Curt Hawkins & Trent Baretta

[TheAbsolute1]

As some people may no, there has been a recent decline in Tag Team talent and creativity with new Tag Team angles in the WWE. As of right now, I believe that the WWE put the titles with the Nexus so that the titles can be on a pause 'cause it's obvious that no team will beat them. Another reason why I think there's a hold on the Tag Team division is because recently there have been 3 teams who have broken up. First it was Hawkins & Archer then the Dynasty and finally the Dudebusters, three pretty good teams.

This brings me to the point of Curt Hawkins & Trent Baretta. If you watch FCW, you should know that Hawkins was formally part of the Dudebusters until he was moved back up to the main roster where he should be. This picture is crap but this is Curt Hawkins, Caylen Croft and Trent Baretta.

Now, I've been following Curt Hawkins career since the Major Brothers. Curt has got the in-ring ability, the tongue of a major heel, and the look that we all want a champion to have. Curt has been great since he first came o the big time, but was never really thrown a bone.

For the past 2 weeks on Superstars, Hawkins and Baretta have faced off and each have one win but tonight Trent has to take on Tyler Reks I believe and this is an oppertunity to form the team of Hawkins & Baretta. Think about it, With Archer(Hawkins' former partner) and Croft(Baretta's former partner) both recently released, it's almost obvious that they will form a team. I think that Trent can use a change of attire in oppose to Curt who's attire couldn't improve more than it has. I'm not trying to be fashionable but I think they would make more of a heel impact if Trent changed those weird tights that he wears.

Does anybody think that this team should form? Has anybody else been observing these two over the past and are thinking what I'm thinking?

 

[Viola Moonlight]

I honestly don't think that these two will be put together as a tag team. For the past several weeks, with partners or not, these two have been feuding in matches on Superstars picking up back and forth wins over each other. Right now in the kayfabe sense, Baretta and Hawkins are the worst of enemies. Making them join after all that fighting wouldn't make sense, especially after Trent Baretta has recently turned face... and Hawkins isn't the type of guy to become a face neither. Also, with the ever decreasing roster of Smackdown, creating a tag team would be counter-productive to the matches that SD has to fill for their show and Superstars, as well as having no competition on the roster besides the Tag Champs. If they do form a team, I won't be complaining though. The idea can work given the history and whatnot, but it's just not the most logical move. If they did want to create teams on SD using Hawkins and/or Baretta, I see a potential team between Hawkins/Mercury occurring just to keep these guys busy.

At the end of the day, I see them floating around the under-card doing matches on Superstars for the blue brand until the next draft comes along to create a shuffle. It's probably best to wait until then to decide whether making them a tag team is fitting. It's predicted to be after WM, which isn't that far away. I think we can wait.

 

[JGlass]

I thought Croft and Baretta would make it as a team, but the WWE audience didn't really get behind them. They weren't polarizing enough, they were too goofy to be heels, but they were dicks. Can Hawkins and Baretta really do any better?

Furthermore, what is Hawkins gimmick? He did nothing to stand out when he was with Archer, which is partially why they failed.

Putting these two together is a mistake. Maybe Baretta has a future as a singles wrestler, but Hawkins to me will never be anything more than talent enhancement. Let him be the heel Chris Masters.

 

[War Games]

if wwe is looking for something to do with Hawkins the answer lies in teaming him up with Zack Ryder. honestly these two as a team could work. have ryder be the comedian of the group and hawkins be mr. serious, get them together for a few months, i for one would be a fan

 

[Layorz]

They've done that before. In fact, Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins have won a tag championship.

I've been seeing Curt and Trent working together the moment they future endeavored their respective partners. Will it happen? Maybe. Will it go anywhere if it did? Probably not. They are for the most part just fillers for superstars and jobbers to the rest.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

If they havent got anything else lined up for Hawkins and Baretta then I dont see why they dont throw the 2 of them into an alliance. They could still work singles matches as well as competing as a team.

Even if they wrestle more in singles than together, just having the one supporting the other at ringside would be good, as we dont seem to have many alliances in the WWE at present.

Its worth a shot I think. Maybe WWE are already considering this having released their respective partners, but I think this is something that could work. It would make both Hawkins and Baretta more relevant then they currently are anyway

 

[ABMorales787]

Any time a team is formed in WWE and it gets over, it just boils to the same bullshit. Who's the Shawn Michaels and who's the Marty Jannety? WWE doesn't give a damn about tag teams. They are just formed to be split up and in most cases at the most inopportune time. The way I see it, if WWE isn't gonna commit to a full fledged tag team division, then they shouldn't even bother pairing up wrestlers. If all you want are single's stars focus on that instead of wasting people's time.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

Any time a team is formed in WWE and it gets over, it just boils to the same bullshit. Who's the Shawn Michaels and who's the Marty Jannety?

