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title: "WWE championship match moved to Hell in a Cell pre-show"
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# WWE championship match moved to Hell in a Cell pre-show

Will another promising **WWE** match get lost in the shuffle of a pay-per-view card? Maybe so. [**WWE** has announced](https://www.wwe.com/shows/hellinacell/2018/the-new-day-rusev-aiden-english) via their website that the **SmackDown Live** Tag-Team Championship match between The New Day and Rusev Day has been moved to the **Hell in a Cell** pre-show.

[Rusev Day is ready for WWE Hell in a Cell: SmackDown Exclusive, Sept. 11, 2018 (embedded)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bYxE2OM-sfs?feature=oembed)

On this past Tuesday’s edition of **SmackDown Live**, [Rusev and Aiden English defeated The Bar](https://migration-stage.wrestletalk.com/new-day-vs-rusev-day-for-smackdown-tag-titles-at-wwe-hell-in-a-cell), earning a title shot against the New Day at this Sunday’s **Hell in a Cell**.  A win for Rusev Day would mean the first taste of tag-team championship gold for the duo of English and ‘The Bulgarian Brute.’

> The [#RusevDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RusevDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) celebration is ON, the war of words between [@AJStylesOrg](https://twitter.com/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@SamoaJoe](https://twitter.com/SamoaJoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) continues, and [@BeckyLynchWWE](https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) SHOCKS [@MsCharlotteWWE](https://twitter.com/MsCharlotteWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in this week's [#WWETop10](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWETop10?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) moments from [#SDLive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [pic.twitter.com/HcOEi9sNiV](https://t.co/HcOEi9sNiV)
>
> — WWE (@WWE) [September 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1040269821097779200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

New Day have only held the championships a short time since winning the tag titles from the Bludgeon Brothers a few weeks ago in a stellar TV main event. During their **RAW** days, New Day set the record for the longest sustained tag-team title reign in **WWE** history at 483 days. While they are certainly destined for a shorter championship reign this time around, it is unclear exactly how short, and whether or not this is Rusev Day’s time.

**WWE Hell in a Cell** begins at 7PM Eastern this Sunday, with the kickoff show scheduled to air an hour before at 6PM.

**Will you tune in to Hell in a Cell’s pre-show to see Rusev Day challenge New Day for the SmackDown straps? Comment below, or see us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WrestleTalk_TV) and** [**Discord!**](https://staging.wrestletalk.com/discord)