WWThere were four championships on the line at the Royal Rumble PPV. Apart from the prime titles from both Raw and Smackdown Live, the tag team titles were also on the line. As per the WWE Raw general manager, Sheamus and Cesaro received their rematch for their titles against the team of Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan after losing it on the last week of 2017.
It was not expected that these two will not drop the newly received titles, this early. So, despite the odds between the superstars, most of the predictions suggested that they will retain the titles.
However, in reality, The Bar did win back the tag team championships becoming four-time champions. They will probably head into Wrestlemania with these titles around their waist.
According to the reports from SportsKeeda.com, an injury was the main reason behind this sudden title change. Jason Jordan was suffering from a back injury for the past couple of weeks. The officials thought that he will be able to compete overcoming it since the concussion was said to be minor.
Jordan working with a back injury, didn’t tag in at all this past weekend. #RoyalRumble
— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) January 29, 2018
Precautionary steps were also taken to ensure this as the son of Kurt Angle was removed from all the house shows. Plus, he did not compete in any matches for the past couple of weeks on WWE Raw. This was due to the creative team’s decision to keep him away from the in-ring action.
It doesn’t look like @JasonJordanJJ can continue in this #RAW #TagTeamTitles match… #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/Q589M9xTGr
— WWE (@WWE) January 29, 2018
But, apparently, he arrived at Royal Rumble still dealing with the injury leaving the company heads with no other options but to take the title away from the team as they can’t defend the titles, going forward, as a team. Hence, an angle was planned to remove him from the title match as Rollins was left high-and-dry. Check out the updates from the source,
“Clearly, Jordan’s back injury was so severe that he couldn’t really take any bumps, or actively compete in-ring. That’s why the pair were booked to lose the Tag-Team Titles. That’s also why Jordan was effectively written out of the match with the ring-post spot.”
The setup head injury was sold well by the young superstar by virtue of which he could stay away from the entire match. This injury is supposed to keep him away from competition, Hopefully, he will be okay in time for Wrestlemania 34.
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