Dude that's what a team is. When you pair with somebody anywhere could be your best friend or some acquaintance, one is always gonna try to up the other. Happens in all friendships and when the WWE does it with a team it's a great personal angle. It's obvious that if Barreta and Hawkins were to team up then they will break up because of betrayal of some sort but if they can do what Miz & Morrison did, which is shoot the careers of both superstarts up, then it will be a job well done.

 

[ABMorales787]

Dude that's what a team is. When you pair with somebody anywhere could be your best friend or some acquaintance, one is always gonna try to up the other. Happens in all friendships and when the WWE does it with a team it's a great personal angle. It's obvious that if Barreta and Hawkins were to team up then they will break up because of betrayal of some sort but if they can do what Miz & Morrison did, which is shoot the careers of both superstarts up, then it will be a job well done.

No. A tag team is a side attraction meant to give a varied feeling to a wrestling card. What you describe is WWE convoluted strategy for making failed storylines. I find it funny that most of the greatest tag team never went through this bad stereotype. Tag teams have proven to be as much an attraction as a singles wrestler and they don't have to be broken up in under two years.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

No. A tag team is a side attraction meant to give a varied feeling to a wrestling card. What you describe is WWE convoluted strategy for making failed storylines. I find it funny that most of the greatest tag team never went through this bad stereotype. Tag teams have proven to be as much an attraction as a singles wrestler and they don't have to be broken up in under two years.

It's obvious that less people pare together than most, so why would more teams stick together than break up? And yes, the Tag Team division is a side attraction just like a divas or cruiserweight division but you gotta have stories and feuds amongst a team, it's a great angle and it's good for getting one star over as a face and the other as a heel.

 

[Remix]

No. A tag team is a side attraction meant to give a varied feeling to a wrestling card.

No, a tag team is a usually a way to get two guys who otherwise wouldn't get any time on the card some time on the card. With 5 hours of TV time and barely anybody on Smackdown, there's no need for tag teams. There are exceptions, but for the most part this is the case. Even "real" tag teams are still just thrown together at some point. The Dudebusters were a thrown together tag team in FCW, as were Cryme Tyme in OVW. THe only difference is that they stayed together for longer and cameup together. They're still no more "real" than the Two Man Power Trip.

What you describe is WWE convoluted strategy for making failed storylines.

Works when the guys who weren't getting TV time before they were thrown together weren't getitng TV time for a reason. If they're not shit, then chances are they'll both end up in the same spot on the card if not higher. The Harts (for example) are not shit, therefore they'll be midcarders for life at worst.

I find it funny that most of the greatest tag team never went through this bad stereotype.

Probably because historically WWE hasn't had as much airtime as they do now with as few people as now.

Tag teams have proven to be as much an attraction as a singles wrestler and they don't have to be broken up in under two years.

When have they been an equal draw to singles guys? And if there's no point in keeping them together (i.e. there's air time for the both of them as singles guys) then why keep them in a team?

 

[TheAbsolute1]

If you saw superstars, you can see that Hawkins actually compliments Barreta at some points. I really do see this team being created especially because Striker has been talking about Hawkins and Barreta's intertwined history quite a bit, I believe he is doing this to make the two more relevant to eachother when they finally do team up.

 

[JBK2008]

Put them together, give Baretta some new clothes and let Hawkins be the mouthpiece. WWE doesn't need to care too much for the tag teams, but there needs to be a few teams around if there's goin to be titles. I think Baretta and Hawkins would be nice to see together, as I'm a fan of tag team wrestling. It still has a use in the wrestling industry and 4 guys in a feud really could make something worth watching then 2 guys all the time.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

Put them together, give Baretta some new clothes and let Hawkins be the mouthpiece. WWE doesn't need to care too much for the tag teams, but there needs to be a few teams around if there's goin to be titles. I think Baretta and Hawkins would be nice to see together, as I'm a fan of tag team wrestling. It still has a use in the wrestling industry and 4 guys in a feud really could make something worth watching then 2 guys all the time.

So true. And yea Barreta needs new gear, maybe switch him to trunks with one solid color and a design. But if they do end up teaming and Hawkins goes back to wearing Dudebuster gear, I'm gonna be pissed! His ring gear is so awesome.

 

[MMSoldier]

The only way a tag team would form between these two is if Trent loses the stupid gimmick that he has. Then it could work. Beretta also would need new gear.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

Well not necessarily because in FCW, which is part of the WWE, Curt was a Dudebuster but I'd absolutely hate to see him go back to those tights. And Barreta doesn't really have a gimmick per se but more of the persona of a dude. Trent as always been a dude, just like Curt Hawkins has always been, even when teaming with Ryder. They were dudes then and are dudes now. If Hawkins & Barreta team up, they will stay dudes for sure. Oh yea and, change your avatar! hahaa

 

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The team would definantly compliment one another. Both men hold alot in common:
Both are from New York
Both were trained by Mickey Whipwreck
Both wrestled for New York wrestling connection
Both hold pasts in tag teams
They teamed together in FCW.

