WWE tag teams

[Kizzani]

I find it hard to believe that no one in the WWE reads Wreztlezone or watches CSR. I am sure there is someone out there that is getting paid by the WWE to point out what is being said on the dirt sheets. This is smart business, just like any other company reads the consumer reports and the websites where people actually review the business.

So with that said We all know the WWE and TNA both have dying tag team divisions. WWE lost all it's great tag teams either due to injuries, substance abuse or contracts. TNA on the other hand loves to destroy the division by breaking up the great teams like 3D and Beer money the other they let go. So in my opinion breaking up a team is stupid unless you have some others to take the role. Like AA they had a replacement.

So since WWE actually is trying to build a tag division I thought why not open it up on the forums. There is huge cast of talents that are being under utilized in the WWE and could be place together and built into a tag team. So the goal is to build a tag team using the current under used rosters and give them a name or even a gimmick.

Jack Swagger and Alex Riley....The Blue chips. Like sport heroes people love to hate they are the best tag team of all time. Limited mistake and heels that win legit with over powering force. Think of a Young Randy moss and Terrell Owens. The cocky attitude comes forth with each win.

Ryback and Zeke.. U&I ( unstoppable force and the Immovable object) It is simple they are like the brother of Destruction, they take on all comers and never are invovled in out of the ring happenings until pushed over the edge. the Come the dominate they leave voiceless and hungry.

Henning and Miz (or McIntyre with either man) Epic Win All three men are based on egos, they all have them and have no issues with it. Henning is more of a technical guy with little mic work and could use a guy like Drew or Miz to carry the mic work. Cockier than most they never win without a dirty trick. Maybe using something like that of Eddie Guerrero.

Now before you go ahead an blast my ideas, remember one thing I get paid to fix HVAC systems not write or book wrestling ideas. So my ideas might not be liked by many people but that is fine I am not getting paid to do this, However there is a huge cast of people in all wrestling companies that are getting paid to give us the shit we have now.

 

[midgensa]

I think those are a few good ideas. I definitely think the Swagger and Riley team could work very well.

I actually think I would love to see Swagger and Riley team together and make a move in the tag team division as both need some refreshing.

I personally like Ryback and Miz too much in the singles arena to book them in tag teams, but I could easily see McIntyre being paired with Henning as well because I think that would be a good tag team with an interesting dynamic.

I know Rey is mega over, but I think a team of Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara would be HUGE and would be something people would not tune out for. They could always be in the mix and it would draw eyes to the rest of the division.

The other two guys I would like to see paired back together are Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater. I think these two are entertaining in the ring and tough to see out there as singles guys ... the crowd is looking to cheer for Slater I think, so if they moved him with a face that would work as well.

But the WWE could easily take 10 jobbers out there now and pair them up and make an interesting tag division. Maybe to really reboot it, have a huge tournament and do maybe a week of Smackdown and RAW where all the matches are tag team matches. Just something different.

 

[The Extract]

Here is a list of could be teams from the current roster(and one NXT superstar):

Alex Riley and Ted DiBiase- Around the same size, and have the same amount of blandness. Put them as a team and see if they can be interesting.

Trent Barretta and Evan Bourne- I still have hope for both of these athletes. But I don't think that they should be single competitors. They have similar styles, so team them up.

Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio- They could just team up until around Wrestlemania time, and then one of them betrayes the other. Then it's Rey vs. Sin Cara at Mania.

Joe Hennig and Drew McIntyre- Both under-used, talented athletes. They would seem good together.

Kings of Wrestling!- Please WWE! I know that it probably won't happen right now, but I want to see this in WWE!

 

[Wolf Pac]

Alex Riley + Jack Swagger - I like this idea. Aren't they both college boys or something? Whatever they are, they fit as a team.

Zack Ryder + Ted Dibiase - They're both huge hits with the crowd, so why not have the Dibiase Posse and the Zack Pack merge?

