• Reason Behind Recent WWE Tag Team Title Rule Change
Instead of defending the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship as a single title, The Usos are now defending the RAW & SmackDown Tag Team Titles separately.
At RAW XXX, Jimmy & Jey Uso will defend the RAW Tag Team Titles against The Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest.
According to the Wrestling Observer, this Tag Team Championship change came from Triple H:
“The idea right now on the tag team front is that there are two sets of belts. The Usos are champions, but the RAW and SmackDown belts are different.
This is a new Paul Levesque move and it does allow the Usos to lose one set of belts and keep the other. It was explained to me that the hope is it makes fans think it’s more likely somebody beats them for one set of belts.”
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 20, 2002) – WWF Royal Rumble 2002
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 20, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
This turned out to be the last ‘World Wrestling Federation’ version of the Royal Rumble, before the promotion was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment later that year.
The PPV results:
WWF Tag Team Championship: Spike Dudley and Tazz (c) defeated The Dudley Boyz
WWF Intercontinental Championship: William Regal defeated Edge (c)
WWF Women’s Championship: Trish Stratus (c) defeated Jazz
Street Fight: Ric Flair defeated Mr. McMahon
Undisputed WWF Championship: Chris Jericho (c) defeated The Rock
Triple H won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
