THE DOWNSIDE OF WWE TAG TEAM INSURGECE

Tag-team wrestling has been a staple of sorts within wrestling for decades. For most of us, the 80's and early 90's saw a massive number of teams of all different styles. And then although they continued on in the rest of the 90's and 2000's, it wasn't quite the same. In the earlier era's mentioned, tag-teams were mainly put together and seemed to stay together until an injury, contract stuff, or legitimate beef tore them apart. Teams like Legion Of Doom/Road Warriors, Bushwhackers, and very few others teams were really able to maintain being a duo.

And then we came to see what is safe to call either "Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels Syndrome" begin. This is where mega stars in the singles division were made from successful tag-teams "splitting-up". After that, to this day, there have been an endless stream of tag-teams seemingly thrown together in-order to find the next "HBK". There have been slight exceptions, like The Dudley Boys/Team 3-D, but even they eventually "split". Today the only tag-team that doesn't make one  sit and wait for the swerve or turn is the Usos. Although being twins doesn't make them safe from the split, as we saw with the Bellas.

This is the downside of the tag-team division growing, it usually means it is a temporary thing. And soon most of these teams will split up. With one star getting a push (of variable sizes), and the other likely fading to lower card status, or even from the roster. Looking at the teams right now within WWE, and there are some that stand out as temporary. Cesaro And Kidd for starters, as WWE was clearly looking to make a star out of Cesaro and Kidd was returning from injury to basically appearing on "Total Divas". Already WWE Tag Team Champions, but how long will this team last before WWE splits them apart and attempts to push, or re-push one of them? The Lucha Dragons is a team  that could go both ways. The tag-team is getting over with the audience, and likely with the kids similar to (if not better than) Los Matadors. However, what stands out is the previous investments WWE has put into the character Sin Cara. We're on wrestler #2 under the mask, and hasn't quite "replaced" Rey Mysterio as they had likely hoped. So, this team could either stay together for a long time, or we see Sin Cara go "dark" and make the turn.

Again, the Usos are really the only team not likely, or better put "less likely" (given Bella situation) to split up. There is also the new tag-team  via NXT in The Ascension, but it doesn't appear they are getting "over" like the previously had before making the main roster. Will they stick together, or even around? As is the case any more with many tag-team within WWE.


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