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WWE announces matches to decide New Day’s next challengers

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE has announced a mini-tournament to determine The New Day’s SmackDown Tag Team title challengers for next month’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.

In a video that was posted by Paige today, it was revealed that two tag team triple threat matches will take place to decide which teams will advance to a number one contender’s match. Whoever wins that match will challenge for New Day’s SmackDown Tag Team titles at Hell in a Cell in San Antonio, Texas on September 16.

The first triple threat will be held on Tuesday’s SmackDown. It will be Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. Cesaro & Sheamus vs. The Colons (Epico & Primo). The participants for the other triple threat match haven’t been announced, though The Usos and SAnitY would figure to be two of the teams in it.

This will be Epico’s return after undergoing shoulder surgery in January.

Gallows & Anderson vs. Cesaro & Sheamus had originally been announced for Tuesday’s SmackDown. Charlotte Flair defending her Women’s Championship against Carmella is also set for the episode.

After Erick Rowan suffered a torn right biceps at SummerSlam, New Day won the SmackDown Tag Team titles in a no disqualification match against The Bludgeon Brothers last Tuesday.

Epico Colon undergoes shoulder surgery

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Epico Colon is facing some time out of action after undergoing shoulder surgery this week.

He wrote on Twitter following the procedure: “Surgery done!!!! Thank you to my lovely wife, mom and son for being there for me!!! And Dr Dugas for an awesome job!! Now time to rehab and get better!”

PWInsider reported that Epico underwent the surgery in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday. Further details on the injury and the timetable for his return have yet to be made clear.

Though they haven’t been regularly featured on television in several months, The Colons have been active on the SmackDown house shows. They were wrestling as of less than two weeks ago, facing The Bludgeon Brothers and The Ascension in triple threat tag matches.

The Colons joined the SmackDown tag team division in last April’s roster shakeup and were repackaged as they dropped their “Shining Stars” gimmick. Primo suffered a knee injury last summer and was forced to miss three months before returning in September.