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Three teams qualify for WWE WrestleMania 40 ladder match

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Three new teams have qualified for the Six-Pack Ladder Match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles at WrestleMania 40.

Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth), DIY (Tomasso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano), and The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) have now qualified to challenge Damian Priest & Finn Balor at WrestleMania 40 next month. Awesome Truth defeated Indus Sher, New Day defeated Otis & Akira Tozawa, and DIY defeated The Creed Brothers on Monday’s Raw.

Two mini-tournaments are taking place on SmackDown to determine the final two spots. Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne will meet Humberto Carrillo & Angel Garza in a future match to determine the first spot after they won matches on SmackDown. The OC will meet Austin Theory & Grayson Waller and The Authors of Pain will take on The Street Profits on SmackDown this coming Friday. The winners of those two matches will then face off to determine the second spot in the ladder match.

WrestleMania 40 will stream live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, April 6 & Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern time from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Here is the updated lineup:

WrestleMania 40 night one —

  • The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins

WrestleMania 40 night two —

  • Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Cody Rhodes
  • World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defends against Drew McIntyre

WrestleMania 40 night TBA —

  • Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defends against Becky Lynch
  • WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY defends against Bayley
  • Intercontinental Champion Gunther defends his title
  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Balor & Damian Priest defend their titles in a six-pack ladder match against DIY, Awesome Truth, The New Day, and two teams from SmackDown
  • United States Champion Logan Paul defends against Kevin Owens & Randy Orton in a triple threat match
  • Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
  • LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

Six-pack Tag Team title ladder match added to WWE WrestleMania 40

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship will be on the line at WrestleMania 40 in a six-pack ladder match. 

Raw GM Adam Pearce & SmackDown GM Nick Aldis announced during Monday’s Raw that The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor & Damian Priest will defend their Tag Team titles at WrestleMania in the ladder match. 

The five other teams in the bout will be decided in a series of qualifying matches to take place on WWE programming in the coming weeks. Teams from both Raw and SmackDown will have the opportunity to qualify. 

The first three qualifying matches will take place on the Monday, March 18 Raw. Alpha Academy’s Otis & Akira Tozawa will take on The New Day’s Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods in one qualifying bout, DIY’s Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa will face The Creed Brothers in another qualifier, plus The Miz & R-Truth will take on Indus Sher in the other qualifying match set for next week’s Raw. 

Here is the current lineup for both nights of WrestleMania. The shows stream live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern time:

WrestleMania 40 night one —

  • The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins

WrestleMania 40 night two —

  • Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Cody Rhodes
  • World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defends against Drew McIntyre

WrestleMania 40 night TBA —

  • Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defends against Becky Lynch
  • WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY defends against Bayley
  • Intercontinental Champion Gunther defends his title
  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Balor & Damian Priest defend their titles in a six-pack ladder match

Tag Team title match announced for next week’s WWE SmackDown on FS1

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship will be on the line on the Friday, November 24 SmackDown episode airing on FS1. 

Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins of The Street Profits won a three-way number one contender’s match on this week’s episode to earn a shot at Finn Balor & Damian Priest’s Tag Team titles on next week’s episode, defeating Butch & Ridge Holland of The Brawling Brutes, and Elton Prince & Kit Wilson of Pretty Deadly. 

As The Street Profits earned their title shot, Bobby Lashley was shown watching the match backstage with B-Fab as an alliance with Lashley’s Street Profits & B-Fab continues to be teased. 

Also set for next week, Grayson Waller will host The Grayson Waller Effect talk show with guest Kevin Owens. Owens was given a storyline suspension on last week’s SmackDown after attacking Waller. 

The Friday, November 24 SmackDown will air on FS1 due to Fox’s coverage of NCAA football. 

The announced lineup for next week’s episode, the go-home show for next Saturday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view: 

  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Judgment Day (Finn Balor & Damian Priest) defend against The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins)
  • The Grayson Waller Effect with guest Kevin Owens

Tag Team title rematch booked for next week’s WWE Raw

Posted on by Ethan Renner

An Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship rematch is one of four bouts set for the Monday, November 13 Raw. 

The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor & Damian Priest will defend their Tag Team titles against former champions Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso on next week’s episode. The bout is a rematch from the October 16 Raw where Balor & Priest defeated Rhodes & Uso for the titles.

Balor & Priest defeated The New Day’s Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods in a non-title match on this week’s show, then were involved with the rest of Judgment Day in a show-closing brawl with Rhodes, Uso, Seth Rollins, and Sami Zayn setting up a WarGames match at Survivor Series.

Intercontinental Championship number one contender The Miz will be in action next week against Ivar in a bout stemming from a four-way on this week’s show. The Miz won a four-way to determine Gunther’s IC title challenger at Survivor Series in a match that also involved Ivar, and Ivar laid Miz out following the bout. 

