6 Surprising WWE pairings that worked

Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman
Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman

#3. R-Truth and Carmella - WWE Mixed Match Challenge winners

A hilarious duo
A hilarious duo

R-Truth was moved to SmackDown as a part of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-Up. Later that year, he began to have hilarious segments where he claimed he would pin Carmella to become the United States Champion.

Carmella was reluctant at first but began to manage R-Truth. They slowly gelled well together and went on to become WWE's funniest duo. Perhaps the peak of their run was when the 24/7 Championship was introduced, leading to several segments featuring R-Truth and Carmella running away from gangs of WWE Superstars.

They even won season two of the WWE Mixed Match Challenge, giving them the right to the 30th spot in their respective Royal Rumble matches in 2019. While they weren't together for too long, they enjoyed a run of over a year, where they were both given frequent TV time.

It was one of the more enjoyable parts of WWE programming, and they would be separated by the 2019 WWE Draft. Carmella remained on SmackDown, while R-Truth went to RAW - ending a great partnership.

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