Matt Morgan's tag team partner

[Lancer]

Ever since "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan decimated his former partner, Hernandez, and sent him packing...he has been toting around the TNA World Tag Team Championship belts, and given trial partnerships with a few mediocre stars. To me, the solution to TNA's, and Morgan's, dilemma is staring them right in the face.

Let's forget for a moment that TNA is most likely working out a plan for this storyline, and I will not go further without posting any spoilers.

Matt Morgan's perfect tag team partner would be.........Mr. Anderson.

The two would be an immediate force in the tag team division. They are both proven and ready singles competitors, yes...but putting the belts on them would elevate the titles. Plus, it would give Anderson some gold, something he has needed since arriving in TNA. And perhaps down the road, the Motor City Machineguns or another face team could win the belts off of them...and it would seem more meaningful since on their own, Morgan and Anderson are upper mid-carders at the very least.

Thoughts?

 

[Lazerball]

uh well i think its goin to be LAX reforming to take the belts from whoever ends up with Matt, but who could it be, hmm, lets think about it, really it doesnt matter, its jus TNA, and he seems happy carrying them around himself, but ok, hmm, still thinkin, ok i got it, it doesnt matter who his partner s because its a waste of time and a waste of the tag belts, get them off of him soon, and let him do something, he got that great push and had awesome shit with angle and AJ, and now hes jus blah di blah, gotta love that. sory i didnt give an answer, one cause TNA is all over the map with shit, and two cause its TNA and who cares lol. i do like ur idea of Ken being his partner, would be cool, they would work well and can be a good heel force, but ken is doin his thing with pope now, so idk, well see.

 

[kobrad]

Ever since "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan decimated his former partner, Hernandez, and sent him packing...he has been toting around the TNA World Tag Team Championship belts, and given trial partnerships with a few mediocre stars. To me, the solution to TNA's, and Morgan's, dilemma is staring them right in the face.

Let's forget for a moment that TNA is most likely working out a plan for this storyline, and I will not go further without posting any spoilers.

Matt Morgan's perfect tag team partner would be.........Mr. Anderson.

The two would be an immediate force in the tag team division. They are both proven and ready singles competitors, yes...but putting the belts on them would elevate the titles. Plus, it would give Anderson some gold, something he has needed since arriving in TNA. And perhaps down the road, the Motor City Machineguns or another face team could win the belts off of them...and it would seem more meaningful since on their own, Morgan and Anderson are upper mid-carders at the very least.

Thoughts?

First of all NO!!! WWE does this all the time with two top singles competitors and it is stupid. Get the belts away from morgan and give them to an actual tag team

and second of all WHY THE FRICK DOES ANDERSON NEED GOLD?!?!?!?!? Holy crap dude did you see the match between him and angle at Lockdown? It was amazing. Seriously that is part of the problem with WWE right now is that they think a quick fix with a "great" match is throw a title in there. NO! Anderson is perfectly fine without a title right now.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

No. Anderson is better on his own, especially now that he is entering into a feud with The Pope. That feud will more than likely last for some time, as it should. The Pope needs a big heel to feud with, as Anderson needs a big face to feud with. These two should put on some great singles matches together. Along with AJ (and Flair), Anderson is drawing the most heat right now. Putting him into a tag team would kill his momentum.

As for Morgan, I think this is just a move to shoot him further up the ladder. He won't hold the belts for long, but having him destroy people week in week out is a good move. He uses guy, then beats them senseless. And when he finally loses the belts, it will more than likely be to two guys, which will not make him look weak at all. I didn't like Matt Morgan before this angle, but he's growing on me. Do I like the whole Gollum thing? No. But the rest of the angle is going well, and it's going to go as well as he carries it.

But no, I do not want to see one of TNA's best heels, Anderson, be thrown into a tag team. A RANDOM tag team is what it would be. If you ask me, the one thing TNA has going for it over WWE is it's tag division. They have REAL tag teams, not thrown together, whacked out teams like WWE usually has.

 

[mister_b1LL]

Matt Morgan doesn't need a tag team partner. This whole storyline with him being a solo tag team champion is absolutely wonderful at this time. Him having different guys every match is really cool and at one point I suggested that when Edge was injured and Jericho had to find a new guy to be his tag team partner, I personally thought that was the way it was gonna go. I find the whole "We" thing hilarious.

