Revitalise the Tag Team Division

[mikeyado]

First thread, so don't bash me if I do something wrong, cool? I've looked around and although I can see lots of threads lamenting the state of WWE's tag team division, I couldn't see any about ways to improve it, so here goes.

I think the WWE needs to do two things to improve its tag team division:-

Firstly, it needs to place more importance on it, devote more tv time to it and put tag teams into more storylines, rather than just using the belts as parts of other angles. Give tag teams proper feuds which go on over a couple of months and a couple of PPVs, rather than just a match on the raw/smackdown before a ppv to decide who the number one contenders are and then a match at a PPV. Look at MCMG's and Beer Moneys feuds- the enmity was built up and they were superb.

Secondly, it needs to re-establish a tag team division and keep teams together long term, giving teams multiple reigns and having the wrestlers in them regarded as tag team specialists. Here's 5 teams I think would work:

Slater & Gabriel
The Uso's
The Dudebusters (those guys are ok)
The Hart Dynasty
Derrick Bateman and Johnny Curtis- promote them from FCW, by all accounts both decent workers.

With some established tag teams, you can build a proper division and have some decent matches.

So my questions are:-

1.) What would you do to revitalise the WWE tag division?
2.) What teams would you like to see formed/reformed to give the division a bit more weight?

Go.

 

[PunksNo1Fan]

1) Get some DECENT Tag Teams, possibly through a Tag Team NXT.
- Add credibility to the Titles by giving it to good Teams.

2) Hart Dynasty (Get 'em back quick)
- Cryme Tyme (same thing)
- Give more showtime to Dudebusters & Gatecrashers

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

One incredibly simple thing they need to do is have more tag teams. I dont think hart dynasty can be rescued this late on so this leaves kozlov and santino are the only face team in the whole company, does that seem a little odd to you, the only face team is a couple of guys who will never win the belts therefore you know that nexus will hold on to the belts until there is a team fitting the bill. I cant begin to explain how stupid that is.

Hart dynasty were starting to get a pop and then some genuis decides there should be a dead-end break-up if not bad enough itself as an idea, they should then draw that out for weeks and weeks acting like they can still be a competitive team.

Heres a hint WWE,why not try using the teams you already have. Why in the blue hell did you relegate the uso's and hawkins/archer to superstars. I know both of them are heel teams but if you have two teams then at least you dont have the same two teas competing for the belts match after match. That just produces the same stagnant world ttile situation we had about a year ago where the belt just gets passed between HHH, cena, orton and batista. We really don't need that in tag form.

I think the first step ought to be to make the dudebusters marketable. These guys are like WWE's generation ME before the heel turn, unreasonably happy and oddly likeable. Seen as they are thye ONLY contendable face tag team, TURN THEM INTO CONTENDERS. Pretending that there is a chance santino and co could have the belts doesnt fool anyone, we need a tag team who is a tag team fighting, even if they lose it makes nexus look strong and the contenders look persistent.

but quite simply I dont think WWE could do anything better right now than have more tag teams, that is why I back NXT tag team, and I'm sure a lot of people would watch it as well.

 

[Judah's Lion]

i'd seen the idea of having nXt do a Tag Team series before and really thought that this would be a great thing to have and to help rebuild this division. i'll admit that i'm not able to watch FCW or ROH as often as i'd like to, but i'm sure that there are great workers and great teams in both that would be okay with a shot in the WWE. and yes, i know that ROH is a different promotion altogether, but i think most would agree with me in saying that they have some incredible talent, including (and maybe especially!) in the tag division.

i think there are some tag teams that were broken up that need to be reformed, Cryme Tyme and Hart Dynasty especially. these guys are not major solo stars, so why not let them be credible tag teams? maybe even reform MNM? i like Morrison solo, but he's nothing too dynamic. and Mercury needs something to do. and i liked them as a tag team.

and then there are other tag teams that just need to be on TV for a good reason, you know, as opposed to being forgotten or squashed. teams like the Dude Busters, Gate Crashers and Uso's.

another idea to help build the division and possible rivalries: what about pairing each tag team (or the majority of them) with either a "legend" mentor, a manager or a diva? i'll give some examples...

