How would you improve wwes tag division?

[Disturbed]

If you were vince or had the control to improve wwes tag team division what would you do?

The first thing i would do would be take superstars that aren't being used and put them in a tag team.

For example mark henry hasn't done much lately so i would turn him heel and form a team with ezekial jackson

Now if i had control here would be the new tag division.
Hart dynasty
usos
dudebusters
gate crashers
mark henry and ezekial jackson
santino and kozlov
jtg and shad back together for cryme tyme
finlay and william regal
tyler reks and matt hardy
ses joey mercury and luke gallows
primo and chavo
darren young and zack ryder
MVP and christian on occasions
daniel bryan and evan bourne on occasions

Ok right there are 12 solid tag teams so what do you think?

 

[Tougie]

Well first thing I would do is make two tag titles again. That way both shows have a goal for the tag teams, instead of the unified. Really there is only three things they need to do.

1. WWE got no problem hiring Tyler Black so get The Kings of Wrestling, The Briscoes, Up in Smoke, The Dark City Fight Club, The All Night Express. Basically steal ROH's tag division because it is without a doubt the top division in wrestling right now.

2. Give Carlito another chance and hopefully he wises up.

3. Actually have more than what 3-4 tag teams? So basically if I accomplished the first two things this would be the division. And there would easily be enough tags to have two different belts.

- The Colons (Carlito & Primo. Or, bring up Orlando Colon although he is in a tag right now in FCW)
- William Regal & Finlay (Two old school wrestlers who can bring out the best in younger talent)
- The South Beach Boys (Darren Young & Percy Watson. They formed the tag first in FCW. Now that Percy was eliminated on NXT and Young was kicked out of Nexus it makes sense.)
- MNM (Morrison & Mercury. Morrison isn't really going anywhere close to the World Title, Mercury is in the SES. They were a good tag put em back together.)
- Cryme Tyme (Shad & JTG. Entertaining tag who would add depth to the division)
- Santino & Kozlov (Hate that its a tag, but WWE is done pushing Kozlov and he'll be future endevoured within the next two years. Santino is hilarious.)
- Henry & Jackson (I agree with you TC on this tag. A dominate tag.)
- Gate Crashers (Hawkins, Archer, Ryder. Drop Ryder's current gimmick, he isnt getting anywhere. Put him with these two and it could be an above average stable hopefully.)
- Dude Busters (Croft & Baretta. Young tag although Croft is almost thirty but you get my point. Lots of potential.)
- The Uso's (Jey & Jimmy. The next generation of the Samoan Wrestling Family and could do some great tag work if they get the chance.)
- Hart Dynasty (D.H. Smith & Tyson Kidd. The premiere tag team right now and a good one at that.)
- The Cutter Brothers (Mason & Devin. An indy tag right now for IWA-Mid South. Young and could add depth to the division.)
- Epico & Hunico (Tag in FCW consisting of Orlando Colon (Epico) and Jorge Arias (Hunico) their a pretty good tag.
- Derrick Bateman & Johnny Curtis (Decent tag in FCW. They good add some depth once they improve their skills a bit more)
- The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli. I would hate to see them in WWE. I dont think they would blend with the style at all. But if you want a good tag division right now this team is a must.)
- The Briscoes (Jay & Mark. You would have to change their name to avoid confusion with Jerry and Jack Brisco but again they are easily in the top 5 tag teams right now and have been for a long time. Again would hate to see them in WWE as a fan. Saying that so marks dont bitch at me saying "Oh you dont care about their personal lives and how they need money and all that crap.)
- The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards. Again would hate to see both of them in WWE. Wont happen considering Davey is retiring in December. Neither of them would be given the shot to get over mid card anyway.

Basically the teams I listed plus the rest of the ROH tag division. It would be an amazing tag division, no doubt the best ever and would give another much needed reason for people to watch WWE.

