WWE SmackDown results, recap, grades: Motor City Machine Guns win tag titles; Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso reunite

Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, long considered one of the best tag teams on Earth, are WWE tag team champions

The Motor City Machine Guns are WWE tag team champions. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin spent nearly 20 years as a top tag team in various professional wrestling promotions, and can now say the same in the business' biggest promotion. Their crowning moment was coupled with the long-awaited reunion of Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso on WWE SmackDown.

The Bloodline had the deck stacked against the Machine Guns on Friday night. Unfortunately for The Bloodline, karma threw a wrench in Solo Sikoa's plan. A vengeful Jey Uso was the difference maker in an impromptu WWE tag team title match that saw Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa lose the belts.

SmackDown set the stage for three new matches at Crown Jewel, including Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens.

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WWE pulls the trigger on Machine Guns, Jey and Jimmy's reunion

Motor City Machine Guns (Shelley and Sabin) def. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) via pinfall to become the No. 1 contenders for the WWE tag team championships. The teams traded momentum in a high-paced, technically impressive showcase. The match ended after Gargano inadvertently struck Ciampa with a superkick. MCMG capitalized with a neck breaker, top rope splash combo to secure the win.

The Bloodline appeared post-match to size up their challengers. SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis interfered before things escalated. Sikoa promised there would be no hostilities. Sikoa, speaking over a chorus of boos, welcomed the Machine Guns to SmackDown. Sikoa introduced The Bloodline and himself as their Tribal Chief. Sabin introduced MCMG as the top contenders for the tag team titles, saying they'd challenge The Bloodline anytime and anyplace. Sikoa took them up on the offer by suggesting they have their tag title match tonight. Aldis interjected, refusing to let decorated veterans like MCMG have their first WWE tag team title match at less than 100%. Shelley stopped Aldis. Shelly wanted to stay true to their word and accepted The Bloodline's challenge. Aldis called for a referee to start MCMG's second match of the night.

WWE Tag Team Championships -- Motor City Machine Guns (Shelley and Sabin) def. The Bloodline (Tonga and Loa) (c) via pinfall to win the titles. A brawl started the match. The Bloodline got the better of their fatigued opponents early. The match took a backseat to The Bloodline's larger issues. A masked Jimmy attacked Sikoa ringside before Jacob Fatu pounced on Uso. Roman Reigns' music hit as "The Original Tribal Chief" laid out Sikoa and Fatu with Superman punches. Reigns and Uso took the brawl with Sikoa and Fatu backstage as the tag title match took back center stage. Tonga pulled the referee in, sandwiching the official between Tonga and Sabin. The Bloodline took advantage of the referee's absence by introducing steel chairs. Tonga and Loa were foiled by another masked assailant. A disguised Jey took out Tonga and Loa, avenging his intercontinental loss to Bron Breakker on Monday due to The Bloodline's interference. Sabin and Shelley hit the neck breaker-top rope splash combo to win the titles. 

Post-match, the crowd erupted as Jey and Jimmy embraced. Reigns watched from the stage as the twin brothers hugged it out.

What a way to send the crowd home happy. The Motor City Machine Guns have been an influential, elite tag team for nearly 20 years. Seeing them rewarded with a WWE tag team title run in their 40s is heart-warming. It was almost as heartwarming as seeing Jey and Jimmy reunite after 14 months apart. The Bloodline got their comeuppance for messing with Jey, and the sides are just about even in The Bloodline vs. Bloodline storyline. A fantastic episode of pro wrestling television. Grade: A

What else happened on WWE SmackDown?

• Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens booked for Crown Jewel after an argument between Orton and Paul Levesque.
  
• Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes ends in a no-contest after special guest referee LA Knight laid out both men with BFTs.
• Tiffany Stratton offers to solve Nia Jax's Naomi problem, but Jax chooses Candice LeRae instead.
  
• Naomi def. LeRae via pinfall with a full nelson bomb and Gedo clutch.
  
• A United States title match between Knight, Andrade and Hayes is booked for Crown Jewel by Aldis.
• Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill will defend their WWE women's tag team titles against Meta-Four, Damage CTRL and Chelsea Green & Piper Niven at Crown Jewel.
  
• Cody Rhodes and Gunther brawled during their verbal confrontation. Ludwig Kaiser and Orton got involved, leading to a tag team booking for next week.