One Night Sums Up The WWE Tag Division

This week's Raw featured a match between The Usos and The Rhodes. Ryback and Curtis Axel were on commentary. They are being developed for a title feud. Looking at that, you can just get the feeling that things might be picking up for the tag division. They are actually developing a feud for the tag teams.

That feeling just doesn't last. That same night, the WWE teased friction between The Rhodes. Cody Rhodes and Goldust will likely be splitting up soon. I wouldn't have minded seeing them split up a few months ago for a match at Wrestlemania. It could have been a great midcard match. Goldust is a legend and Cody Rhodes is very good in the ring. And there could be a good story there. Regardless, a split will happen. That means one less tag team in the division. And this is a tag team that looked so hot a few months ago.

What happened in that segment on Raw pretty much sums up the tag division these days. They can show promise in how they are treating the teams here and there, but they are never consistent. Aside from chasing after the tag titles, the only thing most teams can look forward to is splitting up. The Shield and The Wyatts are special teams. You can argue that they are above the tag division. They are busy working with main-eventers. Being stuck in the tag title chase would be a demotion for them. These other teams, however, are pushed very inconsistently.

Should Ryback and Curtis Axel win the tag titles? In my opinion, this would be the worst team to hold it in quite some time. The Usos won it when they were hot. The New Age Outlaws are legends and got a good reaction from those fans nostalgic about the Attitude Era. The Rhodes won it when they were hot and in the midst of a big storyline. The Shield were being booked strong when they won it. Daniel Bryan and Kane were definitely a top team to win it. That is over a year of good decisions in passing the titles around. I am not saying it was great. It was good. The New Age Outlaws are old and all that other negative stuff you can say about them, but they didn't hold the titles long. But Ryback and Curtis Axel? I won't even call them by their team name. They are not that hot. The WWE can develop them to have momentum in this feud, but that does not mean that momentum is translating well in connecting with the fans. I do not think they should win the titles. And I don't think they will. This is most likely a filler title defense for The Usos.

How about The Usos? I talked about Cody Rhodes and Goldust looking so great a few months ago. The Usos also felt so great a while ago. They are still being featured pretty consistently, but they just don't seem as hot as they were. They feel stale. I am not criticizing them. I am criticizing how the WWE is featuring them. The issue is a lack of good creative investment. Creative investment helped Cody Rhodes and Goldust look so amazing a while back. A lack of it has killed them and gotten some fans to say the WWE messed up with them. And it looks like the WWE will mess up again with The Usos.