{"id":144207,"date":"2022-08-06T17:51:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T22:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=144207"},"modified":"2022-08-06T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T22:51:15","slug":"wwe-announces-tournament-for-womens-tag-team-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/06\/wwe-announces-tournament-for-womens-tag-team-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces tournament for Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1833577512\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The WWE announced on Friday night that a tournament would crown new Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champions. The titles have been vacated since Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out of the company as champions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE Official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrapDaddyAP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScrapDaddyAP<\/a> announces that a monumental WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship Tournament will begin this Monday Night on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWERaw<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0ckquzxA8\">pic.twitter.com\/f0ckquzxA8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1555738578415763456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tournament will begin this week on Monday Night Raw. Teams from both Raw and Smackdown will compete in the tournament, though specific teams of talent have not been announced at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s episode of Raw will also feature a United States Championship match with Lashley defending the title against Ciampa. Ciampa earned a shot at the title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/01\/8-1-wwe-monday-night-raw-results-kellers-report-on-miz-vs-styles-vs-ali-and-ziggler-vs-gable-vs-ciampa-for-u-s-title-shot-mysterios-challenge-usos-for-belts\/\">last week on Raw<\/a>, winning a triple threat match and then defeating A.J. 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