With the women almost stealing the show at WM and the rebranding of the division, now is the time to add a Women's Tag Team Championship. Just look at the presentation ceremony last night, you had 10 women in the ring. Add in NXT women and you have close to 20 women but only 1 championship for all of them to challenge for but only 1 can realistically challenge at a time. So what is there for the other women to fight for? Adding a WTT belt would make more of the women important. With 8 hours of TV time a week to fill and the numerous injuries, this would also help in filling in these gaps
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Women's Tag Belts: now is the time
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The female roster is still populated by Divas '. If you want Eva Marie and Lana as tag champs in a small division then whatever floats your boat. Personally I don't have faith in the company to promote the singles division well long term, certainly not if they add another belt.
I could see this as a possibility in the future as long as WWE continues to build the women's division in the direction its going, then yes I see no issue with introducing a tag team Championship for the women. I don't think there is enough depth in the roster just yet.
I'm not sure I could disagree more strongly. Here's a rundown of the entirety of the main roster women, assuming the Bellas are gone, sorted into wholly subjective tiers on a holistic scale (maybe I missed one or two, it shouldn't matter):
Good:
Becky Lynch
Charlotte
Emma
Natalya
Sasha Banks
Okay:
Alicia Fox
Paige
Summer Rae
Bad:
Lana
Rosa Mendes
Tamina
Eva Marie
I'm not trying to exhaustively claim that everyone fits into one tier or another, just to give an illustration. It would be difficult to make an argument that there are more than about six women who really can carry the women's championship in an era that's supposed to be about good wrestlers carrying the belt. I put down five, but Paige would be fine also (I'm not big on her, but most are). The point is that leaves perhaps six other women, who would have to separate into three tag teams, to carry the division, and none of them are very good. Clearly this would be a disaster - you would have team bad, and, then, I don't even know, Eva & Lana, as Jake said? Rosa and Alicia? Gross. So clearly to make this a worthwhile endeavor you'd have to yank two people out of the top tier to populate the tag team division with even one team worth caring about, and then that leaves the actual women's championship with as little as four serous contenders - just to put a single team worth watching in a still dreadful tag team division.
If they can double the size of their roster, maybe this starts to become a worthwhile idea. But as it stands the roster is still too thin on actual real superstar level talent to be a part of it - there's just enough to make a single division competitive and interesting, but starting to scrape for it to make tag team titles that aren't a total joke is almost totally unfeasible.
Good:
Becky Lynch
Charlotte
Emma
Natalya
Sasha Banks
Okay:
Alicia Fox
Paige
Summer Rae
Bad:
Lana
Rosa Mendes
Tamina
Eva Marie
I'm not trying to exhaustively claim that everyone fits into one tier or another, just to give an illustration. It would be difficult to make an argument that there are more than about six women who really can carry the women's championship in an era that's supposed to be about good wrestlers carrying the belt. I put down five, but Paige would be fine also (I'm not big on her, but most are). The point is that leaves perhaps six other women, who would have to separate into three tag teams, to carry the division, and none of them are very good. Clearly this would be a disaster - you would have team bad, and, then, I don't even know, Eva & Lana, as Jake said? Rosa and Alicia? Gross. So clearly to make this a worthwhile endeavor you'd have to yank two people out of the top tier to populate the tag team division with even one team worth caring about, and then that leaves the actual women's championship with as little as four serous contenders - just to put a single team worth watching in a still dreadful tag team division.
If they can double the size of their roster, maybe this starts to become a worthwhile idea. But as it stands the roster is still too thin on actual real superstar level talent to be a part of it - there's just enough to make a single division competitive and interesting, but starting to scrape for it to make tag team titles that aren't a total joke is almost totally unfeasible.
Richard Blonoff
Make America Rassle Again
Baby steps.
We finally got rid of the butterfly belt and the women are finally being given what appears to be equal treatment, but I won't fully believe it until I see it. I think the next logical step for the women's division is to get a feud or two that doesn't revolve around the belt, truly prove you want people to care about women's wrestling. For a long time, not being involved in the title picture in the division was a death sentence. Rarely did a feud in the division not involve the belt or two women fighting over a man. Once we can move past that stage, then I think we can start to talk about adding in tag titles for the ladies.
Plus Harthan and Jake mentioned that the roster still isn't at a point to sustain multiple tag teams without reverting back to the two minute piss break slap fights that most Diva's matches consisted of.
We finally got rid of the butterfly belt and the women are finally being given what appears to be equal treatment, but I won't fully believe it until I see it. I think the next logical step for the women's division is to get a feud or two that doesn't revolve around the belt, truly prove you want people to care about women's wrestling. For a long time, not being involved in the title picture in the division was a death sentence. Rarely did a feud in the division not involve the belt or two women fighting over a man. Once we can move past that stage, then I think we can start to talk about adding in tag titles for the ladies.
