Tensions continued to rise between Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston. On the September 16 episode of WWE RAW, The New Day (Woods and Kingston) challenged Finn Balor and JD McDonagh for the WWE World Tag Team Championship.

Outside interference cost the New Day their coveted 13th reign as World Tag Team Champions in WWE.Finn Balor and JD McDonagh defeated Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston on the 9/16 episode of Raw thanks in large part to their Judgment Day cohorts.

On the September 16th episode of WWE Raw, the New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) will challenge Finn Balor and JD McDonagh for the WWE World Tag Team Championship. This will mark the first time that Balor and McDonagh will defend the titles in a televised match.

CM Punk kickstarted the proceedings by addressing fans and his rival Drew McIntyre. Talking about his upcoming match at Bad Blood, Punk revealed how he was going to war with his opponent. He admitted the dangers of a Hell in a Cell match but was willing to stake his career to take McIntyre down at the upcoming premium live event.

The New Day had The Judgment Day defeated, but as Woods pinned McDonagh, the referee was dealing with the brawl on the outside between Kofi, Judgment Day members Dominik Mysterio and Carlito, and the LWO (Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, & Dragon Lee).