Last week I wrote about Wrestling managers & their benefits in Wrestling. I thought for this time around I’d write about another lost art in the WWE, & that’s Tag Team Wrestling. Much like Wrestling Managers, back in the day Tag Team Wrestling was one of the many strongholds in Wrestling. Back then Tag Teams weren’t just two singles Wrestlers paired up for no reason, These guys had gimmicks, matching ring attire, & they even had a name. The thought of this topic came about when I noticed the current WWE Tag Team Champions David Otunga & Michael McGuillicutty came to the ring one night without their Nexus attire & music. They didn’t have any matching attire, no name, nothing there were just Michael & Otunga. At least when they were Nexus they had a gimmick, of course it was joke but it was a gimmick nonetheless. One of my favorite Tag Teams of all time is the Hollywood Blondes. Flyin Brian Pillman & Stunning Steve Austin were one of the greatest tag team that shouldn’t have been. At the time of their start Pillman had just turned heel & Austin basically had nothing planned so they decided to just pair these two up for a week or two until something came up for them, singles wise. What these head wigs in WCW didn’t plan on was that these two clicked together so well that the audience took notice. These two went on to become a legitimate Tag Team with matching gimmicks, ring attire, the works. They even went on to become Tag Team Champions & pretty dominant Champions if I do say so myself. It’s a shame that these two didn’t last longer as a Tag Team, these two were the It Team in WCW & if they had more time together they would’ve been even more legendary then they are now. But alas it didn’t happen. The point is that when you don’t have legitimate Tag Teams as your Champions the Titles themselves become nothing more than a joke. I’ve been hearing that the Kings of Wrestling might sign w/ the WWE. I’m hoping that’s true because I believe that Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli have what it takes to revamp the Tag Team Division & bring back prestige to the Tag Titles.
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Yep, totally agreed. Ironically, my column tomorrow is about the WWE Tag Division.
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Great blog and i agree 100%! Todays Tag Team Division(WWE) isnt the same like a few years ago! I mean WWE put many Singles Superstars together as Team…
Example.. Rated RKO! This team was epic! Like you said in your Blog they had atleast a good Gimmick!
– Yannic
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Agreed with you!TagTeam Wrestling could be something great!WWE just dont realise it
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This is stupid.
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What do you mean stupid?
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True. When I was younger the tag-team division was one of the best things in WWE. I grew up with The Brood, The Hardyz, The Dudley Boyz etc, but now every team gets split up.
There used to be guys who mostly did tag-team wrestling, and there were great teams like Demolition and The Wild Samoans. Now though, a team gets split up early, and are frequently made up of two established singles wrestlers. Sometimes this works, like Rated RKO, and sometimes it doesn’t like Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre.
If WWE have signed the Kings of Wrestling, I’ll be happy that they’re thinking of the division, but with the way the Usos have been used I’m not expecting WWE to do much to save the division. I’ll be annoyed if they misuse the KoW or try to split them, because they’re taking them away from the indy’s where they can show how awesome they are, and they’re possibly taking Claudio away from Chikara and one of the best storyline’s in wrestling with the BDK
Beth (aka syndarella)
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You can think WWE for basicaly killing it. Look over a TNAs Motor City Machine Guns, one of the 2 top tag teams in TNA now. MCMG are what the only High Flyers tag team in TNA since Gen Me left. Beer Money is also a great tag team in TNA.
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Agreed The Tag Team Division has fallen so much and it’s sad that it’s irrelevant now when back in the Attitude Era it was so important.I think the WWE either needs to end the Tag Team Division or completely rebuild it with actual talented tag teams like The Usos and The Kings of Wrestling when they debut.
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