10 Biggest WWE Creative Mistakes Of 2018 (So Far)

7. Marginalising Tag Wrestling

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WWE's tag division was one of the company's biggest midcard assets in 2017. An excellent feud between The Usos and New Day highlighted many a pay-per-view, and while Raw's division was thinner, the red brand still had Sheamus and Cesaro as standard-bearers. For the first time in forever, tag wrestling felt important, vital, and fun, but Vince McMahon's long-held apathy for the division has crept in in 2018, with both brands falling well below expectations.

Raw's talent pool is populated by borderline enhancement talents and a much diminished Revival. SmackDown's scene, meanwhile, is one of the most stacked in the company, but only on paper. The Bar are currently sidelined because “creative have nothing for them.” The New Day are naught but pancake perverts. Champions Harper and Roman are lumped with an outdated, cartoonish gimmick that makes taking them seriously impossible. The list goes on.

That WWE would eventually marginalise tag wrestling after the highs of 2017 was inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any less disappointing. Hordes of talent, and nothing to show for it. A miserable situation, but, sadly, one in line with McMahon’s modus operandi.

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