Friday’s episode of “WWE SmackDown” held loads of promise for Solo Sikoa and his MFTs, however the stable walked out of Fort Value, Texas with one less victory than they hoped for. In the primary of the faction’s two scheduled matches, J.C. Mateo and Tama Tonga took to the ring searching for the WWE Tag Team Champions, but incumbent champions Damian Priest and R-Truth successfully retained — effectively spoiling the MFTs’ double-win ambitions.
The night began off strong for the MFTs. Tonga and R-Truth locked up at first, with Tonga scoring a number of solid hits on the veteran before colliding with the canvas during a missed elbow drop. R-Truth took the chance to tag in Priest, but before the previous WWE World Champion could deal any damage, Mateo ran interference to permit Tonga to knock Priest out of the ring. Priest struggled to achieve any significant edge over the MFTs, but a devastating clothesline to Mateo allowed R-Truth to tag-in for a Five Knuckle Shuffle.
The MFTs attempted to play the numbers game, but R-Truth and Priest matched them where they were. Priest broke up a pin on R-Truth following a swinging neckbreaker and Northern Lights Bomb from the MFTs, which allowed him to attain a legal tag-in. The fresh Priest and R-Truth, someway still chock-full of life, then landed a Rise Up on Mateo to retain their titles, much to Sikoa’s certain disappointment.
Truth and Priest are set to proceed their WWE Tag Team Championship reign at 36 days and counting. Friday’s match was a rematch between the MFTs and R-Truth and Priest, with the reigning champions originally securing the tag titles on the expense of the MFTs on the March 20 episode of “SmackDown.” As of writing, no latest challengers have come forth for the duo.