8 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE SummerSlam 2017

3. Experience Matters

Usos New Day
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When the SmackDown Tag Team Championship match between New Day and the Usos began, it was a slow, methodical affair with the brothers beating on Xavier Woods. It was likely going to merit a tacit “down” because of the dull pace.

And then the match turned a huge corner. And it didn’t stop.

Jimmy, Jey, Big E and Xavier beat the hell out of each other, exchanging near-falls for a solid 10 minutes with superkicks, Shining Wizards, DDTs, an STO/Backstabber combo, and a double splash that ultimately sealed the deal for the Usos. It was a flurry of action that was hard to follow but easy to enjoy.

And with two of the veteran tag teams in WWE competing, it was easy to see why things were so electric. But it doesn’t look like New Day is going to break its record-setting tag title reign – at least not this time.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.