10 Radical Ideas That Could Save WWE's Tag Division

7. Stop Placing Singles Stars Into Tag Matches

We get it. There€™s limited TV time, and that€™s why so many main events on free television are tag matches. They feature the top few singles feuds going on at once in the same match, saving loads of time on the card, killing two or more birds with one stone. The problem with this is that they€™re all throwaway matches, pushing singles feuds that have nothing to do with the tag team they€™ve been thrown into. They€™re not teaching one of the fundamental lessons of tag team wrestling: one guy may get the hot tag, but both men get over. A singles star playing Ricky Morton doesn€™t share in his partner€™s heat when he cleans house€ he just looks like a schmoe. If you want to pair two singles performers, do it as a genuine tag team, complete with team name, some form of matching gear and specialist tag team manoeuvres. Give the team a significant run before splitting them again, make that team a recognised part of WWE storylines as a team, not as individuals. Rated RKO worked in that way, as did Team Rhodes Scholars and the Dust Brothers in more recent times. WWE creative needs to write these edicts on their whiteboard in permanent marker: No more arbitrarily teaming singles stars together for a few weeks because creative has nothing for them individually right now. No more impromptu tag matches between feuding singles stars on TV main events to 'see if they can coexist'. No more lazy TV main events teaming together the participants of the two biggest singles matches on the upcoming pay-per-view. All of these things contribute towards killing the credibility of tag team wrestling on the WWE brand.