 

[JT2005]

I think bringing up more tag teams would actually hurt it more than help. SES, maybe a tag team within Nexus, the Hart Dynasty, putting Cryme Tyme back together again and Santino and Koslov would be more than enough. The tag team division doesn't need more tag teams so much as more competition. focus more on putting these teams into competition against each other and maybe some thrown to gether tag teams every now and then would be great.

One more thing would be an old rule that WWE no longer enforces that would help ALL the titles was that a title should have to be defended at least once in a 30-day span. that would make rivalries and matches go a lot better I think

 

[Find'er Woo'er Ryder]

I think bringing up more tag teams would actually hurt it more than help. SES, maybe a tag team within Nexus, the Hart Dynasty, putting Cryme Tyme back together again and Santino and Koslov would be more than enough. The tag team division doesn't need more tag teams so much as more competition. focus more on putting these teams into competition against each other and maybe some thrown to gether tag teams every now and then would be great.

One more thing would be an old rule that WWE no longer enforces that would help ALL the titles was that a title should have to be defended at least once in a 30-day span. that would make rivalries and matches go a lot better I think

i agree that would kill alot of roster space for the other title pictures. maybe they can keep them unified but have them actually go to all shows...mainly raw and smackdown...hell u can even have them defend on superstars. ok now the teams i would have is:

hart dynasty-not the biggest fan of dh smith but tyson kidd is pretty good in the ring if u ask me.

the usos-made a hell of a debut a few months ago and i would love to see more of them

dudebuster-need more tv time on smackdown but other than that there an ok team.

gatecrashers-what the hell kind of tag team name is that. i never even heard of them as a team until i read a few forums on here.

chavo and primo- neither do anything except wrestle on superstars. i think they can be a decent tag team.

henry and big zeke-i love the idea of this tag team. turn henry heel and u have a monster team
or
big zeke and shad-now that would be a team. a great push and the can be amazing together.

and of course u have the obvisous ses and nexus

 

[I_Am_Electro_Boy]

There doesn't need to be 12 tag teams it isn't about quantity it's about quality. The teams that should be kept now are Hart Dynasty, The Usos, Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer (I really think this team has potential) and maybe Santino and Kozlov. That's four teams, but there isn't much quality so I would add maybe two more quality teams but I can't really think of many availble right now. So maybe put Christian and Matt Hardy together to form tag team, they both have tag team history, and they've both been part of one of the greatest tag teams of all time, so that's a quality tag team. You could have Mercury, Morrison and add in Melina to reform MMM, I mean MNM, there's another quality tag team. Now you have Hart Dynasty, Usos, Hawkins and Archer, Santino and Kozlov, Christian and Hardy and MNM, I think that's a pretty good tag team division.

 

[EdgeHead504]

I think that Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer are the best Smackdown! has to offer right now not because of their ability (I think if given their due, Christian and Matt Hardy'd be the best), but because of what creative is willing to let them do.

Christian and Matt Hardy are obvious given their history, but it seems Vince will not let bygons be bygons and let them show what they can really do as veterans. All they're being used for is to put up Mcintyre and "Dashing" Cody Rhodes.

Mercury & Gallows: Personally, I think the SES with Punk in it is drawing nearer to a close so these guys are going to be off on their own. Each have ample tag experience. I think they could be a good heel tag stable.

I think Percy Watson and MVP could be a decent tag team on SD! also...

On RAW, I see much more potential...

1). Yoshi Tatsu and Evan Bourne: Let's face it...right now Tatsu is not being used at all except to occasionally main event on Superstars. I think since Evan Bourne's push seems to be going down (and his hopes for a U.S. title run now that Daniel Bryan is back are dashed) let them form a tag team. They have similar styles and could really be entertaining. Not to mention it could get them some airtime and perhaps give them the exposure they need, which to an extend is why young guys start off in the tag division (Edge & Christian and The Hardy Boyz to name a few)

2). Rated Y2J: Let's face it...Edge is not going to get any singles gold anytime soon and just like Jericho is being used to elevate guys like the Nexus. Let them do that as singles, but let them show what they really have to offer as a tag team. Edge and Jericho still got it. Also, with Edge retiring in less than 2 years, it wouldn't be right for him to finish his last 3 years with no gold to show for it. The Rated R Superstar has been loyal and given everything he has to WWE. It just wouldn't be right.

