5 Theories why WWE split up Erick Rowan & Luke Harper

#4 Nothing left for Rowan & Harper to achieve

Let’s face it, there are a lot of tag teams in WWE right now who are unlikely to achieve as much success in the future as they have done previously.

The B-Team, for example, had an entertaining run as RAW Tag Team Champions in 2018, but are they likely to be viewed as serious title contenders moving forward? No. Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder had a career highlight at WrestleMania 35, but will they ever top that moment again as a tag team? Probably not.

There are plenty of other examples of tag teams who hit their peak as a duo years ago (The Ascension and The Colons spring to mind), and Erick Rowan and Luke Harper likely would have found themselves in a similar position if they continued teaming together for the rest of 2019 and into 2020.

The destructive duo arguably had their most successful WWE run between 2013-14 when they worked alongside Bray Wyatt as part of The Wyatt Family. Both men were relatively unknown at the time but they quickly showed the WWE Universe that they should be taken seriously as in-ring competitors, especially during their rivalry with The Shield.

In 2017-18, they had another good run together as The Bludgeon Brothers, with the highlight coming at WrestleMania 34 when they won the SmackDown Tag Team titles.

Following their latest comeback, is there really anything else left for Rowan and Harper to achieve as tag partners? After several years of reunions and rivalries, perhaps WWE decided to split the duo up to avoid them becoming yet another tag team who stays together based on their past glories.