Who Would Be Your WWE Tag Team Partner?

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Breaking into the professional wrestling industry can be a seriously tough task for a budding superstar to pull off. Nothing can be quite as integral during the early stage of a wrestler’s career than a little help from their friends, either getting them the right meetings with Vince McMahon or promoting them online to already existent wrestling communities.

Chances are, most people taking our quizzes aren’t necessarily planning careers in the sports entertainment business, but hey, maybe you are. Even if not, it could be fun to speculate on what life would be like if you did. In any event, the first step in deciding how you’ll succeed in WWE is building relationships with some stars already in the company. Ideally, said top star might even let you become their tag team partner, getting your career off to an incredible start from day one.

The greatest wrestlers in the world rarely got to the top all by themselves, and as luck would have it, many of them remember this fact, giving back to potential rookies like us however they can. Granted, being a person’s tag team partner is going the extra mile in helping someone get their foot in the door, but that’s no reason for us to stop speculating about the idea. If the discussion has you interested in how things would go down were you to try out this method, take our quiz and find out who your WWE tag team partner would be.

Question 1

Would you or your partner contribute more to the team?

It’s exceptionally rare for a tag team to be completely equal in regards to the work they do. In fact, the same thing could probably be said about absolutely any enterprise where two people take credit for one individual outcome. Nine times out of ten, one person is going to work harder and/or contribute more than the other, though both will reap the rewards. If you were in a major tag team, would you be the workhorse bringing the team into the spotlight, or would you politely stand by on the ring apron and let them handle all the heavy lifting?

Question 2

What sort of characters would your team play?

Arguably more important than anything that goes down from bell to bell during a wrestling match is how the competitors present themselves backstage. The way a person treats a run-of-the-mill interview with Renee Young speaks volumes about their personal character, something wrestling fans use to decide whether to cheer or boo them as they climb the ladder to success. Both babyfaces and heels can achieve great things in WWE, so assuming your team could achieve greatness either way, would you prefer to be a good guy, bad guy, or something in between?

Question 3

Would your team get along with with Vince McMahon?

One of the most repeated phrases in the WWE Universe is “don’t cross the boss,” meaning wrestlers should always do their best to stay on the good side of company owner and CEO Vince McMahon. Of course, at least 50% of the roster is breaking that rule at any given moment, with Vince’s contentious personality making it nigh impossible for his employees to like the guy. That said, the other half are indeed doing whatever it takes to stay on their boss’s good side, knowing there are benefits to having friends in the right places.

Question 4

Which wrestler do you hate the most?

While the main purpose of this quiz is finding out who your friends would be were you to enter the WWE Universe, let’s not forget a major element of pro wrestling is the fact anyone who isn’t an ally is inherently an enemy. Regardless what type of character you play or the extent of success you achieve, some of your coworkers are going to hate your guts, and it’s only natural you reciprocate those feelings on some level. As a wrestling fan, there are probably already a few wrestlers who constantly get your goat, and one of these five may be one of them.

Question 5

What’s your favorite recent WWE tag team?

Every wrestler has their own reason for entering the industry, many of which are strongly divergent from others. However, a good majority them have one thing in common, that being a strong appreciation of the performance art they’re trying to turn into a career. Budding WWE superstars hoping to form a tag team probably have more than a few favorite duos both past and present, but if you had to choose, which of the following tag teams would yours take after the most?

Question 6

Who should be your team’s manager or valet?

Not every wrestler out there necessarily means a manager, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t hurt to have some additional help backing up your every move. The whole idea of tag team wrestling is that two minds are better than one, so throwing a third into the mix could only serve to help. Of course, there’s a catch in that this third party needs to have a personality that matches your team, and a business sense that propels you to the top of the company rather than mess everything up and keep ruining your chances.

Question 7

Could your team main event WrestleMania?

In one way or another, every pro wrestler’s true dream is to main event the biggest show of the year, WrestleMania. Nothing solidifies a superstar’s place in WWE than headlining an event watched by millions of people around the world, plus as many as 100,000 fans in the arena depending on where the show is held. Unfortunately for tag team wrestlers, only one WrestleMania ended with doubles competition, and it was the very first, making it unlikely to happen again…unless your team is good enough to break that trend.

