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Last week, The Hardy Boyz came out on SmackDown to give us all a bad news about Jeff Hardy's injury. The injury was worse than we thought it was, and Jeff was forced to go under knives and hence the two had to relinquish their SmackDown Tag Team Championship which they won on the SmackDown after WrestleMania 35, by defeating The Usos.
WWE announced on their social media that Shane McMahon would be crowning the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions on this week's SmackDown. This made fans speculate who could that team be? But we all got a huge surprise when Shane announced that he is handing over the blue tag belts to the team of Daniel Bryan and Rowan.
He was interrupted by The Usos, who came back to SmackDown as part of the wildcard rule, setting up a match with Bryan and Rowan to crown the new champs. But ultimately, it was the team of Daniel Bryan and Rowan who defeated the Usos to "earn" the SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
In this article, let's take a look at 4 reasons why Daniel Bryan and Rowan were crowned as the new Tag Team Champions on SmackDown ahead of other teams. Feel free to share your thoughts, views, and opinions on whether this was a good decision or not in the comments section below.
#4 To keep Daniel Bryan away from the WWE Championship scene
Daniel Bryan defeated AJ Styles days before the Survivor Series PPV last year to become the new WWE Champion, shocking everyone. The fact that he became the champion after WWE had started building towards a match between AJ and Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series was even more surprising.
Nevertheless, Bryan transitioned into a completely new character after becoming the WWE Champion. The vicious heel that we got to witness as the new Daniel Bryan thrashed the WWE Universe accusing them of the bad state of the planet Earth, was something very new and interesting.
His reign finally came to an end at WrestleMania 35, when Kofi Kingston defeated him to win the WWE Championship. Last week on RAW, Bryan got a rematch for his championship but Kofi managed to retain the title by defeating him.
Giving Daniel Bryan the Tag Team Championship will surely keep him out of the WWE Title scene as of now, as Kofi can focus on other new challenges - as of now Kevin Owens.
#3 There is no proper deserving Tag Team on SmackDown
Not long ago, SmackDown's tag team division was way superior to the one of RAW. But the Superstar Shake-up has pretty much been disastrous for the tag division of the blue brand, as the shifting of teams like The Usos, The Club, and the break-up of The Bar has made the division week.
With the Hardyz vacating the championships last week, the division is seriously lacking good teams at this moment. The only credible team that could have been the champions were Heavy Machinery, but they are being built in a rather crowd-amusing way for the last couple of months, leaving WWE with no choice but to crown Bryan and Rowan as the new champions.
Whether they have a good reign or will be transition champions is something that only the coming weeks will tell us.
#2 Generate more heat for Shane McMahon
Shane McMahon has turned into a seriously hated heel in the last couple of months. Not long ago was he a fan-favorite, but his feud with The Miz has seen him become a huge heel.
Recently, it looks like he has been building a heel faction of sorts with all the heels on SmackDown. We saw him teaming up with Elias and Drew McIntyre to take out Roman Reigns, and his recent actions look like he is also favoring these two.
Could we see a heel faction led by Shane rule the scene of SmackDown in the coming months?
#1 All the champions on SmackDown are faces
The heel-face dynamic is one of the basics of pro-wrestling. No matter how advanced today's pro-wrestling world becomes, the balance between heels and faces will always be there to run the show.
All the current champions on SmackDown - Kofi Kingston: WWE Champion, Becky Lynch: SmackDown Women's Champ, and Finn Balor: Intercontinental Champion, are faces. Hence, giving the Tag Team Championships to a heel team makes perfect sense. And which heel team would be better than the former Planet's Champ and his associate.
What are your thoughts on the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions? Sound off in the comments section below.
