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Am I the only one who doesn't like The IWC's idea of "what makes sense" when making a Tag Team?
I mean, we all agree that the Tag division has been kinda' "meh" for 5 years or so. Good at times but never consistently amazing. Thus why we've had a collection of randomly paired guys. Now if you read any of the tag team threads around, you'll see a whole bunch of suggestions for possible future tag teams but (and I hate this so much) they're all just people who have one common physical trait in common.
For example, so many people here suggest tag teams just made of up black guys. R-Truth and MVP, JTG & MVP etc. I mean The Nation was a great faction but it's lazy booking to make teams like MVP and Mark Henry. Then you've got teams made up of guys who are just foreign (Rene' Dupree & Kenzo Suzuki). Or guys who are tall (Big Show and Kane's tag title run).
Sure, WWE may be partly to blame for this. They've made a whole host of thrown-together, no-logic tag teams. But whenever other teams come out, like Cody/McIntire, people trash them? Fuckin' wha?
Look at Cody/McIntire. People have said they've got nothing in common but lets look at this seriously. They're both hated in the locker room (hate can unify people), both very sure of their own superiority, both were drifting around IC Title level and looking to add to the resume'. In these respects, their tag team makes PERFECT sense. Now look at MVP and Mark Henry. Their only common denominator is that their black. Yet nobody bats an eyelid.
Let's look at other "thrown-together" tag teams. Chris Jericho teamed with Edge before Edge was injured. Now Jericho and Edge, yes, have the Canadian background BUT they're both hugely successful guys, have feuded with a lot of the same people (again, hate can unify), both love being Champions, dominating AND having the Belts puts them on both shows (and both love the spotlight/exposure). When Big Show took over, Jericho used him as protection and The Big Show also loves to dominate, win Championships and associate himself with big names (ie. nWo, Invasion, etc). Look at "The Two Man Power Trip" as just another example that personality means more than physical appearances.
So yeah, this is just me kinda' letting loose about "what makes sense" in terms of Tag Teams but yeah, I'd love to hear what everyone has to say.
I mean, we all agree that the Tag division has been kinda' "meh" for 5 years or so. Good at times but never consistently amazing. Thus why we've had a collection of randomly paired guys. Now if you read any of the tag team threads around, you'll see a whole bunch of suggestions for possible future tag teams but (and I hate this so much) they're all just people who have one common physical trait in common.
For example, so many people here suggest tag teams just made of up black guys. R-Truth and MVP, JTG & MVP etc. I mean The Nation was a great faction but it's lazy booking to make teams like MVP and Mark Henry. Then you've got teams made up of guys who are just foreign (Rene' Dupree & Kenzo Suzuki). Or guys who are tall (Big Show and Kane's tag title run).
Sure, WWE may be partly to blame for this. They've made a whole host of thrown-together, no-logic tag teams. But whenever other teams come out, like Cody/McIntire, people trash them? Fuckin' wha?
Look at Cody/McIntire. People have said they've got nothing in common but lets look at this seriously. They're both hated in the locker room (hate can unify people), both very sure of their own superiority, both were drifting around IC Title level and looking to add to the resume'. In these respects, their tag team makes PERFECT sense. Now look at MVP and Mark Henry. Their only common denominator is that their black. Yet nobody bats an eyelid.
Let's look at other "thrown-together" tag teams. Chris Jericho teamed with Edge before Edge was injured. Now Jericho and Edge, yes, have the Canadian background BUT they're both hugely successful guys, have feuded with a lot of the same people (again, hate can unify), both love being Champions, dominating AND having the Belts puts them on both shows (and both love the spotlight/exposure). When Big Show took over, Jericho used him as protection and The Big Show also loves to dominate, win Championships and associate himself with big names (ie. nWo, Invasion, etc). Look at "The Two Man Power Trip" as just another example that personality means more than physical appearances.
So yeah, this is just me kinda' letting loose about "what makes sense" in terms of Tag Teams but yeah, I'd love to hear what everyone has to say.