More Disrespected Title - IC or Tag?

[IrishCanadian25]

The news has hit and been quoted on these boards a few times already. With Jeff Hardy in the MITB match at Wrestlemania, the Intercontinental Title will not be defended for the 6th consecutive Wrestlemania. Think of that in context of the six years prior:

Wrestlemania 18 - Rob Van Dam over William Regal for the title
Wrestlemania 17 - Chris Jericho over William Regal to retain
Wrestlemania 2K - Jericho vs Angle vs Benoit, IC / Euro Titles
Wrestlemania 15 - Road Dogg over Shamrock, Venis, Golddust
Wrestlemania 14 - The Rock over Shamrock, DQ
Wrestlemania 13 - Rocky Maivia over The Sultan

Ok, now let's look at the 6 years since:

Wrestlemania 24 - No Title Defense (Jeff Hardy, champ, MITB)
Wrestlemania 23 - No Title Defense (Jeff Hardy, champ, MITB)
Wrestlemania 22 - No Title Defense (Shelton Benjamin, champ, MITB)
Wrestlemania 21 - No Title Defense (Shelton Benjamin, champ, MITB)
Wrestlemania 20 - No Title Defense (Randy Orton, champ, handicap match)
Wrestlemania 19 - Title Inactive

That's just Wrestlemania. Then take into account the title's relative obscurity overall for the last couple years.

NOW - the Tag Team Titles. I am talking about the RAW World Titles:

In 2005, the titles were held by 5 different teams: Conway & Grenier, Tajiri & Regal, Hurricane & Rosey, Cade & Murdoch, Show & Kane. 3 of those 5 teams were actualy, legit tag teams with only Show & Kane and Tajiri & Regal being "thrown together.

In 2006, the titles were held by 3 teams. The Spirit Squad, Flair & Piper, and Rated RKO. This is where things went south. The Spirit Squad was a 5 man team, not an actual tag team. Flair and Piper were a Cyber Sunday novelty. Rated RKO were given the belts to establish their feud with DX and their alliance as top heels. I call 2006 "The Death of the Tag Division."

In 2007, we are back to 5 different teams (one with 2 reigns) as Shawn Michaels and John Cena, The Hardyz, Cade & Murdoch (x2), Kendrick and London, and now Rhodes & Holly held the belts. The number of title reigns? Few and far between. Pay Per View bookings? Limited at best. Storyline buildup? HA!

So I ask you, loyal posters, over the last 3-5 years, which championship has been disrespected MORE? The Intercontinental Championship or the World Tag Team Championship?

 

[Uncle Sam]

Well, they've both been deeply disrespected, let's get that out of the way first. I think everyone will agree with that. But I will go out on a limb and say it's the tag titles which have been disrespected more. Some may claim otherwise, but being used as a vehicle for people bigger than the actual division - Rated RKO, Cena/HBK - then being dropped back into obscurity is no way to respect the titles, it just makes the legitimate competitors, i.e. not the main event drop-in variety, look weak and thus the tag division as a whole, not to mention the teams suck.

The mid-card of the WWE is actually, in my opinion, one of it's strong points. Jeff Hardy may be a spot monkey, and he may even refuse to acknowledge the fact that he's intercontinental champion, but he gets airtime and isn't some obscure wrestler. The same goes for guys like Shelton Benjamin, and Chris Benoit and MVP is you care to apply it to SmackDown's US title. The biggest thing that disrespects the title is that it isn't even taken into consideration when he faces the world champion - something completely alien to the world of Warrior/Hogan.

 

[Father:_Polley]

gotta agree with sam. the tag titles haven't been about feuds between legit tag teams for a long time and i think having random superstars compete together for either the purpose of a feud (michaels/cena), losing a poll (show/kane even though they weren't bad as a team), or as a means to justify dx teaming (RKO).
add that to the method used to remove main-event champions usually involves some sort of in-fighting or run in and you castrate the new champions of any shred of achievement.

