Therapy With Chairs

You had a very interesting Smackdown last week. Did it revolve around the World Heavyweight Champion, Sheamus? No. A man who was definitely at one time the centerpiece of that show, Randy Orton? No. How about that Jinder Mahal? Not this time. The show actually revolved around Kane and Daniel Bryan, culminating with them teaming up in the main event. This would not be the first time a Raw or Smackdown ended with neither the major Champion or the centerpiece. Remember Trish Stratus vs. Lita for the Women's Championship? TNA frequently does this kind of thing more. Remember Mickie James vs. Tara in a steel cage?

The top story of Smackdown was the issues with Daniel Bryan and Kane. They are the Tag Team Champions. After the main-event match, they even destroyed the other tag teams with chairs. That was the kind of thing I imagined would happen when the titles went on two guys like this. Depending on how long the WWE runs this team, they will probably be getting a Slammy at the end of the year. If they are going to push them, they will push them hard and well.

Since the revival of the tag division doesn't look like it is going to continue to properly develop the legitimate teams that were already on the roster, I might as well move on, myself. The kind of tag division you have now is similar to what you had when Jericho and Big Show had the titles. It was a great reign and you could see attention put on the titles, obviously because the titles were on two guys the WWE wanted to have attention. Throw in guys like Sandow and Rhodes teaming together, as well as Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara. This is becoming a playground for midcarders and upper-midcarders. And that is actually a good thing. I may sound like a hypocrite for changing my tune on what is going on in the tag division, but if the WWE is not going to follow through, there is no point in analyzing and over-analyzing what is not going to happen. I might as well talk about what is actually going on. And what is actually going on is good for those individuals the WWE may obviously want to push, but cannot find an easy means of featuring well. And putting the titles on a team you will feature properly is better than putting them on a team you will rarely have on Raw. In the end, this is not the revival I was hoping for, and I know a few other fans out there are disappointed too, but it is still putting interest in the tag division. A lot more fans are interested in Daniel Bryan and Kane than any other team that was being featured during the revival.