WWE Must Address The State Of The Women’s Tag Team Championship

It has been exactly five months since WWE established the Women’s Tag Team Championship on the Christmas Eve episode of Raw, and they don’t quite feel like the mid-card titles the women’s division needed yet.

The current titles don’t carry the lineage of the WWF Women’s Tag Team Championship, which was deactivated in 1989. As such, WWE must create a new legacy for the fledgling titles.

Back in February, the inaugural champions, the Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection, seemed poised to legitimize the titles and lead women’s tag teams wrestling into 2019. After their win at Elimination Chamber, Sasha Banks and Bayley toured the company with the floating titles, presenting a challenge to teams on the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT rosters.

Initially, the team generated buzz around the new concept and potential dream matches. However, WWE halted all that momentum before they could even do anything interesting as champions.

They participated in an uninspiring feud with Nia Jax and Tamina before they surprisingly dropped the titles a few weeks ago at WrestleMania 35.

That isn’t to say the new champions, the IIconics, aren’t worthy successors, but for all the hype; the initial titleholders’ reign was pretty underwhelming. It’s hard to understand why WWE would tease so many new possibilities, and randomly change the titles in just 49 days.

Even more, they seemingly broke up the Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection before they could receive a rematch.

Furthermore, The IIconics’ current reign as champions isn’t going much better so far. The two snuck in and stole the title win from Beth Pheonix, following an impressive Avalanche Glam Slam.

Since then, Aussie natives have lost three matches in a row.

One could argue they’re not supposed to look like competent champions because that would be out of character. They rely on sneaky heel tactics to win, and they struggle when they’re divided.

Nonetheless, the current booking makes their title win look like a fluke.

They’re such great characters, who seemed destined to be tag team champions. In order for their reign to feel significant, they must pick up a strong win in their first title defense. The ongoing drama with Sasha Banks puts the company in a tough situation in that regard because that eliminated a program worth revisiting. But that’s a dilemma WWE themselves created.

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It’s too late to fix the damage done to the inaugural champions, but they can still right the ship with the current champions.

The IIconics deserve the opportunity to tour the company and challenge the other two brands. They need to reestablish the Women’s Tag Team Champions as traveling and fighting torch-bearers.

If they’re not going to do that, why introduce the idea without allowing the fans to see it in practice?

It almost seems like Billie Kay and Peyton Royce are going to be transitional champions, which would be unfortunate. If so, why take the titles from a team of capable ambassadors for the women’s tag team division?

Furthermore, The IIconics are charismatic and entertaining enough to take the title to NXT or even NXT UK. They may not be considered workhorses like Sasha and Bayley, but they can still showcase tag team wrestling if given the chance.

With such a large and diverse women’s division, there is a ton of potential for great tag team wrestling. The titles’ growing legacy is off to a rough start but there is still time to turn things around. Hopefully, there are meaningful plans for the champions at Money in the Bank.