Thread: Is the tag team scene dead?
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Old 10-20-2004, 07:59 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyCool
Also, what was up with Kidman and London. They existed like 2 weeks eight months before breaking up.
Also, tag wrestling (like everything else) is cyclical. There was a phenomenal tag division in the late 1980s (Hart Foundation, Rockers, Demolition, Strike Force, Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, British Bulldogs, etc.) Then there was a lull during the 1990s before things picked back up again at the turn of the century with the whole Hardys/E&C/Dudleys thing.

The first downward step on the current tumble for the division was when the Dudleys, Acolytes, and Hardys were separated at the first brand extension. This forced them into a lot of awkward team-ups that didn't work out. They remedied that by re-uniting all of those teams, but the damage had been done.

Business could pick back up if they could give us some legit teams with real tag team gimmicks.

You already have:

Dudley Boyz
La Resistance
The FBI
Basham Brothers
Hurricane and Rosey (they need a team name, then they're good)

Rene and Kenzo (give them a team name and a tandem finisher, and they're set)
Rhyno and Tajiri (ditto)

Remember, when Billy & Chuck first got together, it was just a pairing of Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo. It wasn't until they started wearing matching attire and became a "unit" that the team took off.
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