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On the first Raw and SmackDown Live after Backlash, at the start of the build to Money in the Bank, WWE made it a point to advertise various tag teams on both shows saying that they plan on qualifying for a shot at the briefcase.
The Ascension, Breezango and others chimed in with those “recorded from my cell phone” style promos, but despite that, we’ve seen no attempt to go anywhere with this whatsoever.
When someone like Bayley did the same thing, it made sense as she eventually had a qualifying match. She came up short, but that was at least her opportunity. What happened with everybody in the tag team divisions?
So far, all that we’ve seen in any capacity to play off this was the match between The New Day and The Bar, but that was specified as being a scenario where the winning team would have to pick one member to represent them in the match.
This isn’t the biggest deal in the world that WWE neglected to follow up on something like the tag teams, but it’s perplexing they would even bother to spend the time to record such videos for no reason.
For instance, if the whole point was just to fill time on the programs, and the only ideas floating in the writers room was to do those videos, why were those people chosen if there was no intention to have them even fight for a chance to qualify?
I could understand if there was some sort of “last chance battle royal” involving everybody who hadn’t qualified for one final spot, which would go to someone who was actually valued, but there wasn’t, and there likely won’t be, as WWE announced the matches to have eight people involved and we already know the field for the men’s match.
Also, it isn’t as though there weren’t other singles division people who couldn’t have filmed those promos instead, as they were involved in qualifying matches and lost. That would have made much more sense, as that at least follows a logical progression of advertising their involvement, attempting to win, then losing.
It’s not quite the same when someone says they plan on fighting for a spot, but they don’t.
Next Page: So… What Happened To All Those Tag Teams Trying To Qualify For Money in the Bank? (cont.)
