Prior to SummerSlam, Erick Rowan had attacked Roman Reigns backstage and lied about it. When Reigns found footage that showed Rowan as the culprit,[29] this caused Rowan and Daniel Bryan to split their tag team due to Rowan lying, and a match between Reigns and Rowan was scheduled for Clash of Champions.[30] Rowan then defeated Reigns in a No Disqualification match at Clash of Champions thanks to the returning Luke Harper, reforming their tag team.[3] A rematch between Rowan and Reigns was scheduled for October 4 as a lumberjack match.[31] Prior to the announcement on the September 24 episode of SmackDown, Reigns and Bryan challenged Rowan and Harper to a tag team match at Hell in a Cell which was made official.[32]