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Originally Posted by 91
This is all so true, but then again (and let's concentrate specifically on paragraph 3 here), what are the alternatives on Raw right now? La Resistance v2.07? Hurricane and Rosey? A bunch of others that I can neither remember nor get interested in when they all just get broken up after about two weeks anyway?
Half the problem comes with the way the belts are once again flying around from team to team every week while they try desperately to find a pairing that works long term. It sort of reminds me of 1999 all over again when the belts were changing hands every two weeks and it wasn't until Edge and Christian brought some respectability back to the titles that things slowed down and I started caring again. Same with 2001, except they didn't actually sort things out the next year particularly (unless you count Billy & Chuck's mildly sort of longish title reign, at least compared to everyone else and if you ignore the Rikishi-Rico angle which was pointless and went nowhere).
Actually it's the same on Smackdown. Rikishi and Scotty? Who cares? Rico and Haas? Hey, I like both guys individually (as I do Benoit and Edge) but slapping the belts on them on their first outing as a team (or second, or third... whatever) isn't going to appease me loads. And the Dudleys I've long since stopped caring about and the Bashams are OK but about as over as something else which gets very little reaction.
Frankly, they're better off right now creating some (IE lots - think back to when they had enough guys on their roster to have those huge 10 vs 10 Survivor Series matches) new teams with new guys or guys that have done jack for the last six months and establishing them all as proper tag teams, then giving the most over teams six months with the belts or something. Seriously, are tag team divisions really THAT hard to book? Create some teams, pair them all off in feuds, maybe give some of the heel teams a manager, then have Jesse Ventura talk about how the losers of the next match will drop down the imaginary ladder while the winners will probably get a tag title shot.
On a final note, a lesser man would note that they could be picking up guys who aren't doing anything, creating new teams and revitalising the division, but instead decide that they can't think of anything to do with either Kanyon or Sean O'Haire, but I'm above that so I won't.
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I meant to talk about RAW, thought I had but missed it out.
Firstly, I think if teams that are paired together need to be pushed together correctly, but of course anyone can say that, because any angle that is ever created all depends on the push of the angle. But if they push these paired off tag teams and make then win the titles, then they need to be pushed together for the next two months, or at least not break them up like you said 91, for at least 2-3 months. Also if these teams are to be paired off, then one member of the team should not be another title holder, again in the case of Benoit. To me it just makes the tag and singles champion look bad or weak.
Obviously, over the past few weeks, the WWE has been trying to establish titles more and more, having champions hold on to the titles longer (Orton with the I.C, Big Show (even though he didnt really defend it much) with the U.S, Cena now with the U.S, and Chavo (before this awful Jackie angle) with the C.W title). They need to do the same with the tag titles, which goes back to what has been said, AT LEAST establish two teams, on each show that are legit contenders and proper teams for the tag titles. If you had two teams on each brand, one team would keep the titles and defend against a more lackluster team in say, Rikishi and Scotty, and push them with the titles, while the other team has an angle with say the Dudleys. Then after say 1 and a half months, have the team fued with the others, then have them drop the titles to this other team, and make them fued with the former champions for a while, while the other team fued with the champions teams that they fueded with. Then eventually lose the titles back to the other champions again after their legit title run. Then at least this gives time for other teams to be established and/or brought in.
And yes, I have also gone off the dudleys, they also need a new gimmick/look.