Michin and B-Fab Capture WWE Women’s Tag Titles on SmackDown

The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship changed hands again on the October 23 episode of SmackDown, as Michin and B-Fab defeated Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley to capture the titles. The win marked the first championship opportunity for the pairing, and it came against a Bliss and Paxley team that had only just won the belts themselves, making for one of the shorter title reigns in the championship’s young history.

Details on exactly how the match ended remain limited, but the result itself is clear: Michin and B-Fab are the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions heading into the next chapter of SmackDown’s tag division. For Michin, it’s a long-awaited moment after years of being positioned as a steady hand in the women’s locker room without top-tier championship gold to show for it. Pairing with B-Fab, who has spent much of her WWE run aligned with Bianca Belair and The Pack, gives the division a fresh dynamic and puts a spotlight on a team that hadn’t been treated as an obvious title threat heading into the bout.

The quick turnaround for Bliss and Paxley is notable in its own right. Title reigns that end almost as soon as they begin often signal that WWE wants to keep the tag division moving rather than settle into a long reign right out of the gate, and it raises the question of whether a rematch clause or an immediate grudge match is in the cards. Bliss, in particular, has been through numerous title changes across her WWE career, so a short reign doesn’t necessarily close the door on her chasing the belts again soon.

This latest change continues what has been a fairly fluid period for the Women’s Tag Team Championship, with the titles bouncing between a rotating cast of teams rather than settling with one long-term dominant duo. That instability can be a storytelling tool — keeping the division unpredictable and giving fans reason to tune in every week — but it can also make it harder for any one team to build sustained momentum or a signature rivalry.

For Michin and B-Fab, the real test starts now. Winning the titles is one thing; WWE will need to decide who steps up next to challenge them, and whether this new champion duo gets the kind of sustained spotlight needed to feel like a genuine centerpiece of the division rather than just the latest short stop on the title’s circuit. Expect SmackDown to address challengers and a path forward in the coming weeks, especially with Bliss and Paxley likely looking for a quick return to the title picture.

Either way, the title change adds another twist to a Women’s Tag division that has been anything but predictable in recent months, and it gives two performers who’ve largely operated outside the main championship conversation a chance to make their mark at the top of SmackDown’s women’s tag scene.