Comments on: Where Have All the Tag Teams Gone?

By: Scarlett Harris

Scarlett Harris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:15:15 +0000

I watched this week’s Raw last night and was very disappointed to see Carlito turning on Primo. As if, like we’ve just discussed in the comments on this article, we need another tag team bust-up. I, for one, was a big fan of the Colons, as Primo would be nobody without Carlito and Carlito has trouble cementing himself as a successful singles wrestler. And to top it all off, Legacy was put in a compromising position with Ted DiBiase Snr. making them face off against each other as guest host. While I don’t think that will do any detrimental damage to the Legacy faction, what happens to the Colons remains to be seen…

By: Booker T

Booker T — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:24:46 +0000

I have to agree with Shane. Pairing Vets with Rookies is the way to go. There’s no reason why WWE has all that talent just standing around not being utilized. Also,I think a team of Benjamin/MVP could be good for business.
Bringing back DX won’t solve the problem at all. There needs to be new blood in the division so that some of these young guns can get some exposure.

By: parkerboii69

parkerboii69 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:53:26 +0000

dx is 1 of the most entertainig tag teams ever but i would like to see n.w.o. back in bussiness the wolfpack like the old wcw days bring back buff bagwell hes buff and hes got tha stuff lol /

By: Scarlett Harris

Scarlett Harris — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:15:46 +0000

I agree that bringing back DX in the WWE’s current climate would be a mistake. Their reuniting in ‘06 was bad enough. It was entertaining for the first few weeks, with Triple H impersonating Vince etc, but I found the build up to it was better than the end product. They will never be like they were in the beginning.
Eric: I agree that Edge and Chris Jericho were a good team. They both have similar styles, started with the company at around the same time, and was an unexpected coupling. More tag teams like this would be good.
Brandon Wallace: And Edge and Christian reunion would be awesome! Once Edge has returned from injury would be a good time, as he could come back as a face and their childish antics would appeal to the kid’s audience.

By: Jimmy Wheeler

Jimmy Wheeler — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:07:53 +0000

Okay, first off.. The Rock was in the faction Nation Of Domination and never really did any tag-team work. I don’t recall hime winning a tag-team belt untill he was with Manking (The Rock ‘N’ Sock Connection) By which point he was a star anyway. I’d like to add Stone Cold to the list of people elevated by tag team wrestling though, with Brian Pillman as the Hollywood Blondes back in WCW maybe the best tag-team to of never happened. I think the main problem with tag-teams as of late is they can’t put together a good match on a regular basis. The basic format is.. One member gets isolated for most the match, the tag is teased for most of the match building up anticipation, then the tag is made, all heck breaks loose followed by a few twists and a team wins. These days the tags are allowed to be made willy nilly. Unfortunately DX is coming back around Survivor Series time, as they have booked a DX tour of Europe instead of the normal Survivor Series tour. So, yes of course it will be the watered down version, but the watered down version wasn’t entirely bad and Shawns Christian beliefs being played into it made some entertaining scenes. That is another reason real DX will never happen due to Shawn refusing to be apart of unChristian like shenanigans.

By: Brandon Wallace

Brandon Wallace — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:29:29 +0000

Ryan, As much as I would like to see that happen too, there is but one problem. If they were to bring back DX it would be bitter sweet for the fact that yes one of the greatest tag teams/factions would be back, but they would be the version that we saw in ‘06 and ‘07. One main factor for that would be for the fact that Shawn Michaels has changed his ways and would not agree to pull the stunts that he did back in ‘97. However, I do agree that it would be awesome to get the good ol’ D Generation X back. And I have to say (off subject) I really want to see a reunion between Edge and Christian!

Scarlett, good article. I agree with pretty much everything you had to say. Hopefully they can somehow develop a rebirth of the tag team division. Unfortunetly that doesn’t just happen overnight so we’re just going to have to hope and prey that it happens sometime within the next couple of years.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:56:33 +0000

Ryan, there is no way to make DX what it was in 1997 and 1998. Only HHH and HBK are still with the company, no-one else of original DX.
But, teams like Edge and Y2J are good ideas. Would like to see more of those.

By: Shane "Wild" West

Shane "Wild" West — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:54:54 +0000

WOW Great Article Harris,

I totally agree with this. The tag team titles helped so many “NOW” main eventers to where they are. Hardy, Edge, even The icon sean micheals with the rockers. Factions is another great way to bring new talent to main stream events. Putting guys with veterance makes the Green wrestlers look like they are ahead of the game compared to most rookie wrestlers. I think Randy Ortan would have never made it this far with out the help of evolution. Adding personnel lessons from Triple H and Natch to your resume isn’t something to laugh about. It makes him one of the most dangerous stars to deal with. The exact angle they are using with him. In my opinion there should be alot more of this so we can set up the next line of main eventers.

By: Manny C.

Manny C. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:49:15 +0000

What sucks is that WWE can’t have DX and the kid’s initiative
at the same time or you would be stuck with a crappy version of DX

By: PIP

PIP — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:19:05 +0000

edge & christian, the hardys, taker and kane… so many options, cant just get it into the works…. btw, mark henry is really getting a push.