Triple H Congratulates New Champions Following Major Title Change At WWE SmackDown
Triple H did his infamous backstage photo with the new champions on WWE SmackDown.
The road to WrestleMania is upon us, and WWE has been having a lot of title matches on its TV shows. On SmackDown in Raleigh, there were three title matches, including one title change.
Damian Priest and R-Truth won a Tag Team Turmoil Match on the March 6th edition of WWE SmackDown, and they were given their title shot on SmackDown in Raleigh.
On WWE SmackDown in Raleigh, Damian Priest & R-Truth defeated the MFT’s Tama Tonga and JC Mateo to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions. Since the other MFTs were interfering in the match, Wyatt Sicks went to ringside to fight with them since they had been feuding for months. Truth and Priest capitalized to get the win after Truth hit an Attitude Adjustment like his hero, John Cena.
After the title change, the camera showed Priest in the ring as he literally said: “What?” The idea behind that was that Priest and Truth only tagged up one time before this title match, and now they are the WWE Tag Team Champions.
Triple H Praises The New WWE Tag Team Champions
In a post on X/Twitter, WWE’s Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque posted a photo with the new WWE Tag Team Champions, R-Truth & Damian Priest.
Success can sometimes come from the unexpected…
Congrats @ArcherOfInfamy & @RonKillings! #AndNew
Success can sometimes come from the unexpected…
Congrats @ArcherOfInfamy & @RonKillings! #AndNewpic.twitter.com/a3ofvmCKLZ
— Triple H (@TripleH) March 21, 2026
As you can see, there was no Triple H point in the photo since he had his arms on the shoulders of the two men.
R-Truth is now a 3-time WWE Tag Team Champion after previously winning the titles with Kofi Kingston and The Miz. As for Priest, he’s a 3-time WWE Tag Team Champion after holding the gold with Finn Balor twice during their Judgment Day days.
The fact that Tama Tonga was pinned in the match could be related to WWE fining Tonga for filming rehearsal footage and posting it online, which talent is not allowed to do.