A tag team title rematch is set for tonight’s SmackDown Live.
SmackDown GM Paige announced this afternoon that we’ll be seeing a rematch for the SmackDown tag team titles tonight between Anderson and Gallows and champions The Bludgeon Brothers.
“#MITB was exciting! … but that was Sunday” Paige wrote on Twitter. “This is Tuesday and tonight is #SDLive! So let’s make an exciting title match..Soooo the tag team champions, the #BludgeonBrothers will defend their titles against @LukeGallowsWWE and @KarlAndersonWWE.”
The reason for the tag team title match wasn’t made clear. The Bludgeon Brothers defeated Anderson and Gallows pretty cleanly at Money in the Bank, with the Bludgeon Brothers pinning Gallows following a double team power bomb.
In addition to the tag team title match, a gauntlet match featuring The Miz, Samoa Joe, Rusev, Daniel Bryan and Big E will determine the next challenger for the WWE title. We will also see the debut of SAnitY as they take on the Usos.
A new tag team title match has been added to Money in the Bank.
Anderson and Gallows will be the next team to try and thwart The Bludgeon Brothers, who are currently at the top of the SmackDown tag team title division. Anderson and Gallows defeated The Usos tonight on SmackDown to get a title match at Money in the Bank. It would be their first title program since they came from Raw frp, the Superstar Shakeup.
The Bludgeon Brothers have been the SmackDown tag team champions since WrestleMania, where they defeated The Usos and The New Day in a triple threat tag team title match.
The rest of the Money in the Bank card, which takes place June 17, is as follows:
Men’s Money in the Bank: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Bobby Roode vs. Kevin Owens vs. A member of the New Day vs. either Samoa Joe, Daniel Bryan or Jeff Hardy
Women’s Money in the Bank: Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Lana vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Naomi vs. to be determined
AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a last man standing match for the WWE title
Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey for the Raw women’s title
Carmella vs. Asuka for the SmackDown women’s title
The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson for the SmackDown tag team titles
Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal
Money in the Bank this year will be held at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
This week’s show was part two of AXS TV’s look at WrestleKingdom 10, which took place on January 4th, 2016.
Togi Makabe welcomed us to the show.
The Briscoes & Toru Yano defeated Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga to win the NEVER Six-Man titles
I’m still not sure why NJPW needed another set of titles, let alone ones with the NEVER brand, but hey, here we are. This was fine, but just felt like something was missing. It was clear the Briscoes were the best workers in the match, but the crowd didn’t know them so they only reacted for big moves. Yano hit Tama Tonga with a chair and the Briscoes executed the Doomsday Device for the win.
Hirooki Goto defeated Tetsuya Naito
This was one of those matches that was pretty good, and pretty heated, but not all that memorable in the grand scheme of things. There was the usual ref bump that allowed LIJ to run in, but didn’t last long as Goto warded them off and hit the Shouten Kai not too long after that for the win. It’s tough to remember what I thought of this match earlier this year, so in the end this was pretty good, but nothing memorable.
After the match, Goto said it was a refreshing victory because it was the tenth WrestleKingdom, mentioning how he’s never headlined a show. He wants to make this a turning point, to become one of the top wrestlers. This year, he will become the face of NJPW.
Makabe put over Honma, saying he is always over even without a belt. It was honorable to have won the Tag League with him. He has nothing to say about Gallows and Anderson. They have power and height, particularly Gallows. They have that X factor.
Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) defeated Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship
Anderson and Gallows dominated a lot of the match. It wasn’t that interesting, to be honest. They were always decent to okay in New Japan, very rarely was there anything out of this world. Once Homna started making the comeback, things got better and the crowd picked up a bit. Honma got the win for his team with the Kokeshi headbutt. Nice storyline conclusion for Honma — he was always the underdog in NJPW, and he’s gone from getting his first big win to winning gold.
Makabe said now that we have a belt, it’s just the beginning. We must show the fans a dramatic fight. Honma said it’s been his dream since he was little, this is a dream come true. He is happy he won with Makabe and he plans to be champions with him for a long time.
In a post-match interview, Makabe said his opponents were incredible, but he won the honor and the belt. It was great that we got the result we wanted. Where we go from here is up to Honma. He shouldn’t be a show off, but he can be a show off and get results.
This week was pretty okay, but nothing special. These three matches weren’t bad by any means, but not the best on this card.