3). Zack Ryder and Darren Young: Yes it was already mentioned but I agree with it 100%. With Young out of the Nexus, and Ryder going nowhere they'll both need somewhere to go to start building themselves up. I think they could complement each other well and have some pops.

4). Melina & Natalya: Let's face it...Natalya has so much talent that is being wasted as the belt carrier for DHS and TK (especially since there's only 1 belt each now). She rarely even gets a serious match on Superstars and during the USO feud, she was awesome! Let her go off an actually wrestle...god knows the tag division and especially the Divas division could use her. With Melina back, she could use a partner other than the same old team of Gail Kim or Eve Torres.

5). The Miz & Alex Riley: I see the relationship between Alex Riley and the Miz going beyond NXT. The Miz, whether its a feud or partnership has the ability to get great airtime out of the relationships with his NXT rookies(he just got Riley coveted airtime on Raw at the same time he was feuding with Daniel Bryan). Let Miz continue to mold Riley (which I think he'll win NXT) whether they're both going to join the Nexus or just simply form a tag team. I like the Miz's composure as he has his little "minion" or follower or whatever you wanna call it.

 

[Dimice121976]

I dont think WWE has to re-invent the wheel for the tag division. I think now that The Harts have shiney new belts lets put some importance on them. If you look with in the WWE right now they have a pretty good crop of teams if they would just focus on them.
You have:
Hart Dyanasty: Champs so they are obvious

Raw:
USO's: Lets hope they dont get burried in this whole Tamina wants Santino angle.

Santino/Kozlov: Face team thats over so they can be used to get heel teams over.

Morrison/Truth: The best thing about them is they can be put together tomorrow as a full time team and would get over, so no need to explain how they came together.

Sheffield/Otunga: I think I'm one of the few if not the only one who loved the idea Monday night of this being the Tag Team of Nexus. Harts have history with Nexus froma beat down or 2 and with what they did to Bret.

Smackdown:
The Dudebusters: One solid win on Superstars or Smackdown away from being legit.

Gate Crashers: Supposedly said they were going to go after the Harts, here's hoping for storyline follow up.

Some combination of MVP/Hardy/Christian: Over established faces who in any combination would be looked at as instant contenders for Tag Titles.

Mercury/Gallows: Just like with Nexus every good stable needs a tag team threat.

Right there before merging anyone together, calling up anyone or signing anyone is 9 teams that are not the worse group of teams for a division. They key of course is booking them right. Any type of decent booking over say a 6 month period could get a division of this to possibly challenge TNA's division.

 

[JGlass]

I think the WWE tag division is shaping up to be pretty good. Not great, but good.

Really, the only thing I could think of that I would do is ban mega-power teams. No more Jericho and Big Show, or Miz and Big Show, or anything like that. Keep the teams like The Hart Dynasty, The Usos, The Dudebusters, and Hawkins and Archer. Only a few of these guys look like they'll ever be able to achieve solo success anyway, so some of these teams will be around for a while. The incoming crop of NXTers will also provide for a plethora of good tag teams. Keep on doing this, and keep the tag belts off of world champion type competitors, and the tag division will be a thing of beauty.

 

[Dimice121976]

100% agree with JGlass14. The days of DX, Show, Y2J, Miz, Edge holding the tag belts need to end. It doesn't help the real teams to job out to mega-teams. Perfect example was when DX Went to Smackdown and had the Harts job out to them. The mega teams only purpose should be to put over the real teams when intermixing a couple of different story lines. It doesnt help a team like the USO's when one of them for god knows what reason, is jobbing out to Randy Orton. Keep the mega stars off the tag titles and out of the tag division unless its to put the real teams over.

