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FTR have now become the number one contenders after winning a four team Gauntlet on the August 27th AEW Dynamite to get a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships at All Out. Since leaving the WWE, FTR have been trying to revitalize tag team wrestling. This match against the champions, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, will be the biggest match for the former Revival since their arrival in AEW.
FTR have been one of the very best tag teams in professional wrestling for a few years now since their amazing run in WWE NXT. Their call-up to the main roster was successful with the team becoming the only team to win the NXT, Raw, and Smackdown Tag Team Titles. However, there never truly had a meaningful feud during their time on Raw and Smackdown.
With their introduction to AEW, FTR have started a slow burn feud with their years-long cross promotion rivals, The Young Bucks, as well as tease a friendship with Hangman Page. Most recently, the team have aligned themselves with both Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard.
With all the work they have done in their short time in AEW since arriving in May, it still may be questionable to put the titles on a new team to the promotion. In this article, we will discuss the reasons why FTR should win the AEW World Tag Team Championships at All Out.
#3 FTR becomes the first heel AEW World Tag Team Champions
Since their arrival in AEW, many fans believed FTR's first major match would be against The Young Bucks, but AEW instead have built a more mutual respect story with the two teams over their first few weeks in the promotion. That all changed on Tag Team Appreciation Night. On the August 12th AEW Dynamite, FTR invited Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Rock N Roll Express to the show to celebrate tag team wrestling.
This segment ended with FTR taking out Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, planting Morton with their Mind Breaker spike pile driver. This was their official heel turn, which was later confirmed with them aligning with Tully Blanchard.
AEW has seen only two AEW World Tag Team Champions since the introduction of the titles last October. SCU won the initial tournament to crown the first champions, while the unlikely duo of the Elite's Hangman Page and Kenny Omega defeated Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian on the January 22nd Dynamite. Both of those teams have been extremely popular among the fanbase.
With FTR defeating Omega and Page at All Out, this would crown the first official heel team to be AEW World Tag Team Champions. It would be a fantastic change of pace to what is viewed as one of the best tag team divisions in all of wrestling. This would also elevate the most anticipated feud in the AEW tag team division.
#2 Making FTR vs The Young Bucks even bigger
FTR versus The Young Bucks has been the dream match for many fans when it comes to tag team wrestling for over five years now. It was The Bucks who came up with the catchphrase which originated the FTR name in fact. The two teams represent the old school versus new school mentality in tag team wrestling. FTR being experts in tag team precision and storytelling, while the Young Bucks being masters of high flying and all action tag team wrestling.
Since FTR's arrival in AEW, the one team everyone wanted them to face is Matt and Nick Jackson. The fact that the two teams have not touched as of yet has only made fans want to see it more. The only time we have seen the two teams in the ring together were as a team, which has only added to the intrigue of them going head to head. FTR defeating Kenny Omega and Hangman Page at All Out will allow their first meeting to be for the top prize in the AEW tag team division.
The first time match up needs to be as big as possible. This is the tag team match that would be a bonafide main eventdraw for AEW. The reason why we have not seen it yet might be because we are not able to have a full crowd as of yet. This is a headline match in every way imaginable so putting the AEW World Tag Team Championships on the line makes this match even bigger than it is before. This deserves to have a live crowd to witness this dream match.
#1 FTR could be a major part in the next chapter in the Hangman Page/The Elite storyline
Since losing the AEW World Title Match at last year's All Out and then winning the AEW World Tag Team Championships with Kenny Omega, Hangman Page and his dissension with The Elite has been the most compelling story in AEW and possibly all of pro wrestling. His friendship with FTR due to their mutual love of alcohol has only added to this story. On the August 22nd AEW Dynamite, Dax and Cash got in Hangman's head by convincing Page that FTR needed to win the following week's Tag Team Gauntlet Match instead of his friends, The Young Bucks.
During the Tag Team Gauntlet, Hangman Page made sure The Young Bucks did not win by costing them their match against The Best Friends. This worked on many levels. It prevented a premature meeting between FTR and The Young Bucks as well as proved to be enough for Matt and Nick to finally kick Hangman Page out of the Elite.
FTR defeating Hangman Page and Kenny Omega may prove to be another turning point in this slow-burn storyline. Losing the AEW World Tag Team Championships could make Hangman Page decide to finally shed himself of the final member of The Elite that he is still connected. It could also be the final straw in the ongoing descent into madness and the return of The Cleaner for Kenny Omega.
The potential intriguing stories from FTR winning the AEW World Tag Team Championship should make AEW Dynamite even more interesting and compelling to watch. FTR's victory is something that creates many different matchups and feuds in the singles and tag team division. This is why Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler should be the next AEW World Tag Team Champions at All Out.
