Winner Take All Tag Team Title Match: The New Day [c] & American Alpha [c] vs. Gallows & Anderson and The Revival
The story here is that you have two dominant tag teams wanting to retain their belts in a big match against two very hungry and dangerous challengers. In this scenario, the New Day are still the RAW Tag Team Champions, having held the belts for an astonishing 587 days. On SmackDown, meanwhile, American Alpha are still the inaugural SmackDown Tag Team Champions, having run through virtually every team imaginable.
Enter their opponents. On RAW, Gallows & Anderson are not the bad-joke-telling bumbling fools but are instead a terrifying and threatening tag team that, prior to WrestleMania, ‘broke Kifi Kingston’s leg in a match, forcing him to observe the match from ringside. On SmackDown, The Revival, American Alpha’s archrivals from NXT, debut after the Elimination Chamber PPV, and quickly establish themselves as a dangerous force on the blue brand.
To prevent the card from featuring too many matches, these two rivalries are combined into a single, winner-takes-all match, with the first team to score a decision winning it for both brands.
Of course, this wouldn’t be one of those chaotic, nonsensical tag matches we’ve become accustomed to seeing on RAW. This would be an old school, good vs. evil, tag match with lots of quick tags between partners and traditional ring psychology centered on the heel team beating down one enemy after another. Of course, it wouldn’t be a one-sided affair either, as the good guys would also reverse the momentum on a few occasions.
Ultimately, the story of the match would be that Gallows & Anderson's Magic Killer is an instant one-hit-KO move; as soon as it hits, the victim’s down for a three-count for sure. Both the New Day and American Alpha know this, so whenever Gallows or Anderson are in the ring, they target their backs to prevent them from having enough strengh to lift their opponents up for the terrifying move.
This proves fruitless, however, as the Revival use their genius tactics to outplay the babyface team. In a moment of confusion, Xavier Woods is the legal man, and after being pummeled by the Revival, Gallows & Anderson tag. As they prepare for the Magic Killer, Gable runs in and holds onto Woods' leg, to prevent him from being hoisted up for the terrifying maneuver.
But the Revival pull him out of the ring, allowing Gallows & Anderson to hit the Magic Killer for the pin and the win.
Cue cuts to crying fans in the arena, who are devastated that the New Day’s historic and dare I say magical tag team title reign has come to a close.
Winners: Gallows & Anderson and The Revival.
