Which tag teams were right to split up?

[HBK-aholic]

Similar to the other thread but the opposite way around. Some teams were good when they were together, but when the team broke up for single wrestling to be persued, you've been surprised at how great they are. A lot fall under this category but I'm going to say The Rockers.

Without this break up we would not have The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. This would be a huge blow to the industry in my opinion, as we wouldn't have several of the great matches he has brought us, and he wouldn't have been involved in so much, which we just expect of him - the first 'first' matches, for example.

While this was bad for Marty Jannety, I think it was worth it for HBK becoming what he is.

 

[The Todd]

Edge and Christian. They were one of the best tag teams of all time, then they split up and eventually produced the best heel in the WWE, and some mid card guy who everyone wants to have their babies. Okay, I might be a bit harsh on Christian, he is passable, but the split led to the Rated R Superstar.

He started off as a great mid card face, his feud with Angle was good, he had numerous title reigns, including the great IC title match with Randy Orton. He then turned heel with the Matt Hardy/Lita thing and is now on an eight time World Champion.

If they never split up he would just be a 36 time tag champion or something like that.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Every team should split up at some point. There are more options to explore as a singles wrestler. And these days there are none to explore as a tag team. Once you've won tag team gold you're at the top, and there's nothing else for you to do.

The Dudleyz don't work as singles wrestlers. But they're stale as a tag team. There's nothing left for them to do. They should get rid of teams like this. Every team should consist of wrestlers who have potential as singles wrestlers.

 

[kenvin100]

Tag teams in wrestling remind me of boy/girl bands..consider Destinys child and N'Sync, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce are now on top of their respective members. they have blossomed so well and doing a whole lot better since leaving their groups..BUT not every member of the team will reach the magnitude of their success!

Same applies to wrestling, doesnt matter if its DX, Hardys, E&C..either one will stand out better, or more than one member, or heck none..but in the end, I feel that all teams need to split up, just to show how well they can do on their own

But if I couldthink of one stable that showed us it was great to split up ,it would beEvolution. This team might have been composed of the past, present of wrestling, but also created the future of wrestling, Batista (and more importantly) Randy Orton.. The idea of kicking members out of the birds nest strengthened Ortons career and made him main event material, and now he CAN has the ability to hold the business over his shoulders when the time is right!

On a personal note, I would like to see the return of Edge and Christian, and Hardys for a short time anway. It would bring back great memories of the past, and can also "become the model" of current and future tagteams, to further strengthen the WWEs current tag division (which is insanely weak, with the exception of Miz/Morrison of course)

 

[Big Fella]

The first team that came to my mind was Strikeforce.

Both were successful wrestlers before teaming, Tito Santana with 2 Intercontinental championships and Martel the AWA Champion.

They teamed from mid-87 until they split at WM5.

Fans liked them as a team but had a "who cares" approach to their payoff matches after the split. Santana went on to be El-Matador while Martel went onto be the Model. The Model was probably over more than El-Matador but neither was as successful after their split than they were together.

I agree with y2Jake about splitting up teams, but Strikeforce should have had a longer run.

 

[jmudbake]

The Hart Foundation.

We never would have had Bret "Hitman" Hart as we know him today... of course then maybe The Montreal Screwjob would have never happened either...

 

[image1986]

The rockers were right to split up, marty had talent but no charisma and hbk seem to be the better of the two. I believe edge and christian were a great tag team cuz they both put in equal effort in their characters and were both over but the split benefited edge more because edge had more sex appeal to the ladies and christian seem to be a natural heel so wwe build edge more as a potential main eventer. The dudleys didn't work individually cuz neither one stood out from the other. I think the only split that was mess up was booker t and goldust. Don't get e wrong I thought it had to happen but wwe pull the trigger too fast cuz the tag team was the most over at that time and funny as hell. The segments were gold and gave both wrestlers some dimesion to their charecter. The team not only help booker t become face which led to him to face triple h wrestlemaina 19(booker should of won by the way) but put over goldust who in my opinion is funnier than santino.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

The Rock and Sock Connection. Sure Mick Foley and The Rock together were good for a few laughs every now and then, but it would get to a point were the whole odd couple thing would get lame after a while. Although they put on a pretty good match against Flair, Orton, and Batista at Mania XX. The Rock mocking Flair's strut was hillarious.

 

[Phoenix]

I think the Hardys would get my vote. Purely because it was the right time to see how they fair in singles competition and they have been very capable without relying on one or the other when being on different shows.

Where maybe the split might have played a role in Jeff's departure, the absence did him some good and he's now held nearly every single title possible. But could you imagine how the Love Triangle situation would have panned out if Jeff was still around?

In short, Hardys split came at the right time for them.

I also agree with Pebble's choice of Edge & Christian, really was a great call there too.

But now I think about it, WWE split up 4 of the best tag teams of 99-02 during the draft and look how the division went! Maybe that was the time where tag team wrestling truly died!

 

[mitchharris1947]

On a personal note, I would like to see the return of Edge and Christian, and Hardys for a short time anway. It would bring back great memories of the past, and can also "become the model" of current and future tagteams, to further strengthen the WWEs current tag division (which is insanely weak, with the exception of Miz/Morrison of course)

I can see a tag match here, but would anyone ahve ever thought it would be Edge and Matt Hardy vs Christian and Jeff Hardy? Would be interesting.

As far as my choice as the what tag team needed to split up, a few years back mostly in the indys was a team that I believed called themselves BladeRunners.
After they split up, each did fairly well by repackageing himself.
One went on to become The Dingo/Ultimate Warrior, and the other went on to become Sting

 

[Rated R SuperFan]

The Hart Foundation without that break up we would have never seen Bret "Hitman" Hart come into his own as a wrestler . I mean Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart didn't take off after the split but I think that is true with most Teams there is a dominate singles star 0and one just falls to the bottom . I hate to say that but it seems to be true .

 

[rowdy ruben]

the rockers nd hart foundation were the rite choice to split up. if they would have stayed together we would of never had the hitman nd hbk. we would never of had the classic iron man match at wm 12 nd of corse the screw job in 97

 

[RVDgurl]

There are very few tag teams that stay together for the duration (or close to it) of their careers. In fact, the Dudleys and the Road Warriors are the only teams that comes to mind off the top of my head. I have to say that most teams have one member that just stands out more than the other and that guy deserves his time to shine.

Teams like The Rockers, The Hart Foundations, The British Bulldogs, Doom, and Harlem Heat are just a handful that stick out to me at this moment, where it was just a matter of time before the team had to be dissolved. Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart and Booker T all have had stellar singles careers that began in the tag team ranks.

 

[Ezzee]

One tag team that I thought was a great idea to break up was MNM. I think Morrison is a great singles wrestler, and well, Melina just made it on her own for whatever reason (probably the ring entrance.) Why they ever decided to team Morrison up with the Miz is way beyond me. I thought that was the stupidest move ever and they should break them up. Why you would want to team up a talented wrestler with someone like David Arquette is beyond me.

 

[kenvin100]

I can see a tag match here, but would anyone ahve ever thought it would be Edge and Matt Hardy vs Christian and Jeff Hardy? Would be interesting.

As far as my choice as the what tag team needed to split up, a few years back mostly in the indys was a team that I believed called themselves BladeRunners.
After they split up, each did fairly well by repackageing himself.
One went on to become The Dingo/Ultimate Warrior, and the other went on to become Sting

haha lol. You kno that would be incredibly interested if Jeff/Christian faced Matt/Edge (big question mark on this team co-existing, outside the ring) in TLC. but akward at the same time