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5. What's Going On In The RAW Tag Team Ranks?

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Lots of questions here.

Why are Sheamus and Cesaro still in contention for the RAW Tag Team Titles? They lost cleanly to the Hardy Boyz at Payback. Since then, Jeff Hardy has defeated both Sheamus and Cesaro on RAW. Matt Hardy has defeated Sheamus twice on the same programme. In no less than five televised matches (house shows don't count, obviously, but if they did, the Hardyz still remain undefeated) Sheamus and Cesaro have come out on the losing end every time. WWE logic has it that this somehow grants them a further title shot. What?

There was some logic to Matt's most recent win, in that it allowed him to pick the stipulation for the groundless rematch at Extreme Rules. After becoming synonymous with the ladder match throughout their career, and winning the RAW Tag Team Titles in a ladder match at WrestleMania 33, Matt decided to select...a Steel Cage match. What?

He obviously couldn't pick a ladder match in the storyline because WWE has presented one in reality not too long ago, and Money In The Bank is just around the corner - which again just reinforces the fact that gimmick pay-per-views need to die. Those events make the special mundane - and this week made two over babyface stars look like morons.

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