War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) are the new WWE World Tag Team Champions.
The War Raiders defeated Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and JD McDonagh on Monday’s WWE Raw to become the new champions.
Below is an excerpt from Mike Tedesco’s WWE Raw recap of how the titles changed hands.
Erik tags in, and the War Raiders hit a double-team pop-up powerslam. Erik covers, but Bálor breaks it up. Ivar sends Bálor out of the ring. Ivar tags in, and Erik quickly tags in. They go for War Machine, but Bálor pulls Ivar out of the ring as he goes for a springboard. McDonagh rolls Erik up for a two-count. McDonagh head-butts Erik in the face. Bálor tags in, but Erik lights him up with some strikes. Erik hits a full nelson into a knee to the neck. Bálor quickly hits a Sling Blade, followed by a Woo Dropkick. McDonagh tags in and hits a moonsault off the top rope. Bálor tags in and follows up with a Coup de Grâce! 1… 2…, but Ivar breaks it up!
McDonagh takes Ivar out and sends him out of the ring. McDonagh grabs a steel chair, but the referee stops him. Bálor goes to ringside and grabs a chair from the timekeeper’s area, but it doesn’t move. Damian Priest is revealed to be holding it! In the ring, Ivar clotheslines McDonagh down. The War Raiders hit Bálor with War Machine for the win!
WWE has posted the full match, which can be viewed below: