Report: WWE Tag Team Title Unification Was A Last-Minute Decision

WWE unified the tag team championships on Friday's episode of SmackDown after The Usos overcame Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro.

While WWE had twice advertised the match, first for WrestleMania Backlash and then for SmackDown, Vince McMahon only decided to go through with unifying the titles at the last minute, according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

"You know that was a last-minute decision...The plan was always the angle at the end and it was never Riddle and Orton winning. It was a way to get out of it, probably a DQ for Roman Reigns interfering. I wasn't told that directly. I was only told that they came in and the big thing was the angle. As far as what they were gonna do for the finish, they went back and forth and Vince eventually made the call that basically, you know what? We've been pushing this so much we might as well do it," Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio.

"It's not like this is some long-term plan and this is the day they're gonna go back. Literally, there was no plan other than they're gonna do the big angle and obviously the big angle was to lead to Roman Reigns' matches with Orton and Riddle...And the tag titles are what the tag titles are."

Meltzer also noted that no one in WWE knows what the plans are for the unified tag team titles.

In the post-match angle, The Bloodline beat down RK-Bro with Jey Uso putting Riddle through the announce table with an Uso Splash while Roman Reigns choked out Randy Orton with a Guillotine.

As mentioned, WWE Universal Title matches first against Riddle and then Randy Orton are tentatively scheduled for the Money In The Bank and SummerSlam pay-per-views.