Hart Dynasty. pair them up with Natalya and Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart. they don't have to be all five of them all the time, but maybe any combo of three could go to the ring for each match.
Cryme Tyme. pair them up with (no, i'm not racist) but some ethnic diva and legend. possibly Ron Simmons?
Uso's. too many to name here. but keep them with Tamina and bring in Haku/Meng/Tonga, whatever you want to call him, Rikishi, any of the Wild Samoans, etc.
MNM. obviously, keep them with Melina. maybe a legend that had that kind of gimmick. nothing comes to mind off the top of my head, but i'm sure there's one out there.
have Ted Dibiase form the Fortunate Sons stable with himself, his brother Brett and Joe Hennig. let them have their famous dad, The Million Dollar Man, nearby.
maybe pair the Rhodes brothers together. yes, that'd be Goldust and Cody. then have Dusty accompany them.
find a team to put Richie Steamboat in and, assuming that he's medically cleared to do so, have Ricky the Dragon alongside.

the idea in all of this is not to rehash old storylines. but it is to add a different mix to things. it'd also allow for the legends to appear on TV, something that a lot of people want to see. but more than that, what about the backstage effects and longterm positive effects this could have? imagine if these guys were truly mentoring the young guys in the back... how to work the mic, the crowd, plan the match, tell a story, get passionate about a feud, etc.

and, if you're truly desperate to rebuild the division, there's always the raiding of other companies. i mentioned ROH before, but what about hiring back the WGTT? what about the Dudley Boys? New Age Outlaws? Steiner Brothers? Harlem Heat?

yeah, i know that most of these guys are past their time. but they are legends in their own right. they can work the mic, the crowd and the match. they probably have more to offer backstage than in the ring, but it's still something to offer.

the point is this: if you want to rebuild the tag division, two thoughts have to be lived out. number 1 is that the tag division is important. as such, it deserves credible champions, contenders, matches, feuds and TV time. and number 2 is that there is no shame in being a tag team. there seems to be this idea that teams need to split because the next HBK needs to be found instead of being "dragged down" by a Jannetty. or that to be in a tag team means that you can't make it on your own. the fact is, some guys can't make it on their own. look at the Outlaws and the Dudley Boys. neither were good as singles. but they are legends in the tag division. LOD is another example. they were a great tag team. why is that a bad thing?

 

[LegendKiller716]

To help the division WWE needs more teams, and like someone said earlier, they need more face teams.

I think Cryme Tyme needs to be brought back. They were majorly over and put on good matches. They can help the division greatly.

Another team that got me interested was, i believe, a one time pairing in FCW Austin Watson and Percy Watson. I know Percy is teamed with Darren Young, but Young is trash. For those of you that don't know Austin Watson is Consequences Creed. I think this team could be a really exciting duo.

As for current teams, I think Hawkins should leave and Archer should team with Reks. I think that would be better.

Also I want Ryder to come to Smackdown and team with the Dudebusters. I think they would be hilarious, and all of them can go in the ring.

 

[The Masturbator]

The need to get the Harts back together.
Cryme tyme back together.
NXT for tag teams.
And bring Percy Watson to Raw and put him with darren young.

If the had a tag team NXT they would have about 4-6 new tag team's.
Put Luke gallows in a tag team.
Put Archer and Curt back together.
Or put Curt back with Zack Ryder.

But most importantly what they need to do is go to ROH and TNA and offer some of their tag teams contract's. Offer Generation me a actual contract(TNA pays them per appearance). Imagine if WWE were able to hire KOW, LAX, Generation Me, and MCMG.