Justin Gabriel + Evan Bourne - I know Justin is paired with Kidd but I think he'd be more fitting with Bourne. And it would be cool to have a team where the finishers for both men are a 450 Splash and Shooting Star Press. Maybe they could be called Air-Angels or something.

Tyson Kidd + Joe Hennig - A team with tradition & history on their side. They're both technical wrestlers, so they'd work like a well oiled machine. And I kinda like the idea of Bret-Perfect being infamous rivals and their student/son honoring their rivalry by teaming up together.

Trent Barretta + Heath Slater - Maybe they can become the new Rock N' Roll Express since they are both into that music? Or a jobber version of them at least. They both are the ultimate jobbers afterall.

Drew McIntyre + Jinder Mahal - The story for this one is that they could accuse the WWE of holding them back because of where they come from, so they become an alliance to take out WWE's top tag teams.

Kings Of Wrestling - Definitely agree with this one. Unless they paired up together, I don't see Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero getting anywhere in the WWE as singles wrestlers. I know Antonio Cesaro has a US Title shot at Summerslam but I just have a feeling WWE will give up on him soon enough whether he wins the title or not.

Big Show + Kofi Kingston - Not talking about now, when Kofi splits with Truth and Show turns face & goes back to being a mid-carder. Both of these guys have teamed & become Tag Champions with a lot of different partners over the years, so lets have them come together and win the belts. The team would have an interesting style in the ring, what with a powerhouse & high flyer teaming together. Rarely do you see those two styles team.

R-Truth & JTG - After Kofi splits with Truth (Truth can turn heel on him), Truth can team with JTG and the two can become a Cryme Time spinoff.

 

[the irishman2k12]

heres a couple of teams wwe could use

Antonio cesaro and damien sandow team them before kow reunite
trent barreta and mike dalton the new rockers
drew mchintyre and wade barrett barrett going to get a push when he comes back but if that failed
cody rhodes and dolph ziggler ziggler has the money in the bank but if it ever failed

 

[bonesaw]

How about this.

R-Truth and Heath Slater! Talk about an odd couple, they're as different as you can possibly be. They're both entertaining and good wrestlers. They could try to convince each other to listen to their own style of music. It would be hilarious

 

[bonesaw]

Mason Ryan and Ryback would make a very intimidating team. They would need some veteran teams to work with though. Too bad Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson aren't a little younger.

 

[mrfantastic111]

Atm there is:

R-Truth & Kingston

Prime Time Players

Primo and Epico

The Usos

& finally, Hawkings and Reks

... What's wrong with these teams? These are ACTUAL team tags, not just random people thrown together like most of you are doing. The problem is that people request new 'teams' to be thrown together, and when that happened you all complain again. They're building it slow and right this time and are getting good time slots on both majors shows - it's not the WWE's fault that nothing is good enough for the IWC. I'm rather enjoying the tag team division at the moment, and up until AW got released I thought that it was well on the way to going back to how it used to be. I've been genuinely excited for the tag team portions of the show as of late.

Let's put this in perspective - there are more specific contenders for the tag titles right now then there are for both of the midcard titles, they're trying really hard to make it work and if you stop focusing on the negatives then it is actually very entertaining.

 

[lil bitch Kid]

Ok, we need to stop trying to recreate old teams. We don't need another Brothers of Destruction. Don't throw face paint on two guys and think they can repeat Demolition. The major difference between a tag division that is a success and what is currently going is that when tag divisions have success, teams have unique identities. There are easy ways to do this: you can bring guys in together, you can have a vet take a younger guy under his wing, you can unite guys against a common enemy etc. That being said:

Riley and Swagger makes a lot of sense. Some kind of cocky athletes works. Riley used to wear a letter jacket, and Jack has a well known pedigree

Rey and Sin Cara makes a lot of sense as 2 high fliers from Mexico

Ryback needs to stay alone as does Miz.

I like the team of Kidd and Gabriel, but they NEED a gimmick.

Ted Jr and McGillicuty as a Fortunate Sons gimmick would be good.