However the whole solo thing will get old pretty soon, but by the time that happens I think Morgan's gonna drop it to either a returning LAX or maybe even shock some people and drop it to the Guns, though I predict the former is going to happen rather than the latter with the Guns' luck.

 

[Da Big Champ]

I like what Matt Morgan is doing at the moment. He is showing that he doesnt need a partner and by having X Division tag partners it makes him look better as a single and tag team wrestler. He doesnt need a tag team partner just X Division partners who can look good while Matt Morgan looks good.

 

[bcg60]

Amazing Red and Morgan was an interesting combination, the size difference between the two really made them look unique.

If Morgan wasn't in middle of a push, I would of loved for the two to be paired up for the time being.

 

[Trill Co$by]

Why would you want to kill tag team wrestling anymore? It's already a lost art, just please, let Hart Dynasty do their best to revive it.

Tag teams, traditionally, are supposed to be two guys who know each other inside and out and can adapt to the other's style, or their styles click together. Morgan and Anderson do NOT click at all... they just are two completely different characters on two completely different levels.

Seriously, I know that a big guy/small guy team seems to be popular and in some cases it does work (hell WWE successfully pulled it off two times in a row, using the same powerhouse) but in this case it would just suck completely.

If you're going to give Morgan a new partner, then I say put the other belt on Tomko. The guy is seriously being wasted right now and can easily make Morgan and Tomko a legit powerhouse team. It also wouldn't hurt giving Tomko some TV time before you give him the other belt.

 

[cnmasaki]

The one man tag team is actually putting Morgan over pretty decently, and I mostly like his promos (every once in a while he seems to lose focus and character, but it's been a helluva lot better than his generic "big man squash" promos of the past). Like everyone else, I'm looking forward to LAX or MCMG to get their acts together and take the titles off of Morgan and his partner of the week. I fear, however, that TNA will make the mistake of throwing a couple midcard or main event guys together at random and having them take the titles off of Morgan... hopefully they're smarter than that.

 

[Vintage]

Morgan doesn't need a partner. 'We' are doing just fine. Morgan's ego is out of control right now and it makes for good TV. I think it's funny, fits Morgan perfectly and as long as there is eventually some retribution from Hernandez in the reforming of LAX to make up for shitting on the Guns again it would be worth the wait.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Ken Anderson is much better off as a singles competitor and, truth be told, so is Matt Morgan. Personally, I think what they've done with Morgan has been a big mistake overall. Morgan does a pretty good arrogant heel bit and is arrogant to the point that I don't find it all that believable that he'd be willing to "share the spotlight" with a tag team partner. Ken Anderson's character, in terms of the sheer arrogance of his heel persona, is cut from the same cloth as Morgan's.

In my opinion, the best then for TNA to do is to just get the tag titles off of Morgan, put him back in the singles ranks, put the titles on someone that can be bought into as a legitimate tag team and then try to get the tag team scene back on its feet.

 

[Warrior]

First of all NO!!! WWE does this all the time with two top singles competitors and it is stupid. Get the belts away from morgan and give them to an actual tag team

and second of all WHY THE FRICK DOES ANDERSON NEED GOLD?!?!?!?!? Holy crap dude did you see the match between him and angle at Lockdown? It was amazing. Seriously that is part of the problem with WWE right now is that they think a quick fix with a "great" match is throw a title in there. NO! Anderson is perfectly fine without a title right now.

This is a trend that needs to stop.Like it was stated above WWE dose this all the time.Morgan and Hernandez was a bad idea to start with and TNA didn't need a make-shift tag team anyway.LAX is suppose to reform so I hope Matt well drop the belts to them.

Anderson as a heel is not someone i want as tag champ.Even as a face i don't see him sharing the spot light

The tag team wrestling is just as much of a part of what made me watch TNA as the X-Division.They need to start building long term,believable tag teams(Beer Money,3D,MCMG,etc)not pairing up two mid-carders.

