A tournament is going on Smackdown Live over the tag team championships. The New Day is the current tag team title-holders who defeated Bludgeon Brothers to earn the same. The former champions are currently out of the picture owing to Rowan’s injury. So they could not extend the rivalry once Summerslam was over. So a new tag team will challenge the New Day for their titles.
The Smackdown general manager, Paige came up with the idea of hosting a tournament. The winner of the same will go on to challenge The New Day in a championship match at Hell in a Cell PPV. Six teams participated in this series initially. The Bar had won the first triple threat match defeating Gallows-Anderson and The Colons (Primo and Epico).
The team of Rusev and Aiden English defeated SAnitY and The Uso Twins to capture the second slot. We will witness the final match of the tournament between The Bar and Rusev Day members, next week. The winner will get the above-mentioned championship match at Hell in a Cell PPV. Meanwhile, a spoiler might be out regarding the future of the Smackdown tag team titles.
WWE has recently announced the Super Show Down contest between The New Day and The Bar. These two tag teams will extend their rivalry until October 8th when WWE heads to Melbourne, Australia for the biggest live event in the history of the company. So the indication is clear that The Bar will beat Rusev Day to become the new contenders for the tag team championships.
Check out the comments from the official website of the WWE,
“With WWE Super Show-Down already playing host to a series of classic and personal rivalries, two premiere tandems are destined to collide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The New Day and The Bar will slug it out for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles at the historic event on Saturday, Oct. 6, in what’s sure to be another epic clash in their storied rivalry.”
The advertisement is also portraying The New Day as still the Smackdown tag team champions. It means they will still be holding the titles until October 8th. In the meantime, the New Day vs The Bar title match will take place at Hell in a Cell PPV. The contenders are not likely to pick up the titles if the above ad is any indication.
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It’s worthy to note that The New Day is immensely popular around the globe as a tag team. WWE can use this to promote the Super Show Down event. Merchandise selling would be high for them when the actual show approaches. This trio could certainly continue their reign, even further. Smackdown 1000th episode is another such milestone in October which would require them as champions.