IC - ok, it's been thrown about a lot in recent years and not defended at WM which is a shame because i remember all of those being strong matches, but it's still a title given to respected names and talented up-and-comers such as morrison and the milan miracle. i'd love to see it defended at mania, maybe by having hardy drop it to flair or have flair win it at wm.

but i think tag is more disrespected, purely because it's abused so much with non-legit tag teams and dropped cheaply. women's is still the most disrespected...but it's bn dead for a while

 

[klunderbunker]

Has to be the tag team titles. While the IC used to be an important title and more exciting to follow than the world title, the tag titles are a damn joke now. If I remember correctly, it's been how many weeks since we've even heard about the tag belts on Raw? At least with the IC title it's being used as a somewhat of a stepping stone, as the past few champions, John morrison, Umaga and Jeff Hardy, have all gained a lot of momentum with their respective runs with the title. When the IC title was dropped in i think 2002, it was missed as there was nothing for low-to-mid card wrestlers to go for and it just didn't work. If the tag titles were dropped, would anyone really miss them?

 

[NYSandman]

I did not vote in your poll because BOTH titles are spat on nowadays equally. There's no more hoopla about the Tag/IC, and it seems WWE just focuses on the big titles.

TT
Hart Foundation
Bulldogs
Demolition
Powers of Pain
Rockers

IC
Rick Rude
Honky Tonk Man
Warrior
Randy Savage
Ricky Steamboat

Just to name a few. Can't think right now.

But, the above names should illustrate just who held these titles and what they meant.

Not defending these titles at WM is a slap in the face to the industry. I mean, shit, it's a four hour show! You can fit and IC and Tag match in!

Agree 100%, but cannot judge which is worse. BOTH are, to coin a phrase, dissed.

 

[Slim Pickns]

Up until your original post I would have said tag title in a heartbeat. Your Wrestlemania stats, however, pointed out how badly the IC Title has been booked in recent years. After thinking about it, I still have to say the tag titles. Mainly because I actually hate the way they are booked. I don't mean it upsets me a bit, I mean I actually feel angry and I want to hit things (but I never do).

Growing up tag team wrestling was my favorite. The WWF had amazing and interesting teams with endless possibilites for matches. The Hart Foundation could go up against the Rockers in the opening match of a PPV with Demolition defending the tag belts against the Brain Busters toward the end of the card. They could do 10 man (5 Tag Team) Survivor Series matches that people actually cared about. There would even be World Tag Team Title matches that were just as hyped as the WWF World Title match. Today, the Titles are lucky to be "showcased" in a dark match.

Remember when former World Tag Team Champions used to split up and be a big deal? When Rick Martel turned on Tito Santana at Wrestlemania, it was huge because they held the tag team titles together. Now, teams are thrown together and given the belts just for the fact that they will eventually break up.

The main problem is no one cares about any of the tag teams. You will never hear any sane person say "when I think of great tag teams I think of The Hart, Foundation, The British Bulldogs, and Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes." The Rockers (who weren't even technically tag champs) split up, and it was one of the biggest stories of that year for WWF. Now, how many of you would really care if Cade and Murdoch broke up? Not many, because the WWE hasn't invested in tag team wrestling which devalues the belts in the process.

 

[Yuffie_Kisaragi]

The sad thing is theres all the potential there for a great tag division again....

Cade and Murdoch could easily become the next APA or Dudley boys. ive the team something more than just been a pair of angry rednecks. The Dudleys had tables maybe give Cade and Murdoch a signature weapon/dirty attack to use. (Murdoch placing a trashcan over someones head and Cade hitting an elbow drop on it maybe?)

Cody Rhodes and D.H Smith: Screw Bob Holly...turn Cody and Smith heels, team them together and have them as a tag team version of Randy orton. Brash, arrogant and disrespectful.

London and Kendrick: Stop jobbing these two, stop limiting what they do in the ring and the WWE could have the 2nd coming of the Hardy Boyz.

Paul Burchill and Katie Lea: Push these as a tag team imo. Have Paul do all the work before finally tagging in Katie at the end to get the pinfall to humiliate their opponents. Pauls big enough and tough enough to make this work without making their opponents look weak. Plus itll be something new and intresting...a Brother/Sister tag team instead of another short 2month long tag pairing between two monster heels.