Plus Harthan and Jake mentioned that the roster still isn't at a point to sustain multiple tag teams without reverting back to the two minute piss break slap fights that most Diva's matches consisted of.
boozinjedi
Getting Noticed By Management
The women's division main roster could use another belt,
I don't have the network,so I don't know if NXT has a women's belt.
But the gals could use IC or US title equivalent....
Maybe a TV title??
I don't have the network,so I don't know if NXT has a women's belt.
But the gals could use IC or US title equivalent....
Maybe a TV title??
Jack-Hammer
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!
Like Rainbow said, baby steps. What you saw on Raw last night were all the active women who make up the current main roster: Charlotte, Sasha, Becky, Tamina, Naomi, Paige, Summer Rae, Lana, Natalya, Eva Marie and Emma. Of those women, the ones that most fans have either no real interest in or haven't proven that they can wrestle are Summer Rae, Lana, Eva Marie and Tamina. So that leaves about eight women who most would view as viable candidates for Charlotte's WWE Women's Championship, in which one or possibly two will be vying for at any given time; as a result, you'd have between five or six women to be in contention for a WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. At this point in time, WWE having a women's tag championship serves as much purpose as TNA having a women's tag championship a few years back: title belts that exist for no reason than for someone to carry them around.
There's not really enough viable women on the roster right not to warrant having a separate tag team division. If WWE was to add another eight or ten women to the main roster, women who have the goods aside from being pleasing to look at, then they'd have enough to possibly warrant discussions for a tag team division for the women. However, that's probably not too likely to happen for several years yet as maybe there might be two or three new women, at most, who head to the main roster between now and the end of 2016.
I'm of the opinion that if WWE was considering a new championship for the women, one that has viability that potentially outweighs a tag team championship at this time is some sort of secondary title for the women so that the women who aren't challenging for the WWE Women's Championship may have something to aim for.
There's not really enough viable women on the roster right not to warrant having a separate tag team division. If WWE was to add another eight or ten women to the main roster, women who have the goods aside from being pleasing to look at, then they'd have enough to possibly warrant discussions for a tag team division for the women. However, that's probably not too likely to happen for several years yet as maybe there might be two or three new women, at most, who head to the main roster between now and the end of 2016.
I'm of the opinion that if WWE was considering a new championship for the women, one that has viability that potentially outweighs a tag team championship at this time is some sort of secondary title for the women so that the women who aren't challenging for the WWE Women's Championship may have something to aim for.
NXT has a Mens singles, a Woman's singles, and tag titles.
the NXT woman's belt has main evented a takeover event (Basically a Payperview level event) for them, and was match of the year last year. The NXT woman's belt is almost viewed with as much prestige as the men's.
Jeff Deliverer of Mail
Money for nothin, chicks for free
Even if WWE had enough woman to slap together four teams it wouldn't be worth it. I can't recall any woman's tag team match that has been any good at all. It's like they don't understand what a good tag team match is. Stick to one vs one or triple threats and work with that strength. Personally I'd have zero interest in a woman's tag team division.
I agree with OP here. There's enough talent in the division now where they need more time and Wrestlemania proved it.
Nikki will be back in a few months to add to it. Paige isn't being used at all. Bayley will be up sometime soon.
Consider this: If we're headed for a Charlotte vs. Natalaya feud, where does that leave Becky and Sasha who everyone want to see more of?
Add tag team belts or another title of some form and they can get more TV time.
Nikki will be back in a few months to add to it. Paige isn't being used at all. Bayley will be up sometime soon.
Consider this: If we're headed for a Charlotte vs. Natalaya feud, where does that leave Becky and Sasha who everyone want to see more of?
Add tag team belts or another title of some form and they can get more TV time.
A11oftheLights
Getting Noticed By Management
They dont even do this for the men so good luck seeing it happen for the women. These days feuds are pretty much all about the various titles with only the world title being given an actual story. What you're going to get is a feud over the divas belt and a crappy feud over something that happened months ago on total divas, which is pretty much what we normally get.
As for the OP. The tag belts for women? Now is definitely not the right time. As you said there are 10 women. Take Lynch, Banks and Charlotte out of that 10 because they'll always be hovering around the title imo and you are left with 7. That 7 is filled with some terrible wrestlers that nobody wants to watch. Calling up nxt talents before they are ready to make up the numbers is not going to work in developing the division because they arent at the level they need to be at for the division to continually improve
Un-Bo-Lievable Jeff
Getting Noticed By Management
The best tag teams and the ones that put on the best matches most of the time are those that have been set as a tag team for a very long time.
