they should take New Day and Prime Time Playas and - Page 2

**Tom Guycott** · 04-15-2015, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by im just a fan

Hate that they put Titus back with Young. He is great in the mic, a big dude and could probably do a good heel ass kickin dude. I always thought a group of Titus, Henry, R Truth, and Kofi called Domination would be cool. Woods could be a good mouthpiece for the group.

I don't. I honestly don't get why they broke the team up to begin with. Actually, I do get "why", I just honestly don't understand the thought process on how this is nearly ALWAYS handled. They were in a decent run; a marketable team with a damn team name (which is always a plus) yet still aren't "twins"... as in look and act the same as a team (NXTs Blake & Murphy come to mind). Then, Titus' ego gets the better of him and he was supposed to 1) betray his partner b) become super hot heel 3)??? 4) PROFIT!

The problem became thus: they didn't DO anything with him. The "over by osmosis" trap WWE seems to keep stepping in. He's supposed to have been uber heel because big, impressive looking black guy with a bit of charisma... but other than the Darren Young revenge angle, there was ZERO plan for Titus. Or Young. Hell, Young got more over coming out in that interview outside of WWE than his inevitable non push would have garnered. Apart, they were both on the road to being post 'mania spring cleaning.

Again, I understand the thought process behind a tag team breakup. The potential heel betrays the potential babyface, the heel develops a personality, babyface comes back after "injury" for revenge, they feud, blow off, and they both go separate ways to presumably successful singles careers. However, WWEs biggest flaw here is they stop thinking about the talent right about the time of the breakup. After the presumed blow off (which sometimes never happens... like with Cryme Tyme) they seem to lose interest in the backswing, and BOTH talents shuffle off TV into mediocrity. There are no angles, feuds, or even basic plans. They're jus supposed to be, well, "over by osmosis", and because the world doesn't work that way, it is somehow the fault of those wrestlers instead dof the fault lying at the feet of the decision makers who prompted their breakup to begin with.

Not every team splitting needs to be handled like The Rockers, and even there, that wasn't as successful as it could have been in that, Janetty's outside issues aside, he was on the road to becoming stale. Michaels evolved, Marty had the same gear, same music, same moves, etc. And while that was still a period of time it could have worked with fans, it would have been better to freshen him up a bit as well. But again, Michaels got shit to DO! He got angles, he got feuds, he got matches that were on TV at a time where TV time as super limited. People seem to forget about the work that needs to go into a talent after they are no longer a tag team. They just seem to be plopped out there and told "hey you, get over!" when this is a big risk for not only both guys, but the potential to cancel out whatever success they both may have accomplished as a duo in the long run.

So, back to the PTPs, a charismatic team with a team name, yet are clearly individually identifiable. They have the unenviable task to try to rebuild their success because someone in creative thought it would be fun to break them up and then do nothimg with either man, then let Young languish in injury obscurity while O'Neal gets random other tag partners in his supposed singles run (as funny as Slator Gator was, it further illustrated the futility of making Titus a "singles" guy just to pair him up elsewhere).

I love them reuniting. At least this way, they have a chance. Wish they still had AW, because WWE is sorely lacking in ringside managers, and as godlike as he is, Paul Heyman can't do it all nor is he going to be around forever. But, that's another argument for another thread.

**Dukelorange** · 04-16-2015, 09:13 AM

They can bring in Sasha Banks as a manager for a while and then ease her into wrestling. Then have a soft breakup....

Prime Time Players need a run with the Tag Titles. They are an old school team of the highest degree. Their double team moves are a throwback of the 80s 90s.

I would love to see the buildup to a tag title match between PTP and Enzo and Big Cass. The promos would be better than the bout.

04-16-2015, 09:13 AM	#42
Dukelorange Embracing the deception.. Posts: 1,227	They can bring in Sasha Banks as a manager for a while and then ease her into wrestling. Then have a soft breakup.... Prime Time Players need a run with the Tag Titles. They are an old school team of the highest degree. Their double team moves are a throwback of the 80s 90s. I would love to see the buildup to a tag title match between PTP and Enzo and Big Cass. The promos would be better than the bout.