Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and JD McDonagh are the new WWE World Tag Team Champions.
Balor and McDonagh defeated The New Day’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods to win the tag team gold for a second time.
Below is an excerpt from Mike Tedesco’s WWE Raw recap of how the title change went down.
Woods and McDonagh tag in. McDonagh knocks Woods over the top rope and hits an Asai Moonsault. McDonagh gets Woods in the ring and goes to the top rope for a moonsault, but Woods gets the legs up. Bálor blind tags in. Woods rolls McDonagh up, but the referee won’t count. McDonagh kicks out and holds Woods down. Bálor goes to the top rope for a Coup de Grâce, but he hits McDonagh when Woods moves. Woods tags Kingston in. Woods holds Bálor up, and they hit the Midnight Hour. 1… 2… Bálor kicks out! Kingston cannot believe it. Bálor slowly gets up and avoids the Trouble in Paradise. Kingston rolls Bálor up, but he kicks out. McDonagh punches Kingston, and Bálor rolls him up for a near fall. Woods hits Bálor in the back of the head with the Tag Team Title! Kingston rolls him up. 1… 2… Bálor kicks out!
The crowd starts to chant, “This is awesome!” Woods tags in and goes to the top rope, but he’s crotched when Bálor flapjacks Kingston onto the ropes. McDonagh tags in and hits Woods with a Spanish Fly off the top rope! 1… 2… Kingston breaks up the pin. Kingston knocks Bálor out of the ring and goes for a plancha, but Bálor moves. Bálor hits a Sling Blade on the floor. McDonagh takes Woods down and tags Bálor in. McDonagh hits Woods with a moonsault, and Bálor follows up with a Coup de Grâce! 1… 2… 3! The crowd explodes!