 

[KBUnitz]

Ok, the thing is there are great tag team ideas, and a lot of tag teams can be created, for instance, John Cena & Triple H, who wouldn't want to see that. Or Rey Mysterio & The Undertaker. The problem is, they aren't a tag team, they're just 2 wrestlers wrestling together.

If WWE should learn anything from TNA, they should know that WWE tag teams are inferior to TNA's. This is just to compare and not to argue, but there are only a few tag teams worth mentioning, and that is the Hart Dynasty & the Usos. Those are the only teams that involve tag team moves while the other teams say R-Truth & John Morrison, they just use their own moves and tag each other in and out.

But take TNA, they have the teams of Beer Money, MCMG, Generation Me, Team 3D, Syxx Pac & Hall, they have Daniels/Styles if they should team together, Ink Inc., British Invasion minus Rob Terry, and with the acquisition of ECW extremists, they can create a few tag teams, Amazing Red & The Brian Kendrick could create another MCMG tag team.

What WWE needs is another Kendrick/London team, a Murdoch/Cade (RIP) team, Deuce & Domino (maybe just Domino and someone else, Deuce sucked).

But my point is that WWE needs to hire new talent, and I could see a lot of potential with NXT and Nexus, it's a great idea. If anything should go down from Nexus it's Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel, they can really make a great team.

 

[hhhfactor]

The WWE definitely needs some new tagteams to build up the credibility of teams like the Hart Dynasty and the Gate Crashers (Hawkins and Archer). There are not going to be a force to reckon with unless you can put some other tagteams together to face. Unless WWE is going to move the Gate Crashers or the Dudebusters to Raw then there needs to be tag teams on both brands. Not a lot but enough to mix things up. Also wrestlers who are not currently involved in storylines or are major players could be put together in tag teams. I personally don't see all members of Nexus being as successful as Wade Barrett. The best thing to do with the rest of them is make them into tagteams either with each other or with WWE superstars to help groom them as better wrestlers. Here are some tagteams that I was thinking about....

Raw
Hart Dynasty
Uso Brothers
Mike and Bo Rotunda (FCW tagteam)
Evan Bourne and Justin Gabriel (like the 2000's version of the Rockers)
Alex Riley and The Miz
Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu

Smackdown
Gate Crashers
Dudebusters
JTG (Cryme Time) and Darren Young
Shad Gasperre (Cryme Time) and Michael Tarver (Gangstas type of gimmick)
Primo Colon and Chauvo Guerrero
Chris Masters with Skip Sheffield
MVP and David Ortunga

 

[daddyJ_t]

i totally agree with alot of whats being said here ans here are some of my suggestions.
bring back trvor murdock and team him with huskey harris
nexus needs a tag team or a trio tag team
ryder and hawkins like when when they weres edges bitches
maybe have teb dibiase and mike mcgillicutty(if he doesnt win nxt) in a new legacy type deal.
thats all i can think of for right now, will edit or post new later

 

[Karaoke Superstar]

Having more than two tag teams competing over the titles would be a start, they need to build the division up more which I know they are in the process of doing. They don't really need to bring in established tag teams like the Uso's they can put two single wrestlers together so long as they have chemistry and mesh well as a tag team. The Miz and Morrison were a good example of that. Jerishow, not so much, it was pretty much just two guys with nothing in common. They are building up the division, so expect it to get better in the future. There are a few teams on sd that need to be brought in.

 

[cwill18]

It's not about the teams so much as the titles and forming the concept of what is really a team. Two random stars, no. Two guys who after wrestling together for long enough are greater than the sum of their parts, yes. They need to throw top singles stars together because they WANT the prestige that comes with being tag team champions, but they need to lose to the established tag teams. When your top stars try and FAIL to accomplish the goal, you not only made your normal tag team look strong but also made the titles important.

Unfortunately, when they throw singles stars together they normally crush the regular teams which makes said teams look weak and the tag team titles are a prize for lesser stars, because everyone know any two guys could get together and take them, except they're not worth having.