Yes top individuals can team together and be good, but they will ultimately go back to singles.
Dudleys, Usos, New Age Outlaws, Legion of Doom, Demolition etc all were tag teams for years.
To suddenly throw women together to make a team won't work. AS they will eventually split up. The roster isn't deep enough yet to work this. Until Women's wrestling specifically has a tag team division where women start in places such as NXT or ROH as a tag team and work together for a long time, will it be worth it
Yes top individuals can team together and be good, but they will ultimately go back to singles.
Dudleys, Usos, New Age Outlaws, Legion of Doom, Demolition etc all were tag teams for years.
To suddenly throw women together to make a team won't work. AS they will eventually split up. The roster isn't deep enough yet to work this. Until Women's wrestling specifically has a tag team division where women start in places such as NXT or ROH as a tag team and work together for a long time, will it be worth it
Number 1 contender's match. I like the idea of tag team wrestling but for the woman, the key to establish meaningful and memorable feuds. Before we even explore the idea of implementing tag titles, we should at least see some divas tag matches. With the exception of a few teams, the current mens tag division is far from interesting. It's borderline passable compared to back in the good ole days.
When Creative can't be creative what is the simplest solution? Introduce an abundance of championships of course. It is an easy fix to present talents as relevant instead of actual developing characters, meaningful programs and the division as a whole. They need to remain steady to the course and focus on the foundation before even considering expansion.
Hard Hit Prince
Not really working as a
Just no. I agree with pretty much everyone on here. WWE's first priority as far as women goes, should be to build different and layered characters. They can already generate buzz with their female title matches, and to me, that's a really good sign. But the real challenge is creating a rivalry between two divas, without the title being on the line - and this is really a general fault in WWE. They are not going for "complex" storylines anymore. They are reciclying the basics of basics in a feud and not even men's wrestling can get to me as far as keeping a story hot.
I would seriously love to see a fantastic women's division and they have the talent to back it up - unfortunately, there's no way they will give them the time they need - which is pretty moronic given the fact that they have A LOT of time per week on television.
I sincerely believe that the female division is going to a better place - Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Bailey and Paige have all the goods. They aren't on AJ Lee's level in mic work, but they should be looked like long-term bets and, somewhere down the line, if opportunity keeps on coming - I could easily see them revolutionizing WWE as a whole. Can you imagine a match so big between any of them that could main event a big event or, maybe, a WrestleMania? I see potential for it, but maybe I'm just way optimistic. There's just a lot of proofs in mainstream media that women can generate interesting characters, without holding the clichés. So, as for a tag team division, I say hell no. It's not the right time and it couldn't generate the buzz intended. One day maybe, they can have a Moolah Tag Tournament in NXT.
I would seriously love to see a fantastic women's division and they have the talent to back it up - unfortunately, there's no way they will give them the time they need - which is pretty moronic given the fact that they have A LOT of time per week on television.
I sincerely believe that the female division is going to a better place - Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Bailey and Paige have all the goods. They aren't on AJ Lee's level in mic work, but they should be looked like long-term bets and, somewhere down the line, if opportunity keeps on coming - I could easily see them revolutionizing WWE as a whole. Can you imagine a match so big between any of them that could main event a big event or, maybe, a WrestleMania? I see potential for it, but maybe I'm just way optimistic. There's just a lot of proofs in mainstream media that women can generate interesting characters, without holding the clichés. So, as for a tag team division, I say hell no. It's not the right time and it couldn't generate the buzz intended. One day maybe, they can have a Moolah Tag Tournament in NXT.
I don't expect the women's tag division to be as deep as the men's. I think it'll be a great opportunity to give the women something meaningful to fight for while Charlotte faces the number one contender.
That way we won't have another meaningless Total Divas vs. heel Divas match up for no reason.
Tag Teams
Naomi/Tamina
Paige/Alicia Fox/Natayla (a combination of two)
Emma/Summer Rae
Sasha/Becky
I think the Womens tag Titles are very likely to be coming. But I don't quite think it is time yet. We're only just getting the Womens WWE Title up and running. Maintaining that momentum and only having wrestling in those matches or women who are at the very least training to wrestle competing for that title is the current way to go whilst the transition continues.
The Womens Tag Team Titles will likely be contested in contrast to the WWE womens title much like their was a Pre-Show Divas vs Bad and Blonde follwed by an incredible Womens wrestling match afterwards on the main card. So for that reason...not yet.
The Womens Tag Team Titles will likely be contested in contrast to the WWE womens title much like their was a Pre-Show Divas vs Bad and Blonde follwed by an incredible Womens wrestling match afterwards on the main card. So for that reason...not yet.