Women’s Tag Team Champion Piper Niven will take on Tegan Nox next week. Nox eliminated Niven in a battle royal this week to set up the match. Natalya will corner Nox, while Niven’s fellow Tag champ Chelsea Green will be in her corner. 

After Shinsuke Nakamura defeated the Alpha Academy-adjacent Akira Tozawa on this week’s show, Otis stepped up to Nakamura after the contest. Nakamura vs. Otis is now set for next week. 

The announced card for the Monday, November 13 Raw in Washington DC: 

  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Balor & Damian Priest defend against Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso
  • The Miz vs. Ivar
  • Piper Niven vs. Tegan Nox
  • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Otis

Undisputed Tag Team titles change hands on WWE Raw

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Judgment Day once again hold the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. 

Finn Balor & Damian Priest defeated Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso in the main event of Monday’s Raw to win the WWE Tag Team titles following an assist from Jimmy Uso. 

Jimmy superkicked his brother Jey while the referee was distracted to allow Balor to hit Jey with a Coup de Grace to score the pinfall victory and reclaim the Tag Team titles. 

Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio also interfered in the match, but was thwarted by Sami Zayn. Priest hit Rhodes with a low blow, then hit a Razor’s Edge through the announce table to clear the deck for Jimmy’s interference and Balor’s victory. 

Rhodes & Jey had defeated Balor & Priest at Fastlane to capture the Tag titles just nine days ago on October 7. 

In the show-closing scene on Raw, each member of The Judgment Day celebrated with a title, as Mysterio holds the NXT North American title, Rhea Ripley the Women’s World Championship, and Balor & Priest the Tag titles. 

This reign is the second for Balor & Priest with the Undisputed Tag titles, with their prior reign lasting from Payback on September 2 to Fastlane on October 7. 

Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso declare open challenge for WWE SmackDown

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso will be in action on Friday’s WWE SmackDown. 

Rhodes posted on X on Thursday that he planned to wrap his week with a trip to SmackDown for the season premiere episode on Friday, tagging Uso’s X account for a response. 

Rhodes posted: 

This week, a great RAW, a historic NXT…And no better way to close out the week than with a visit for the season premiere of #SmackDown Open challenge… What say you @WWEUsos?

Uso posted: 

GahDam YEEET!!! -jey

WWE has yet to officially announce the match or whether Rhodes and Uso’s Tag Team titles will be on the line Friday.

Rhodes & Uso defeated The Judgment Day’s Damian Priest & Finn Balor to win the Tag titles at last Saturday’s Fastlane pay-per-view. A rematch for the titles is currently set for the Monday, October 16 Raw episode.

The return of Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, a special appearance from chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, and Pretty Deadly’s Elton Prince & Kit Wilson in tag team action against Butch & Ridge Holland of The Brawling Brutes are already set for the Friday, October 13 SmackDown on Fox season premiere.

Two title matches set for WWE Raw season premiere

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles, plus the Intercontinental Championship will be on the line on the Monday, October 16 season premiere of Raw.

Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso will defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles on next week’s Raw against former title holders Damian Priest & Finn Balor of The Judgment Day. Rhodes & Uso defeated Balor & Priest at Saturday’s Fastlane to win the titles, then had their first successful defense in this week’s Raw main event against Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn. 

The Intercontinental Championship will also be defended next week, as Gunther defends against new number one contender “Big” Bronson Reed. Reed won a three-way number one contender’s match on this week’s Raw against Chad Gable & Ricochet. 

Prior to the number one contender’s match this week, Ricochet attacked Shinsuke Nakamura backstage. Nakamura then attacked Ricochet in the ring in retribution. the two are now set for a falls count anywhere match on next week’s Raw. 

Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley interfered in a Nia Jax vs. Raquel Rodriguez bout on this week’s show, leading to Shayna Baszler running in to attack Jax & Ripley. As a result, Ripley vs. Baszler in a non-title match has also been announced for next week’s Raw. 

Rounding out the announced card, Women’s Tag Team Champion Piper Niven will be in singles action next week against Natalya in a bout set up with a backstage segment this week. 

The lineup for the Monday, October 16 Raw, billed as the season premiere episode: 

  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship: Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso defend against Damian Priest & Finn Balor of The Judgment Day
  • Intercontinental Championship: Gunther defends against “Big” Bronson Reed
  • Falls count anywhere: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ricochet
  • Rhea Ripley vs. Shayna Baszler
  • Piper Niven vs. Natalya

Undisputed Tag Team title match set for WWE Payback

Posted on by Ethan Renner

An Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship street fight has been added to Saturday’s Payback pay-per-view lineup. 

As revealed during Monday’s Raw episode, Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn will defend the Undisputed Tag titles against Finn Balor & Damian Priest of The Judgment Day on the Saturday, September 2 Payback event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was announced later in the show that the match will be a Steel City Street Fight.

The new bout was announced at the top of Monday’s Raw telecast, and Priest promptly defeated Zayn in the show’s opening contest to further set up Saturday’s match. 

