Thread: Could Jimmy (or Jay) Uso be World Champion?
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Old 02-27-2019, 12:50 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 View Post
I say no, just because I see no way to separate them then elevate one of them as a singles competitor.

Mic wise, skill wise, and character wise, I think each alone has the talent, but unless one of them has a career ending injury, there is no way to split them that wouldn't be hokey and overshadow any potential growth. They would be stuck with the the hokey baggage and not be able to get past it.
This.

I'm not going to assume there is an injury or retirement or whatever. I will posit my thoughts on two healthy and capable individuals. They have the aforementioned baggage, and the baggage is two-fold. One, they're twins. As such, one or both would have to drastically alter themselves for some differentiation. Two, in doing so, it could potentially kill whatever which one is getting the push has going.

It isn't to say it can't be done - one turning heel and one saying face - but there is way too much potential to do that poorly with the shitty WWE monkeys-on-typewriters writing. You look at a team like The Briscoes in ROH, and they've been broken up and re-aligned, both had turns as the heel opposing the face brother, and Jay was even built to be the banner-carrier in World Champion for awhile. Over the years, they changed from twinsy confederate tights to variations of street clothes and combat gear, facial hair, and varying hairstyles. Mark's missing teeth aside, it has gotten a lot easier to tell them apart as characters over time in both look and style. You buy them both as singles guys AND as the marquee tag team that they are.

Now, look at The Usos. Even with the re-inventions they've undergone, they've both done the same thing constantly. They always talk alike and do the hypeman echo and finish sentence thing. They dress the same way. They move the same way in their matches. There is nothing that makes the one stand out from the other, and that would help in establishing either or both as a singles star while keeping the association as a team.

And speaking of, WWE has a track record of not letting tag teams amicably break up. There almost always *has* to be a betrayal gimmick forced in there somewhere. The only time I remember them not doing anything like this is the one brand split draft where they broke up the Dudley Boyz... and they showed them get pissed off about the reveal, then hug, then go their separate ways.
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