Thats not even mentioning teams like Deuce and Domino, jesse and Festus and the Highlanders...2 of which should stay as jobbers and the other (jesse and festus) will get a big boring after a few months. Add a few jobber teams and random pairings and youve got a good tag division. Also they should build actual feuds between the teams and have them defend the titles in table matchs, ladder matchs and TLC matchs.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Well the tag titles have hardley ever been pushed properly. The tag division was stacked in the 80's, but there were only 3 or 4 teams that had a chance of getting the title. There were plenty of teams, but non were pushed very hard. You had the Harts, Bulldogs, Demolotition and maybe another team that waere heavily involved in the division. The rest made up numbers.

In the early and late 90's againg you had about three teams dominating.

Early 90's Gunns, Donnas & Godwins. Hardly a golden agae.

Late 90's E 7 C, Dudleyz & Hardyz. people remember the good matches, and they're right. Byt the division was shit. The divison was bulked up by other teams. Which got a look in on occasion, but were never as important as those three. And by the end of the 90's-early 00's you were sick of those feuds.

The IC title isn't disrespected ever. It's been held by some terrible wrestlers. And the reason it doesn't get on a Mania event is because it just isn't important. The IC division of today isn't the one that Owen Hart, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and so on competed in.

 

[HBK-aholic]

I used to be a huge fan of Tag Title matches, and I always loved watching how a team worked together, and worked for each other. Tag team matches were, to me, always about which team worked better together, and showcasing 4 pieces of talent instead of just 2. The tag team titles were also held in prestige, with every team aiming for it, and them champions being highly respected.

The range of matches was clear and interesting. Even just ordinary matches with tag teams were good, due to what we could see from a tag team that we couldn't see in just a singles match. It was always good to see two teams working it out together in the time they had allocated after a tag connection was made. They were always interesting and different.

One of the best tag teams in the WWE were the Dudley Boyz, and they are definately one of my favourites. They worked so well together and I can't name one match they had which was boring. They were just amazing whatever they did. I'd like to say there speciality were TLC matches but really, they were good at everything. However the TLC matches involving the Dudleys (along with E+C and the Hardyz) were to me some of the most interesting matches of that show. I'd often buy a PPV looking at the card, and the match I was most anticipating would be a tag team match.

Noe, onto the intercontinental. Holding this belt meant you were there, or very close to being at the top of the WWE. The intercontinental title was held by many greats and all the fans held these as great wrestlers, and who one day would own the championship belt and be top the company we love so much. Intercontinental matches would always be different from other normal matches due to what the belt actually meant.

The intercontinental title was held in huge prestige and was always known as the last stepping stone to the WWe championship. If a wrestler was offered this title they would know they were doing something right, and if they carried on the way they were, or improved, they could expect to see WWE championship gold within the space of a few years.

If you look at past Intercontinental championship winners, most will be going down in history as some of the best, and looking back at some of those matches it makes you think how much as changed. Now, the belt isn't much more than something a few mid-carders aim for, and it's connection to the WWE Championship is barely uphold or respected. It shows by the way it has been showcased at WM recently. Beforehand, the Intercontinental match made us think about what the Main Event would be this time next year, but now, our biggest event doesn't even use this title.

 

[Gus]

I don't see how you guys can say the IC title is being disrespected, It has, at Wrestlemania, but other than that, Jeff Hardy is adding prestige to it, and if you don't think so, you are all hippocrites, you say long title reigns add prestige, and IC25, Umaga was IC champ last year at 'Mania

I think the tag titles are beign disrespected more, out of the past year, we have had 4 credible teams hold the world tag titles,

• Rated RKO
• The Hardys
• Cade and Murdoch
• London/Kendrick

Other than that, they had HBK/Cena hold them to what? To try to add heat to the main event, it didn't work IMO, and i thought that was a waste of a title reign, and the Hardys could have had a good feud with Cade/Murdoch, but WWE screwed that up, and now we have them hold it until the Africa tour, where they lost them to Londrick, making Londrick the 2nd team (i think) to have held both Tag Titles, WWE and World, but now they have Cody and Holly, a random team, and all challengers have disappeared, and we can only hope that WWE does something with the RAW tag division, maybe merge it with SD! and keep it on SD! on all SD divas go to RAW, that would work IMO.

