WWE Royal Rumble 2018: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

4. SmackDown Tag Titles - 2 Out Of 3 Falls: The Usos (C) Vs. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin

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Result: Jey Uso rolls up Shelton Benjamin to give The Usos a straight 2-0 victory (13:55).

Rating: These multi-fall matches almost always adhere to the same boring, tired layout that invites viewers to tune out for at least the first fall, so it was refreshing in retrospect that The Usos steamrolled two straight pins.

The dead crowd didn't help what was a basically decent match suffering from its construction: the second fall coming so quickly after the first was definitely a mistake, especially as it happened in such anti-climactic fashion.

This could've been better if it ran longer and didn't seem so hurried at the end, but it was still a solid battle. 6/10

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