The Disturbing Truth About The (Latest) Death Of The WWE Tag Team Titles

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An illogally-arranged three way encounter saw Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder earn a shot at Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder despite losing to The Usos on the Super ShowDown Kickoff. This was the inane method of presumably getting the belts to the brothers without having them beat the babyfaces, but was borne of a rank, rank indifference to the very existence of those ugly red belts in the first place.

WWE, spotting the derision for the decision, inserted Jimmy and Jey, had Ryder deliver his aforementioned horsesh*t about them being way better than him and partner Hawkins in the company to justify it. In case this wasn't clear a few hundred words ago, Ryder's no R-Truth. This isn't a hit piece on 'Long Island Iced Z' by any stretch, but if anybody should know about how this company can literally push your f*cking momentum off a proverbial f*cking cliff whilst trapped in a literal f*cking wheelchair, it's him.

Anyhow, the pep he puts in his step before hitting the Rough Ryder the few times a year he gets to win matches wasn't anywhere near potent enough to carry him over this gaping plot-hole. He inferred that it wasn't time for their "fairytale" to end, but the very idea that the doubles division could be compared a tale of romance and fantasy suggests how heart-eyed his character (or perhaps the man himself) still is for WWE despite the abusive relationship.

Hawkins and Ryder won the Tag Team Titles in a WrestleMania Kickoff booked four days before the show and lost them in a Raw match that made no sense but was their first mere appearance on the show in nearly a month.

Woo Woo...Woo?

CONT'D...

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