8 Worst WWE Tag Champs Of Brand Extension Era
2. Braun Strowman & Nicholas (Raw)
Who could forget Braun Strowman’s first championship in WWE?
After demolishing wrestlers, vehicles and numerous backstage structures, the Monster
Among Men finally captured gold at WrestleMania 34… the Raw Tag Team Championship.
His partner: a 10-year-old boy named Nicholas.
And you said WWE didn’t take its tag team divisions seriously.
This isn’t to put down Nicholas (in reality, referee John Cone’s son) or the idea of involving a fan at WrestleMania, but even if you got a chuckle out of it, there’s no denying that this was one of the worst tag team championship pairs in the past six years.
What made it frustrating was that Braun won a battle royal single-handedly to earn a title shot against The Bar, who were in the midst of the fourth tag title reign and were a really well-oiled machine. Rather than selling this as something where Strowman needed a serious partner, he manhandled both men and captured the tag titles almost as an afterthought.
The following night on Raw, Braun & Nicholas relinquished the tag titles, making this a one-night stunt that might have popped the crowd, but still was groan-inducing at the same time.