 

[boybrushedred]

the tag teams also need much more time, there is maybe one legit tag match per week. A lot of you are suggesting 12 teams. But most of those teams would be buried trying to get air time on raw or smackdown. I dont really watch superstars so it may help the wwe, but if they made superstars for tag teams only would help. you would get to highlight 6 teams per week, have feuds going and even start having matchs for numberone contenders, instead of a week before a ppv have Michael Cole have a 3 second plug that there will be a tag team title defense of the card

 

[The Brain]

If you were vince or had the control to improve wwes tag team division what would you do?

The first thing i would do would be take superstars that aren't being used and put them in a tag team.

For example mark henry hasn't done much lately so i would turn him heel and form a team with ezekial jackson

I have to disagree here. Your idea is good in theory, but I believe this is one of the things that hurts the division. When two failed singles stars team up it creates a feeling of desperation and they aren't taken seriously as a team. The New Age Outlaws and Miz and Morrison are exceptions, but they are in the minority.

There doesn't need to be 12 tag teams it isn't about quantity it's about quality.

I understand what you're saying, but quantity is important when teams are competing for titles. Without quantity we end up seeing the same matches over and over. Remember 1996? How many times did we see The Gunns, Godwinns, and Bodydonnas against each other? A few more teams would have been nice.

Really, the only thing I could think of that I would do is ban mega-power teams. No more Jericho and Big Show, or Miz and Big Show, or anything like that.

I agree with this. Not only does this hold real teams down, but it devalues the titles. They are treated secondary when guys like this hold the belts. Remember HBK & Cena in 2007? They were about to headline WrestleMania together. They didn't care about being tag champs. Same with Cena and Batista in 2008.

One more thing would be an old rule that WWE no longer enforces that would help ALL the titles was that a title should have to be defended at least once in a 30-day span. that would make rivalries and matches go a lot better I think

This is a good idea. All too often the tag titles are lost in the shuffle. Out of sight out of mind. If too much time passes between defenses the fans lose interest.

I feel WWE needs more teams. Real teams. By real I mean new guys who come into WWE together as a team. With all the guys in FCW and NXT I'm sure there are plenty of potential teams. Starting as a tag team wrestler is a great way for a new guy to get some experience without the pressure of having to stand out on his own right away. It would also be nice to see some feuds and matches between teams that don't involve the titles for a change. That way the winners of those feuds could work there way up and actually earn a title shot. Earning a title shot? How's that for a crazy idea?

 

[Dhays9]

First off what everyone here needs to remember is that it is not the number of Tag Teams but them qualtiy of your Tag Teams.

What I would do to make the division better is to have 3 or 4 Teams per show and have them fued with each other and build themselves as legitmate tag teams and not feature any other tag team matches on Raw or Smackdown to show that the Tag Team division in now in fact a DIVISION.

Next, I would hold a Tag Team tournament at a Pay Per View to showcase the Tag Team Division and to crown an out right Champion. (Making sure to have to same amount of teams on the brands afterwards).

Then I would have 3 left and have 1 Tag Team as the top of that brand and have those two teams fued over the #1 Contendership and fued with the champions while the other 2 tag teams on each show fued with each other to keep themselves as legitmate contenders to the title. A way to not keep the same Tag Teams to fued is to rotate it in a way that whoever lost.

Finally, as the crowd becomes accoustemed you can have one brand lose their primary title by unification and have it mainly on Raw. This would elevate whichever the secondary title would be on the show at the time and make the show primarily Tag Team with more than about 7 in my current solution and have a few big single names to push the IC or US title to make it a legimate title to. Also, they could use Raw just to promote the main championship and drop the US title as to me the IC title has to much history to get rid of.

