page_title: The Bar (professional wrestling)
section_title: SmackDown Tag Team Champions (2018–2019)
hierarchical_section_title: The Bar (professional wrestling) / History / SmackDown Tag Team Champions (2018–2019)
caption_attribution_description: English: WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar, Sheamus and Cesaro, at a WWE Live Event House Show in Omaha, Nebraska, USA on Sunday, January 20, 2019
context_page_description: The Bar, originally simply known as Cesaro and Sheamus, were a professional wrestling tag team in WWE. They were record-setting four-time Raw Tag Team Champions and one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, making their team overall five-time champions in WWE.
  The duo were originally in a feud together from July to September 2016, but after a Best of Seven series culminated in a tie, the two were forced to work as a team by then-Raw General Manager Mick Foley. "The Bar", originally an informal nickname until they joined SmackDown in 2018, originates from their catchphrase: "We don't just set the bar, we are the bar!". The team was forced to disband in April 2019 due to Sheamus suffering an injury and Cesaro being drafted to Raw.
context_section_description: On April 17, as part of the Superstar Shake-up, Cesaro and Sheamus, now officially known as The Bar, were traded to SmackDown. Despite the trade, they still had an opportunity to win the Raw Tag Team Championship as they faced Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt at the Greatest Royal Rumble, but failed to win the Raw Tag Team Championship. They entered a brief feud with The New Day, losing to them and failing to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match. After going on a hiatus, the duo returned in late-July to take part in a No. 1 Contenders Tournament for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, beat The Usos to advance to the finals, where they lost to The New Day. After failing to become number one contenders again, the duo finally were gifted a title match. At Super Show-Down, The Bar failed to win the title.
  At the 1000th episode of SmackDown on October 16, The Bar defeated The New Day to capture the titles with unlikely help from Big Show. They subsequently retained the titles against The New Day at Crown Jewel and Starrcade. On the November 27 episode of SmackDown Live, The Bar and Big Show's brief alliance ended after a confrontation backstage. They later entered a feud with The Miz and Shane McMahon, culminating in a match at the Royal Rumble on January 27, where The Bar lost the SmackDown Tag Team Championship to Miz and McMahon. The following SmackDown they lost a number one contenders match to The Usos. The Bar defeated Kofi Kingston at Fastlane in an impromptu 2-on-1 handicap match. The team then lost to New Day, DIY, The Hardy Boyz, and Aleister Black and Ricochet over the next two months on SmackDown.
  At WrestleMania 35 in April, The Bar lost to The Usos in a match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. At the Raw following WrestleMania, The Bar interrupted a Winner Takes All match between Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston, resulting in a tag team match. This resulted in "bullshit", "AEW" and "CM Punk" chants from the crowd, voicing their displeasure in the match they were given instead. The next day on SmackDown, Sheamus suffered a concussion in a six-man tag team match with New Day. Cesaro was drafted to Raw a few weeks later and started competing as a solo performer. Cesaro stated in a later promo that The Bar had broken up due to Sheamus having to take the time off. Sheamus returned to action in 2020 and resumed his career as a singles wrestler.
caption: The Bar as SmackDown Tag Team Champions in January 2019
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