{"id":31354,"date":"2016-09-11T21:05:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T02:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=31354"},"modified":"2016-09-11T21:05:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T02:05:14","slug":"smackdown-tag-titles-won-tournament-determine-first-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/11\/smackdown-tag-titles-won-tournament-determine-first-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Tag Titles &#8211; who won the tournament to determine first champs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4163632805\" 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>Heath Slater &amp; Rhyno are the first Smackdown tag champions.<\/p>\n<p>Slater &amp; Rhyno defeated The Usos in the finals of the Tag Title tournament Sunday night at the Backlash PPV.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the show, the Usos beat the Hype Bros. to qualify for the finals against Slater &amp; Rhyno.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Alpha scratched vs. Heath Slater &amp; Rhyno\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Slater &amp; Rhyno<\/strong> beat The Usos to win the Tag Titles\n<ul>\n<li>The Usos beat the Hype Bros. in a &#8220;second chance&#8221; match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Semi-Final Round<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Alpha beat The Usos<\/li>\n<li>Heath Slater &amp; Rhyno beat Hype Bros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>First Round Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Usos beat The Ascension (8\/23)<\/li>\n<li>American Alpha beat Tyler Breeze &amp; Fandango (8\/23)<\/li>\n<li>Hype Bros. beat The Vaudevillains (8\/30)<\/li>\n<li>Heath Slater &amp; Rhyno beat The Headbangers (8\/30)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who&#39;s your pick to win the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> Tag Titles at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEBacklash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEBacklash<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6KqsRRzA5c\">pic.twitter.com\/6KqsRRzA5c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/770822556697829376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tag Team Entrants<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2684542467\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><del>The Usos (Jimmy &amp; Jey Uso)<\/del><\/li>\n<li><em>American Alpha (Jason Jordan &amp; Chad Gable) &#8211; out via injury angle<\/em><\/li>\n<li><del>Tyler Breeze &amp; Fandango<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>The Ascension (Konnor &amp; Viktor)<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>Hype Bros. 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