10 Awesome WWE Groups That Didn't Get Enough Time
These stables and tag teams who could have been major players if given the time.
Groups are fundamental to WWE’s success. From the Mega Powers, to The Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian, to The Shield and The Undisputed Era as well as dozens of others, tag teams and stables contribute to WWE’s vast history significantly.
Some of the greatest storylines and wrestlers of all time have emanated from being paired with the right person or group, and being given the faith from creative to let it reach its full potential. Unfortunately not every group gets that chance.
For every Rated RKO or D-Generation X success story, there are dozens of failed duos and stables that didn’t make an impression or were forgotten about before they could have a significant impact on the company. Most groups that don’t go anywhere weren’t going to work and were shut down in order to reprioritise the talent involved with them.
These 10 are major exceptions, groups worthy of creative effort and who should have been given more time and opportunities than they were granted in their brief time here. Thankfully all of them achieved some memories to cling onto going forward, even if the melancholy of unfulfilled potential will always sting...
10. Rusev Day
It is ridiculous that WWE took so long to get behind Rusev Day, and even worse that once they’d started pushing the duo, they were broken apart for no reason. Now both men are on separate paths outside of WWE, and that wouldn’t have been necessary if they were booked stronger.
Rusev and Aiden English got over as a pairing during backstage skits where Rusev would declare every day “Rusev Day” and adopted English as his extravagant announcer, tag team partner, and fellow enthusiast of all Rusev Days. The two had great chemistry on the microphone and worked well together in the ring, with the presence of Rusev helping establish English as a wrestler again after the disbanding of the Vaudevillains.
Unfortunately, the gimmick wasn’t planned to get over, and Rusev spent most of late 2017 and 2018 taking losses or not being on television, with his character’s momentum being destroyed by the time he won the US Championship on Christmas Day 2018. At that point, the duo had been split up and barely feuded at all, and both men’s trajectory out of the company began.
A disappointing shame, as both men could have done wonders with a tag title reign together.