Tama and Talla Tonga of The MFTs have been WWE Tag Team Champions since August 14, winning the gold in a three-way match against R-Truth & Damian Priest, and the War Raiders.
In the three months that they’ve been champions, the MFTs have defended the gold just once on WWE TV, against former champions Priest & Truth on August 21.
This duo seem to be following in similar footsteps as The Vision, who held the World Tag Team Championship for 123 days before losing the gold to Penta & Je’Von Evans in their first televised title defense in all that time.
Following Crown Jewel, there has been a lot of speculation about new WWE Tag Team Champions also being crowned.
There are a number of teams across WWE who we could see take the titles, from rising stars to established tandems.
Here are three teams who could win the WWE Tag Team Championship following the MFTs.
Shinsuke Nakamura & Kyoki
Following previous issues with the MFTs, Shinsuke Nakamura teased introducing a new tag-team partner over the summer on his mission to take out Tama and Talla Tonga.
Kyoki was revealed to be Nakamura’s new teammate, with the former “Hiromu Takahashi” making his WWE debut as part of the “Bakusai” team.
Things have not played out the way Nakamura & Kyoki hoped, with Haku forcing a disqualification in their match against the MFTs on September 18.
The duo have been challenging for the WWE Tag Team Championship on the house show circuit however, so it might not be long until we see them finally face the MFTs for the gold on SmackDown, in a match which could see them take home the titles.
Fraxiom
Nathan Frazer and Axiom achieved a lot of tag-team success together ahead of arriving on the main roster, notably holding the NXT Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions.
Despite this, Fraxiom has yet to hold tag gold on the main roster since their SmackDown debut in April 2025.
Frazer and Axiom have recently had run-ins with the WWE Tag Team Champions, facing Tama and Talla Tonga in non-title action on the October 21 edition of Main Event.
As long as Fraxiom remains fine, this duo could win tag-team gold at any given opportunity.
Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno
Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno initially feels like a rogue choice, but the deeper you look, the more it makes sense.
Dar and Moreno were the winners of the 2026 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, defeating Hank & Tank in the finals on the November 4 NXT episode.
Both stars are set to compete at the December 14 John Cena Classic event, this could be the NXT stars’ introduction ahead of officially joining the main roster in the next few months.
If the MFTs have a lengthy title reign, we could see Dar and Moreno dethrone them at some point in 2027.
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