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Post by Nic Nemeth on Nov 28, 2013 3:29:24 GMT -5
Current tag teams include:
Rhodes Bros.
The Shield
Wyatt Family
The Usos
Real Americans
Primetime Players
Los Matadores
Tons of Funk
3MB
Truth & Consequences
Hunico & Camacho
We actually have enough teams to have everyone feuding with each other.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Nov 28, 2013 3:42:19 GMT -5
We have plenty of teams, but I'm still not seeing much improvement in the actual tag division .
The Shield are great, but it took a massive main event level push to get them over rather than actually working with the tag teams and working up the tag ranks.
Cody and Goldust are champs, but I can't help but feel like they're going to eventually just be hoarding the titles and dicking around the uppercard once WWE is tired of having them wrestle the Shield over and over
Wyatts are being pushed too hard to actually contribute to the tag division, which of course means they'll be the only credible threats to the tag titles.
The tag division won't be truly fixed until we have teams that actually get over IN the division and until the titles are relevant without having to be placed on a "super team" or on a group getting a mega push.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Nov 28, 2013 3:58:36 GMT -5
We have plenty of teams, but I'm still not seeing much improvement in the actual tag division . The Shield are great, but it took a massive main event level push to get them over rather than actually working with the tag teams and working up the tag ranks. Cody and Goldust are champs, but I can't help but feel like they're going to eventually just be hoarding the titles and dicking around the uppercard once WWE is tired of having them wrestle the Shield over and over Wyatts are being pushed too hard to actually contribute to the tag division, which of course means they'll be the only credible threats to the tag titles. The tag division won't be truly fixed until we have teams that actually get over IN the division and until the titles are relevant without having to be placed on a "super team" or on a group getting a mega push. A lot of this plus they have to make TEAMS mean something. No more letting you're superface beat an entire tag team. Main eventers should lose to lesser guys with better team work. Tag team synergy needs to be emphasized. One plus one equals three type of teams that just seem better then two guys thrown together. New Age Outlaws. Individually mid level talent together they were as big as anything in the attitude era. |
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Nov 28, 2013 5:00:23 GMT -5
We have plenty of teams, but I'm still not seeing much improvement in the actual tag division . The Shield are great, but it took a massive main event level push to get them over rather than actually working with the tag teams and working up the tag ranks. Cody and Goldust are champs, but I can't help but feel like they're going to eventually just be hoarding the titles and dicking around the uppercard once WWE is tired of having them wrestle the Shield over and over Wyatts are being pushed too hard to actually contribute to the tag division, which of course means they'll be the only credible threats to the tag titles. The tag division won't be truly fixed until we have teams that actually get over IN the division and until the titles are relevant without having to be placed on a "super team" or on a group getting a mega push. But right now we have at least three teams (the Shield, the Wyatts, and the Rhodes Brothers) who are on that upper-card level, and that's assuming Punk/Bryan are going back to singles angles. How many teams like that do we need before they stop being "above the tag division" and are simply the upper end of the tag division themselves? |
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Post by trollrogue on Nov 28, 2013 5:20:46 GMT -5
Bryan/Punk as a team I understand as Team Hell No was such a huge win for Bryan in terms of making him 'the face of the WWE' at least for the tag division. Also along with Zack Ryder, the Beard and the Best both got their major main event pushes on the same night at the TLC ppv, so they actually make sense as a team.
Big E and Mark Henry on the other hand is a step in the wrong direction IMO, the single's champ running roughshod on tag teams is never a good sign (as it sends the message that two singles superstars always trumps a unified partnership of dedicated taggers-- even tho the former Paul Heyman guys have only recently formed their team they are still more united than Big Sex-E Chocolate)
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Nov 28, 2013 5:35:14 GMT -5
The Shield and the Rhodeses are already a prime example of two teams who stand out as the jewels of the division without seeming "above" it. And hopefully the Wyatts will easily fit into that category once they stop targeting singles wrestlers.
The Beard And Best are basically the Megamaniacs 2013 (if Beefcake was actually booked like a main eventer, but other than that the analogy fits), and I don't see them lasting past the Rumble.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 5:54:29 GMT -5
Real Americans beating the Rhodes Brothers was a good step in terms of showing equality in the tag division. From my view Goldust and Cody Rhodes are stronger pushed than Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro, so to see that pushed aside and the Real Americans beat them clean was nice to see.
The Rhodes Brothers, Shield, Wyatts, Real Americans, and The Usos should all be booked on the same level in a tag team environment, imo, and it seems that they are. I'd like to see it further driven home by having, say, The Usos beat a pair of main eventers to show that tag team continuity means a lot and can overcome individual talent. Cena beating the Real Americans was a step backwards, if they're really feeling this tag division that shouldn't be happening.
I'd rate it an 8, the teams kick ass and they're given a chance to go out there and put on a show on a consistent basis.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 7:22:48 GMT -5
I give it a 7, although the Usos are in that Cryme Tyme level where they're good, but apparently not good enough to win the tag titles. I wouldn't mind seeing a Real Americans title switch, then the Prime Time Players get that push to the top, while Cody & Goldust do the inevitable split.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Nov 28, 2013 7:42:43 GMT -5
8. The best it's been in WWE since the Hardyz/Dudleyz/E+C. Potentially even better because although the teams aren't quite on the level of those three there is more strength in depth.
These teams, Bryan and Punk are basically the only things I watch on RAW these days.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Nov 28, 2013 7:47:01 GMT -5
They've built The Shield, Rhodes Brothers and The Wyatt's up well but... they've neglected most of the other teams. I mean, I couldn't buy the PTP as a threat to the Rhodes Brothers, it would be a big step down for them. Likewise, if the Wyatt's won the belts there are no other teams who have been built up to their level.
WWE should feud The Usos and the Real Americans together. Get some interest into those two teams, maybe have The Usos get a surprise victory over a thrown together main event tag team (Orton and ADR maybe) and the Real Americans get a win over Bryan & Punk to establish both those teams as been a threat to main eventers.
That way, the core of the division can be The Rhodes Brothers, Shield, Wyatt's, Usos and the Real Americans with the other teams (Tons of Funk, Los Matadores etc) been basically filler/warm bodies for the core teams to beat.
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