Wrestlemania 35: 3 possible gimmick matches for Smackdown Live tag team championships

Smackdown Live tag team champions The Usos.
Smackdown Live tag team champions The Usos.

Smackdown Live has a better tag team division than Monday Night Raw. With established teams like The Usos, New Day, The Bar, Hardy Boyz and newly formed teams like Rusev and Nakamura etc., it is not difficult to see that the division is loaded on the blue brand. Teams like Sanity and Good Brothers who are not on TV programming but are also part of the brand.

Recently on a Smackdown Live episode, champions Usos namedropped some teams and rumors have been circulating that a multi-team match might take place at Wrestlemania 35. If the match does end up happening, WWE should try to book a gimmick match of some kind to make the tag-team stand out on The Grandest Stage Of Them All.

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Here are 3 possible gimmick matches for the Smackdown Live tag team championships:


#1 Ladder match

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A ladder match is one in which some object is placed above the ring and whoever retrieves the object wins the match. Over the years, Wrestlemania has had some outstanding ladder matches and those matches have been some of the best matches in the history of WWE. The Money In The Bank ladder match actually started at Wrestlemania 21 and continued till Wrestlemania 26, before getting a pay-per-view of its own. The last time a tag team ladder match took place at WrestleMania was for Raw tag team championships involving The Bar, Hardy Boyz, Gallows and Anderson, and Big and Enzo Amore two years ago.

Wrestlemania 35 is already promising to be an exciting affair. Add a ladder match with Jeff and Matt Hardy, who have made a career out of this type of match, The Usos, The Bar and, Rusev and Nakamura, a potential show stealer is on the hands. The Raw tag team match is also rumored to be a multi-team match, so a gimmick match would variety to the card.

#2 Gauntlet match

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A gauntlet match is basically a match where two opponents square up first and whoever wins the match remains while the loser is eliminated. The matches take place one after the other and there is no respite for the competitors. The rules are the same as in a normal match with pinfall or submission the only ways to win. It is a mini-tournament compressed into a single match to determine the winner.

The most recent gauntlet match took place on Smackdown Live where Kofi Kingston faced five superstars in Sheamus, Cesaro, Rowan, Samoa Joe, and Randy Orton to get a chance at the WWE championship at Wrestlemania 35.

With potentially four teams involved in the Smackdown tag team title match at Wrestlemania, a gauntlet match would give all four teams time to shine in front of a capacity crowd rather than having all at the same time in a regular match.

#3 WarGames match

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WWE brought back the Wargames on their NXT brand in 2017, after a gap of 20 years. The match involved Sanity, Authors of Pain, and The Undisputed Era. The original Wargames was invented by Dusty Rhodes and was a staple for WCW. The event was an annual one till WCW's closure in 2001.

A Wargames match consists of two or three teams. The original Wargames featured two rings surrounded by a steel cage. Over the years, the match has taken place with multiple iterations of rules and regulations.

WWE recently acquired the trademark for Wargames from Major League Wrestling. Two Wargames matches have taken place in NXT, at NXT TakeOver: Wargames and NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2018). A stage like Wrestlemania is the perfect one to introduce Wargames to the main roster and it can be an annual event going forward at the Grandest Stage Of Them All.

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