PSSPW Tag Team Division

First I'd like to point out this is eight shows out of eight where results were posted four to twelve hours after the deadline. So far, damn good.

Our World Champion recently brought up the idea of bringing in the tag team titles in PSSPW. I thought I'd look into the proposal with some detail.

One thing is almost certain. There is going to be a huge tag team tournament--likely an entire PPV dedicated to it--to crown our first tag team champions. This is a very exciting proposition. While I feel it won't make things easy developing angles that center on that PPV in the preceding month, I still think it's a great idea. I feel there will be a big focus on the anticipation of the tournament while any angles or feuds that may be stifled will be minimal at worst.

Roster size is the biggest issue concerning a tag team division. How many tag teams will we have? Can we afford to bring tag matches into the mix? Right now no. We have three to four matches on average each week. We have thirteen active guys now (I'm counting AJ and Chaos, who've been out) and we're getting about 6 to 8 of these guys signing up each week. There have been a lot of new joiners the last few weeks and we have guys awaiting potential returns or debuts (Hudds, man in the Nixon mask, maybe Stitches and Spooge). The future is untoubtedly bright, but even one tag match a week right now isn't really a possibility. Once we can fill cards with 12 guys signing up a week then we can pool characters together and get a tag match each week (and even then, we don't have to have a tag match each week). That makes four matches and a tag match. With 12 guys you can even have 2 tag matches and two singles matches.

On a side note, with 12 guys you can also have 3 v 3, 2 v 2 v 2, or even 4 way battle royales.

I promise I'm not assuming you don't know how to count. :)

The number of tag teams after the tourney is also an issue that's been addressed. I don't feel like this is much of a problem because we can always put together impromptu tag teams. Its fun to pair guys who are feuding in tag matches together because there's a lot of tension created for the match. Putting together two guys who aren't tag partners together can also potentially break up and create allegiances.

Guys that aren't tag partners can still be paired up for a tag match.

There has been a lot of challenging going on so far when guys sign up for cards. Characters can also just sign up without making a challenge, and J Wind/Biggs can add them where they see fit angle-wise. This spices things up and makes it easier to put together impromptu tag partners.

As far as tag title matches, lack of competitive tag teams isn't really a concern either. Sure, you need at the very least 3 teams vying for the title, but they don't have to be fighting each other every week. In order to have a successful tag division every team must have a singles career they can also focus on. This prevents the same teams fighting each other every week. The tag champs don't need to be in tag matches every week, or even every pay per view. When every team is balancing a singles and tag career, they aren't obligated to find tag opponents just to be in a show. This strategy, combined with putting together impromptu tag teams on occasion, gives PSSPW variety in the tag division.

So, in my opinion, what do we really need for this tag tournament pay-per-view to happen? I feel like the only thing we need is twelve active guys regularly signing up for cards. If we can get 12 competitors per card on a regular basis then there isn't a problem in the tag ranks that's clear to me.

When will this tourney take place? I feel it shouldn't happen after we get 12+ guys signing up a few weeks in a row unless there are also a couple active guys each week taking time off. Reality is guys quit (just look at the roster page). If you fall back down to 8 or 10 guys then it will be tough filling shows AND maintaining a healthy tag division.

It's hard to predict when we'll have 12+ guys signing up on a regular basis. Summer is coming and that's usually the high point in participation (we have more free time). Guys will be sitting down after a day at the beach and an evening barbecue with fresh ideas. That's why I think our big (Wrestlemania type) event should be in July or early August. I also feel the tag tourney shouldn't be the ppv before this. I feel we need the ppv before our big ppv to reinforce running feuds, angles and storylines.

My hope (and prediction) is that by the ppv after Envy we'll have 12 guys sign up for a given card. If we can get to this level of participation while still having a few guys 'on break', J Wind and Biggs will have decisions to make. When will our big show be? Do we want to have this tournament the PPV before (which is a possibility, having an open PPV before the big one is just my two cents) the big PPV?

We as handlers have a say in it too. Please comment below with your thoughts.

If you actually said "DUH!" out loud while reading this at some point, I'm sorry. The blatantly obvious stuff was more for my clarity than anything. I'm a little "der de der!" sometimes...