10 WWE Tag Team Wrestlers Who Held Their Partners Back
6. Dolph Ziggler (Drew McIntyre)
WWE allowed fans to laughably frame Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler's 2018 pairing as the second coming of Diesel and Shawn Michaels when they first came together following WrestleMania 34, as if comparisons to 'The Showstopper' hadn't already damaged Dolph enough.
Cute physical cues between the pair - McIntyre playing endless protector, Ziggler having more of the singles matches to build to the tag main events, Drew literally carrying Dolph back to the dressing room on occasion - told the real story of who WWE hoped to have in their main events when the pair were separated, but a 'Dogs Of War' join-up with Braun Strowman clamped the 'Scottish Psychopath' to endless pantomime heel bullsh*t against The Shield that shattered the mystique of the former NXT Champion.
The two rather ponderously ploughed forward in spite of the obvious damage being done to Drew until WWE somehow managed to make the situation worse. Upon splitting, damaged goods Dolph got the better of his far superior partner in a 50/50 feud at the worst possible time of year for either. The defunct duo went into Royal Rumble and WrestleMania season ice cold - a far cry from their white hot summer series with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose just months earlier.