3 Ways WWE Can Implement Women’s Tag Team Titles

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Raw-Exclusive Titles

Look, I’m going to be upfront. I’ve already mentioned that I’m a bit of a sucker for balance; the fact that the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Titles aren’t just called the Universal Women’s and WWE Women’s titles (to match the men’s Universal and WWE Championships) is maddening to me.

Naturally, Raw getting exclusive rights to a future set of Women’s Tag Team titles is not going to be my first choice, but maybe this is where I’m supposed to suck it up and accept that Raw and SmackDown will never be equals, despite what my inner teen self is telling me about keeping my hopes and dreams alive.

Raw is a three-hour show and has been for the better part of a decade, even though it’s a point of contention among fans that this is just far too long for a wrestling show. Even on my best and most devoted of days as a wrestling fan, I rarely make it through an episode of Raw without skipping the main event due to complete exhaustion unless the slot goes to the female Superstars.

With that said, the third hour of Raw isn’t going anywhere, so it might as well play host to the women’s tag team division. This, of course, would require women from both Raw and SmackDown competing on Mondays or even all female tag teams becoming official members of the Raw roster.

It would be like waving a giant flag declaring Raw as the dominant show, which is crippling to my desire for equality among the brands, but the fact that the excruciating extra screen time on Monday nights would be used for good instead of evil would make it all worth it.

Regardless of how they do it, WWE has gold on its hands when it introduces the modern day iteration of the Women’s Tag Team Championship. There are so many talented, larger-than-life stars in the women’s division that this will be a foolproof step toward providing the depth this roster of performers deserves. And maybe one day we’ll see the first ever Women’s Intercontinental Champion crowned.