 

[Wade's Public Transit Bomb]

I think a lot of people forget that they tried to use the Hart Dynasty as the tag team. They were the guys that Bret Hart put over as big deal. They were the guys to get the new belts. Etc. Well, they had shit matches. DH Smith is awful. He has no personality, no intensity, and does shit because "Hey, I am strong!" He strike bad. His look is bad. Kidd isn't much better in non-in ring categories, but at least he can put on decent lower card match. Look at their work. They sucked against The Miz and Big Show pairing. They sucked against The Miz and Jericho pairing. They embedded their "No one gives a shit" stench onto the Usos. ( Poor Usos. ) No one cared that Kidd turned on Smith.

I really think if the Harts were worth a shit, tag teams would be used more often. The WWE's booking has always been to build a division around one act, not switch up the focus everytime the acts doesn't catch on. The WWE doesn't use that stupid "Everyone gets a turn" booking that you see in other promotions.

 

[LSN80]

First off, stop treating the titles as such a joke by randomly throwing teams together and having them win titles.

I look back at 2007 for this, when HBK and Cena were just thrown together, and in their first attempt, defeated an established team of Rated RKO to win the World Tag Team Championships. The night after the Royal Rumble, no less. They then went on and defeated established tag teams over and over again to retain the titles, including Cade and Murdoch, MNM, and Rated RKO, again. This type of booking completely devalues the belts.

They've been seemingly doing this ever since. They did it with Matt Hardy and MVP. Miz and Morrison. More recently, Miz and Big Show, McIntyre and Rhodes, and Cena and Otunga. Im not seeing these teams weren't good, but they were thrown together teams that defeated established ones, thus devaluing the belts.

Keeping teams together would be the next thing. Every time a team loses the titles, they break up. The Harts. The Dashing Ones. How are we to invest in the tag team division if the teams are always changing? Even though the Hart's were bland and boring in the ring, at least they were a stable team. They dropped the belts, and dissention started, immediately. Whose to say they couldnt have worked as singles competitors, yet tagged together as well still? We have to have a team to care about in order for the division to work.

Right now, the titles are held by Gabriel and Slater of Nexus. I have no problem with them as champions. The problem I have is how they won the titles. Just as it seemed they couldn't de-value the titles anymore, they win by having Otunga lay down, and celebrate like they just won a TLC match for them. My how far have things fallen. If that's the best you can do, booking wise, the division is hard to invest in. If the best you can do for #1 contenders is Kozlov and Santino, the division is hard to invest in.

They need to keep teams together, rather then breaking them up every time they lose the titles, or a big match. They need to book actual storylines behind the titles, rather then "Team A challenges Team B." And finally, they need to have competitive, athletic matches that are enjoyable, not lying down for title switches. Allow the wrestlers to compete as singles wrestlers without breaking up established teams. There can be a balance.

 

[tazfanlt]

Why not create some new mega teams. Teams with top rankes superstars. They don't always have to be teamed together, just once in a while.

The main two teams I can think of is:
The Mega Powers: Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage
D-Generation X: HHH & HBK
And possible the Outsiders: Kevin Nash & Scott Hall

These wrestlers didn't need each other for a push, but they were still good, and when they weren't having their own storylines with their own fueds, they were wrestling together.

One possible mega team that I would like to see is Randy Orton & John Cena.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I don't think it'd take all that much effort to improve the Tag Team Division in the WWE. Truth is, just about anything would be an improvement at this point. The ultimate problem is that I don't believe that Vince McMahon really cares about tag team wrestling all that much. The WWE mentality has primarily involved creating singles stars rather than tag team stars for at least the second half of this decade. Vince primarily uses tag teams as something of a foil to build up one or, occassionally, both wrestlers before splitting them up.

I was excited when JeriShow was around. They gave the tag titles credibility, they were a good mix of skill and strength and they often had good matches. It's unfortunate the way they were used against DX as DX didn't really give a shit about the titles. It was done just so it could be said that HBK & Triple H held the tag titles together. ShowMiz was also another fun team but Vince just used the team to further build The Miz as he was tag champ and United States Champion simultaneously.

