On the May 7 episode of "SmackDown Live", Bryan and Rowan defeated The Usos for the vacant WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship, marking their first reign as a team. At Money in the Bank, Bryan and Rowan faced off against The Usos in a non title match in a losing effort. At Stomping Grounds, Bryan and Rowan defeated Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) to retain the titles. On July 14 at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view, Bryan and Rowan lost the titles to The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) in a triple threat tag-team match, which also involved Heavy Machinery.