 

[TempestH]

Alex Riley & Zack Ryder. A team of two underutilized faces with massive fan followings among both the IWC and casual fans alike. Frustrated by their continued lack of opportunitiees, they form an alliance and decide to climb the tag team ranks. They'd be a pretty boy high flyer tag team.

Johnny Curtis & Derrick Bateman. Both of them are pretty funny guys, and whether they're face or heel. They could be an odd couple team who do a lot of funny backstage skits. Plus with Bateman's new ToutMan gimmick, it provides a lot of opportunities for promos.

Mason Ryan & Ezekiel Jackson = Domination. They're two big muscular hosses. Supposedly Vince likes big guys, yet he has two of them just sitting around doing nothing. Plus it would do good for Ryan to be in a tag team so that he can get out of Batista's shadow.

Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger. Jack Swagger randomly has a match with Sheamus. Sheamus wins, but Swagger attacks him from behind and hurts his ankle with the ankle lock, giving Dolph Ziggler the opening to cash in the Money in the Bank briefcase and win the World Heavyweight Championship. Ziggler & Swagger reveal that their breakup was a set up all along.. Swagger wins the U.S. Title, and the two of them rule SmackDown as a Two Man Power Trip type of duo.

 

[thegeo015]

along with the current tag teams (kofi & truth, usos, prime time, hunico & camacho, epico & primo, and reks & hawkins):

i agree with a-ry and swagger

i definetly agree with mysterio & sin cara

i wouldn't mind trent barretta and ted debiase or heath slater

kings of wrestling for sure

i actually woudn't mind seeing some bigger stars like cena (with ryder),
punk, and ortan in the tag title picture, so the younger guys like wade
barret, cody rhodes, sheamus, miz, ziggler and any other guys that are close to being to the top get a chance at the higher
titles.

and i wouldn't mind seeing ryback with ezekial jackson

 

[lil bitch Kid]

Ziggler needs to stay as a singles star,and WILL be a main event guy.

Again, taking two randoms and throwing them together does not help. There needs to be a connection and not simple commonality. Taking Zeke and Mason and saying they should be together because they're big doesn't work. Do I need to remind people of Kronik?

Riley/Swagger, Rey/SC, Ted and Mcgillicuty all have commonality. Kidd and Gabriel work well together but needs gimmick. The problem now would be over saturating with shit teams. Take te 4 I just said with the PTP, Usos, Kofi/Truth ( I'd find a way to get Air Boom back together when Bourne is back), Colons, Hawkins/Recks, and bring up Ascension, and you have 10 teams. The big selling part of this is that these guys can all work, and oter than Rey, Kofi, Truth, and SC, NONE will be singles stars. Of those, Rey is at the tail end, SC needs a year of WWE seasoning, Kofi had a shot and got Orton'ed, and I think Truth should be replaced by a healthy Bourne. That being said, take those ten teams and do not split them no matter what for one full year. They won't gain or cost Vince anything more tat way, and in fact, I'll take that back, they might sell some Merch. None of them as singles, except Rey in the South, will put asses in seats so use them well instead. BUT, it's all about creating identity.

 

[lil bitch Kid]

THE ONLY WAY I WANT KINGS OF WRESTLING IS IF PUNK'S TALK OF BRINGING HONOUR IS AN ROH FACTION. Otherwise, let it be. They were great because they worked great teams.

 

[#SAWFT]

WWE should bring in actual teams. They already have a few that they have:

The Ascension - Only seen on one episode of NXT, but they have amazing promise, build them up some more, then bring them straight to the roster.

The Kings of Wrestling - Amazing history, already ready for the main roster.


They could also bring in Team 3D, seeing as though their contracts might be ending soon. And teams like the Young Bucks would never go amiss?

Also, with Alex Shelley apparently signing for WWE, bring in Chris Sabin, and the MCMG.

 

[OutsiderDX]

Randomly thrown together tag teams... ugh!

Seriously, i don't care. Why should i? Why should i get emotionally involved in a tag team, if they are destined to never stick together?