Question 8

What’s your favorite style of wrestling?

On a basic level, all professional wrestling is about one performer beating the other into submission. That said, there are hundreds of ways for this to be accomplished, with a half dozen different styles of wrestling at least seen throughout the WWE Universe. Some superstars are vicious brawlers, others brilliant and tactical chain wrestlers, and then there are also those who fly off the top ropes and dazzle fans with flashy flips as they leave their opponents breathless in more ways than one. Which style would you and your partner utilize?

Question 9

Do you like kids?

Let’s face it, folks—in the modern age, at least insofar as Vince McMahon is concerned, the primary audience WWE is marketed towards are preteen children. Sure, kids only make up about half of the audience at most, yet the boss clearly thinks they’re his most important consumer base, and the way kids nonchalantly spend their parents money, it’s hard to blame this tactic. Regardless of the business behind it, this practice means wrestlers need to get along with kids to stay on top. Do you think you could pull that off?

Question 10

Where on the card would most of your matches fall?

Ideally, every wrestler wants to end up in the main event, but there’s good news for those who find themselves stuck elsewhere on the show. Especially in today’s WWE Universe, match order doesn’t seem all that important, with the company’s biggest stars appearing pretty much where and whenever they darn well please. That said, there’s still a method to all this madness, based on what type of wrestling keeps crowds entertained after the show reaches a certain point. This in mind, where on the show would your matches generally take place?

Question 11

How do you spend your free time?

There’s no questioning the fact employees working for WWE suffer through one of the most ridiculously strenuous work schedules imaginable. Top wrestlers in particular can work as many as 300 days out of the year, getting a single day off per week if they’re lucky, and rarely any vacation time to speak of. This makes what little rest and relaxation a wrestler actually gets that much more important, as it has to justify all the hard work they put into the company. With all that in mind, how would you and your partner wind down after a hard night of wrestling action?

Question 12

Could your team be part of a stable?

Having already established that two heads are better than one and three can make you even stronger, the natural progression of this thought is that the more members a team can have the better. In addition to a tag team partner and manager, you could extend your numbers further by joining or creating a stable of athletes all working together with the same goal. Tag team rarely form the basis for a stable, but you don’t need to take up all the attention…well, not everyone does, anyway.

Question 13

Do you like video games?

Believe it or not, playing video games has often been described as one of the most common activities shared between modern wrestlers in the WWE Universe. Friend or foe, almost everyone on the roster has stopped by Xavier Woods’s YouTube show UpUpDownDown to play their favorite games, and it’s not just promoting WWE releases, either, as the superstars seem enthralled with just about every game type out there. Obviously, though, not every single athlete on the roster is a huge gamer, and it isn’t that important on their career in the long run if so, but it can affect the sort of partner they’d take.

Question 14

What is your favorite classic WWE tag team?

It’s said that those who don’t study the past are doomed to repeat it, yet on the other hand, anything can happen in the WWE Universe, so how true this holds in wrestling may be up for debate. Nonetheless, for a wrestler to truly excel into the upper echelon of the industry, they need a very full understanding of the sport’s roots, including thorough knowledge of the WWE Hall of Fame and what made the superstars within it become so legendary. When watching the archives, what team would you and your partner try to emulate?

Question 15

What’s your favorite era of WWE?

The sport of professional wrestling has gone through dozens of peaks and troughs in popularity over the years, and there’s usually a direct correlation between WWE ratings and the type of content they produce. The most popular timeframe in recent history was called the Attitude Era, marked by adult storylines and explicit scenes that wouldn’t fly in today’s PG Era. Linking the two was the Ruthless Aggression Era, when the company was redesigning itself after losing several top stars in a row. Before it all, there was Hulkamania, and the name should say it all about who the focus was back then.

Question 16

Which McMahon family member do you hate the most?

In addition to being the head figure of the WWE Universe, Vince McMahon is also the patriarch of his own absurd family of entertainers, both of his children having become major figures in his company in their own right. Following in their father’s footsteps, Shane and Stephanie McMahon have run into problems with dozens of wrestlers who cross the boss’s children just as brazenly as they would Vince. There’s also Stephanie’s husband Triple H, a McMahon by association with even more enemies than his natural offspring. Who would you have the most trouble with?

