Ranking Every First Current WWE Champion From Worst To Best

13. SmackDown Tag Team Champions - Rhyno & Heath Slater

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A sweet choice from a company that so rarely takes that particular route, Heath Slater and Rhyno's capture of the SmackDown Tag Team Championships in 2016 spoke to a conscious attempt to properly separate the brands again after the split.

Things were really fun on Tuesdays for a while. There were experimental pushes, unusual camera angles and odd couple teams-done-good such as 'The Man-Beast' and his earnest new pal trying as hard as he could to feed his increasing number of kids. Brock Lesnar might not have given a sh*t about them, but for a short while, the fanbase absolutely did.

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