 

[bko]

Wrestlemania is about putting together a card that will as much fans/potenial fans as possible. If the holders of IC title/tag titles are not going to be in a match possibly because they can't draw in a title match, so be it. Jeff Hardy being in the MITB is where he should be, because people think of ladder match, they think of Jeff hardy. can you really see Holly & Cody drawing in a high profile match like wrestlemania?

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

The reason they're not at WM is because of the brand split, you have too many more important feuds to get over, crowding wrestlemania with more than 9 matches normally ends up making the show nothing but a lot of generic 10 minute matches.

I don't think the titles have really been disrespected, it's not like they're putting the belt on shitty wrestlers, it's just that WWE is in a phase where they're building new stars, so the focus is on them and on the World Title.


The IC title isn't what it used to be and there is no tag division, if I had to chose, the tag division needs more because tag team wrestling is something all together different than 1 on 1 matches.


The IC title will always be around, and remember, it wasn't that long ago that Orton and Edge were making the IC title mean something again, it won't be long until someone else does the same.

It's just that at this point, WWE has all the guys that they want to make the new stars at the top, Orton, Edge, etc are all now in the World and WWE title pictures. So once they get more established, more future world champs will get the IC belt and make it prestigious again.

 

[Mr.Mvp]

well i think teh ic title is more disrespected becaus eat leats teh tag titles can be defended at a ppv. the last time the ic was defended ata ppv was summerslam and before that i think it was unforgiven 2006 ( could be wrong but i think i'm not). i mean how unfair is that two title matches at ppvs in two years. the ic is a great title ( sometimes i think it's better than teh whc) thats how good i think it is. teh world tag team titles tho they do get disrespected but not as much as the ic title

 

[TheOneBigWill]

I'm not exactly sure if you can consider either Championship disrespected simply because it isn't defended on the Wrestlemania stage. I think in order to define which Championship is more disrespected, you have to look within the divisions. You have to look at where the Championships are headed, who may be headed for them, and how they've vaulted Superstars into the future. So, with that.. a breakdown of each..

Intercontinental Championship: Its currently held by Jeff Hardy, and man thats quite possibly one of the biggest Superstars on the roster being cheered by the fans the most. I don't understand it, I doubt I'll agree with it, but listen to the pops he receives next to guys like Triple H. and John Cena. The fans are voicing who they want more.. and its a guy with rainbow colored hair.

With that said, the Intercontinental Championship is being held by someone who's future is starting to finally take off. The Championship's only downfall, is it isn't being defended like its meant to be, in the midcard divisional area. Its being held by a guy, who's trying to stay in the Main Event divisional area. So, with that being said.. the Championship has done what it was intended on doing, and it needs to be passed on to the next up-and-coming midcarder.

Overall, the Intercontinental Championship is a "gateway" Championship, mainly given to Superstars that are headed for the World Heavyweight Championship division.. or by new-comers, whom they wish to establish quickly. Because of that, it isn't needed to be defended on Wrestlemania, simply because Wrestlemania is a stage where everyone performing on that night, are all suppose to give 110%.. Championships do mean something on that night, but mainly only the Heavyweight ones.

Tag Team Championships: Now, this is the Championship I truly feel has been disrespected, simply because its not meant to be any type of "gateway" Championship. Its basically the Heavyweight Championship of its division, since its obviously the ONLY Championship of its division.

The Tag Team Championships are meant to be held by a Tag Team that deserve to be viewed as the current best in the business, the best in the company. However, when you have a lack-luster Tag Team roster, sometimes the current best on that roster, wouldn't even be more than a squash match to regular Tag Teams from the previous eras.

In my opinion, the W.W.E. has dropped the ball big time on the Tag Team division, because its allowed it to go to shit with slapped together Tag Teams, and stupid gimmicks for the ones they have.

