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6. The Usos (c) Vs. The Viking Raiders

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The Usos will retain the SmackDown Tag Team Titles because The Viking Raiders suck.

Is that not what us, the loyal SmackDown audience should be thinking after these last few weeks? Jimmy's gone 50/50 with both of them, and Erik & Ivar are nicking dark match wins but the feud almost entirely exists around the Champions having the Challengers' numbers to such an extent that the feud barely feels like a feud.

On the last live SmackDown before the show, they stole a bunch of viking paraphernalia which could at least make for a funny visual unless the Raiders get it back before the premium live event (and thus save some fairly hefty shipping costs) and douse what little counted for heat in this.

A nothing programme likely gets a match far superior than the booking deserves, but it's going to be force of will stuff from four men who have understandably phoned the rest of it in.

Winners - The Usos

 
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