After I wrote my last column which was entitled "TNA VS WWE David vs. Goliath" I got a lot of encouragement to write a second column. This column however is about the slow resurrection of what used to be the tag team division. As I may have mentioned in my last column the WWE Tag team division is all but a memory. I find it to be refreshing to see WWE doing some good in the tag division. Just before the Great American Bash last month WWE decided to bring back Road Warrior Animal who is part of easily one of the most dominant tag teams in WWE history The Road Warriors/Legion Of Doom. When we lost Michael Hegstrand (Hawk) R.I.P. I thought that the tag team division was doomed. Aside from MNM the best tag teams that were in WWE at the time were a pair of guys who "think" that they are superheroes, a pair of "gay" guys, and Booker T with his random partner.

That was until July 14th; John Heidenreich was making his entrance to the ring when MNM attacked him. After the attack they began to taunt him and ask him where his friends are now and then insulted him by saying that he has none. When Melina Perez told Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury to finish off Heidenreich 3 words blasted through the arena "WHAT A RUSH!!!!!!" It was an appearance by none other than Road Warrior Animal to promote his DVD. Or at least that's what we thought. Animal quickly cleared the ring of the cocky tag team champions, he went on to call Nitro and Mercury "a couple of baby punks." Joey Mercury didn't like the fact that Animal interfered in their business so he challenged The Road Warriors to a tag team match at The Great American Bash. Johnny Nitro then pointed out the fact that they wouldn't be able to wrestle The Road Warriors at The Great American Bash because Road Warrior Hawk was dead. That comment clearly offended Animal as you could tell by the look on his face. John Heidenreich then walked up to Animal saying that he WASN'T a Road Warrior and he CAN'T replace Hawk but he would like to be Animals partner at the PPV. So the match was made Road Warrior Animal and John Heidenreich vs. MNM for the Tag team titles. I was unable to see The Great American Bash due to money issues but the result was still the same. New tag team champions were crowned in Heidenreich and Animal. Since then Heidenreich has become a full fledged member of The Road Warriors dawning a new Mohawk and the trademark Road Warrior spiked shoulder pads.

Over the years the Road Warriors have undergone a few changes when it comes to the members of their team. During the WWE Attitude era Droz joined the Road Warriors which was a good business move in my opinion. Now with the recent addition of John Heidenreich to the Road Warriors I see a resurrection of what the tag team division used to be coming over the horizon. For the last few weeks I have actually been waiting to see Smackdown for the "new" Road Warriors I only hope that WWE can bring the tag team division back to how it was and return to it the prestige that it once had. I shouldn't complain too much about the tag team division because Smackdown is actually doing alright as far as that division goes. Raw just doesn't have the superstars that they need to create a dominant tag team division like they used to have. You can only hope that the tag team division on both shows can continue to grow and continue in its slow resurrection to become as entertaining as it once was.

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by Shane Anderson ..