Teams like Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes, Shannon Moore and Jimmy Yang, Carlito and Santino, Super Crazy and Hacksaw Jim Duggan.. they aren't teams, they're barely athletes anymore. So why bother even having them make up part of the division? Much less, in Holly/Rhodes case, carry it.

Overall.. I realize greatly that the Tag Team division in today's wrestling industry is not and never will be the Tag Team division from yester-year, or even the previous era. I just wish they'd get their head's out of their asses and bring the two Tag Team divisions together to be a multi-brand Championship.. so they can bring together all the teams, weed out the stupid ones, and push the legit ones.

 

[carbondioxide830]

i don't see it as a big deal that the ic title isnt gonna be defended for like the 100th time @ wrestlemania as i'm pretty used to seeing the ic champion take part in the money in the bank ladder match. i do think wwe should have jeff hardy defend the title more; i'm sure i'm wrong, but the last time i remember him defending the title was against carlito in the ladder match. one thing that's for sure is that who ever beats hardy for the title will have alot of credibility.

as for the tag titles, i think both sets of titles are a joke. they should unify the tag titles and have them defended on both brands since there really isn't a stacked tag division on either brand.

 

[Total Impact]

The Tag Team titles are more direspectful now, as I can't remember a meaningful thing about the Tag Team titles since the the titles were split. Tag Team wrestling in the WWE is dead as no storylines are ever done for tag team champions about the titles, plus the tag teams are not having the best matches in the world today, and there is not a tag team on Raw that has what it takes to be a great tag team like teams in the past, that is good ring ability that can get the crowd into matches night in and night out. No partner with good mic skills that can at least give the crowd some type of energy. The WWE had a chance to save the Tag Team division with Cryme Tyme, but they got fired. The Tag Team titles haven't mean't shit since the Un-Americans held the gold. The WWE doesn't care about Tag Team wrestling, if they did, we would see better development of tag teams, instead of bringing a team and put the gold on them have them on heat everyweek. I will give Smackdown is due and say Miz and Morrison kind of bring something to the table in tag team wrestling, but once they lose, it will be piss poor again.

The IC could be on the same level as I contend the title hasn't mean't nothing since Randy Orton held the title. I mean after Orton there hasn't been a champion that even comes close to be great in wrestling, by that I mean over with the crowd as champion and became a bigger star because of the holding the Belt. Shelton sucks on the mic, Carlito doesn't care in the ring, Umaga reigns were pointless, Ric Flair held the belt just to put something on his waist, Santino pulled a Rock, and Hardy never needed the belt in the first place.

Right now the WWE needs to look at taps of the Attitute Era & Begining Brand split. Build teams like The Hardys, Edge & Christian, Dudleys, N.O.A, Chuck and Billy, Too Cool, APA, Un-Americans, Los Guererros, Team Angle/WGTT. Build teams that can catch the eye of the crowd and get over big instead of a slight reaction like some teams get today.

For the IC belt, whatever you did for Randy ORton, do it to every guy that holds the belts.

But I will end it like I started it, that is Tag Team titles are the most disrespectful as Tag Team wrestling is dead. There is no tag team that everyone loves to hate and everyone hates that they love.

 

[Skullz Crack'Em]

I voted for the World Tag titles. The last time the World tag titles meant something was when they were defended on nearly every PPV, now they are only defended on RAW. When Rated RKO and HBK/Cena had the titles, that was the sign that WWE didn't give a crap about the tag titles anymore. Why give them to four guys who already established themselves as main eventers? That didn't make any sense when other REAL tag teams could of had the belts instead and help elevate them as a tag team. Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly are the tag champs now and it is debatable whether they are worthy of having those titles or not when RAW has Cade & Murdoch, The Highlanders, and Londrick, three teams who are more worthy IMO. But instead, WWE has a feud between two non-legit teams like Holly/Rhodes and Carlito/Santino, just like they did on SmackDown where Jesse and Festus is primed and ready for those WWE tag titles, but yet hasn't won them.

