I must say that I am always amused when someone creates a thread intentionally trying to be controversial in their view, with purpose of striking up a conversation. I don't think that often times in these cases, that the OP really believes what they are saying, much less is simply writing to be provocative.
No, the fans are not the reason why the Tag Team Division died.
The reason the Tag Tea Division died is the same reason why we no longer have managers in the WWE ... the same reason why the Mid-Card has gone to Hell over the past several years ... the reason why few new stars have actually been created ... and the same reason why the direction of the commentary has taken a serious turn for the worst over the years. That reason is Vince McMahon.
So I am sorry for all the Vince marks out there, who for some reason, are blinded by the Vince McMahon of the past. That Vince is long gone, and instead we are stuck with an out-of-touch Chairman and CEO, who has evidently exhausted any and all of his Creative abilities that he had left-- a stubborn individual who can not admit when he is wrong and admit when others beneath him have better ideas than he has (Paul Heyman), even if they have the best interests of his product at heart ... as this would be a blow to his ego.
And this is exactly why it feels like we are watching the same show week in and week out each and every week.
Vince McMahon at some point, got in this philosophy that only Singles Stars seem to matter and draw with the audience. I am more of the mentality that it is the entire package that draws. Sure, the Main Event may matter a greater percentage more than other facets on the card, but the entire card is what the people are still after ... not just any one thing on the card. Tag Team Wrestling provided a great breather and variance from Singles Match after Singles Match ... and there have been some excellent, excellent Tag Team matches over the years that we are unfortunately no longer privy to enjoy anymore, simply because Vince McMahon himself isn't a fan of Tag Team Wrestling. And these matches weren't even TLC matches, either.
And sadly, like a good employee, Jim Ross agrees with Vince McMahon that Tag Team wrestling is unimportant, according to his blog when he was addressing that at one point. Hopefully, just because Ross and Vince think this way, that fans who are upset over this won't abandon their convictions on this issue and fall in line with their thought process on this, otherwise it simply proves how mindless wrestling fans can really be.
I don't think I have ever seen a business in which a Company Owner dictates to his audience what they will watch, and the fans actually put up with it, as much as the WWE.
If Vince wanted emphasis put on Tag Teams, there would be. Fact is that the Tag Team Division has gone downhill ever since around 1999 at Wrestlemania 15 when Vince actually put D-Lo Brown and Test on the PPV to take on Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart. This was where the concept was born to simply slap any two names together and call them a Tag Team, rather than have partners who are similar in theme to each other, who had the look of a real, legitimate team.
When the Roster Split occurred, the Tag Team Division took another turn for the worst, and was all but annihilated. Perhaps Vince didn't feel like he had enough Singles Stars and needed Tag Teams broken up, or maybe he simply got lazy with Tag Teams, since he isn't a fan of Tag Teams, himself. Who knows.
To say this is somehow the fault of the fans is absolutely ludicrous. Vince does what he wants to do, anyway. He could care less what fans think, unless it gets so bad that he is forced to change something.