There are ways around it. Cite: Road Dogg publically convincing Rock-a-Billy Gunn to drop his lame gimmick and and join him to be a tag team! That was pretty well done, it gave the viewers a beginning to their friendship. It got us emotionally involved.

Re-educating viewers on tag-team wrestling can't hurt. Do some vignettes / interviews with past great tag teams, show 3 or 4 minutes each over a few months. Let them put over some current tag-teams once they get rolling.

But single wrestlers as a tag-team is just a waste of energy.

 

[lil bitch Kid]

I had the same thought on how NAO came together. It was well done and made sense. While I didn't like them as a team at first, the DX theatrics added to their appeal. It really is an example of giving direction to a throw together team. The big thing was they had a unique identity and gimmick that fit the name. Go back and watch some of their first matches as a team, Pre DX......... No seriously, do it......I'll wait......


They stole the wins.....you know, like OUTLAWS......

 

[xavyer]

The WWE should revive the Legacy, but in a tag team, Like some people mention here, a team between DiBiase Jr. and Michael McGuilicutty, both of these guy's fathers are legends, and they should use an angle saying that they will keep the tradition alive or something, i love the idea of Swagger and Riley, this could be a breath of fresh air for these guys, they both have talent and deserve to be recognized, a team that it would be fun to see is Santino and Heath Slater, i can imagine these two working together........

 

[MINISTRYrising]

alex riley @ jack swagger
i think they would work well as a team. they could be called the all americans. they would come out each week wearing american football jerseys. and each city they go to have them wear the rival citys jersey's just to upset the crown.

 

[Workrate]

A few things: first, prefacing a thread by "I know someone from the WWE must be reading this" doesn't mean that (a) they'll actually read this, or (b) because you figured out there must be someone doing it, they're going to take your suggestions at any greater value. I just thought that was a weird, silly way to open up a thread.

Secondly, the OP didn't say anything about flopping random guys together into a team. He specifically says there are talents that could be "built into a team," and that "the goal is to build a tag team using the current under used rosters and give them a name or even a gimmick." In other words: who are some guys that might mesh well as a tag team given the appropriate storyline build-up, and what type of name and gimmick might you give those guys? I hate randomly thrown together teams as much as the next guy, but that isn't what the OP suggested doing. He also didn't ask about bringing in teams from other organizations. He specifically referred to underutilized talent on the roster and how they could be combined to bolster a division. Read before you start spewing complaints and if you vehemently think making teams from the current roster is moronic and they should just go hire other teams, then maybe save your ideas for another thread. That's why so many threads and ideas get obnoxiously recycled around here: because people are jumping on whatever conclusions can be drawn from a quick skim rather than actually reading the topic.

Now that that's out of the way: I'd start with Tensai and Yoshi Tatsu. Today, both guys are completely wasted non-contributors. Tensai's gimmick hasn't gone over and Tatsu, though he's talented, is absolutely hopeless as a singles star in the WWE landscape. Why not have Tatsu (in street clothes to separate him from his current gimmick) come out to rescue Sakamota from one of Tensai's beat downs, only to get left laying? Do this a few times. Eventually, he cuts a promo against Tensai, saying the reason he interjected is because Tensai's actions didn't properly follow the Japanese customs that he purports to have adopted. Over a few weeks, Tensai begins assaulting Tatsu, who refuses to fight back ("two wrongs don't make a right"). Week by week, Tensai appears to take less and less pleasure in laying waste to Sakamota and Tatsu, until one day, as he's about to begin another onslaught, he shows restraint. This grounds Tensai a bit and pairs two guys with common lineage and complementary wrestling styles together.

Then, I'd paid Drew McIntyre with Mason Ryan. McIntyre, after losing each and every week, begins getting closer and closer to capturing victory, only to fall short against heels who use the ropes or a foreign object. McIntyre reaches out to Ryan as a bodyguard to prevent this from happening, and with someone intimidating watching his back, he begins winning matches. This morphs the pair into slight faces -- which is good, considering the tag team division is light on them -- and again, combines two unique talents into one well-rounded team. McIntyre would serve as the mouthpiece for the pair.