I've all but given hope on the WWE's tag team division at this point. On one hand, I'm glad to see Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater with the titles. The way they got them was absolute shit, however, and the #1 contenders are Santino & Koslov. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they dropped the titles to them.

All suggestions that've been made are good ones because ANY of them would be an improvement at this point.

 

[Trill Co$by]

First off, stop treating the titles as such a joke by randomly throwing teams together and having them win titles.

I look back at 2007 for this, when HBK and Cena were just thrown together, and in their first attempt, defeated an established team of Rated RKO to win the World Tag Team Championships. The night after the Royal Rumble, no less. They then went on and defeated established tag teams over and over again to retain the titles, including Cade and Murdoch, MNM, and Rated RKO, again. This type of booking completely devalues the belts.

Honestly, I think it depends on the two people and what those two are doing. Think about it... Basically everyone in Nexus was thrown together, and if you ask me, I see two teams in that team and a solid mid-carder along with (unfortunately) a future world champion. Honestly, if WWE threw MVP and JTG into a tag team, I think it could work.

Even back when Cena and HBK were thrown together, it didn't really degrade or devalue the titles... it actually made the team that beat them look stronger while also making Cena and HBK looking more and more like a tag team. I don't see what's wrong with putting the straps on two big stars to not only further the tag division but to give focus on a pre-existing team.


As to what I would do... right now, I would leave the belts where they are. Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel, to me, just works. The two have decent in ring abilities and they click... not only that, but the belts just look great around their waists. And as time went on, and they've had them for a while, I would bring up Hunico and Epico from FCW and have them as Rey's proteges and start a rivalry with Slater and Gabriel. Have the Luchas win and then put Husky and Micheal up in there. Use that to help drive Slater and Gabriel out of Nexus to form their own team, this way we have three solid teams each with a distinct purpose... Nexus would be heel, Gabe & Slater would be neutral, and the Luchas would be face.... And of course, you could keep around Santino and Kozlov and when Ziggler loses the IC belt I don't see why they wouldn't pair him with Rhodes... And for as long as Miz isn't doing anything important, it would be nice to see the E work him and Riley in a few tag matches... Oh and don't forget the Usos... Honestly, I feel that they could be something big if they were given time. And who knows... maybe you could have a few Superstar title changes.

 

[johnbragg]

WWE has a habit of breaking up tag teams and sending both wrestlers into singles competition.

There is an argument and a formula where this works--build up a tag team, develop interest in them, build tension, tease breakup, breakup, feud, move on to the next level of stardom. But for that to work, the tag team has to be over enough that people care that they broke up and care who betrayed whom. Call it the Rockers Model. The Rockers tag team was sacrificed, and it paid off with HBK.

Time and again, WWE breaks up moderately successful teams, like Cryme Time, when they are stale or when they have been de-pushed, and both wrestlers fail as singles wrestlers.

After the Attitude Era, WWE broke up the Dudley Boys, Edge and Christian, and the Hardys, three teams that were incredibly over. Out of those six tag team wrestlers, WWE got two world champions, and it took four or five years to build Edge to that level and even longer to build Jeff Hardy to that level. Since the Attitude Era, when the APA broke up, JBL became a singles star.

Am I missing anyone from the list? Tag-team wrestlers in the last decade who became singles stars?

I wouldn't put people like Booker and RVD and Benoit and Jericho and Big Show on that list, because I wouldn't really say that they were ever "tag team wrestlers" in WWE. They were established guys when they formed a tag team, and weren't any higher up the ladder after the team ran its course.

So should WWE rethink breaking up teams like Cryme Time, MVP & Mark Henry, Legacy, Gallows & Mercury, the Colons, Benjamin & Haas, and many more? Allow them to be jobber tag teams for another year or so, keep them on TV, and let them try a comeback push.

Or just fire the tag team if they're not going to make it.

 

[Honkey_Kong]

Yeah, but what would've happened if they didn't break up the Rockers or The Hart Foundation? Even The Hollywood Blonds were broken up (even though that wasn't WWE's doing). But my point is they would've lost out on three of the biggest names ever in wrestling if those teams weren't broken out (four if you include Pillman).

