There have been several exits from WWE this year, both when it comes to those released from their deal and those who rejected new contracts and parted ways with the company, such as The New Day, Tommaso Ciampa, Ilja Dragunov, among others. Two more names have now parted ways with WWE in the form of Julius and Brutus Creed, who made the decision to leave the promotion. False Finish noted that WWE wanted to keep the pairing and had planned for them to return to NXT, but this tag team felt differently. Their exit is the latest example of a dying division in WWE, with tag team wrestling on its last legs.

The Creed Brothers Were One Of WWE’s Best Teams… But Didn’t Get Booked

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• Julius & Brutus Creed were an incredible tag team in NXT.
• They were the perfect fit for WWE to build the tag team division around.
• WWE hardly booked The Creeds as a serious team on the main roster.

During their days in NXT, The Creed Brothers showcased tremendous talent and tag team acumen, both looking like a throwback duo and a team who could well be the future of WWE. Show-stealing matches, natural popularity, and impressive ability set them apart from all of those in NXT, looking like the modern day iteration of the Worlds Greatest Tag Team of Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. Fans were in high anticipation upon their arrival to the main roster at the back end of 2023, where they proceeded to put in some good showings on RAW. However, for the next year they had to fight for TV time, often going weeks and months without any meaningful appearances and losing momentum quickly. This was a baffling decision given that they would have added constant quality and depth to a division that was beginning to steadily struggle.

An alliance with Chad Gable offered up some promise, but they were soon overshadowed by Gable’s El Grande Americano shenanigans, forcing Julius & Brutus Creed into masks (as well as spending the better parts of 2025 and 2026 off TV or competing on Main Event). They still performed well no matter what terrible booking came their way, but there was only so much they could do with so little TV time. It is wild to consider that The Creed Brothers were called up three years ago, with them doing essentially nothing of note in that time.

The Creeds Leaving WWE Proves The Tag Team Division Disaster

• The Creed Brothers choosing to leave WWE should be a wake-up call.
• Julius & Brutus Creed chose against the easy decision of staying with WWE.
• WWE is not the place for rising tag teams.

Julius & Brutus Creed are not prominent names in wrestling, and their arrival in any other company won’t generate many headlines. Due to this, the simple fact that they have refused to sign new WWE contracts, per a report from Fightful Select, shows just how bad of a state WWE’s tag team division is in. Opting out of easy money to sit on the headlines in favor or betting on themselves and seeking their passion for tag team wrestling elsewhere says a lot about how awful the tag team division has been handled in recent years. The Creeds want to wrestle and showcase their craft, and this is impossible within WWE.

The Creed Brothers should have been the faces of WWE’s current day tag team division with multiple tag title reigns under their belts by this point in time, but the negligence from WWE to leave them on the sidelines for so long proves that the company has zero care to make their tag team division mean something. The fact that much of 2026 has been centered around the stale Vision faction and the comedic duo of Damian Priest & R-Truth is proof enough of the sorry state of affairs.

Triple H Has Destroyed WWE’s Tag Team Division

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• 2026 has been one of WWE’s worst ever tag team years.
• Triple H has neglected many WWE teams.
• The Creeds have been poorly booked for years.

The Creeds leaving WWE is the latest example of the fall of tag team wrestling in WWE under the creative rule of Triple H. Just a few years ago, the WWE Tag Team Titles were headlining WrestleMania and featured big stars in the mix for the gold, but today things are completely different. The Vision held the World Tag Team Titles hostage for nearly a year on RAW, whereas the likes of Damian Priest & R-Truth, The MFTs and Bakusai have made up a plainly boring division on SmackDown.

There are no interesting storylines in the division, hardly anything worth noting in terms of excitement or quality matchups, and a complete lack of care from Triple H to change things around. Crown Jewel 2026 did feature the popular pairing of Je’Von Evans & Penta winning the World Tag Team Titles, but fans should hold their breath on this bringing about any real change.