10 Worst Booked WWE Champions Of 2020
9. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship)
It's no secret that Cesaro and Nakamura have never reached their full potential on the main roster. Whenever the pair have gotten within touching distance of one of Vince McMahon's fabled brass rings, WWE Creative yank it further into the distance like a dollar tied to a piece of string. That pattern continued with their aborted run as SmackDown tag champs.
After dethroning the New Day at Extreme Rules, the Kings of Swiss Style (sorry) proceeded to do... not much of anything, really. The most memorable moments in their reign were breaking up with former Artist Collective member Sami Zayn (whose run as Intercontinental Champion has been a genuine bright spot in WWE programming), and challenging the Street Profits to a champion vs. champion bout.
The latter occasion showed exactly where the Kings of Swing (again, sorry) ranked in WWE's priorities. Despite Cesaro rightly calling the Profits out for their lack of championship defences, WWE missed the chance to have the Profits lose and start a storyline where they regained their focus and came back strong, whilst simultaneously giving Cesaro and Nakamura a much-needed rub. Instead, the Profits won cleanly and C 'n' N (last one, we promise) finished their jobs as belt warmers by dropping the titles back to the New Day on a regular episode of SmackDown.