Though we've spent a great deal of time outlining how to make the faction successful, no stable lasts forever--nor should it. When the faction finally splits, the stakes should be high. Rather than just taking a title loss and breaking into a fight after the bell as many partnerships and factions do when they end, this group should probably break up over a title (perhaps someone doesn't throw the match as planned, or tensions rise through a betrayal?) And it should be a shock. They should fall apart at the top of their game--nobody should see it coming...which would be hard in the day and age of the fan-backstage-insider. But rather than a prolonged stay at the top, the faction should split and lead to a two or three way feud that fans really want to see because they weren't over exposed as a team. They'll still thirst to see their names in the marquee both together and separately. In addition to leaving the fans wanting more, it'll also leave the door open for a reunion that won't be played out later on down the line when, as aging top carders, they may need a push again.
Brandon grew from the awkwardness of his youth into the awkwardness of his adulthood. He is the author of the Eat Your Serial Press title "Ten Years Gone: Pomp and Circumstance" and is a contributor on Maglomaniac, Polite on Society, and What Culture.
