The Current Tag Team Divisions

[Mr. Nerfect]

Alright, I know people are sick and tired of “Ways to Improve the Tag Team Division of Both Brands” threads, but here is a “Way to Improve the Tag Team Division of Both Brands” thread.

I think if you gave any wrestling fan a true or false exam of their opinions on the current state of each brands’ tag team division, you would get “TRUE” for the question that would read “Is the tag team division of each brand currently weak?”. I’ve been thinking and thinking about this, and I’ve come to the following problems with each brand.

RAW: The World Tag Team Division has direction, but it has no room. La Resitance and Rhyno & Tajiri are the forerunners for this division. Two great tag teams, but nothing to make them look great. The Hurricane and Rosey can’t even be counted as a current tag team since Gregory is sitting on the shelf. I think a few new teams should show up and really make the division a giant feud. Every wrestler wants to prove they’re the best. We haven’t really seen that on RAW, mainly because they are no tag teams.

SmackDown!: Almost the opposite to RAW’s problem, the WWE Tag Team Division has the utensils, it just doesn’t have the direction. Don’t get me wrong, The Shooting Stars are great WWE Tag Team Champions, but you have these two guys that should be worried about going in their every night and facing a different tag team and having to fight just for the right to have their blue and gold belts. Think back to 2000/200, in the days when tag teams like Edge & Christian, The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz were furnishing the division. Even AFTER the champions had wrestled a match they had to worry about another team winning the titles.

So how do we fix this problem? I wouldn’t really be an expert, but we all have our ideas. Mine is that I think the tag team division should be what it was about in 2000/2001, appeal. The tag team division wasn’t about two sub-par wrestlers who teamed together for the sake of it. They were wrestlers who were greatly skilled, and with four greatly talented wrestlers in the ring fans could expect more than just a match, they could expect a spectacle. Edge & Christian had flashy personalities and would do anything to do win the then WWE Tag Team Titles. The Dudley Boyz were the tough intruders to the division. You didn’t want a tag team match with The Dudleyz, in fear of your safety. The Hardyz were flashy in the ring. You had to keep one eye on the ground to make sure one didn’t grab your legs and leg drop your groin, and keep another to the sky incase a flying sack of stunts didn’t land on your head. The Right to Censor were the power houses who would end up cheating if their size was not enough. The APA were the tough brawlers, and God help you if you let your partner go one on one with either member of The Acolytes. So far on both brands we have two forms of tag team. Champions and non-Champions. I like the way the WWE debuts tag teams, but I think they should remain foreground, even when not challenging for the titles.

I might post some ideas for tag teams later.