For the second time in the last three-plus years, the WWE has revitalized its tag team division. Now more than ever, they’ll need to fortify and strengthen the portion of their roster that will likely be split in half. Some teams will be drafted solely to RAW while others will be exclusive to SmackDown with championship belts potentially designated to both brands again. This will open the door of opportunity for tag teams like Breezango, among others.
A quick glance at the landscape across the tag team division clearly sees The New Day as the head of the class. Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods have been champions for all of 2016 and beyond and are currently in the infant stages of a feud with The Wyatt Family. It’s not yet known if the eventual culmination will see the tag titles be put on the line. Enzo & Cass and The Club (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) have risen to the top of the division as well, basically swapping spots with The Usos and The Dudley Boyz at present.
The Vaudevillains received two title opportunities within their first three months on the main roster despite lukewarm interest from Vince McMahon and other top officials. The rest of the division finds The Lucha Dragons, Golden Truth, The Ascension, Social Outcasts, The Shining Stars (unless they’ve truly been given up on already), and Breezango. The quality vs. quantity debate will heat up as the brand split draws closer.
It seems, however, that Breezango (made up of Tyler Breeze and Fandango) is experiencing just the opposite of the aforementioned Vaudevillains. They might be low on the totem pole, but according to a report from Cageside Seats , they have a ton of support from WWE officials, specifically and most importantly from Vince McMahon himself. While on the surface it may appear that Breezango doesn’t have a significant future, Breeze and Fandango have impressed enough that this won’t be the case for long.
Expectations are that Breezango will be receiving a makeover in the not-too-distant future in an attempt to portray them as a more serious and formidable tag team. In Vince’s eyes, Breezango is the essence of one of his favorite phrases, in that they’ve “made chicken salad out of chicken s—.”
The makeover in question may in fact, already be in motion, though that is not confirmed. Since their program with the Golden Truth seemingly ended at Money in the Bank , Breezango has not appeared on RAW or SmackDown . While some would view this is a negative coming off a match at a high-profile pay-per-view, it could be a blessing, one that would set the stage for their repackaging and eventual push.
Of the two, Fandango has clearly experienced the most success, albeit minimal, during their WWE careers. His win over Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 29 is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the show. But for one reason or another, he was never able to fully capitalize on the momentum from that night, quickly sinking back to their status as enhancement talent. Fandango’s name surfaced quite a bit during WWE’s annual spring cleaning back in May, but he was fortunate to avoid the dreaded pink slip.
Outside of an early feud with Dolph Ziggler, Breeze has done little of note since arriving on the main roster last October. His misuse sparked a lot of the debate between Triple H and Vince McMahon in regards to the drawing power of NXT talent. Putting the two together to form Breezango might be the best thing for both of their careers, even if it doesn’t appear that way yet. The fact that Vince is behind them with intentions of making them more legitimate should mean the best is yet to come.
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