 

[bnn52]

I also voted for the tag team titles. I believe that the IC title has been used like it has been in the past, as a stepping stone for future main eventers. Umaga is constantly in a big match every pay per view lately, Morrison went on to be ECW champion (but now back to WWE tag champ) and Jeff Hardy is competing at a high level, almost there as a full time WWE title contender. I do agree in that the IC title should be defended more often, and change hands more often as well.

Now on to the tag team titles. Back in the day I used to love tag team wrestling. Even some of the teams that never held the tag titles were great. There were just great matches and there were alot of talented teams. Just to list a few.

• 
  Demolition
  Hart Foundation
  The Rockers
  Power & Glory
  The Killer Bees
  Powers of Pain
  Bulldogs
  The Headshrinkers
  The Quebeccers
  The APA
  The Brainbusters

Now today we are stuck with a bunch of lower mid carders thrown together because they cant think of anything else to do.There are a couple of good teams tody, Cade & Murdoch, Londrick. And a couple who have potential, Edgeheads, Deuce & Domino, but if they arent featured every week in a match they wont get over. And why did they get rid of Cryme Tyme, one of the best teams to come around in a while.

So the solution is to unify the two tag belts and package some of their up and coming talent to make the tag division bigger and more competitive, also did anyone else enjoy Shelton Benjamin and Elijah Burke together on ECW last night? I thought it was great and they would be a great team.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I don't see how you guys can say the IC title is being disrespected, It has, at Wrestlemania, but other than that, Jeff Hardy is adding prestige to it, and if you don't think so, you are all hippocrites, you say long title reigns add prestige, and IC25, Umaga was IC champ last year at 'Mania

You are joking. Please son. Leave the WWE section and go back to the e-fed. That title is worthless. How in fact is Jeff Hardy adding prestige to it? By defending it on PPV? Err not so far. By defending it on Raw? Not frequently. It's nothing. Why he's holding it I don't know. HBK has been in a mid card feud with Kennedy for a few months, why didn't he get a run then drop it to Kennedy? The title might be beneath him, but Kennedy winning the title off HBK would have done wonders for him.

As for Umaga. Again he didn't defend that belt on PPV until Sunner Slam I believe. Top of my head wasn't it defended just three times on PPV in 2007? At Vengeance, NYR & Summer Slam. How many times were the tag titles (Both), or US, or ECW titles defended.

Hardy has added nothing to that title. Long title reigns only work if you defend the belt.

 

[Taker316]

I'd have to say the tag team titles too. I mean to me, its completely disrespectful to all the great tag teams throughout the ages. Like the road warriors, Hardy boyz, Dudley's, Hart foundation and so on. But now they seem to be givin it to the stupidest unworthy people ever... i mean lets see. Smackdown Miz n Morrison(though they're ECW superstars) have the tag titles... before them who was it?? oh yeah MVP and Matt hardy who were both at the time fighting for the US championship. And at one time, Undertaker and Batista, who were fighting for the WORLD heavyweight championship.

I think they reallllly need Cryme Tyme back. Just think the feuds they could of had with say jessie n festus, cade n murdoch and the select few tag teams that are actually half assed nowadays.. which isnt many.

Now, the IC title. Honestly, if i never watched wrestling and say, only read the results and everything on here/the internet i deffinetely would have NO idea that he's the IC champion. No mention of it ever, at all. I mean... its like the IC championship means absolutely nothing anymore, he's skyrocketing up to main event status and the IC championship is nowhere to be found...To this point i honestly wouldnt be surprised if he didnt even bring the IC belt out and if he didnt, would anyone even notice lol..... its horrible at least the US belt is being well defended (well, at least when Matt Hardy gets back) it'll bring back the value majorly to that title. Just hope they can do the same with the IC title.