Remember when Ezekiel Jackson managed and teamed with Brian Kendrick? Why not bring a version of that back when Evan Bourne returns, pairing up the size and raw power of Jackson with Bourne's speed and aerial skills? It's pretty simple: when Bourne finally returns to television, he does so with a chip on his shoulder. Book his first match against Brodus Clay, then have him get squashed by Ryback. The following week, he's in the ring ready for a match, when a returning Mark Henry's music hits and he comes out as Bourne's opponent. Bourne immediately bails. Later in the night, he's asked why he skips out on the match, and he begins a paranoid rant about being buried ever since he returned. He complains that he's been booked against powerhouses and monsters since his return and it isn't fair. He promises to level the playing field. The next week he comes out to compete, only he comes with Jackson alongside him and says that he's bowing out of the match and allowing Jackson to do his bidding. Jackson wrestles, and the two go on to form a tag team based around the premise of a paranoid Bourne latching onto the only big bodyguard type he can find to try and help even the playing field.

 

[lil bitch Kid]

The WWE should revive the Legacy, but in a tag team, Like some people mention here, a team between DiBiase Jr. and Michael McGuilicutty, both of these guy's fathers are legends, and they should use an angle saying that they will keep the tradition alive or something, i love the idea of Swagger and Riley, this could be a breath of fresh air for these guys, they both have talent and deserve to be recognized, a team that it would be fun to see is Santino and Heath Slater, i can imagine these two working together........

An easy way to do both would be to have Heath out babbling about legends again and have Ted and Michael under hoods come out and absolutely DESTROY HIM. Santino always gets a pop, so have him hit the ring with a chair to chase them off. Next week, Santino could talk about how Heath has paid his dues and that cowards hide under masks, and challenge the masked duo to a match, but that they must show their faces first. Or, as the E would book it, Santino would be Sherlock for about 6 weeks and Heath would be Watson, but I digress. At this point, Ted and Mike unmask to revive Legacy in the name of the Legends Heath disrespects. Ted Sr. gets involved saying that attacking guys while wearing masks isn't the way Legends act, and they take a round out of him with Santino and Heath making te save.

 

[the irishman2k12]

why dont wwe bring in ken anderson who teamed with tensai in japan our bring back tomko he could team with tensai either

 

[c-dawg75]

I would pair:

Ted Dibiase Jr. and Husky Harris: Money Inc 2.... or allow Harris (whatever his name is in FCW) to use his real last name Rotundo. Would be epic.

I too would like to see The KIngs of Wrestling.

A return of The Corre with Wade Barrett, Ezekial, Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel.

 

[The Extract]

I would pair:

Ted Dibiase Jr. and Husky Harris: Money Inc 2.... or allow Harris (whatever his name is in FCW) to use his real last name Rotundo. Would be epic.

The problem with this is Rotundos current character. He is under the name Bray Wyatt, and it is a great character for Husky that he is doing well with. So WWE will want him to keep going with that. If the character is a complete failiure then this might be nice to see.

 

[Wolf Pac]

Money Inc 2 wouldn't work with Husky Harris. Ted Sr. was a billionaire and IRS was a taxman, money was their gimmick but it isn't Husky's or Bray, whatever you wanna call him.

If Husky is gonna team with anybody, it should be with Bo Dallas. This wouldn't just any random pairing since they are brothers and the WWE could use another legit brother tag team in the WWE. When was the last brother tag team in the WWE anyway, not counting the Major Brothers who weren't really brothers?

 

[lil bitch Kid]

why dont wwe bring in ken anderson who teamed with tensai in japan our bring back tomko he could team with tensai either

Because Anderson is under contract to TNA and Tomko is a fat fuck that can't wrestle......

Redoing Money Inc, again, would be stupid. Ted tried the millionaire bit for a while, but it didn't work for him. Neither Rotundo would work as a smug tax man either. Like I said, you can't just throw face paint on two guys and say they'll be the next Demolition. That would destine tag wrestling to fail. What worked in the past, won't always work now or later, and does often fall flat.