New Day vs. Dudley Boyz: Winner, Reaction from 2015 WWE Night of Champions

The New Day spoiled The Dudley Boyz's first tag team championship since returning to WWE on Sunday at Night of Champions as Kofi Kingston and Big E managed to retain their titles despite losing thanks to a disqualification.

WWE explained how the DQ occurred: 

As a result, The New Day retained their belts.

It appeared as if The New Day was going to toss The Dudley Boyz through a table after the match, but it was Xavier Woods who ended up going through a table, per WWE:

WrestlingINC.com wants The New Day to remain the champs for the foreseeable future: 

WrestlingNewsSource also offered lofty praise for the duo: 

After dropping the tag titles to The Prime Time Players, The New Day recaptured the straps at SummerSlam. That victory added to their braggadocios persona, but they soon received a reality check as Bubba Ray and D-Von came back to WWE as a team for the first time in a decade.

The Dudleys immediately took aim at Kofi, Big E and Woods, and they made it clear that they wanted to both become tag team champions for the 10th time and inflict plenty of pain on The New Day in the process, per Bubba on Twitter:

The New Day cemented a spot in the Night of Champions title match by successfully retaining the title against The Prime Time Players on the go-home edition of Raw. They then added to that momentum when Kingston scored a singles victory over D-Von on SmackDown.

Also, while the Dudley Boyz used The New Day as punching bags on a few occasions during the buildup toward Night of Champions, Kofi, Big E and Woods seemed to get under the skin of Bubba Ray and D-Von with their annoying antics.

As evidenced by this tweet from WWE's official Twitter account, that included The New Day constantly complaining about the Dudleys' disregard for tables:

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"A table is a TERRIBLE thing to waste!" - @XavierWoodsPhD #SmackDown #SaveTheTables #NewDay pic.twitter.com/axzXQGat1Z

— WWE (@ewweonline) September 4, 2015"

Since the Dudley Boyz have largely dominated since their return and are considered by many to be among the greatest tag teams in the history of professional wrestling, they were favored to take the tag titles from The New Day at Night of Champions.

That didn't happen, though, as The New Day used their intelligence and devious ways to keep the WWE Tag Team Championships around their waists.

While it was undoubtedly one of The New Day's biggest moments since first becoming a unit last year, one can only assume that their rivalry with The Dudley Boyz is far from over.

WWE brought Bubba Ray and D-Von back to be featured players in what had been a struggling tag division. They have brought instant credibility to the table, though, and their feud with The New Day may turn out to be the catalyst that WWE tag team wrestling desperately needed.  

With that in mind, Sunday's clash at Night of Champions was likely just the first chapter in what promises to be a long and entertaining storyline.

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