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Team Shotzi earns the advantage at WarGames as Io Shirai rounds out the team

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The main event of this week’s NXT saw Shotzi Blackheart and Raquel Gonzalez tear down in a ladder match. The goal? To earn the advantage for the WarGames match this Sunday.

Much like the men last week, the team members of each team were perched up top and isolated from ringside. Indi Hartwell pledged her allegiance to Team Candice and delivered a ladder where they could make their way down to help Gonzalez. Rhea Ripley and Ember Moon followed to help Blackheart. Hartwell continued to try and help as she set up a ladder in the middle of the ring but that just opened up the door for NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai.

Shirai made the leap to stop Gonzalez from making it to the top of the ladder to grab the briefcase. This led to the NXT Women’s Champion executing a moonsault that took out the entire WarGames field.

This opened the door for Blackheart to climb the ladder and secure the victory. Without saying a word, Shirai rounded out Team Shotzi as expected.

TakeOver: WarGames is this Sunday, Dec. 6, and will be Team Candice (Candice LeRae, Raquel Gonzalez, Dakota Kai, and Toni Storm) vs. Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley, and Io Shirai). This will be the second year in a row that Kai, Ripley, Shirai, and LeRae have partaken in a WarGames match.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for any news and results from the upcoming event.

Ladder match announced for WarGames advantage

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This Wednesday there will be a ladder match where the winner will receive an advantage at the upcoming TakeOver: WarGames match. Team leader Shotzi Blackheart will face Team Candice’s, Raquel Gonzalez. Last year this very same match took place between Mia Yim and Io Shirai to gain an advantage for the first-ever women’s WarGames match. … Read more

Aja Smith & Leon Ruff announce their engagement

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NXT Referee Aja Smith has announced her engagement to NXT North American Champion Leon Ruff. Smith, who is formerly known as Aja Perera on the indie scene, signed with WWE earlier this year. Her signing in February has made her the first-ever full-time African American female referee for the company. Her in-ring career shouldn’t go … Read more

NXT WarGames date and promo revealed highlighting Shotzi Blackheart

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NXT TakeOver: WarGames has been announced and will be taking place on Dec. 6. The promo shown hyping up the event focuses around the women and has Shotzi Blackheart wanting revenge against Candice LeRae. Blackheart warns LeRae that she better get herself an army. Last year’s WarGames was a launching pad for storylines that preceded … Read more

Brandi Lauren reportedly receives new name for NXT

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Brandi Lauren, who recently signed with WWE in late August, reportedly has a new ring name. According to PWInsider who originally reported her signing is stating her new name will now be Skyler Storey. Lauren has been seen during some moments recently in WWE programming including the now-defunct RAW Underground. She was a participant in … Read more

Mercedes Martinez celebrates 20 years in the wrestling industry

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Mercedes Martinez is hitting a huge milestone in her career. Nov. 12 marks 20 years since the Latina Sensation started in the wrestling business. She celebrates this accomplishment by taking a trip down memory lane on her Twitter. She will also be celebrating her 40th birthday on Nov. 17. She celebrates her 20 years by … Read more

Rhea Ripley battles Io Shirai next week for the NXT Women’s Title

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Rhea Ripley sets her sights on becoming a two-time NXT Women’s Champion and her goal may very well come next week. It was announced on tonight’s NXT that Ripley will challenge the NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai next week with the title on the line. These two women certainly have a history with each other … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 11.11.20

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NXT TakeOver

Two matches are set up for this week’s NXT. Both of them have been developed from last week. First, there is Xia Li who has asked to face Raquel Gonzalez. She received another letter from her family last week in a backstage interview. She then asked to face Gonzalez from General Manager William Regal because … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 11.04.20

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NXT TakeOver

This week’s NXT has two solid matchups that will be worth seeing. The first that was announced last week will see Ember Moon face Dakota Kai. The two have developed a little rivalry since Moon’s return to the black and gold brand. The second match on the schedule was awarded to Shotzi Blackheart due to … Read more

Shotzi Blackheart challenges Toni Storm on this week’s NXT

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After a successful night as host from last week’s Halloween Havoc, Shotzi Blackheart finds herself right back in the ring this week. She was given the choice of who to face by General Manager William Regal. This time, she has chosen to face the former NXT UK Women’s Champion, Toni Storm. Blackheart says she wants … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT Halloween Havoc 10.28.20

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Halloween Havoc returned tonight for the first time in twenty years. It returned in a big way and featured two women’s matches, one of them in the main event. Rhea Ripley defeats Raquel Gonzalez The first match was everything one would hope to see between a battle of two dominant powerhouses. Rhea Ripley and Raquel … Read more

NXT Halloween Havoc: Discussion Post 10.28.20

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Trick or Treat lovelies! Halloween Havoc is back for the first time since the year 2000 and there are two women’s matches on the card. It will also be hosted by Shotzi Blackheart. First, we have a monster of a match as Rhea Ripley and Raquel Gonzalez finally get that one-on-one match everyone has been … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 10.21.20

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NXT TakeOver

Tonight’s NXT is the last episode before Halloween Havoc that takes place next week. That event is bringing back a theme from WCW which is the third theme brought back this year. The other two were In Your House and The Great American Bash. So far tonight there is nothing being advertised for the women, … Read more

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