With the women’s tag team championship vacated, WWE crowned new titleholders on Monday’s episode of Raw.
After Liv Morgan sustained an injury, she and Raquel Rodriguez had to relinquish their tag titles. Rodriguez, however, teamed with Shotzi to compete for the titles against Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green, and Bayley and Iyo Sky.
Countering a move from the top rope, Rousey made Shotzi tap out with an armbar to win her and Baszler the tag titles.
Rousey and Baszler have more than established themselves to take over the tag titles, despite Rodriguez’s unfortunate end to his title run. With their name value and a women’s tag division waiting for recently called-up teams to establish themselves, these two are a good duo to carry the belts for the time being.
Tag titles are new territory for Rousey, who has only held singles championships since joining WWE in 2018: the SmackDown Women’s Championship twice and the Raw Women’s Championship once. Rousey’s last title run wrapped up in December 2022, when she lost the SmackDown title to Charlotte Flair.
Rousey will remain in a high-profile position as long as she holds the tag team titles, since she has been mostly quiet since the start of 2023 without any belt and due to injury. Moreover, with the championship not assigned to either brand, Rousey can appear on Raw or SmackDown as champion.
Baszler previously held the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship with Nia Jax, but the second of their two reigns last occurred in the first half of 2021. She also does not have a singles title reign on the main roster, so this marks her third overall win of WWE gold.
Who will Rousey and Baszler face next? The WWE Money in the Bank prelude could establish new contenders to determine who they will face at the show or at another event in the next month.
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