 

[JP Wrinkle]

I like that fact that many of you want to see a tag team division and not singles wrestlers just being thrown together. I think tag team wrestling has been long overdue for a bad ass larger than life tag team like the Road Warriors, Demolition, or even the Powers of Pain. I like the Machine Guns, Generation Me, and Beer Money, but there isn't a team that really makes you jump up and take notice because they are huge. Develop the division and have your eye out for a couple of guys that could pull it off. The problem I have noticed is they put big guys on tv before they are ready (Rob Terry) and then they are established as single wrestlers...wouldn't he have done better as a legit tag team wrestler for a couple of years before trying this monster push?

Not really pushing tag teams I think hurts developing new stars because the old formula of breaking up a tag team and new single's star emerging was pretty solid for a long time. I find it hard to believe it wouldn't work now too.

 

[Adam08]

I think Desmon Wolf should be Matt morgan tag team partner. They are both pretty good upper midcard heels. They are both coxy and I think they could mesh well together and it will give Wolf somthing to do other then being on Team Flair.

 

[UFOcalling]

Just like most people are posting, I agree that Morgan has been doing a pretty good job cutting heel-promos with the Tag-Team Gold. He's obviously still got a little polishing to do to get a really "tight" promo, but he's coming along. The whole "we" idea is working to benefit the angle as well. Hehe...I like nickb03's Gollum-comparison.

Ken Anderson? No...that just wouldn't work for either of their characters. Both guys are too selfish to work together. Look at Morgan's character, he can't co-exist with ANYONE, let alone another selfish (kayfabe) prick like Anderson...btw, loving Anderson's work since coming to TNA. He really does need to drop the whole "mic coming down from the ceiling" bit though, it's getting old. Just use the wireless stick like everyone else, Anderson. It's time to (literally) hang up the vintage Elvis-mic.

I ALSO agree (doing a lot of agreeing) that it will most likely be the returning Hernandez (most likely w/ Homicide) that gets the better of Morgan, and takes the belts.

Once Morgan loses the belts, hopefully TNA will get some of their real tag-teams back in the title hunt. You know which teams I mean, not these guys that are just paired up because TNA Creative can't come up with anything else for them to do.

TNA really should put together a bracket-style tournament for the tag-division, much like they did when they debuted the Knockout Tag Titles. Seriously, put one tag-match on each broadcast that will culminate at a PPV (KOTR-style). If they stick to their "real" tag-teams, it could make for some pretty cool matches, and maybe put that elusive spark back in TNA's tag-division. At least WWE has been trying a bit harder with their tag-division lately, TNA would only benefit from doing the same.

Btw: a bit off-topic, but along the same lines...why aren't there any other tag-teams or stables or whatever in the Knockout-Division for the KO tag belts? What's the point of having the female tag-division without ANY suitable competition for TBP? What ever happened to Wilde and Sarita? They could bring Roxxi back with her "voodoo" persona, and team her with Daffney...they might make a cool team to challenge for the belts. Whatever, I don't want to go any further, because that's not what this thread is about. Sorry for going off-topic.

 

[Mike Honcho]

uh well i think its goin to be LAX reforming to take the belts from whoever ends up with Matt

Hernandez is a pretty good singles wrestler and a work in progress. That's taking his career and throwing it away. LAX is done. If Hernandez wants that then more power to him.

Morgan should just keep toting the belts around himself. Anderson doesn't need gold or anyone else. He's a superstar. WWE's biggest mistake since letting The Rock get away.

 

[Alex]

I like the idea of Matt Morgan defending them on his own. Him referring to himself as 'We' could be a interesting thing to work with e.g. He's so deluded that he only needs himself to defend the belts, otherwise let him lose the tag belts and blame the loss on his partner and enter a fued with them.

 

[TheMainEvent]

They should just have Morgan continue to use new guys as a partner for the time being. Once Hernandez is in a position to return it would be a great idea if they had Morgan use Homicide as his partner and then the LAX music hits and Hernandez walks out with Homicide attacks Morgan from behind making the match a handicap match with LAX getting the titles.

 

[Mr. Wrestling 27]

I personally agree with 99% of all of these posts about Morgan keeping the belts for himself...we all know LAX is coming back. When Hernandez was kicked in the head who was the one person that came down to the ring to check on him? Homicide. They will take the titles off of Morgan and then he's going to have to find a legitimate partner to enter a fued with LAX...

