There are new tag team champions on the SmackDown Live brand. As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center on the USA Network, The New Day beat The Bludgeon Brothers (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) to win the SmackDown Tag Team Titles.
This was a rematch as The New Day was able to beat The Bludgeon Brothers in a SmackDown Tag Team Title match by DQ once Rowan hit the challengers with a mallet hammer at Sunday’s (August 19, 2018) WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
There is speculation that the reason for this title change is due to Rowan suffering an injury in that match at SummerSlam and undergoing surgery this week.
Harper and Rowan won the titles from The Usos at WrestleMania 34 on April 8 in New Orleans, LA where they would hold the titles for 135 days. WWE will have to decide on the challengers that will take on The New Day for the titles at the upcoming Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event that takes place on Sunday, September 16th from San Antonio.
New Day reacts to their SmackDown Tag Team Championship win:
