5 theories as to why Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
This week's final episode of WWE Raw before SummerSlam on Sunday night saw a surprising title change, when Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross captured the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships in a Fatal Four Way match.
The bout saw Bliss and Cross defeat The Kabuki Warriors, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, and the defending Champions, The IIconics, to capture their first Women's Tag Team titles in WWE.
The title change came as a surprise to many fans, given it was just days before SummerSlam, but with no Women's Tag Team title bout planned for the PPV, let's take a look at five theories on why the title change took place.
#5 The IIconics were doing very little with the Women's Tag Team titles
The IIconics, consisting of Peyton Royce and Billie Kay, captured the WWE Women's Tag Team titles at WrestleMania 35, but the win was not without a certain level of controversy.
Following WrestleMania, Sasha Banks, who held the WWE Women's Tag titles alongside Bayley heading into the PPV, reportedly attempted to quit WWE out of frustration with how the company booked the title match at WrestleMania.
Banks reportedly felt that she and Bayley had been working really hard to build credibility for the new Women's titles, and putting the belts on The IIconics so quickly after Banks and Bayley become the first champions was a mistake.
Following WrestleMania, The IIconics have had a mostly forgettable run with the WWE Women's Tag Team titles, losing almost every match in which they have participated, and dodging title defenses at every turn.
The cowardly heel act might be a common storyline idea in WWE, but considering the Women's Tag Team titles are relatively brand new, the impression is definitely given that the titles mean very little when they are booked the way they have been since WrestleMania 35.