Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins battled AJ Styles and Omos to see who would advance in the bracket. Riddle and Randy Orton had a backstage segment involving blazers before they came out to watch the first round of a tournament to find new contenders for the Raw tag titles.
He wants both guys to beat each other up, so slamming the door on both men ensured they remained in the cage to fight.Īll in all, this was a great way to kick things off and set the tone for the rest of the night. Owens casually busting out moves like a moonsault and a sunset powerbomb are a good reminder of what he is capable of and how good he is when he puts everything into a match. The energy was high and the match itself was as good as expected. Opening the show with three quick backstage promos from Seth Rollins, Owens and Big E before going to the cage match helped get the show off to a good start. After he began to go after Owens, Big E took him out and ended the segment standing tall. He made it out to win the match, but he was immediately attacked by Rollins. We returned from a second break to see Owens hit a frog splash for another near-fall.īig E hit the Big Ending from the second rope but went for the door instead of making the cover. Big E got the upper hand and tried to hit his running splash, but KO avoided it and hit a cannonball in the corner for a two-count.īoth men tried to crawl out of the door before Rollins appeared out of nowhere and slammed it in their faces. The Prize Fighter hit a sunset powerbomb from the corner for another near-fall. The WWE champion almost left through the door before Owens dragged him back in. We returned from a break to see KO trying to climb over the cage to escape, but he settled for a moonsault from the ropes for a two-count. He ran at Owens and crushed him against the cage with a Spear before throwing his head into the wall a few times. They fought in the corner on top of the turnbuckles until Big E was knocked down. He kept trying to fight Big E off so he could escape, but the powerhouse wasn't going to let that happen. They won the titles by defeating Enzo Amore and Big Cass on Raw in Ontario, California on September 25, 2017.WWE started off Raw with what many would have expected to be the main event with Owens taking on Big E in a non-title Steel Cage match.Īs soon as the bell rang, KO tried to run for the door. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson are the current champions in their record-tying third reign as a team. John Cena and The Miz's 9-minute reign is the shortest in the title's history, while The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) have the longest single reign at 483 days, and the longest combined reign at 532 days. The inaugural champions were Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Reigns Main article: List of WWE Raw Tag Team Champions
As a result of the 2016 draft, the championship became exclusive to Raw with a subsequent rename, and SmackDown created the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as a counterpart title. Both titles were unified in 2009 and were collectively referred to as the "Unified WWE Tag Team Championship" while officially remaining independently active until the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in 2010. It was introduced for the SmackDown brand as a second title for tag teams in the promotion to complement WWE's original World Tag Team Championship, which became exclusive to Raw. The championship was originally established as the WWE Tag Team Championship on October 20, 2002, and the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit were the inaugural champions. The current champions are Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, who are in their record-tying third reign as a team. The title is one of two tag team championships for WWE's main roster, along with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on the SmackDown brand.
It is the sixth overall male tag team championship to have existed in the WWE.
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The WWE Raw Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. Paul London and Brian Kendrick (365 lbs combined) As team: MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro), Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel, and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (3 reigns)Īs individual: Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Johnny Nitro/John Morrison, The Miz, and Kofi Kingston (4 reigns)īig Show and Kane (820 lbs combined) (Big Show 500 pounds and Kane 320 pounds)
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