I mean not every time they split a team up does a star emerge, but there is nothing stopping them from reforming the team later on. Look at Haas and Benjamin teaming again in the indys.

And Booker T and Stevie Ray were an established team. The Harlem Heat. Multi-time tag champs. Booker went on to have a great singles career. Stevie Ray went on to talk about what a great singles career Booker T had.

 

[DeathClutch]

STOP breaking teams, up it's like a yearly tradition to break up a long running team. Once the belts are all unified I could see WWE really getting behind the tag belts and making them important like the 1990s-early 2000s.
Until then I've got no ambition to watch tag division stay alive via made up teams and the occasional long term (year long) team running the division.

 

[johnbragg]

Vince McMAhon doesn't believe in tag teams. I get that. I accept that. Vince doesn't feel that tag teams draw money, so he's not going to invest time and effort into building up a tag team division. That's the reality of the situation, so I'm not going to argue against that. For Vince, the only purpose of tag team belts is to build up wrestlers who can later become singles stars. Fine.

What I'm arguing is that the practice of taking a tag team that is not wildly over, whether a moderate success (Worlds Greatest Tag Team) or not (Cryme Time), and breaking them up to see if they can be singles stars, Does Not Work. It's different if they are a long term success, like APA or Dudley Boys, or wildly successful, like Edge and Christian. There you have raw material that could flourish or fail. If you bring someone up as a tag team for six months or a year, and break up the team, both wrestlers will almost certainly fail.

So what I'm saying is keep the mediocre tag team together, if nothing else than to serve as jobber teams to put over pair-ed up singles wrestlers needing a push. It would be a lot easier to push, say, Kofi Kingston and John Morrison by putting them over the Hart Dynasty, Crime Time, and MVP and Mark Henry, before a back-and-forth feud with Legacy for the tag titles. But you can't do that without jobber tag teams and upper-midcard tag teams. When the only tag teams are SAntino and Koslov and two Nexus members who have never had a tag match, beating them doesn't do much for Morrison and Kingston.

EDIT: I totally forgot that it worked for Miz and Morrison. Both are higher on the card than when their team broke up.

 

[I_Am_Electro_Boy]

I would destroy the whole division and have a NXT devoted to Tag Teams, with stars teaming together or stars and newcomers or just two newcomers. The winners could be Tag Champs and the rest still in WWE. I think it could work and would also make sense for two stars making a team, some teams could be Zack Ryder and Ezekiel Jackson, Mark Henry and Ted Dibiase, Evan Bourne and Rey Mysterio, Chris Masters and MVP. The pros could be one half of a legendary team e.g Edge or Christian could be a pro of one team and Farooq or JBL a pro to another, this could be pretty cool and could also work. Also devote time to the division having maybe two matches each Raw, SD and PPV and one on Superstars with storylines based around teams not just random matches.

 

[Dave]

Is there actually a need for the tag division to be any better than it is? For that matter, is there any need for a tag team division at all right now?

Seriously, I cannot think of anything interesting happening with the tag team division in months and all this time, we have been asking the WWE to give it some thought. We would have liked to have seen some great angles in that division but it is never going to happen. Over the last couple of months, they have given us nothing, outside of Cena and Otunga winning the Championships. Even then they managed to bury a legitimate tag team in the process.

Seriously, it cannot just be me that is getting annoyed at the tag team division. I will put it this way, if you are not going to give that division anything interesting, then what is the point in having it in the first place? There simply is none. Maybe it gives some people a gateway into popularity but then maybe it doesn't for others. Really, I think the tag team division is beyond repair. The same goes for the Diva's competition too. They are completely useless in the WWE.

What would I do with the tag division? I would close it down and never look back. I am not saying get rid of all of the tag matches. All I am saying is that there doesn't really seem like the need is there for a whole division.

