The Disturbing Truth About The (Latest) Death Of The WWE Tag Team Titles
Raw crumbled under the weight of crap comedy, but SmackDown Live fared little better. The Bar failed to rebuild themselves on the blue brand because they couldn't get past the woeful Bludgeon Brothers. Harper and Rowan's sub-Ascension act hadn't gotten them over, let alone the acts they were steamrolling in order to try. Sheamus and Cesaro eventually found their old form in a feud with The New Day after Harper went down hurt, but it wasn't long before Shane McMahon's sweaty mitts were all over the straps with The Miz.
For a non-wrestler and his non-mate to dethrone actual brothers was actually f*cking stupid, not least when their loss a month later was to set up a WrestleMania singles match rather than service the division they'd been booked to dominate out of thin air.
The belts got more profile than their Raw counterparts at the 'Show Of Shows' but weren't even part of the conversation after the fact. Bayley and Sasha Banks - a month and change into a run they'd literally promised would make the new Women's Tag Titles meaningful - were jobbed out to The IIconics in a decision so boneheaded in chased 'The Boss' out of the organisation altogether.
Seemingly pushed to punish her best mate, Bayley has thankfully benefitted with a renewed singles run. It's emblematic of the McMahon-led agenda against the duos - escape your partner and you'll get a push. Actual f*cking winners Peyton Royce and Billie Kay haven't won a genuinely competitive match on television since, and have been scripted to shriek and holler about being record-setters with the almost-prestigious prize. Dash and Dawson did the same as they toasted their latest victory on Monday's Raw.
They literally cannot live up their names - nobody can until McMahon redevelops his penchant for pairs. This is the end of the article - the titular "Disturbing Truth" isn't a discovery or stumbled-upon revelation, but the entire recent history of the troubled titles. It shouldn't be so easily mined to make the point, but it's as if The Chairman has worked hard on undermining the league to such a stage that you can't even celebrate it when your faves supposedly save the day.
Don't "f*ck The Revival", bless their souls for searching for life in something that's already dead.