Terror Twins Reunite to Defeat Black, Vega on SmackDown

On the December 12 episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley reunited as The Terror Twins for a one-night mixed tag team match, defeating Aleister Black and Zelina Vega in the main event to cap off a heated rivalry.

The matchup stemmed from Priest's ongoing feud with Black on the SmackDown brand, which escalated when Vega, Black's wife, became involved. In an interview on the "Delivering Happiness" podcast recorded before the show, Priest revealed that Ripley initiated the idea to even the odds. "Yeah, man, it's pretty cool," Priest said. "I've been in a feud for a minute with Aleister Black and then he got his wife involved. On SmackDown, I'm on my own kind of thing, but Rhea, it was her idea. She pitched it and she was like, how about I come in, I'll help you out, and let's do a mixed tag team match. It would be me and you against them two, and I was like, I'm pretty sure the company is going to like that, and the fans would definitely like that. The Terror Twins back together."

The bout opened with an immediate brawl, as Black and Vega attacked Priest and Ripley before the bell. Priest quickly gained control over Black with punches, uppercuts, and a...