Question 17

How long would it take you to get to WWE?

The road to the WWE Universe is different for every single person who works there. In today’s day and age, most superstars spend a year or two in NXT before heading up to the main roster, yet this is far from the only way to become a WWE superstar. In fact, some wrestlers might not even want to work for the McMahon family right from the start of their career, preferring to gain a few years experience elsewhere before hitting up the big leagues. Which route would you take?

Question 18

What kind of music do you like?

Music has a way of subtly creeping into our lives and affecting far more than we immediately realize, and that includes the world of professional wrestling. To start with, the sort of music a wrestler makes their entrance to can say a whole lot about their character, and that goes double if some sort of trademark noise comes first and clues fans in on what’s coming next. Music is also often inherently connected to personal style, many wrestlers wearing their interests on their sleeves in literal fashion. What kind of music would you and your partner jam to?

Question 19

Who is your favorite superhero?

In their own way, professional wrestlers can often serve as superheroes, especially to the youngest members of the WWE Universe. Of course, every superhero is different in the same way every superstar can be, and the sort of justice they speak rarely sticks to the same theme. Superman is always perfect, Batman is more human and thus imperfect, and Spider-Man is just a young kid trying his best. Unsurprisingly, boiled down to the basic qualities, many wrestlers can be described exactly the same way.

Question 20

What type of finishing move would you use?

In order to achieve success as a pro wrestler, you’re going to need to learn a whole lot more than one simple move to put away your opponents in definitive fashion. Every WWE superstar should know at least two or three trademark holds plus a dozen or two other basic maneuvers just about anyone could pull off, keeping each match fresh and exciting for fans. That said, the very last move a match ends with is obviously most important of all, making a wrestler’s finisher a key element to their success. What would yours be?

Question 21

How would you make your debut?

One can never underestimate the power and importance of making a good first impression. Well, actually, in WWE, that impression doesn’t necessarily need to be good, it just needs to be bombastic and memorable, because infuriating the crowd into a furor can be just as good a response as cheers and adoration, so long as that’s what you were going for. Luckily, the unpredictability of wrestling means there’s ample room for surprising an audience into remembering you forever, creating plenty of options for creative debuts. What type would you aim for?

Question 22

Would you ever sell out?

Believe it or not, outside of the very top of WWE, professional wrestlers don’t get paid quite as much as some fans might expect. In fact, lower tier wrestlers have long complained about how the constant costs of travel basically cancel out what little pittance WWE offers them, making it alluring for them to give up any sense of individuality and start towing the company line, hoping for a push that’ll finally let them start seeing the big bucks. Would you change your character and personality style for a little extra money and fame?

Question 23

How do the fans feel about you?

The great thing about wrestling fans is that they don’t necessarily need to love you in order to support you. If you and your partner portray heel characters, getting an audience to hate your guts can be just as good, because the money they used buying the tickets to watch you get beat up spends the same as any other. That said, the type of energy the WWE Universe throws at you could effect your performance in one way or another, both mentally and physically, so it’s important to know how a crowd would react to you before stepping inside a squared circle.

Question 24

If not wrestling, what would you do professionally?

This quiz is almost over, meaning the dream of becoming a pro wrestler with a famous tag team partner is about to end for many people taking it. Afterwards, you’ll be forced to return to your everyday normal life, working the same 9 to 5 you’ve been stuck in since whenever they hired you. Or maybe it’s back to school, or hey, you might even be one of those lucky few to actually like your job. Point is, whatever you’re doing for a career, it isn’t wrestling. So, what is it?

Question 25

How would your team break up?

All good things must come to an end, and this axiom has held true for virtually every tag team in WWE history. Even the duos that don’t necessarily “break up” gradually part ways and move on to other things, with the average shelf life of a tag team far, far shorter than that of a wrestler in general. While this parting is such sweet sorrow for some, others absolutely revel in the idea, waiting with bated breath about how great their breakup will be from the moment a team begins. What will cause you and your partner to split up?

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