 

[I_got_bant_for_idiocy]

make more tag team feuds, have like 3 to 4 tag teams all feuding with each other for the belts and roll with it for acouple months..

have tagteam ladder matches and more gimmick matches...

have more mid card wrestlers fighting for the titles, like miz show and jeroshow that made the tag team division actually interesting to watch

more flashy tag teams the hart dynasty(needs there own style and image, the pink and black is good, but gotta take the dynasty to the next level so far i think there meh)
the usos are good, love there attitude and now wwe has to book them right and make sure they dont flop like crime time

TNA tag team divison is way better and exciting compare to wwe, the best out of 5 between beer money and the machine guns was awesome, like i said wwe needs more gimmick matches like this...

 

[Dhays9]

TNA tag team divison is way better and exciting compare to wwe, the best out of 5 between beer money and the machine guns was awesome, like i said wwe needs more gimmick matches like this...

WWE does not need gimmick matches. They need to get to the point again where not every match consist of a tag match between two non actual tag teams. Like I said in my previous post they need to make the division more legitimate than it has been. Which is due to the over use of tag matches outside the Tag Team Division while not using the Tag Team Divison. Which can be concluded for too many titles to focus on and too many people on the rosters. Also, WWE will use them for a month then not use them for 3 or 4 months causing us to forget about the 1 maybe 2 teams they have made legitimate.

TNA has found success in their Tag Team Division for the fact that they always have 2 maybe 3 Tag Teams that are used consistently enough to stay over with the fans and to legitimize the Division. Also, the gimmick series was for me a way for TNA to capitlize of the 2 best things that they have going for them. Beer Money Inc. and the Murder City Machine Guns.

 

[Gooner]

Raw
Nexus
Kaval & Evan Bourne
The Hart Dynasty
The Usos
Goldust & Yoshi Tatsu
Mark Henry & Ezekiel Jackson

Smackdown
Cryme Tyme (heel)
Darren Young & 'Showtime' Percy Watson
The Gatcrashers
The Dudebusters
The Straight Edge Society
Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov

Then you have 12 tag teams to strengthen the tag team division. I know quality is better than quantity but no matter how good the matches are you'll eventually get tired of seeing the same matches all the time (look at the main event of the card). This also gives the teams who aren't champions or chasing the titles enough opponents to keep them relevant and busy until they get to the front of the line again and also give the division some well needed layers i.e. main event tag teams Nexus/SES/THD, midcard Usos/Gatecrashers/Cryme Tyme to lower card Goldust+Yoshi/Satino+Kozlov/Dudebusters.

 

[Simmo]

I think what the E need to do is take a leaf out of TNA's book and have the Hart Dynasty and the Uso's have a best of 5 series to get interest into the new belts.

Then in line with this have a tournament to determine no. 1 contenders, this way they could get some new teams going and see how they pan out with the fans.

They also need to forget the whole "here's 2 guys with nothing to do, let's make a tag team"....

 

[SuperSteve16]

I also agree witn everyone when saying the WWE needs more tag teams. These are the tag teams/Stables I would have:

Straight Edge Society (Actually have the stable be sucessful)
Nexus (Give them some gold)
The Hart Dynasty (Really, what else are they going to do)
Edge and Jericho (Give them the title run they should have had last year)
R-Truth and John Morrison ( Good Tag Team, Title run would build their credibility)
The Uso's (what else would they do)
Santino and Koslov ( Have some comedy)
Vance Archer and Curt Hawkins ( Do this or release them, whatever)
Matt Hardy and Christian ( Good ,Experienced)
Evan Bourne and Rey Mysterio ( Because it would be Awesome)

 

[The Holy One]

The WWE doesn't need a bunch of new tag teams. All they need to do is put more emphasis on the division by having actually fueds. In the Attitude Era, all they had was Edge and Christian, Hardy Boyz, and the Dudleys to help carry the division. The Hart Dynasty needs to put in more fueds that can help establish significance for the belts and make people actually care for them again. They have enough tag teams in the HD, Usos, Gatecrashers, Dudebusters, SES, Santino & Koslov, and the Nexus to have plenty of guys to fued for the belts. If they actually have matches on the main shows and PPVs, the division will be much improved.