5 Ways to Book the Road to WWE WrestleMania 33

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4. Tag Team Championships

New Day have been unbeatable and look set to become the record holders for longest ever WWE Tag Team title reign. It feels like they have held the titles for years, whilst it’s approaching 500 days, that reign has to end eventually. Here’s how we think it should end.

As we speak The New Day trio are tangled up in a feud with the odd couple team of Sheamus and Cesaro. The challengers have beaten the champs, but not when the gold was on the line. Following the massive tag team match at Survivor Series, that feud needs to ramp up in big way.

At RoadBlock in December we should have a four corners tag team match, to determine the number one contenders to the New Days titles. The four contenders will be the four other teams that walked out of the match at Survivor Series, Enzo Amore and Big Cass, Gallows and Anderson, The Shining Stars and Sheamus/Cesaro.

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Sheamus and Cesaro walk out victorious, having pinned the Shining Stars simultaneously, whilst Enzo and Cass brawled to the back with Gallows and Anderson. Sheamus wants to go for the belts as soon as possible, but Cesaro convinces him to wait till the Royal Rumble. When it looks like they are about to win that match, with Cesaro pinning Kofi for a guaranteed three count, Sheamus (on the outside of the ring) putting Kofi’s foot on the ropes to break up the pin.

Cesaro is then double teamed by Kofi and Big E, after Sheamus is knocked out by a trombone-wielding Xavier Woods on the floor. Big E gets the pin on Cesaro and Sheamus cannot believe what he has done, they had the titles won but Sheamus took that away from them. He explains that he wanted to be the one to get the pin, that’s why he did what he did.

After they get over the fact that Sheamus has cost them the gold, Cesaro tells Sheamus that he can’t continue this way. That leads to Sheamus telling Cesaro he’ll do whatever he can to get them another shot at the titles. Sheamus begs Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon to give them a way to get another title match. Stephanie agrees that if Sheamus can win a match at FastLane, then the team of Sheamus and Cesaro will get another shot at the gold, this time at WrestleMania. But if he can’t win the match then they will go to the back of the queue for a title shot.

They don’t tell Sheamus what that match is, he will only find out what that is on the night of FastLane. Sheamus agrees, thinking that he can beat anyone on the roster.

On the night of FastLane, Sheamus comes out for the match, and we have Cesaro on commentary at ringside. As Sheamus stands in the ring, Mick Foley comes out to tell us who he’s about to face. Then the fun begins.

Foley tells Sheamus that he’s about to face all three members of New Day, one after the other. He has to beat all three men in one on one matches, the only caveat being that if any member of New Day interferes in one of their team mates matches, then they will be stripped of the titles. New Day comes out and look like they are going to lap this up. Sending Big E in first, they are shocked when Sheamus gets the win after a powerslam on the concrete floor, then rolls Big E back in and pins him. After the pinfall all three, Kofi slides in and the next match is on.

Sheamus is looking beaten, until Kofi slips from the top rope and makes an awkward landing. Sheamus again takes advantage and gets the pin. With the first two men beaten Sheamus is out on his feet. Xavier Woods gets in the ring, and takes the match to Sheamus. By this point Cesaro is getting the crowd going, with them all now desperate for the Irishman to get the win.

In the dying moments of the match, Woods looks in complete control. Until he goes to the top rope and is knocked off by a stumbling Sheamus. One White Noise later and Sheamus is taking his team mate Cesaro towards a tag title shot at WrestleMania. Where the odd couple team finally wrestle the titles away from the record breaking New Day.