously....