MSK put up the WWE NXT Tag Team Titles on the line when they faced Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher on Tuesday’s episode of NXT: Great American Bash.
The match allowed both teams to get their spots in for the opening bout. MSK rolled up Ciampa for the win to retain their titles. This was an interesting finish as Ciampa and Thatcher were favored in the betting odds to win the titles.
Ciampa & Thatcher became the top contenders to MSK’s titles by defeating The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) in a tornado tag match on a recent episode of NXT.
MSK became the champions when they won it in a triple threat match against The Grizzled Young Veterans and Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver this April.
Their previous title defense came in a winners-take-all six-man tag match at the WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House event when MSK teamed with then-North American Champion Bronson Reed to retain by beating Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde).