Rhodes Scholars Breaks Up

Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes were two midcard heels who teamed up last year to steal the spotlight from the lower-midcard teams that had started the hype for the tag-team division revival. Blame the WWE for that, not the workers. And now, as you had to expect would eventually happen, the team is broken up.

Too soon? It seems like all they did was have a bunch of title shots and then break up. Cody's injury prolonged things. And now that the feud for the tag titles is over, they don't have a reason to team up together anymore, so they are going their separate ways. Seems reasonable, but I still feel they could have done more together. A true team remains together even outside those title feuds. That's how you make the tag division interesting. They were building these two up as a real team for a while. They had some kind of common gimmick and even a team name. Definitely could have done more.

How will they do as singles competitors again? It is going to be easier for them to get lost in the shuffle. They might get some random wins here and there, but also expect them to be used to put over stars above them. And this midcard you have now is not good with creating good midcard feuds and storylines. I would say that one of these guys should enter some kind of feud with Kofi Kingston, but I have no faith that it would be handled well. Since both midcard titles are held by heels, Rhodes and Sandow won't be entering a 1-on-1 feud for either title. You could just imagine the WWE eventually lumping together Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, and Bo Dallas in a feud for the Intercontinental Championship. Something like that will be a convenient way to get all these guys featured properly.

What happens to the tag division? The top heel contenders are now broken up. You have The Shield. It would seem Brodus Clay and Tensai are teaming up for a face comedy team, but how much can you really expect from that? That staleness is definitely returning to the tag division. Even Kane and Daniel Bryan seem to be feuding more with themselves again than getting a tag feud developed. Will the WWE fake another revival after Wrestlemania?