5 WWE tag teams that desperately need a makeover

I grew up watching tag teams that meant something to professional wrestling. Teammates that could cut a promo just as well as they could perform in the ring. Listening to the likes of Ole and Gene Anderson, Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood and The Fabulous Freebirds, they were captivating and worth the price of admission.

Today’s tag teams are more style over substance, more flash than finish. And if given the chance to compete in decades past, they would all fail miserably.

Originally, the premise of tag team wrestling was to give more performers a chance to appear on television and at live events. During the 1980s boom of the business, tag teams were a major part of productions. For much of the last few years, the tag team scene in WWE had been as valuable as the ‘divas’ division.

All of that has changed. Teams like The New Day, American Alpha and The Club are as important to the new genetic makeup of both Raw and SmackDown as any part of the company roster. Even with its success, there are still a few teams that could use a change, maybe a new direction.

Here’s a look at five teams that should consider a fresh start to move up the ladder of success:

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#1 Rhyno and Heath Slater

Could Rhyno and Heath Slater, SmackDown Tag Team champions, use a different look?

The current Smackdown World Tag Team Champions are about as much of a mismatch as there is on either roster. They say opposites attract. This is the simplest definition. I doubt the combination will be champions much longer with the push Jimmy and Jey Uso are being given.

The feel good story of Slater has gotten as much shelf life as it deserves. It’s time to move on to champions that mean something in a division still trying to catch up to Raw’s tag team roster. Maybe a fresh look is in order for both wrestlers to rise above and remain prevalent in the division once they drop the straps.

#2 American Alpha

A makeover for American Alpha could include adding Kurt Angle to the team

I am not saying the team of Jason Jordan and Chad Gable should get away from the gimmick of stars and stripes and American Made. Maybe this is an opportunity to enhance this young duo with veteran talent. I have been waiting for WWE to add more managers to the mix on both sides of the brand.

Why not bring back Kurt Angle and have him not only wrestle (calling Daniel Bryan) but also mentor these two and form a solid stable of youth and experience? This is a logical move to help these two neophytes move up the tag team ladder.

#3 The Shining Stars

Epico and Primo are going nowhere in the tag team division

I appreciate what WWE has done here with the Puerto Rican heritage of both Epico and Primo, but this might be one of the worst gimmicks ever in the company. Both tag team specialists are solid in the ring, but the promos and the style they now use in the ring makes them look weak.

In a better move, why not take their Hispanic heritage and make them more of a Luchadore-type tag team? There is a logjam of sorts in both tag team divisions. The Shining Stars are just an example of bad booking and even worse promo work.

#4 Sheamus and Cesaro

Cesaro and Sheamus are climbing the tag team ladder, but at some point it will all fall apart

While they have been able to secure a tag team title match at Hell in a Cell against The New Day, the gimmick of the two rivals works for only so long. This is one of those cases where the company had no choice but to make them a tag team because there wasn’t any other place for them.

While the two brawlers make the mid-card better, a forced tag team makes them more interesting. However, the storyline can stay funny for only so long. The rumours of Cesaro moving to SmackDown Live may take care of this issue – unless they win at Hell in a Cell.

#5 The Golden Truth

Just like his partner Goldust, R-Truth may need a new look to be taken seriously

WWE’s resident odd couple could be one of the better tag teams on the roster, but leave it to this promotion to take two great talents and make them cartoon characters that should be placed back in 1980s WWF.

R-Truth is a former NWA World Champion. Goldust is one of the greatest characters of all time. Their union is a good one, but the clowning around needs to slow down, and a push toward tag team gold needs to happen. Goldust is a recent tag team champion and R-Truth’s run with The Miz was as good a run as he has had in years.

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