5 best and worst moments of Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre's Raw tag team championship

Dolph Ziggler joined hands with Drew McIntyre after the WWE Superstar Shake-up when The Scottish Psychopath made his shocking return to the main roster, attacking Titus Worldwide.

The duo seemed to be the best tag team on the red brand but the WWE Creative neglected Ziggler and McIntyre during the B Team vs The Deleters Of Worlds feud.

Acting General Manager of Monday Night RAW Baron Corbin was the first to give the duo a tag team title opportunity after instructing them to take out The Revival before their title match.

The tag team division of the flagship show had turned into a joke during The B Team’s reign, but Dolph and Drew elevated the division by putting on some incredible matches during their reign.

Their first tag team championship reign ended at the hands of Dean Ambrose and Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins in the main event of last night’s RAW. Here is my analysis of the team’s first tag team title run.

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#1 Best - Taking the B Team out of the title picture

The saviors of RAW's tag team division

Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel tried their best to put on some exciting tag team matches for the WWE Universe. However, their comic booking led to the fans not taking them seriously at all, and their feud with The Revival totally buried Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson.

With teams like AOP, The Revival, The Shield, and Dolph & Drew on the roster, it was a shame that The B Team reigned supreme on the division for quite some time.

The Revival looked favorites to end the B Team's lacklustre reign, however Ziggler and McIntyre attacked the former NXT tag team champions backstage, and replaced them in their match.

In the end, they easily defeated Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel on the RAW episode of 3 September to kick off their title reign. Drew McIntyre pinned Curtis Axel in the middle of the ring after hitting him with a Claymore, and a ZigZag won the titles for the team.

#2 Worst - Playing sidekicks to a heel Braun Strowman

None of the three superstars benefited from this alliance

After aligning themselves with Mr. Monster in the Bank before winning the titles, the duo of Ziggler and McIntyre played the role of The Monster's sidekicks, instead of focusing on their tag team championship reign.

WWE Creative booked a 6 man tag team match for WWE Super Show-Down, involving The Shield and The Dogs of War (probably, the worst name a stable has ever gotten), where Ziggler and McIntyre did not look like they were the flagship show's top tag team.

These meaningless 6 man tag team matches continued on the RAW episodes following Super Show-Down, before The Dogs of War imploded.

Ziggler and McIntyre did not even come face to face with the AOP even once, and neither did they defend their titles since retaining them at the Hell in a Cell PPV, before losing them to Ambrose and Rollins on RAW.

#3 Best - Their match vs Ambrose and Rollins at the Hell in a Cell PPV

The four superstars put on the match of the night at the HIAC PPV

WWE Creative booked the duo of Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre to put their titles on the line against the team of the Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins and The Lunatic Fringe Dean Ambrose at the Hell in A Cell PPV.

With several big matches like Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman, and Jeff Hardy vs Randy Orton announced for the show, nobody expected this match to steal the show.

The four superstars told a superb story inside the ring, and displayed phenomenal wrestling skills as the fans were at the edge of their seats during the ending moments of the match. McIntyre secured the victory for his team after hitting a claymore-kick to Seth Rollins, and carried an unconscious Dolph Ziggler to the ramp along with the titles.

#4 Worst - The abrupt end to their memorable reign

These two deserved a longer reign at the top

While the WWE Creative team needs to be commended for their idea of pairing The ShowOff Dolph Ziggler along with The Chosen One Drew McIntyre, their tag team title reign left a lot more to be desired.

The duo saved the tag team division of the flagship show by taking the titles from The B Team, and also had an epic match with Ambrose and Rollins at the Hell in a Cell PPV, but Ziggler and McIntyre never had a feud with an upcoming tag team on RAW.

The entire show focused on The Shield vs The Dogs of War storyline, and ignored the tag teams on the roster. The AOP and The Revival (with whom they had a solid match on a RAW episode) could have been better opponents for Ziggler and McIntyre. It seemed like the creative team cut off their reign due to Roman Reigns’ Leukemia.

#5 - Best/Worst - Losing the titles to a team which imploded the next moment

What was the point of the title change

Dean Ambrose had been teasing a heel turn ever since he returned with a new look on the RAW before SummerSlam. However, he stayed with his brothers for the next 2 months before finally turning his back on The Kingslayer after the duo captured the titles from Ziggler and McIntyre.

The WWE Universe expected a full-fledged feud between the two tag teams, but what followed the match ended up as one of the most shocking heel turns in recent history.

Though the WWE Creative ended RAW in the most unpredictable way possible, it took off the RAW tag team titles from Ziggler and McIntyre for no reason. The betrayal would have made more sense had Rollins and Ambrose failed to defeat them.

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