10 Wrestling Tag Teams That Should Never Have Split
Ain't broken? Don't fix it!
The old adage, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" should be applied to tag-teams in wrestling.
Naturally, there are those teams who split naturally and for good reason; the APA calling it a day in 2004 led to the biggest push of Bradshaw's career (as rich moron JBL) and came at a time when Ron Simmons was hanging up the tights anyway, the implosion of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage as The Mega Powers in 1989.
The problem is, it's rarely ever that easy.
If the individuals making up the team don't go on to do anything worthwhile afterwards, then surely attempting to force a tag-team split negates the entire purpose of a tiff to begin with. Solid tag-teams have been left picking up the pieces of a failed split once too often...
10. Cryme Tyme
It's understandable why WWE officials would take one look at Shad Gaspard and see the potential to turn him into a singles force. Shad possessed size, charisma and a connection with the fans, but the importance of fellow Cryme Tyme member JTG to Gaspard's cause only became apparent when the team split up in 2010.
On his own and rethought as a menacing heel, the big man lacked much of the sparkle that had helped his union with JTG shine. Suddenly, instead of a streetwise tag team fans could get behind and be entertained by, the feuding Cryme Tyme members ironically looked more small time than before (pun intended).
A Strap Match at Extreme Rules designed to paint JTG as the sympathetic babyface to Gaspard's ruthless villain elicited little heat from the watching audience, and instantly proved why Cryme Tyme should have been left well alone by WWE.
Together, JTG and Gaspard were viable. Removed from their tag-team bubble, though, both were rendered expendable.