the ascension is the new raw tag team champions.
the ascension is the new raw tag team champions.
who is the new raw tag team champions?
the ascension
the following night on "raw", cesaro and sheamus defeated enzo amore and big cass to become the number one contender's for the raw tag team championship at payback. at payback, after failing to regain the title, both cesaro and sheamus turned heel by attacking the hardy boyz. from there, now known as "the bar", their entrances became further synchronized as they wore the same attire into the ring. they then won a tag team turmoil to earn another opportunity for the tag title at extreme rules. the match was made a steel cage match after matt hardy defeated sheamus on the may 22 episode of "raw" in a match where the winner chose the stipulation for their extreme rules bout. at the event, the bar defeated the hardy boyz to win the raw tag team championship for the second time, making cesaro a three-time champion. the duo made their first televised defense of the title against the hardy boyz on the june 12 episode of "raw" in a two out of three falls match where the two teams tied at 1-1 after being counted out. they defended their title against the hardy boyz at the great balls of fire pay-per-view in a 30-minute iron man tag team match by the score 4-3. the bar lost the raw tag team championship to seth rollins and dean ambrose at summerslam. the bar lost their rematch for the title to rollins and ambrose at no mercy, during which cesaro lost his two front teeth following a throw into the turnbuckle by ambrose. cesaro continued to fight despite blood coming out of his mouth and eventually taking a brogue kick from sheamus (as part of a scripted miscue between the two), earning critical praise from fans and fellow wrestlers for his toughness. wwe released a statement on cesaro's medical condition stating that his teeth had been pushed up into his upper jaw by about 3 to 4 mm and that he would next go to see a maxillofacial surgeon. they teamed with the miz, braun strowman and kane against the shield and kurt angle who replaced roman reigns after he wasn't medically cleared to compete in a five-on-three tlc match at in a losing effort. on the november 6 episode of "raw", the duo regained their titles from rollins and ambrose, winning the title for the third time. at survivor series, smackdown tag team champions they were defeated by the usos in an inter-brand champion vs champion match. the bar later lost the tag team titles to the team of seth rollins and jason jordan on the christmas episode of "raw".
cesaro (wrestler)
cesaro and sheamus defeated raw tag team champions the new day (big e, kofi kingston, and xavier woods) in a non-title match on the october 24 episode of "raw", and defeated them by disqualification at hell in a cell, but did not win the title. on the november 7 episode of "raw", cesaro and sheamus were announced as part of team raw for the 10–on–10 survivor series tag team elimination match at survivor series on november 20, 2016, which team raw won. cesaro and sheamus were the sole survivors for their team, and for this reason, foley gave them a title opportunity the following night on "raw". on "raw", however, cesaro and sheamus again failed to capture the tag titles from the new day following interference from xavier woods. after a scripted bar fight on the november 28 edition of "raw" where they initially spoke of their apparent split as a tag team, the two men finally began to co-operate, reforming their team. they lost to the new day in a triple threat tag team match on the december 12 episode of "raw" also involving luke gallows and karl anderson. they received another title shot after winning a fatal four way #1 contenders match at tribute to the troops and at , cesaro and sheamus defeated the new day to win the raw tag team championship, marking cesaro's second reign and sheamus' first reign. in winning the title, they ended new day's record setting reign of 483 days. they then retained the title against new day in a rematch on the december 26 episode of "raw", ending their feud. on january 16, cesaro and sheamus announced their participation in the royal rumble match. before that match, however, they were scheduled to defend the raw tag team championship against gallows and anderson on the royal rumble pre-show, where they lost the titles, ending their reign at 42 days. the duo then began to show tension between each other and were both later eliminated from the match by chris jericho. their championship rematch was sabotaged by enzo amore and big cass, who interfered and caused a disqualification loss for the pair. cesaro then defeated enzo before he and sheamus were defeated by the duo the week after to become the number one contenders to the title. at fastlane, cesaro defeated jinder mahal. it was later announced that cesaro and sheamus were to compete for the raw tag team championship against enzo and cass and anderson and gallows in a triple threat ladder match at wrestlemania 33. at the event, however, the match was made a four-way ladder match when the returning hardy boyz were added, who won the match.
the bar (professional wrestling)