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It's rote, it's silly, it can't go anywhere good for either guy at this stage (Road to Wrestlemania is just starting to become visible on the horizon and as singles guys they'll both be lost on Raw within a few weeks) and it's somehow both underdeveloped and overexposed. I feel like they've been teasing a breakup for longer than Bret and Owen in '93/'94, and yet they haven't even begun to detail any character information as to what is causing this disintegration between them as a team. The worst part is that they have an outlet for them with Natalya but they've yet to run a compelling vignette featuring the three of them, or establish just where she stands beyond the predictable cry of, "We're a team!"
The Raw creative team is acting like they have The Hardy Boys circa 2000 on their hands and the team is so popular with the fans that they don't have to bother with sketching a coherent picture as to why there are problems between the two guys. That's the biggest problem here. The timing for this split couldn't have been worse because every time Hart Dynasty comes out lately, the crowd reaction is anemic at best. Tyson screams in the middle of the ring and the fans just stare at him. By contrast, Cryme Tyme, who weren't exactly one of the best tag teams to emerge in the annals of wrestling, were sufficiently over so that when Shad suddenly broke off from JTG following Wrestlemania XXVI, the fans were conspicuously upset by it. Granted, that didn't turn out so well, but that's the point: if a team that was more over with the fans and whose breakup had more potential to yield general fan engagement couldn't translate into a successful break-up storyline for each member, then I don't see how this can for Hart Dynasty at this juncture.
The only way it can work is if they somehow survive this turmoil and become refocused as a tag team, and rebuild from there. In other words, tease a split, have them make amends, and then after they build some momentum for the next five months or so, try splitting them up then. None of this even goes into the fact that WWE's tag division is woefully thin and losing Hart Dynasty is like losing the strawberry flavor with only vanilla and chocolate left (Gabriel/Slater, Usos, Dudebusters?).
And that is another problem that dilutes this storyline: WWE tag teams are splitting up all the time. We've already had no less than half a dozen tag team splits of one kind or another in the last nine months. In a way, Hart Dynasty don't have much of a chance to foster fan interest following so many similar story arcs in such a fairly compressed period of time.
What do you think? Is this an overreaction? Some people are picking at both guys' performance in this angle but the material itself is pretty pitiful thus far.
That said, Tyson Kidd has great potential as a wrestler. And since the angle seems to be hinting at him turning heel, he could have a solid run with guys like Morrison (in a return feature of their summer '09 bouts on Smackdown, which were a lot of fun) and Daniel Bryan.
After the latest Raw, though, I couldn't help but think, if you're going to do it, get on with the split already, I'm sick of seeing the same plot point recycled over and over.
The Raw creative team is acting like they have The Hardy Boys circa 2000 on their hands and the team is so popular with the fans that they don't have to bother with sketching a coherent picture as to why there are problems between the two guys. That's the biggest problem here. The timing for this split couldn't have been worse because every time Hart Dynasty comes out lately, the crowd reaction is anemic at best. Tyson screams in the middle of the ring and the fans just stare at him. By contrast, Cryme Tyme, who weren't exactly one of the best tag teams to emerge in the annals of wrestling, were sufficiently over so that when Shad suddenly broke off from JTG following Wrestlemania XXVI, the fans were conspicuously upset by it. Granted, that didn't turn out so well, but that's the point: if a team that was more over with the fans and whose breakup had more potential to yield general fan engagement couldn't translate into a successful break-up storyline for each member, then I don't see how this can for Hart Dynasty at this juncture.
The only way it can work is if they somehow survive this turmoil and become refocused as a tag team, and rebuild from there. In other words, tease a split, have them make amends, and then after they build some momentum for the next five months or so, try splitting them up then. None of this even goes into the fact that WWE's tag division is woefully thin and losing Hart Dynasty is like losing the strawberry flavor with only vanilla and chocolate left (Gabriel/Slater, Usos, Dudebusters?).
And that is another problem that dilutes this storyline: WWE tag teams are splitting up all the time. We've already had no less than half a dozen tag team splits of one kind or another in the last nine months. In a way, Hart Dynasty don't have much of a chance to foster fan interest following so many similar story arcs in such a fairly compressed period of time.
What do you think? Is this an overreaction? Some people are picking at both guys' performance in this angle but the material itself is pretty pitiful thus far.
That said, Tyson Kidd has great potential as a wrestler. And since the angle seems to be hinting at him turning heel, he could have a solid run with guys like Morrison (in a return feature of their summer '09 bouts on Smackdown, which were a lot of fun) and Daniel Bryan.
After the latest Raw, though, I couldn't help but think, if you're going to do it, get on with the split already, I'm sick of seeing the same plot point recycled over and over.
