{"id":163752,"date":"2026-06-30T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=163752"},"modified":"2026-06-30T03:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:16:32","slug":"who-will-win-the-damian-priest-r-truth-vs-the-war-raiders-title-vs-title-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/30\/who-will-win-the-damian-priest-r-truth-vs-the-war-raiders-title-vs-title-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Win the Damian Priest\/R-Truth vs. the War Raiders Title vs. Title Match?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damian Priest and R-Truth recently celebrated\u00a0100 days\u00a0as the WWE Tag Team Champions. They won the belts on the March 20,\u00a02026\u00a0episode of Friday Night SmackDown, defeating\u00a0JC Mateo and Tama Tonga to become the new champions. Since then,\u00a0MFT\u00a0have\u00a0been after them, trying to\u00a0take the titles back. <\/span><\/p>\n

On\u00a0the\u00a0June\u00a019 SmackDown,\u00a0they\u00a0retained\u00a0the titles<\/a> after some Solo Sikoa interference.\u00a0Last Friday, Tama\u00a0and Talla Tonga informed\u00a0Sikoa\u00a0that they were leaving him behind to move forward on their own. <\/span><\/p>\n

The same night, Priest and R-Truth got a visit from the War Raiders, who are the current AAA\u00a0World\u00a0Tag Team Champions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They defeated Pagano and Psycho Clown on night one of Noche de\u00a0los\u00a0Grandes last month\u00a0to win. The two men approached Priest and R-Truth and suggested a title vs. title match<\/a> between them. R-Truth pretended to not know who they were, but Priest gladly accepted to make the match official. Who will win the match between two great tag teams?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Priest and R-Truth Would Get AAA Runs<\/span><\/h2>\n

When Priest and R-Truth won the titles, fans thought their reign\u00a0would be\u00a0temporary. Their win took place a month before the mass releases<\/a> in April, so teams such as the Motor City Machine Guns and the Wyatt Sicks\u00a0were still in the company. They thought one of those teams would take the titles back. <\/span><\/p>\n

But after many title retentions,\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0become\u00a0a pretty good\u00a0tag team. Becoming double champions will allow them to compete in\u00a0AAA, which would allow for more hilarious R-Truth interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The official AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide Logo. (Photo Credit: WWE\/AAA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It will also allow for Talla and Tama to continue their storyline with them. The main reason why they lost on Friday was that Sikoa interfered with the match. Now that he\u2019s out of the picture, they can be the wrestlers they were in New Japan. No matter who wins, they\u2019re still focused on getting the belts back. Seeing them in AAA would be entertaining, and they have a more personal connection with Priest and R-Truth than they do with the War Raiders.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The War Raiders Would Be More Prominently Featured on TV<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Erik and Ivar are both amazing wrestlers. However, due to many factors, they\u00a0haven\u2019t\u00a0gotten\u00a0a chance to show their skills on television much over the past couple of years.\u00a0They had\u00a0a previous\u00a0run as WWE World Tag Team Champions last year, but two out of their four retentions led to disqualifications.\u00a0Their run came to an end after getting defeated by the New Day on night one of WrestleMania 41.\u00a0Since that time,\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0mostly wrestled dark matches and live events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A great way\u00a0to re-introduce them permanently onto television is to make them double champions.\u00a0Their last\u00a0in-ring appearance on television was on the February 2 Monday Night Raw, as they got easily defeated by Oba Femi<\/a> without any bell being run or offense on their part whatsoever.\u00a0Fans may have forgotten how skilled those two actually are, which is sad for many reasons.\u00a0Becoming double champions will ensure that they are used on television, something that shouldn\u2019t be an issue given their talent.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A Title vs. Title Match Should Be Fun for Everyone<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Priest and R-Truth have been an entertaining pair over the past couple of months. Many people thought they would have a transitional run as WWE Tag Team Champions, but over three months later, they are working well together and have retained their titles several times. <\/span><\/p>\n

Erik and Ivar showed up on AAA a few months ago after months of doing dark matches and live events. They showed their talent by winning the AAA World Tag Team Championships against two AAA veterans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A WWE SmackDown graphic of Tama Tonga & Talla Tonga vs. R- Truth and Damian Priest. (Photo Credit: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A title vs. title match is a great idea that will improve both teams\u00a0in the long run. Priest and R-Truth can get runs in AAA and a continued feud with Talla and Tama\u00a0if they win.\u00a0The War Raiders can get back on WWE television and have a chance to show their immense talent to everyone if they get the victory. No matter where and when the match takes place,\u00a0it\u2019ll\u00a0be a showcase\u00a0of\u00a0two\u00a0athletic and exciting tag\u00a0teams.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damian Priest and R-Truth recently celebrated\u00a0100 days\u00a0as the WWE Tag Team Champions. They won the belts on the March 20,\u00a02026\u00a0episode of Friday Night SmackDown, defeating\u00a0JC Mateo and Tama Tonga to become the new champions. Since then,\u00a0MFT\u00a0have\u00a0been after them, trying to\u00a0take the titles back. On\u00a0the\u00a0June\u00a019 SmackDown,\u00a0they\u00a0retained\u00a0the titles after some Solo Sikoa interference.\u00a0Last Friday, Tama\u00a0and Talla Tonga […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5338,"featured_media":163246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,6,2192,3],"tags":[6558,924,2522],"class_list":["post-163752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe","category-aaa","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-wwe-universe","tag-damian-priest","tag-r-truth","tag-war-raiders"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163757,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163752\/revisions\/163757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}