 

[Remix]

Dave nailed it. There is simply no need for a tag division in today's WWE. A tag division is great if you need to showcase a bunch of guys who otherwise wouldn't get TV time. However with 5 hours of programming time available, that's really not an issue. The tag division is dying and it's not because of thrown together tag teams or a lack of legitimacy, it's the fact that there is no good reason to put good stars into a division which is surplus to requirements. If a guy can get over, he may as well get over on his own. Chances are he'll be more successful anyway.

 

[Cleavo77]

When I fist started watching WWE, Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes were the World Tag Team Champions. I soon realized that i missed out on the glory days of Tag Team wrestling as DX was no longer around, Edge and Christian were done, Matt and Jeff were on different shows. It seemed to me that i would never live to see the glorious days of tag team wrestling. Furthermore, i watched as the titles were unified, waiting for WWE to come up with something clever to de-unify them, but they never did. They just made us wait a year, then decided to come up with a new belt that looks like the penny. The WWE has void the division of any and all feuds, the closest thing right now is The Hart Dynasty and The Usos, but even that was a joke. They've also made it look like being a tag champion is a step down. Their is no prestige to being a tag champion anymore. So I ask you:

1) What will it take to kick-start the tag division?

2) Who Could be the next great tag team?

 

[JDX]

Basically, there is no tag division. You have the champs, a comedy act of Santino Kozlov, and the Usos, the only team in a while to debut as a tag and they are losing every match they are in (single, tag, handicap, etc.). Two teams. As for the questions here it goes:

1. just start keep one time low card teams together. Herny and whoever, Chavo and whoever, whoever and whoever. The only semi real teams I see forming are possibly Kidd and the monster valet (at the slammys it looked like a roided up dad with his five years olds HA) and Smith with someone just so they can feud more. Sheer numbers might be the only thing to even remotely help.

2. We never really know who might click if put together so I don't know.

If you want real tag team, watch TNA (tag matches are the only matches worth watching)

 

[Dzone]

In my useless opinion the Tag Division seems to be getting a mini kick start by putting it in front of people through the use of ME on both RAW and SD! An example of this is this week the main event for both shows had all the main stars in a tag team match. On top of this Kozlov & Santino are doing well as champions, walking everywhere with the belts etc and not making it a "side project". There was also a little hint at arguably one of the great tag teams in the business E&C **.

From all this it looks like WWE want to add a little prestige to their Tag Team Division, get a few life long teams from FCW and emphasize teams like USOs, they could maybe even go with the "Fortunate Sons" idea and have them hold the tag team and mid card belts (if they can get Rhodes, Dibiase brothers and Mcguillicutty in it should be enough).

*Dibiase's brother is quite good and both of them as tag champs could do a world of good (if he even gets into WWE that is xD)*

 

[Vendetta487]

They should make a tag team of Darren Young and Percy Watson. It seems like they would make a good team. Young is doing absolutely nothing right now. He will never be a main eventer but he has a good look and is pretty decent in the ring. I thought Watson was pretty good back in season 2 but he seems to have disappeared. Not sure if he is released or not.

They should have McGillicutty and Harris work specifically as a tag team. There could even be a feud between them and Slater/Gabriel where they argue over which team deserves to have a title shot.

Another Idea would be to team Michael Tarver and Skip Sheffield together when they both come back from injury. They already have history because they used to be in Nexus so it wouldn't be a completely thrown together team. They should be moved to Smackdown because Raw is much too crowded right now. Its another example of two guys who do not really have what it takes to make it on their own but are good enough to make a decent tag team.

Another thing would be to STOP breaking up tag teams unless there is a real plan in place for either guy to become a star. Look at Hart Dynasty, Cryme Tyme, Hawkins and Archer, Dudebusters or the Colons... What have any of these guys done since breaking away from their team? The Harts seem like they have a feud developing so its not completely lost but the other teams just leave two more guys who won't be on TV and are heading out the door. The last team to break up and actually have the guys do something was Miz and Morrison.

The Tag division needs to be looked at as a division. There are plenty guys that can be good tag team guys but when left on their own they simply fade into oblivion.

