4 good things that will come from the Women's Tag Team Championship

WWE recently introduced a Tag Team Championship for its women division, with the first tag team champions set to be crowned at the Elimination Chamber pay per view.

While for the men's division, there have been two different tag team championships, one for Raw and another for Smackdown, there will only be one set of titles for the women. This is due to the fact that the current WWE roster has a much larger number of male superstars than the female.

At present, WWE has two main roster shows at which women wrestlers perform, Raw and Smackdown. A superstar from Raw brand almost never competes with one from Smackdown except at Survivor Series, a show which features inter-brand matches.

Thus the creation of a single tag team championship with the competitors split into two different brands ensures cross-brand rivalries, and if handled well, it might lead to some very interesting storylines.

Let us dive into 4 positives expected to come from the newly created Women's Tag Team Championship.

#4 Stepping Stones for the Future Champions

The mid-card titles and the tag team titles are considered to be the stepping stones for the future world champions. Most of the WWE's greatest superstars have held at least one of these titles in their career before moving onto the bigger things.

Mostly, the quality of the championship reign while holding these titles determine the future of the title holder. While not all mid-card or tag team title holders are guaranteed to become future world champions, as only some succeed, almost every top champion has to go through these titles at some point in his career.

Until now, a secondary title was a crucial element which was missing from the women's division, which was a cause for the lack of direction for most of the roster. But this will change with the creation of the Women's Tag Team Championship, as they will fill the void.

These titles will play an important role in establishing the future main eventers, as they will help the Superstars evolve as well as gain the acceptance of the audience.

#3 More women will get the spotlight

In the past few years, when it comes to the female superstars, a lot has changed within WWE. Women are presently at the forefront, right alongside men and there is no shortage of opportunities for them.

They are competing in the most brutal matches, which were earlier reserved only for men, they are main eventing weekly shows as well as pay per views and are getting the spotlight.

But, a major problem was the existence of just two titles for the women, due to which many top calibre superstars went on in circles, practically doing nothing. Consider the top superstars like Sasha Banks and Bayley, for both of whom the last year was a complete waste as they did not do anything meaningful.

Their rivalry was being teased at many points from the start of 2018, but WWE never pulled the trigger on that programme. They were nowhere near the main event picture for more than a year until this year's Royal Rumble.

There have been many other superstars who followed this trend of going in circles as not everyone can be featured, especially when there's only one title to compete for on the brand.

The formation of the Women's Tag Team Championship will prove to be a big step forward in solving this problem and more women will get the opportunity to shine.

#2 Better utilization of new talents

There is no doubt about the fact that WWE currently has a huge influx of talent. WWE expands its main roster every year in the WrestleMania season by bringing superstars from NXT. But one of the major issues presently being faced by the WWE creative is the inability to fully utilize the NXT callups.

Barring a few, most NXT Superstars lose their momentum on joining the main roster. They fall prey to a crowded roster having a huge competition and are eventually lost in the shuffle.

The women's division has many promising names like Ember Moon, Sonya Deville, and Ruby Riott. They all started their main roster stint very well but are largely directionless at this point.

With the creation of women's tag team titles, the fresh entries to the main roster will at least have something to aim for, rather than being involved in unimportant storylines. This will give them an opportunity to evolve and improve their credibility before they can target the top championships.

#1 Interesting Cross-Brand storytelling

Every year, there are only two occasions in WWE when superstars from different brands interact directly - Royal Rumble and Survivor Series. Due to their cross-brand nature, these events are breeding grounds for some of the best storylines.

Cross-brand stories and matches have the potential to catch the fascination of the fans due to their rarity and if executed properly have the ability to work wonders.

We are well aware of the cross-brand rivalry between Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey that started during the buildup to Survivor Series is set to culminate at Wrestlemania (possibly in the main event). Their feud is currently the hottest thing going on in WWE.

Usually, a superstar once drafted to a particular brand, either Raw or Smackdown, stays with it for a few years. Therefore, there are many different superstar pairings and matches which keep on eluding the fans for years due to the barriers set by brands.

The newly created women's tag team titles will be common to both Raw and Smackdown. Therefore, there is a huge potential for good storytelling. Though it is still left to be seen in which way will WWE handle these titles (whether the champion will move between the brands or will it be the challenger who travels), the inter-brand movement opens some very interesting prospects and it might even be used to ignite singles feuds between superstars of different brands. It all depends on how WWE is willing to use these titles.

Edited by Gabby Duran