Alexa Bliss, Tatum Paxley Beat Fatal Influence to Win WWE Women’s Tag Titles on SmackDown

01:20Featured VideoPredicting MITB Winners 💼WWE/WWE via Getty ImagesAlexa Bliss, Tatum Paxley Beat Fatal Influence to Win WWE Women's Tag Titles on SmackDownPaul KasabianOct 9, 2026Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley are the new WWE Women's Tag Team champions after beating Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) on Friday's SmackDown.

Paxley hit Henley with Cemetery Drive for the win.

Grading SmackDown Before MITB 🔠Bleacher Report9mSmackDown Before MITB Recap 📝Bleacher Report24mBackstage WWE Rumors 🍿Bleacher Report2hEarlier in the evening, Paxley and Charlotte Flair were scheduled to challenge for the titles. However, Jade Cargill, B-Fab and Michin unleashed a backstage attack on Flair.

Flair, who was favoring her left shoulder, was not cleared by medical personnel to participate in the match, and SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis also put a stop to it as well.

Flair then insisted that Bliss take her spot. Bliss was reluctant at first but ultimately decided to participate.

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