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Finn Balor & JD McDonagh Shock New Day, Win World Tag Team Titles On WWE Raw

New World Tag Team Champions were crowned Monday Night on WWE Raw!
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New Day vs. Judgment Day
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The Judgment Day is absolutely dripping with gold.

Heading into Monday Night's World Tag Team Championship Match, Dominik Mysterio already had the Men's Intercontinental Championship around his waist and Raquel Rodriguez was still clinging to both of the Women's Tag Team Titles. Now Finn Balor and JD McDonagh have some new swag of their own.

In a shocking turn of events, Balor and McDonagh defeated The New Day on Monday's episode of Raw to capture the World Tag Team Championships for the second time in their career as a team together.

Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston pulled out all the stops to prove that they truly are the greatest tag team of all time, but after Kofi missed a crossbody attempt to the floor outside, Woods was left all alone to fend off a 2-on-1 assault.

McDonagh would end up connecting on an extremely impressive looking moonsault, which was quickly followed up by Balor's Coup de Grâce. Finn then covered Woods and scored the three count, much to the delight of the crowd packed into the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

The New Day captured the tag team titles for the 13th time in their careers when they defeated the War Raiders at WrestleMania 41. Monday night was just their second title defense since the 'Showcase of the Immortals.' Their reign came to an end after just 71 days.

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Rick Ucchino
RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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