The Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Champions are set to do battle next week.
After Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits defeated Andrade and Angel Garza on tonight's episode of Raw, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura, the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, came out to the ring. After a brief verbal exchange, Cesaro and Nakamura challenged The Street Profits to a Champion vs. Champion match on the September 14 episode of Raw.
The #SmackDown Tag Team Champions @ShinsukeN & @WWECesaro just challenged the #WWERaw Tag Team Champions @MontezFordWWE & @AngeloDawkins!
— WWE (@WWE) September 8, 2020
CHAMPS vs. CHAMPS next week! pic.twitter.com/iOu2Zx31qv
The #StreetProfits are fired up.@MontezFordWWE & @AngeloDawkins will see @WWECesaro & @ShinsukeN NEXT WEEK on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/amjKDYNqUM
— WWE (@WWE) September 8, 2020
This would be Cesaro and Nakamura's first match on Raw since they competed in separate singles matches back in September 2019.
On Raw, it was acknowledged that Cesaro and Nakamura appeared on Raw as part of the "Brand-to-Brand Invitation" rule, which allows wrestlers to appear on another brand "four times a year." For a full list of wrestlers who have used the "Brand-to-Brand Invitation" rule, click here.
Also set for next Monday's WWE Raw is a Women's Championship match pitting champion Asuka against challenger Mickie James.
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