10 Teams Who Could Revolutionise The WWE's Tag Division

It's not all about the Divas - give these teams a chance!

Sep 29, 2015 September 29th, 2015

Divas Revolution. That’s a term we keep hearing time and time again, and just when you’ve heard it one too many times already, the WWE announce team cram it down your throats one more time for good measure.

Now whilst the Divas (can we still not just call them women wrestlers yet?) may have started to turn the corner after Charlotte’s title win and Paige’s apparent pipe bomb, it’s worth noting that we could be on the cusp of another revolution of sorts in the WWE.

Yes, I’m talking about a reigniting of the tag team ranks.

Two years ago, audiences were wowed by the tag division thanks to the fantastic matches put on by the likes of The Shield, Goldust and Stardust, The Wyatt Family, and The Usos.

These teams seemed to kickstart the division back into life, and the current roster is now being allowed to run with the ball and deliver some great, traditional and, most importantly, fun and meaningful tag matches.

With that said, here’s 10 teams who could play a pivotal role in the revitalisation and revolution of the WWE’s tag team division.

10. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa (And Other Indie Stars)

Now Gargano and Ciampa are a pair that are generally not known as a tag team combination, but that was what they were presented as during a two-match run on NXT as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

The using of these two darlings of the independent wrestling scene just goes to further show that the game has changed in terms of how the stigma that the WWE so often placed on indy talents, with the possibilities now endless in just who could turn up in NXT or even on the WWE main roster.

With Gargano and Ciampa, they’re inclusion on this list is more to show how the WWE isn’t afraid to look towards the independent scene to give guys a chance to show what they can do. And with teams like rEDragon, War Machine, The Young Bucks, Monster Mafia, The Briscoes and even Bad Influence all out there, maybe some of those guys could finally be brought in to reignite the WWE’s tag team ranks.

Failing that, Gargano and Ciampa did enough to show that they could make for a hell of a team themselves if given the chance again in the future.

Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

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