These two men have been having very good matches with one another and Hawkins showed last week that he speaks better on commentary than the likes of Dolph Ziggler and JoMo. Trent has been showing his better side since Caylen Croft was released and arguanly the split was actually good for him. Both of these guys are young and could have bright futures ahead of them. Hell this team could be the heel team to beat Koztino for their tag titles. I don't want to see these two team together anytime soon as i'm loving this feud so far.

 

[Remix]

Should Hawkins and Baretta start teaming again? No they shouldn't. I think this for few reasons. The first is that there's no point. Who would they have matches with? There are no tag teams in today's WWE, and my position is that the tag division is obsolete. The second is that they don't need to be put together. They've been kept on as singles wrestlers for a reason, that reason being that they're both decent wrestlers that WWE think will get over and make decent midcarders at the very least. Teaming them up would just hold them back.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

@ Richie The reason I wanna see Trent & Curt team up is because I know they would in fact be a force to be reckoned with like they should be instead of just wasting away. Example. Hawkins was on commentary last week for the Tyler Reks vs. Barreta match. Who won? Reks. In singles competition, these guys won't amount to much but as a tag team they can grow! These guys are the next E & C! We all know that Curt has always potentially been the next Edge, it's plain to see. So these guys can push eachother at least to mid-card, 'cause neither have even been featured on Smackdown! in quite some time.

@ Madness I also want to see this rivalry go on, but on WWE.com I was reading the article to this match, and they called it a rubber match. I believe this might be the end, but last week after Barreta's match Curt did attack him(Wasn't shown on the air, sadly) so maybe this feud will go on. It definetely has the internet buzzing though.

 

[Remix]

@ Richie The reason I wanna see Trent & Curt team up is because I know they would in fact be a force to be reckoned with like they should be instead of just wasting away.

So it's better to be sharing the spotlight in an obsolete and irrelevent division than having consistently good matches solo? Just no on that one.

Example. Hawkins was on commentary last week for the Tyler Reks vs. Barreta match. Who won? Reks. In singles competition, these guys won't amount to much but as a tag team they can grow!

So, Hawkins got mic time to get his personality over with the viewers and Baretta lost a close match to someone who a month ago squashed Kaval. So what? Wrestlign is fixed, the match outcomes barely matter. And there's FAR more potential for groth in singles competition than there is on Smackdown. There are more singles guys to feud with than there are tag teams, and with there being a very small roster of guys on Smackdown at the moment, and more than a few injuries this is their chance to make it as singles guys. Which is clearly what WWE intends for them to be considering how Hawkins ditched Archer and Crofty's been fired.

These guys are the next E & C!

I like Hawkins and Baretta but that's a ******ed statement.

We all know that Curt has always potentially been the next Edge, it's plain to see.

No it hasn't, because he's not.

So these guys can push eachother at least to mid-card, 'cause neither have even been featured on Smackdown! in quite some time.

True. Instead they've gotten double the ring time on Superstars and had a feud. Not a bad position to be in all things considered.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

Wow, you've got a one tracked mind, but I can respect that. The WWE isn't gonna let any lightweights win serious titles, or even get close(not including Kaval) and speaking on Kaval, when he got squashed it was after a five minute match with the Big Show. Sharing the spotlight in a soon to be relevant division would be better for their careers than feuding on a PPV network, and if you look at their personalities you can see what i mean by the next E&C.

 

[J-Dogg]

I don't think they should pair the two, the obviously have the fallen out friendship, and it makes no sense them randomly teaming again after an out of nowhere reconciliation, but the feud between Curt and Trent is fun to watch for a lowr mid card rivalry, they both have confidence, decent amount of charisma and can wrestle in the ring. Im just enjoying watch them feud.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

I don't think they should pair the two, the obviously have the fallen out friendship, and it makes no sense them randomly teaming again after an out of nowhere reconciliation, but the feud between Curt and Trent is fun to watch for a lowr mid card rivalry, they both have confidence, decent amount of charisma and can wrestle in the ring. Im just enjoying watch them feud.

yes, but if you paid attention to Hawkins on commentary you will notice the respect. And also, the reason Curt said he was mad at Trent was because Trent is trying to be like Curt, they can turn that into a way to have them come to terms, shake hands, buddy buddy, great tag team.

 

[J-Dogg]

Oh well i missed Curt's commentary, but the feud in all has been good, but look at the tag team division its barely there, putting them together again would be wasting time and their talent and skills.

 

[TheAbsolute1]

Yea I've got a whole theory on the tag team division that includes these guys. They have great chemistry, that's what's making they're feud so amazing.