The IIconics finally broke up on the most recent episode of RAW, and the early reactions haven't been all that positive. WWE, however, has a big reason behind ending the tag team's run.

There were rumours that Vince McMahon wanted The IIconics to break up in WWE for a long time due to the fact that he wanted to push Peyton Royce, according to a report from Dave Meltzer.

I'm not sure why you'd break up the Iiconics when they work so well together, and there are like three tag teams in all of WWE, but here we are. Hey, NXT is moved to Tuesday, not only this week ...

When they were The IIconics, WWE opted to split the pair up just before the WWE Draft and move McKay over to SmackDown. Lee revealed in an interview with Chris Van Vliet earlier this year that she ...

Breaking The IIconics up and deploying Royce and Kay as singles stars is also a possibility, but they have been so entertaining as a tandem that such a move could blow up in WWE's face.