The Usos are the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions since the May 20th episode of Friday Night Smackdown. On that night, Jey and Jimmy Uso defeated Riddle and Randy Orton in the main event match in a “Winners Take All” Unification Match.
During the finishing moments of the match, the closing stages of the bout, Roman Reigns grabbed Riddle’s leg and pushed him off the top turnbuckle. This allowed Jey to hit the big frog-splash off the top rope for the pinfall victory en route to becoming the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions.
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According to the updates from Dave Meltzer on a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, The Usos have become the Unified Tag Team Champions on WWE SmackDown by defeating Team RK-Bro and it was a last-minute decision by the creative team of the WWE.
As reported earlier, WWE never actually intended to crown the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions despite the match getting heavily promoted. This is the reason the match was called off at Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 and got replaced by a non-title tag team contest. But then the plans got changed, again.
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The call to actually have a title change and make the tag titles unified was made late. WWE had resumed promoting Team RK-Bro (Matt Riddle and Randy Orton) vs. the Usos once Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 was over.
In terms of who was actually going to walk away with both sets of titles, WWE officials went back and forth about the decision, and, as always, Vince McMahon himself took the final call. WWE Chairman felt that because the match had been so heavily promoted, it made sense to crown the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, after all.
WWE then ran storyline injuries to both Riddle and Orton following the post-match attack by the Bloodline, with the following statement. It was noted by the source that the only thing set in stone was the post-match beatdown from the Bloodline on Team RK-Bro.
“As a result of a vicious attack by The Bloodline in the wake of SmackDown’s Tag Team Title Unification Match, Riddle has suffered a bruised hip and lower back and both he and Randy Orton are undergoing medical evaluation,” WWE previously informed about Team RK-Bro’s injury at the hands of Roman Reigns and the newly crowned Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions.
