WWE TAG TEAM SITUATION
I grew up watching the WWE (WWF) in the 80s and early 90s, and always remembered the great tag teams and better yet, the tag team gimmicks they used to come up with. There were great teams such as the Hart Foundation, the British Bulldogs, Strike Force, the Killer Bees, the Bushwackers (although these guys were watered down versions of their old, meaner selves, the Sheepherders from their earlier, non WWF years), the Road Warriors, the Natural Disasters, and my favorites, Demolition. There are many, many more I could list as well, because back then the WWF cared about tag team wrestling as an art form. The trend continued into the late 90s with teams like the New Age Outlaws, the Headbangers, and the Dudley Boys to name a few.
As time went by and the WWE slipped out of the “Attitude Era”, the tag team division became less important to Vince McMahon. Singles wrestling and Divas took over most of the WWE television time on Raw and Smackdown. Many wrestling purists, like myself, miss the old days where tag teams battled it out and created great storylines. How many times did a tag team split up right there on your television screen, or better yet, either turned on or had their manager turn on them? Who could forget Mr Fuji turning his back on Ax and Smash to side with the Powers of Pain? Or when Shawn Michaels smashed Marty Jannetty’s head through the glass on the Barber Shop? These were iconic WWF moments you don’t see on either Raw or Smackdown today. Today, the powers that be running creative in the WWE throws a couple guys together and run them out there as a team, then gives them the belts the next week, only to have them lose to another random team the following month. There are no “teams” out there, with the exception of “Air Boom” and the Usos, (who deserve more time on tv, simply because I like their gimmick and their intro war chant.)
Here are a few teams the WWE can create from wrestlers on their current roster:
Trent Barreta and Curt Hawkins
These two have good chemistry and they’d make a good fan favorite face team. They are both underused and have not been seen on Raw or Smackdown in quite some time.
Latino Heat
Put Primo and Hunico together as a heel team. Bring back Chavo Guerrero to manage them and they would have a great run as champions.
The South Beach Boys
Percy Watson and Darren Young. These guys used to tag together before their days in the WWE. Reunite them with their beach gimmick and make them a top face team.
The Hart Dynasty
David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd. Bring Hart Smith back and have Bret “the Hitman” Hart to
manage them, They could easily flip between heel and face.
The Texas Outlaws
Skip Sheffield and Husky Harris. Put these guys together and give them a cowboy gimmick.
Let them be the big rough and tumble team that beats up everybody else.
Now to add some depth to the division, by signing some teams away from other federations. Add the Young Bucks (Max and Jeremy Buck), the Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McCallister), Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed), the British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams from TNA) and the Briscoe Brothers from Ring of Honor and the tag division would become entertaining again…and isn’t that what the WWE is all about, entertainment?