 

[nbieclkl91]

People say WWE needs more tag teams, and I couldn't agree more. Currently, I believe the WWE has 2 teams (Santino & Kozlov, and The Uso brothers). I guess Nexus also counts but they are more of a stable/faction. Anyways, since we all love to talk about WWE needing more tag teams, why don't we list some teams we would like to see. You can only use CURRENT superstars in the WWE and you must explain why you put or kept that team together. Oh, and don't give me that bullshit about "All you're doing is throwing 2 guys together." That has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Just because a tag team doesn't debut together doesn't mean they're not a good tag team! (DX, Miz & Morrison, Rated RKO, etc.) Anyways, here are the teams I'd like to see.

1. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov-These guys are great together and lets face it, this tag title run is the high point of their careers so far.

2. The Uso Brothers (Jey & Jimmy)-There is no need to split these guys up. They look the exact same so having single careers would be stupid.

3. The Dudebusters (Trent Baretta & Curt Hawkins)-It's only a matter of time before this happens. Curt Hawkins was a dudebuster in FCW so they have tagged together before.

4. True Crime (R-Truth & JTG)-They pretty much have the same gimmick and neither of them are going to be winning any other titles anytime soon. Plus on NXT R-Truth "called" JTG to replace him so they're on-screen friends atleast.

5. Fortunate Sons (Ted Dibiase & Joe Henning)-I've seen them tag before outside of WWE and they make one great tag team. WWE needs to change McGuillicuty's name back to Henning asap.

6. Heath Slater & Husky Harris-These guys just seem to fit better together rather than Slater & Gabriel. They could be similar to Cade & Murdock with the red neck gimmick and all.

7. Evan Bourne & Kaval-Two great high-flyers that are not going to be in the
mainevent ever. Kaval is jobbing on smackdown and Bourne wasn't really doing anything before his injury. Put them together and they could end up being the MCMG of WWE.

8. Tyson Kidd & Jackson Andrews-We saw Andrews debut a few weeks ago as Kidd's bodyguard so it'll only be a matter of time before the become a legit tag team or atleast something like Punk & Gallows.

9. Sheamus & Drew McIntyre-This one is mainly a dream team but man would they be awsome together. An Irish man and a Scottish Man teaming together to form a new version of The 2 man power trip! They could end up being the most dominant tag team in recent history. Again, more of a dream team but when it happens, I want to atleast say I thought it would happen.

 

[LSN80]

People say WWE needs more tag teams, and I couldn't agree more. Currently, I believe the WWE has 2 teams (Santino & Kozlov, and The Uso brothers). I guess Nexus also counts but they are more of a stable/faction. Anyways, since we all love to talk about WWE needing more tag teams, why don't we list some teams we would like to see. You can only use CURRENT superstars in the WWE and you must explain why you put or kept that team together. Oh, and don't give me that bullshit about "All you're doing is throwing 2 guys together." That has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Just because a tag team doesn't debut together doesn't mean they're not a good tag team! (DX, Miz & Morrison, Rated RKO, etc.) Anyways, here are the teams I'd like to see.

This mentality does hurt the WWE. Unless they keep these teams together for some time the way TNA does, throwing people together for the purpose of establishing a tag team needs to be an investment into a long term team. DX was a stable that was reformed, but they really didn't chase tag team gold. Miz and Morrison were together for over a year, and used it as a springboard for both of their single's careers. Rated RKO was formed with a specific purpose, and that was with the goal in mind of taking down DX. Once that long angle was ended, Rated RKO disbanded as a team as well. Good tag teams, absolutely. But each of the three had distinct purpose and storylines to drive what made them good as teams.

1. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov-These guys are great together and lets face it, this tag title run is the high point of their careers so far.

I think they've actually elevated the tag team belts, because Santino is so over. Kozlov's affiliation with Santino has gotten him over as well. Despite being a comedy team, they've made people care about the tag titles because of the intrigue of the pairing. This was the case(like Miz and Morrison at the time with less talent and more comedy) of two people going nowhere individually but reaching success collectively. This has been a good pairing, and has made the tag straps valuable.

