Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa did their part to maintain The Bloodline's stranglehold on WWE SmackDown. The brothers turned away two sets of challengers in a ladder match one night bef

WWE Bad Blood marked Reigns' in-ring return as he teamed with Rhodes to take on the new Bloodline's Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu. The match itself was fun, with Rhodes and Reigns getting beaten down for a fair amount of it.

The WWE Tag Team titles will be on the line in a triple threat ladder match. Champions The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) are defending their belts against The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) and DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommasso Ciampa).

WWE SmackDown is not phoning in their final show before Bad Blood. Friday's show features a triple threat ladder match for the WWE tag team championships and the return of two-time WWE champion AJ Styles.

The Bloodline defied the odds on WWE SmackDown. On the October 4 episode of WWE SmackDown, The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa) defended the WWE Tag Team Championship against #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) and The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins).

SmackDown opened this week, we were quickly informed that the main event would be the triple threat ladder match for the WWE tag team championship. Because of course it would. The Bloodline defending gold takes the top spot,

This week's SmackDown didn't do a great job of building towards Bad Blood on Saturday, but the action in the ring was great.