New Tag Team Champions Crowned On WWE Raw
Super-hot triple threat ends with one set of challengers walking out the titles.
RK-Bro are your new WWE Raw Tag Team Champions, bro.
The former tag champs recaptured gold in a hotly contested triple threat that saw Alpha Academy defend their titles against RK-Bro and Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens. The action was fast and intense, with the match spanning multiple commercial breaks and each team running roughshod at various points. Fans were hot for just about everything, especially an insane moment where Randy Orton caught Chad Gable with an RKO mid-moonsault.
The finish saw Rollins & KO hitting their finishers on Gable again, only for Riddle to toss Rollins and grab the pin - and the titles. The win gives RK-Bro a clearer path to WrestleMania 38, as they now hold gold heading into the biggest show of the year. It also paid off a three-week academic challenge between RK-Bro and Alpha Academy that Riddle & Orton won to earn this tag title shot.
Afterward, Orton declared that he's having more fun with Riddle than at any other point in his 20-year career, and even called the Original Bro a friend, something he admittedly doesn't do often. That could very easily be setting up an eventual falling out for the duo, which has been rumored and expected for months, but WWE is smartly letting the team ride a wave of popularity before breaking them up.
Who will challenge RK-Bro at Mania is still an open question. Alpha Academy could make the claim that they deserve a rematch, while the Street Profits noted in a backstage interview that they defeated RK-Bro last week, so there's no shortage of opponents.