10 Reasons WWE Cares So Much About Tag Team Wrestling Again

6. WWE Needs Certain Characters To Actually Get Over With The Crowd

Here's the case of Slater and the Gator. Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil have been employed by WWE for 13 years. Slater has been given numerous opportunities to establish himself in WWE, however none of these opportunities have ever featured him in a role where he's able to get time to evolve as a singular figure. O'Neil is a case of a wrestler evolving, having tremendous upside, and needing a fresh platform upon which to showcase the tools that make him special. From dropping Hulk Hogan's birthday cake to having funny "buddy cop" type moments in promos, "Slater and The Gator" is probably the best thing that has happened to either Heath Slater or Titus O'Neil in their WWE careers. Slater's a gifted wrestler with an innate ability to get under the crowd's skin. As well, ever since portraying "Rufus 'Pancake' Patterson," O'Neil has shown a tremendous Ernie Ladd-type charisma in the ring as a big bully heel, and the ability to laugh at himself gives him that extra, mainstream-marketable dimension that WWE likes in its top-tier performers.