4 reasons why Shane McMahon & The Miz won the SmackDown Tag Team titles at Royal Rumble
At the 2019 Royal Rumble in Chase Field, Shane McMahon and The Miz won their very first match as a tag team, defeating The Bar - Sheamus and Cesaro, to win the SmackDown tag team titles.
This was a surprising result considering how strong Sheamus and Cesaro have been booked on SmackDown since their move to the blue brand last year, but makes sense in a few ways for the team of Shane McMahon and The Miz.
The match ended after Shane McMahon landed a superb Shooting Star Press on Cesaro and got the three-count to win his first tag team title in WWE.
What could this mean for the SmackDown tag team division as well as the future of the Shane McMahon-The Miz tag team?
Let's take a look at 4 reasons why Shane McMahon & The Miz won the SmackDown Tag Team titles at Royal Rumble:
#4 World Cup tag team tournament?
The tag team of Shane McMahon and The Miz came together following the WWE World Cup at the Crown Jewel PPV, where The Miz was replaced by Shane McMahon in the final of the tournament following an injury to Miz.
McMahon eventually won the match, and was crowned "the best in the world", a title which was later shared with The Miz.
With WWE set to return to Saudi Arabia this year too (although it hasn't been confirmed when the next event in the Middle East will take place in 2019), we could expect a similar World Cup-styles tournament.
Could there be a World Cup tag team tournament where Shane and The Miz would put their titles on the line? A World Cup-style tournament would do a world of good for the SmackDown tag team division, which has been flailing.