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  • Daniel Bryan Promises A Tag Team Evolution

    Daniel Bryan Promises A Tag Team Evolution

    “The Planet’s Champion” Daniel Bryan and his tag team partner, Rowan, defeated the Usos this past Tuesday to become the new SmackDown tag team champions. The championships were relinquished by The Hardy Boyz, due to Jeff Hardy’s injury and subsequent need for knee surgery.

    Now, the duo has promised that WWE will undergo a tag team evolution, much in the way the company experienced with the recent women’s revolution.

    Tag Team Jokers

    Speaking backstage, Daniel Bryan took issue with how previous champions have treated the titles as though they were a “joke.” He then ensured the WWE Universe that will never be the case while he and Rowan are champions.

    “[…] speaking of jokes and speaking of the tag team division, think of The Usos, right? What were they doing on RAW last night? Joking around as if the tag team division is some sort of joke. And what about Heavy Machinery? Joking around as if the tag team division is some sort of joke. And what about The New Day? Joking around like being the tag team champions is some sort of joke.”

    He proceeded to claim an oncoming evolution for the SmackDown tag division is coming, saying:

    “You know, they talk about a women’s evolution, about women main eventing WrestleMania. Do you know who’s never talked about main eventing WrestleMania? It’s the tag team division and do you know why? Because for years, they’ve been led by jokers like the New Day, like the Usos, like Heavy Machinery, and they go out there and they do Thanksgiving turkey fights, and they’ll do Halloween contests.”

    “We are not those kind of tag team champions—and speaking of which, do you know what? There’s going to be a tag team evolution, and this isn’t going to be one dictated to us by The McMahons, no.”

    Self-Led Evolution

    Bryan then said that the evolution would be self-led by himself and Rowan. He highlighted that, unlike the New Day and the Usos, they aren’t satisfied with just being a “great” tag team. Instead, they want to become the greatest of all time, promising that they will be going on to main event WrestleMania as The Planet’s Tag Team Champions.

  • Daniel Bryan & Rowan Win WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles

    Daniel Bryan & Rowan Win WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles

    There are new WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions and that’s Daniel Bryan and Rowan.

    During Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live in Louisville, KY at the KFC Yum Center, Bryan and Rowan beat The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) to win the titles that were vacant.

    For those who are wondering, while The Usos are technically on the Monday Night RAW roster, they did appear and compete on the blue brand as part of WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon’s Wild Card Rule.

    Back on the April 30th episode of SmackDown Live, The Hard Boys (Jeff & Matt Hardy) had to vacate the straps after they beat The Usos on the post-WrestleMania 35 episode of Smackdown Live in Brooklyn, New York. The reason for this is due to Jeff undergoing surgery on his right knee that will keep him out of action for a long time.

    It appears that Bryan wrapped up his program with WWE Champion Kofi Kingston during the main event of Monday’s episode of RAW. Bryan is now a tag team player while Kingston will make his next title defense against Kevin Owens.

    WWE has yet to announce if Bryan and Rowan will defend their titles at the Money In The Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Hartford, CT at the XL Center.

  • Bludgeon Brothers Cleared For In-Ring Return

    Bludgeon Brothers Cleared For In-Ring Return

    SmackDown Live’s Tag Team division will be getting back a big piece to the puzzle. PWInsider reports that The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) have been cleared to make their in-ring returns. The former SDL Tag Team Champions will be back on the road with WWE as early as next week’s episode for the blue brand in Wichita, Kansas. Earlier this week, Rowan was spotted at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

    He suffered a bicep tear back in August that forced him to be shelved. As for Harper, he was seen wearing a cast on his left hand for the past several months. However, he’s now ready to get back to work inside the ring as well. The Bludgeon Brothers were forced to drop their SDL Tag Team Titles the Tuesday after SummerSlam last year. Due to Rowan’s injury, he and Harper were defeated by The New Day to drop the titles before going on hiatus.

    With The Bludgeon Brothers now back in the fold, they’ll re-join SDL’s Tag Team division, which is currently championed by The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro). It remains to be seen how long it’ll take before they get back into the title mix.

    What do you think about The Bludgeon Brothers returning to the SDL Tag Team division?

  • Luke Harper and Road Dogg Praise Rowan For Working Injured

    Luke Harper and Road Dogg Praise Rowan For Working Injured

    Last night on Smackdown, the New Day defeated the Bludgeon Brothers to win the tag-team championships. Rowan entered the match with a torn biceps but competed hard anyway. He will have surgery next week and is expected to be out for 2-4 months.

    Following the match, both Harper and Smackdown creative head, Road Dogg, offered praise for the man who worked the main event match while injured.

    Smackdown Tag Team Division

    Rowan’s injury means the tag-team division on Smackdown is opened up quite a bit moving forward. Now all the teams the Bludgeon Brothers defeated while champions are back in the mix.

    During a backstage segment last night, the Bar and the Club scheduled a match for next week which could determine the New Day’s first title challengers.

    Bludgeon Brothers Smackdown Tag Team Championship Reign

    Harper and Rowan held the Smackdown Tag Team Championships for 135 days. They won the titles at WrestleMania 34 in a triple threat tag match against the Usos and New Day. The Usos were the champions going into the match.

    BB then defeated the Usos at the Greatest Royal Rumble. They defeated the Club at Money in the Bank and then again on Smackdown just two days later. Harper and Rowan also defeated Team Hell No at Extreme Rules before dropping the Summerslam match to the New Day via DQ.