#DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano) are the new WWE Tag Team Champions.
#DIY defeated the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) on Friday’s WWE SmackDown, to become the new champions. The MCMG made their WWE debut during the October 18 episode of SmackDown in a tag team qualifying match and then would go on to win the tag team titles on the following week’s episode.
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) were originally scheduled to challenge for the titles, but WWE did an angle with Dawkins and Ford being taken out backstage on the show. MCMG talked to SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis and Gargano proposed that #DIY take the Street Profits’ spot, in which MCMG agreed upon.
Below is an excerpt from Roy Nemer’s full WWE SmackDown recap of how the title change went down.
Ciampa goes for a big boot onto Alex but Alex ducks and Ciampa hits Gargano by mistake. Ciampa goes for the Fairy Tale Ending but Alex with a back drop and both men are down. Sabin is tagged in and he hits Ciampa with clotheslines followed by an atomic drop. Sabin gets on the ring apron and he kicks Gargano in the face. Sabin with a cross body off the top rope onto Ciampa and he goes for the cover but Ciampa kicks out. Alex is tagged in and they double team Ciampa. Alex goes for the cover but Ciampa kicks out. Ciampa gets on the ring apron and Alex grabs him but Ciampa hangs him up onto the top rope. Ciampa with a right hand onto Sabin and he lands a neck breaker onto Alex. He goes for the cover but Alex kicks out. Ciampa throws Alex to the outside and Gargano is tagged in. Gargano grabs Alex and he throws him back into the ring and Ciampa is not happy with him. Ciampa argues with Gargano and he pushes him. Gargano pushes Ciampa and Ciampa tells him DIY is dead and Gargano tells him he will do it himself. Sabin is tagged in and Ciampa grabs a steel chair and he gets into the ring. The referee is distracted, Gargano with a low blow onto Sabin, the referee does not see in. Alex looks at Gargano and Gargano hits him with a super kick. Gargano laughs and Ciampa is tagged in. DIY with the Meet in the Middle. Ciampa goes for the cover and he gets the pin.
#DIY are two time WWE Tag Team Champions on the SmackDown brand.