Heath Slater and Rhyno defeated the Usos to become the inaugural Smackdown Tag-Team Champions at Backlash. Slater not only left the arena with the championship gold but he also won himself an exclusive Smackdown LIVE contract. You can see the highlights of the duo’s celebration in the video above. Below, we get to hear from the new tag champs.
The duo was interviewed backstage after winning the titles. They first talked about never giving up and hard work pays off. Heath also says he is going to celebrate with his kids at the Golden Corral:
Heath also took to twitter to comment on their win and thanking the WWE Universe for having his back:
Thank you @WWEUniverse you all were amazing tonight just like every night.. Thank you for having my back. pic.twitter.com/bp05kFR9IO
— Heath Slater (@HeathSlaterOMRB) September 12, 2016
I am personally really happy for them. Especially Heath as I am a big fan. I think he is extremely underrated and doesn’t get enough credit. I am glad he has found the spotlight with his recent ‘hottest free agent in sports entertainment’ gimmick.
[irp posts=”15716″ name=”The Club, Samoa Joe and More WWE Stars Comment On AJ Styles Winning The WWE World Title”]
Let us know what you thought of Rhyno and Slater winning the titles in the comment section below!