Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill retain.
On the Countdown to WWE King and Queen of the Ring, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill defended the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae. The match came out after a backstage confrontation between the two teams on the May 24 episode of WWE SmackDown.
Belair was competing one night after she lost to Nia Jax in the semi-finals of the Queen of the Ring tournament, and her knee clearly was not 100% Hartwell and LeRae capitalized, as they targeted her knee throughout the bout. Though Cargill and Belair had the power advantage, the challengers controlled portions of the match by grounding Belair. Cargill tagged in and took control with an impressive rally.
HERE COMES THE STORM @Jade_Cargill has taken over this match! #WWEKingAndQueen pic.twitter.com/QWBmMnVjUK
— WWE (@WWE) May 25, 2024
Hartwell and LeRae then gained the upper hand and briefly ground Cargill, but Belair made the hot tag. She and Cargill clinched the win with a double-team maneuver as they hit LeRae with a suplex/DDT combination.
That was a really cool finisher!!#WWEKingAndQueen pic.twitter.com/yHR2JmCWcP
— ------------ (@WrestlingCovers) May 25, 2024
The win marked Belair and Cargill's first successful defense of the titles. They won the gold when they defeated Asuka and Kairi Sane at WWE Backlash.
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