2. The Uso Brothers (Jey & Jimmy)-There is no need to split these guys up. They look the exact same so having single careers would be stupid.

I agree with you here again. The problem is despite their hot debut attacking the Hart Dynasty, the fued itself never delivered and they've been relegated to wrestling Mark Henry in handicap matches on Superstars. Should they stay together? Absolutely. Do they need re-built? Definitely.

3. The Dudebusters (Trent Baretta & Curt Hawkins)-It's only a matter of time before this happens. Curt Hawkins was a dudebuster in FCW so they have tagged together before.

I remember their affiliation in FCW and it seemed they were going somewhere with them together, but there's a logjam on Smackdown right now so they have been relegated to single's matches on Superstar's. Hawkins is much improved, so id rather see a re-pairing of a re-packaged Zack Ryder then with an irrelevant Trent Barretta.

4. True Crime (R-Truth & JTG)-They pretty much have the same gimmick and neither of them are going to be winning any other titles anytime soon. Plus on NXT R-Truth "called" JTG to replace him so they're on-screen friends atleast.

This could work. Both are stuck in the mid-card(at best), and have similar styles of offense, so i wouldn't mind seeing these two being thrown together in order to give them something to do.

5. Fortunate Sons (Ted Dibiase & Joe Henning)-I've seen them tag before outside of WWE and they make one great tag team. WWE needs to change McGuillicuty's name back to Henning asap.

They've already established that Hennig "took his mothers name", so a name change doesnt seem relevant here. What matters is that people already know he's the son of Mr. Perfect, so again, this is another affiliation that could easily work. But when's the last time we've seen McGuillicutty actually in the ring? I think it was before he was indcuted into Nexus. DiBiase also needs rebuilt before this pairing could work.

6. Heath Slater & Husky Harris-These guys just seem to fit better together rather than Slater & Gabriel. They could be similar to Cade & Murdock with the red neck gimmick and all.

I could really care less about either outside of their affiliation with Nexus. Slater is a bad wrestler with a bad look and Harris needs to lose a ton of weight. Im not sure where the Cade and Murdoch comparison comes in as both were larger wrestlers, and Slater obviously is not. IVe never seen Slater painted as a redneck other then you could make that assumption just because he's from West Virginia.

7. Evan Bourne & Kaval-Two great high-flyers that are not going to be in the
mainevent ever. Kaval is jobbing on smackdown and Bourne wasn't really doing anything before his injury. Put them together and they could end up being the MCMG of WWE.

I dont see them as the MCMG's of WWE, but this could work. This would be a good pairing as well as it would give them relevance and something to do.

8. Tyson Kidd & Jackson Andrews-We saw Andrews debut a few weeks ago as Kidd's bodyguard so it'll only be a matter of time before the become a legit tag team or atleast something like Punk & Gallows.

I don't see this happening whatsoever. They may wrestle matches together, but it would really undo the split of the Hart Dynasty as it would replace DHS with an unknown wrestler. The purpose of the split was to create a single's career for Tyson, hence the assignment of a bodyguard.

9. Sheamus & Drew McIntyre-This one is mainly a dream team but man would they be awsome together. An Irish man and a Scottish Man teaming together to form a new version of The 2 man power trip! They could end up being the most dominant tag team in recent history. Again, more of a dream team but when it happens, I want to atleast say I thought it would happen.

This won't happen. Sheamus is a two time former WWE champion and the KOTR. For him to step into the tag team division would be a huge step down for him. The tag team titles are mid-card belts at most, and for Sheamus to step down into the mid-card would hurt Sheamus more then it would help the tag division. McIntyre was just in a failed dartboard tag team, so why put him in another one?

 

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What about The Dashing Gold - Cody Rhodes and Goldust, I guess this means either Cody turns face or Goldust turns heel. Either way both are excellent in promos and something between the two could work out.