Wyatt Sicks retain tag titles at Clash in Paris amid interference

The Wyatt Sicks retained the WWE Tag Team Championships at Clash in Paris on Sunday when Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis defeated former champions Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins at the Accor Arena after outside interference altered the match’s closing moments. The title bout, added to the card late after the Street Profits earned a number one contender spot on SmackDown, ended with Gacy and Lumis landing their double team finisher, The Plague, for the pinfall.

The match featured tension between the Street Profits early on, with accounts saying Ford and Dawkins exchanged frustrated looks over who should be the legal man. The duo rallied several times, with Dawkins connecting on a Swanton Bomb and Ford hitting a blockbuster off Dawkins’ shoulders. Ford later missed a high risk frog splash, and that miss opened the door for the champions to regain control.

Reports differed on the exact sequence of interference that decided the finish, but all accounts agree the Wyatt Sicks’ allies played a decisive role. Multiple witnesses and live recaps described Erick Rowan distracting Dawkins at ringside, and an Uncle Howdy figure, portrayed on WWE programming by Bo Dallas, striking Ford with a...