 

[Fan_of_Wrestling]

I also hate the idea of Mr Anderson being his partner. What needs to happen next is for him to be given a partner, one that "management" choose for him... give him someone he can't easily beat up which forces him into a tag-team so he can get rid of the "WE" because quite frankly I think it's a stupid gimmick... well the referring to himself as "WE" is.

My pick would be... Samoa Joe, I would love to see what happens when Morgan tries to turn on him... it would play to both gimmicks... Morgan could keep the belts because Joe wouldn't care, Joe would come down... destroy and leave. Morgan would get all the promo time, and Joe can build on his rampage with a bit more direction.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Why would Anderson make for a good partner? That makes no sense at all. Anderson is an ideal singles guy, and in line for a title shot in the coming months.

What is with this random-ass tag team nonsense going on here? First Moore/Neal are supposed to be a tag team because they both have false tributes to Native Americans, and now Anderson is supposed to be a tag-team guy out of the blue?

If you can't read the writing on the wall for the LAX return from here, I have no idea what to tell you – you obviously have not been watching wrestling very long, or you're simply too naïve to understand otherwise.

The whole "Morgan turning on his partners" thing is a distraction for when LAX comes back to take him out. The idea is to have Morgan continue to do so with jobber-types like Red and Neal to pull the wool over the eyes of the naïve so you don't see LAX coming.

Morgan continues the "we" tirade and goes into the PPV high and mighty after destroying all his other parnters to "prove" he doesn't need them. LAX end up being his opponents and beat him after he has no help when he needs it most. Makes all the sense in the world to me.

 

[Reddannihilation]

There's really no point to giving Matt Morgan a permanent partner. He's going to drop the titles to the reformed LAX and then hopefully move on into the main event. Which lets us get back to a proper tag division and finally gets Morgan back to the point he was at just after BFG last year. And even if they do intend to keep Morgan tagging, hell no to Anderson teaming with him. Anderson's already Main Event and he's a singles wrestler, he just wouldn't work in this situation. The way they've built Morgan, he's become a loner, the same goes for Anderson neither are the type of guy you'd expect in any long-lasting alliance.

 

[Fan_of_Wrestling]

I don't think he NEEDS a partner... I just WANT him to have one... why you ask? Because I don't want to have to watch week after week of Matt Morgan destroying the entire X-division when we have Joe doing the same thing. At least Joe's destruction can lead to decent matches and in the end help the X-division, while all Morgan is doing is make the X-division look worthless because LAX aren't together yet.

 

[Ruthless-RKO]

i got the feeling, because LAX will reform, they will take the titles of him, but, thats in like 3 months, will they really keep matt morgan as sole tag champion for another 3 months?

as for his future partner...who knows, i don't think anyone cares, it's gone on too long, make morgan challenge rob terry..

 

[MrTNA]

I am very excited about TNA bringing the tag team division to the forefront.
I hate what WWE has done to the tag team division. My favorite memories of wrestling as a kid are the great tag teams, and I think TNA has an opportunity.

Anyways, what I would do:
Bischoff strips Morgan of the title and says if he wants it back he must find a true partner and enter an 16 man tournament to crown the new tag team champions (only true tag teams, none of this WWE crap of just randomly throwing people together and calling them a team).

Teams:
1. MCMG
2. Team 3D
3. LAX (return as heels)
4. Generation Me
5. SkyScapers (Morgan and Tomko)
6. Ink Inc.
7. London and Kendrick
8. British Invasion
9. Dr. Stevie and Raven
10. Beer Money Inc.
11. The Band
12. Return of the Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak and Sean O'haire, part of Jeff Jarretts new alliance)
13. Steiner Bros. (1 time return)
14. Hart Foundation 2.0 (Teddie Hart and Jack Evans)
15. Wataru Inoue and Nagata Yuji Nagata (IWGP tag team)
16. Karl Anderson & Giant Bernard (IWGP tag team)

In the finals will be MCMG vs. The SkyScrapers with MCMG pulling the amazing upset.
Have Team 3D face Steiner Bros. in one round (legends match).
Amazing matches between Generation Me, London and Kendrick, MCMG, Hart Foundation 2.0.