Anderson & Gallows Continue To Try To Find Their Groove

Anderson & Gallows have just been terrible since splitting from AJ Styles. I am not really talking about match quality. I am talking about their personalities and trying to actually get over. They were at their best when they were with AJ Styles and an actual stable. That is when they truly deserved the tag titles. They are now on their own and still hunting for the tag titles.

Since the brand split separated The Club, Anderson & Gallows have gone from being serious, but boring, threats to trying to be entertaining goofballs. Last week's "Old Day" segment seemed to be the last straw for that gimmick. Fans did not like it. The WWE is even acknowledging that the two heels are done trying to be entertaining and are now refocusing on being a serious threat.

The main problem with them as serious threats is that they really do not feel that dominant. They have been knocked around and sent running many times since they came to the WWE. Their is no mystery to what they are about. There is no intrigue. There is no cool vibe. They are just lame. Karl Anderson's hot Asian wife can debut and she would automatically be more over than either of these two guys.

A lot of people usually say when a wrestler isn't working out that he should turn heel. Heel characters usually get to do things that connect better with the audience. Here is an example where it is heel characters that are struggling. And the answer isn't to turn them face. Being serious heels out to beat people up was not enough to make these guys truly interesting. Giving them comedy gimmicks flopped. They are just mediocrities. As I said before, they were at their best when part of an actual stable. That might be the answer for them, although the WWE may not be able to make it happen. It just goes to show that heels don't always work out.

I also found it noteworthy that the WWE made this into a bit of an angle. They had the commentators just keep mentioning that Anderson & Gallows were ditching being entertaining and putting over that the new attitude is helping them. While admitting when something flops is good from the standpoint of accountability, it just felt a little awkward to hear it. It is not something that needed to be said, especially that much by commentary. Just let these guys go out there and be serious threats again, if that is the direction the WWE is once again settling on. The WWE is obviously being reactionary to fan criticism. If you are going to do it, you don't need to make angles out of it like this. It seems like the writers just cannot come up with great storylines and are just going with the flow of how fans are reacting on the Internet. How is that working out? Doesn't look good.