The WWE World Tag Team Championship changed hands at Crown Jewel, which emanated from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Bron Breakker and Austin Theory of The Vision put their tag title on the line on November 7, with Penta and Je’Von Evans challenging for the gold.
Towards the end of the match, Bronson Reed interfered, attempting to force a title retention for his teammates.
Oba Femi then came out to take out Reed, levelling the playing field. The closing moments of the match saw Penta hit Austin Theory with a Mexican Destroyer ahead of Je’Von Evans hitting him with an OG Cutter to win the World Tag Team Championship.
With Penta and Je’Von Evans now being tag-team champions, many fans have questioned the decision to have these two stars reach the top of the Raw tag-team mountain.
Bron Breakker & Austin Theory
Bron Breakker and Austin Theory won the WWE World Tag Team Championship from Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins of the Street Profits on the July 6 Raw episode.
In the 123 days that they were champions, Breakker and Theory didn’t have a single successful title defense on TV, with their Crown Jewel match being the first occasion that they defended the gold in a televised match in this reign.
Putting it bluntly, WWE was not interested in utilizing Breakker and Theory in the WWE tag-team division.
Now that they no longer hold tag-team gold, we could soon see WWE move Breakker back into the singles division and build him as a top singles title contender once again.
So, why Penta and Je’Von Evans?
Keeping Penta busy
With Penta winning the Money in the Bank ladder match in October, the Mexican star now has the ability to cash in for a championship match at a time of his choosing.
The only issue is, Roman Reigns probably isn’t losing any time soon.
Michael Cole made a big deal on commentary during Crown Jewel about Roman Reigns’ perfect year, with the OTC not having lost a single match since the beginning of the year.
With Roman Reigns’ recent comments about what it takes to build new stars, WWE appears to be setting Roman up as an unstoppable force, so that it feels like a big deal when he’s finally dethroned.
While there has been speculation about potential title changes, the closer we get to WrestleMania season, the more likely it seems that Reigns won’t be suffering a defeat ahead of reaching the Grandest Stage of Them All.
It would feel like a waste for such a popular star to unsuccessfully cash in the Money in the Bank briefcase, so occupying Penta with a World Tag Team Championship reign gives him something to do while keeping him away from the World Heavyweight Championship.
Why not Rey Fenix?
A common sentiment among those criticising the title change is surrounding the absence of Rey Fenix. If Penta was going to win tag-team gold in WWE, why didn’t he do so with his brother, who he has won championships with all over the world?
While I would’ve preferred to see the Lucha Brothers win the World Tag Team Championship together, Rey Fenix is currently on his own path, showcasing his talents as a singles champion.
Fenix won the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship from Laredo Kid during the May 30 Noche de Los Grandes event.
Since then, Fenix has defended the gold across WWE programming, wearing the title on AAA, SmackDown and Raw.
The luchador has defended his title on multiple brands, against several main roster stars including Rey Fenix, JD McDonagh, Axiom and Akira Tozawa.
The Lucha Brothers are bound to have a significant main roster run together one day, but for now, the two brothers are doing their own thing.
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