Six matches are now official for Payback, including four title bouts. 

In addition to the Tag title match, the World Heavyweight title, Women’s World title, and United States titles will also be on the line on Saturday.

The current lineup: 

WWE Payback, Saturday, September 2, 8 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock & WWE Network —

  • World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins defends against Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Women’s World Championship: Rhea Ripley defends against Raquel Rodriguez
  • United States Championship: Rey Mysterio defends against Austin Theory
  • Undisputed Tag Team Championship Steel City Street Fight: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn defend against The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor & Damian Priest
  • Steel cage match: Trish Stratus vs. Becky Lynch
  • LA Knight vs. The Miz
  • The Grayson Waller Effect with guest Cody Rhodes

WOR Video: Vikings, Ronda Rousey, and a WWE Tag Team title match

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Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talked about the last few segments of WWE Raw on Tuesday’s Wrestling Observer Radio.

After a Seth Rollins/Finn Balor promo that set up their match for SummerSlam, The Viking Raiders defeated Alpha Academy in a Viking Rules match where the ring morphed into a viking ship. Although it started slow, the match picked up toward the end, with both Alvarez and Meltzer enjoying the match.

“This was a good match,” Alvarez said. “Very, very good payoff to this thing.”

Following that match was a promo featuring Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler. Rousey challenged Baszler to a match at SummerSlam, refusing to come to the ring and meet Baszler. Both Meltzer and Alvarez presumed that Rousey was a heel.

“Last week, Ronda’s the babyface,” Meltzer pointed out. “This week she’s very clearly a heel.”

“And Shayna is very clearly the babyface,” Alvarez added.

The main event had Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn defeat Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles.

“This match ended up being a great main event,” Alvarez said. “Last few minutes were awesome.”

Mysterio ended up taking the pinfall despite challenging Wes Lee for the NXT North American title the next night on NXT. Both Alvarez and Meltzer wondered if it was a sign that Mysterio could win the title from Lee.

WrestleMania main event rematch set for next WWE SmackDown

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A rematch of the main event of night one of WrestleMania 39 is set for the April 28 WWE SmackDown. 

As announced on this week’s episode, Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens will defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against The Usos on next week’s SmackDown. 

The Usos addressed the match in a promo on Friday’s show, promising to bring gold back to The Bloodline. Zayn and Owens defeated The Usos on night one of WrestleMania 39 to win the Undisputed Tag titles.

Next week’s SmackDown also kicks off the 2023 WWE Draft, which begins next Friday, April 28, then continues on the Monday, May 1 edition of Raw.

The Usos and Solo Sikoa vs. Zayn, Owens, and Matt Riddle has been announced for WWE Backlash on Saturday, May 6. Sikoa defeated Riddle in a no DQ match on Friday’s SmackDown in the show’s main event. 

Next week’s SmackDown lineup: 

WWE SmackDown, Friday, April 28 —

  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship: Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens defend against The Usos
  • WWE Draft begins

WWE announces date for Zayn & Owens vs. The Usos title rematch

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE has revealed the date for the Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens vs. The Usos Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship rematch. 

As announced by Paul Heyman prior to the main event on Friday’s SmackDown episode, Zayn & Owens will defend the Undisputed Tag titles against The Usos on the Friday, April 28 WWE SmackDown show, the same night that the 2023 WWE Draft will begin. 

Zayn & Owens defeated The Usos on night one of WrestleMania 39 to capture the Undisputed Tag Team titles. The Usos held the SmackDown Tag Team titles for 622 days, and unified those belts with the Raw Tag Team titles in May 2022. The Usos Undisputed reign lasted a total of 316 days. 

The rematch will be the first title defense for Zayn & Owens since winning the Undisputed Tag titles. 

The storyline between Zayn & Owens and The Bloodline continued on Friday’s SmackDown show, with Matt Riddle further cementing his alliance with Zayn & Owens. Riddle faced The Bloodline’s Solo Sikoa in the main event of Friday’s show in a losing effort.

Tag title match, Royal Rumble qualifier set for next WWE SmackDown

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An Undisputed Tag Team Championship bout, plus a Royal Rumble qualifying match have been announced for next week’s WWE SmackDown. 

In a match rescheduled from the December 9 SmackDown, The Usos will defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles against Drew McIntyre and Sheamus. McIntyre returned to WWE television this week after missing a month due to injury. 

Also announced for next week, Ricochet will face Hit Row’s Top Dolla in a Royal Rumble qualifying match. The bout was set up in a backstage segment on this week’s SmackDown in a promo where the babyface roster was mocking Top Dolla for botching a dive on last week’s show. Top Dolla took most of the mocking good naturedly, but took exception to Ricochet joining in and the two were pulled apart. 

The lineup for the January 6 SmackDown: 

  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship: The Usos (c) vs. Drew McIntyre & Sheamus
  • Royal Rumble qualifying match: Ricochet vs. Top Dolla