– The Bar defeated The New Day on tonight’s WWE SmackDown 1000 episode to become the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
The title change came after Big Show made his return and chokeslammed Kofi Kingston, who was not in the match, through an announce table, which had two guest announcers – WWE Hall of Famers Booker T and Jerry Lawler. Big E was distracted by Big Show’s heel turn, which allowed Sheamus to hit a Brogue Kick for the win.
This is the fifth tag team title reign for Cesaro and Sheamus together but their first on the blue brand as The Bar. The New Day won the titles back on August 21 by defeating The Bludgeon Brothers.
Welcome to the 5-TIMERS CLUB, @WWECesaro & @WWESheamus…We have NEWWWW #SDLive #TagTeamChampions on #SD1000! pic.twitter.com/1x1mnX85y6
— WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2018
The POWER of positivity has been NEGATED by #TheBar once again…#SD1000 @WWETheBigShow @WWECesaro @WWESheamus pic.twitter.com/ILRduE5man— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) October 17, 2018
– Tonight’s WWE SmackDown 1000 episode saw two Superstars earn the final spots in the WWE World Cup tournament at Crown Jewel. The Miz defeated Rusev qualify and the returning Rey Mysterio defeated WWE United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in a non-title match to qualify. The World Cup will take place during the WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view on Friday, November 2. Here is the updates list of participants:
WWE World Cup: One-Night Eight-Man Tournament
RAW: John Cena, Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler
SmackDown: Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, The Miz
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) October 17, 2018
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