Tag Title Contenders Tournament Semifinals Set For 1/27 WWE SmackDown, Updated Card

Publish date: 2024-05-16

The SmackDown Tag Team Championship Contender’s Tournament began on the January 20 episode of , and the semifinals will be held the following week.

Several of SmackDown’s top teams will compete in a tournament where the winner would earn a shot at the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. The titles are currently held by The Usos.

Friday’s show featured the four first-round matches. First, Drew McIntyre and Sheamus faced the Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar), who previously attacked the two former world champions. The two teams battled it out in a hard-fought match. McIntyre and Sheamus showed impressive chemistry, while the Viking Raiders demonstrated the teamwork that previously led them to the RAW Tag Team Championship. A distraction from Valhalla helped the Viking Raiders take control, but McIntyre rallied with a Claymore out of nowhere, and Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick for the win.

CLAYMORE.
BROGUE KICK.
VICTORY.@DMcIntyreWWE @WWESheamus #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/g2Xkz1eFjw

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) January 21, 2023

Later in the show, Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante “Thee” Adonis) faced Los Lotharios (Angel & Humberto) in another second-round match. A distraction from B-Fab helped the Hit Row duo clinch the win in a fairly short bout. They will face McIntyre and Sheamus in the semi-finals next week.

On the other side of the bracket, The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland & Butch) battled Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci) in another tournament match. The two rivals threw everything they had at each other, but the former NXT Tag Team Champions won the bout.

#Imperium advance!@VinciWWE @wwe_kaiser #TagTeamTournament #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/zovcmntyoG

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) January 21, 2023

In the final first-round match, Legado Del Fantasma (Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) defeated the Maximum Male Models (ma.çé & mån.sôör). They will face Imperium in the next round.

As previously announced, Karrion Kross will face Rey Mysterio in a singles match on Friday night.

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