Corey Graves believes WWE could do better with their women’s tag team division.
The WWE women’s tag team division has been a confusing one to say the least. Originally, the titles were to be defended across all three brands in WWE, but this was changed after NXT debuted their own set of women’s tag team championships. The division has never truly caught fire, as there have been few actual teams with history in the division, with many talents being thrown together for a few weeks to compete for the titles.
Speaking on WWE After The Bell, Corey Graves stated that he hopes Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan can bring some stability to the division. The new champions were crowned on Monday’s RAW and were challenged on Friday’s SmackDown by Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green.
“The champions are going to drive the ship in the women’s tag division. It was really important for Liv and Raquel to emerge victorious and, as far as the women’s tag team championships go, I’m probably going to catch hell for this, it’s never really caught fire. It’s never been a strong division. It’s sort of been an amalgam of thrown together tag teams. ‘I’m going to team with this person tonight, we have a tag title match we didn’t win, okay, time to get a new partner.’ It’s always been very transient and constantly in flux. I’m talking the entire existence of the titles, since the very beginning. Liv and Raquel could be a duo who have what it takes to solidify the division and maybe sit on top for a while and maybe inspire some other superstars who aren’t getting the opportunities they so desire right now, who want more TV time, who want promo time, but they’re not getting it for whatever reason. Maybe somebody sitting backstage or in catering or a couple people sitting in NXT are going, ‘You know what, let me make a run for this.’ We haven’t had a serious, full-time tag team in my recollection. The IIconics (Peyton Royce & Billie Kay) are the closest we had to hold the titles because they were a full-time act together. The rest have sort of been, ‘Hey, be my partner. Okay, we’ll have a little run, okay, onto the next.’ Everything feels temporary. Raquel and Liv could be very good for the division,”
Corey Graves
The championships will be defended next week on SmackDown, as Morgan and Rodriguez defend against the aforementioned Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville.
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