8 Worst WWE Tag Champs Of Brand Extension Era
5. Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder (Raw)
When your tag champs are acknowledged as long-suffering
jobbers who only recently got over losing every match, you’re not going to
inspire fan confidence in those champions.
Witness Curt Hawkins, who had lost more than 200 straight matches at the time that he and fellow perennial loser Zack Ryder reunited in early 2019. The former Edgeheads continued to stagnate as WrestleMania 35 drew near, but with the show taking place in New York (with both men claiming Long Island as home), you felt like WWE magic was in the air.
Sure enough, Ryder & Hawkins defeated the Revival to win the Raw tag titles on the Mania kickoff show, a legit nice moment for the two that also ended Hawkins’ losing streak.
But then, the duo all but disappeared from television. Despite being the new tag champs, they only defended the titles the following night on Raw before fading away until June, when they resurfaced to drop the straps back to the Revival on Raw.
So if you’re keeping score, that’s a pre-show title victory, one defense, a multi-week absence, followed by losing the titles on Raw. Just a horrific run for these two.