 

[thecruiser]

I don't understand your reasoning. The Intercontinental Championship, in my eyes, is the third top belt (with WWE Championship first, World Heavyweight second, and IC close behind WHC, with ECW World following, WWE Tag Team, World Tag Team, and US Championship). The IC title isn't being "disrespected" in any way. Just because it isn't defended at Pay-Per-Views doesn't mean it loses its prestige. I think it's regarded as the "belt of future champions". If you hold or have held the Intercontinental Championship in the WWE, you have a good shot at climbing to the main event. While the World Tag Team title is a different story, I don't think it's as bad as you make it out to be. Tag teams aren't draws. They are there for filler. That's why these belts aren't defended at Pay-Per-Views, because nobody wants to pay to see Rhodes and Holly fight some no-name tag team. In the attitude era, where tag teams flew threw the air and smashed through tables, people wanted to see them and see the titles get defended. Now, tag teams are boring.

 

[PhoenixFan89]

i said ic...jeff may be a main eventer now but i still would like to see it defended once in awhile, add to the fact he doesnt even come out with it sometimes, and that he often just flings it at the ref before his match start (its like he doesnt care about the title) and thats saying alot imho.

The tag titles are something different you have some great talent there but the wwe doesnt even focus on that division which is sad.

You can even add in the us title, when was the last time that thing has been defended?? i know they are waiting for matt to get healthy but they could atleast have mvp defend the thing once in awhile.

 

[Siege27]

Looking at the polls and replies on this thread, it seems theres a split between the two.
I think that both titles to a certain extent have been disrespected, but not totally. The World Tag titles are with Rhodes and Holly who arent even a legit. tag team. I guess thats due to the lack of good talent on Raw, but Raw still has Londrick, Santino/Carlito, Cade/Murdoch, etc.
But there just arent enough good tag teams in the WWE anymore, partly due to the fact that there isnt any emphasis on those titles by Vince. So with the lacklustre tag teams, I think the main thing that is needed in the short term is really good storylines.

Neither is the IC title for that matter. Ok, understandably Jeff Hardy has it as he is a legit. holder, but he is more or less main event material now, so he really doesnt need it.
But I do think that Jeff holding on to the title for the time being is a good thing, even if it doesnt get defended. I say this because when he eventually does lose the title, the wrestler to beat Jeff would be seen as someone great. In that way, it should help that wrestler on using the belt as a 'stepping stone' to better things. Maybe someone like Carlito, i dunno.
that said, Hardy still should defend the title now and then to add a bit of variety on the show.

just a thought.

 

[laya_4life]

i had to go with the tag titles...seriously it's hard to remember who the tag champs are somtimes..let alone even care. the talent pool is so sallow right now in the wwe its depressing. which affects the tag title scene more than the mid card singles. I think they dont pay enough attention to developing tag teams...and giving them these lame gimicks like the highlanders, and duece and domino, and cryme time. no one is gonna care about those characters. and the way they push them is horrible also. they come in have a 3 week winning streak, win the titles, dont get over, drop the titles, then job to make shift teams like hbk and cena, or who ever. it also doesn't help the tag team divison when you have a gauntlet match and have 5 teams get beat by dx in 15 minutes. i think they gonna need to chill with the gimicks for a while, develop a couple teams and then bring them uo as legit teams. that actually wrestle everyweek, and here's a thought actually do some tag team moves. the closest thing they had was london and kendrick.

now what they have done to the ic and us titles is simply disgusting. really, whats the point of having hardy and mvp hold the titles for so long and not have a fued with anyone of them. and one fued in 8 months doesnt count. hardy doesn't need the belt, he's over..but he wont get any higher than where he is now. mvp could possibly be a maineventer by now if they used his title reign the right way. these belts are supposed to be stepping stones to the big gold i.e. rock, scsa, hhh, hbk, bret hart, ultimate warrior, kurt angle,
lexluger, sting, goldberg, ddp
anyway ive typed more than enough

 

[Enigmania]

And at one time, Undertaker and Batista, who were fighting for the WORLD heavyweight championship.

Got your info wrong there - Cena and HBK held the belts during there world title fued not Batista and Taker. Batista: Ric Flair (2) and Rey Mysterio. Taker: The Rock, Big Show, Kane (2)

Tag Titles have meant nothing now Rhodes/Holly have them and Miz/Morrison. They're teams chucked together with no chemistry or even a history with each other.

Bring in more tag teams WWE.

Bring BACK CRYME TYME!!