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Elektra Lopez makes her NXT debut; Tag Team brawl leads to a number one contender match for next week

Franky Monet was poised to have the encore of her world premiere tonight. Prior to her heading to the ring, a new face graced our screens as Elektra Lopez made her NXT debut. Lopez, formerly known as Karissa Rivera, was signed by WWE earlier in the year and had her class originally announced in February. … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 03.24.21

There has been a change to the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship match set for tonight’s show. Jessi Kamea is out with an injury according to an official report by WWE. Therefore, Aliyah and Robert Stone have looked to a former member of The Robert Stone Brand to help – Mercedes Martinez. Aliyah and Martinez … Read more

The Robert Stone Brand gets a crack at the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles next week

Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon came out of last week as the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions and now the whole roster has their eyes on them. First to step up to the champs are none other than The Robert Stone Brand. Aliyah and Jessi Kamea interrupted the champions who were backstage soaking in their … Read more

Kai & Gonzalez advance in the Dusty Classic; Triple Threat being teased for the NXT Women’s Title

Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez are the newest team to advance in their first-round match-up for the first-eve Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They defeated the team of Aliyah & Jessi Kamea. Kai & Gonzalez will meet Kayden Carter and Kacy Catanzaro in the semi-finals. Despite Aliyah & Kamea having a nice showing for the … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 01.27.21

This week’s NXT goes full speed ahead for the women in the first-ever Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Last week we saw two teams advance from their first-round match-ups. Kayden Carter and Kacy Catanzaro defeated Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm and on the other side of the brackets, Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell took the … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT 08.26.20

In a tag team match that brewed as a result of TakeOver this past Saturday, the unlikely team of Rhea Ripley & Io Shirai took on Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai. Ripley would help Shirai from a post-match beating over the weekend that led to a face-to-face stare down between her and Gonzalez. Before we … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT 08.12.20

NXT’s TakeOver: XXX is one week from this coming Saturday and perhaps the most important match of Dakota Kai’s career will take place. She will take on Io Shirai for the NXT Women’s Title. Although there was no progression between the two directly on this week’s show, both Shirai and Kai did have vignettes air. … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 08.05.20

With SummerSlam approaching quickly, this also means the next TakeOver event is right around the corner as well. This will be the 30th TakeOver event so any women’s matches should go above and beyond. We know that Io Shirai is the NXT Women’s Champion. She has held the title since the TakeOver: In Your House … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 07.22.20

It was announced earlier today on WWE’s The Bump that tonight’s advertised match for NXT will be Shotzi Blackheart vs. Aliyah. Robert Stone announced this as he and Aliyah have had recent run-ins with Blackheart. After Blackheart ran over Stone’s ankle with her tank two weeks ago, he and Aliyah have been looking for revenge. … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT – The Great American Bash 07.01.20

The Great American Bash came back for the first time since a special on SmackDown in 2012. This time it was for the black and gold brand. The show will be over the course of two weeks, and for the first night, the women dominated as they had three out of the five matches. The … Read more

NXT: The Great American Bash -Discussion Post 07.01.20

In a huge event for the NXT brand, The Great American Bash is back and it is highly favoring the women’s locker room. There will be three matches tonight for the women out of the five in total that are currently scheduled. This is will be a two-night event that will continue next week. The … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT 06.17.20

Last week it was announced that the Women’s Tag Team Championship would be defended on this week’s NXT. We knew at that time the challengers were Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart, but we had to wait until after Backlash to see if Sasha Banks and Bayley would still be champions. They were able to successfully … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT 05.06.20

NXT features many women appearances this week. The much-awaited match between Charlotte Flair and Io Shirai for the NXT Women’s Championship took place. We will get to that in a moment. The first woman we saw was Candice LeRae as she would come down to ringside during Johnny Gargano’s match against Dominik Dijakovic. She did … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT 04.15.20

After a long day of uncertainty within WWE due to the release of talent, we still had our weekly NXT show to view. Heading into the night the only thing that was for certain was that we would hear from at least Charlotte Flair. Flair defeated Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania and is now ready for … Read more

Dakota Kai advances to the No.1 contender’s Ladder Match

Dakota Kai has obtained the sixth and final spot for the Ladder Match to determine the next number one contender for the NXT Women’s Championship. She won the second chance Gauntlet Match on tonight’s episode that featured all the women who previously lost their qualifying matches. Kai was the final entrant and in the end … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 04.01.20

NXT TakeOver

This week’s NXT as huge implications as we find out who will be the last woman to enter the number one contender’s Ladder Match. This match was originally slated for TakeOver: Tampa Bay but of course that event was canceled. There will be six women in this match. The women already in it are: Chelsea … Read more

Io Shirai and Candice LeRae qualify for the number one contender Ladder Match

Io Shirai made her surprising return tonight and inserted herself into a qualifying match intended for Xia Li. Li was set to face Aliyah in a one-on-one match to determine the fourth out of six competitors for the future number one contender Ladder Match. Aliyah already out in the ring, Li wasn’t making her entrance. … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 03.25.20

NXT TakeOver

It was announced yesterday that the number one contender Ladder Match is still on the schedule. The match was supposed to take place at TakeOver: Tampa Bay and was set to have six women involved. Three participants were already qualified when the show was canceled. Tonight we will get two more qualifying matches. First is … Read more

Two qualifying matches to take place this week for future Ladder Match

As mentioned earlier today, it was announced that the NXT TakeOver: Tampa Bay matches would still take place on future episodes of NXT. This will start on April 1. Before the event had to be canceled, there were three women who qualified for the number one contender Ladder Match. Those ladies are Chelsea Green, Mia … Read more

Injury update for Mia Yim and Aliyah from this week’s NXT

Both Mia Yim and Aliyah received injuries this week from their respective matches on NXT. Thanks to the NXT Injury Report that you can view above we have a follow-up.

Aliyah took on Xia Li in a losing effort after a roundhouse kick by Li has now taken Aliyah out of action. The kick by Li sent Aliyah to the Emergency Room for a CAT Scan. It has been determined that she has sustained a nasal fracture and a possible orbital floor fracture. She is not medically cleared.

Yim, on the other hand, is said to be day-by-day basis as far as if she can compete. This is likely due to the fact that she is scheduled for WarGames on Nov. 23 and they don’t want to say just yet if she will not be able to compete.

Much like Aliyah, Yim has also sustained a nasal fracture and also possible rib fractures. The nasal fracture came from the ladder to the face spot as a result of the kick from Io Shirai from the top rope. Even after this clearly caused an injury to Yim she kept going to finish the match. Due to NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray pushing Yim off a ladder which caused her to come crashing down through a ladder on the outside is the concern for the fractured ribs.

What are your thoughts of this injury update? Do you think Yim will be good for WarGames or will she be replaced? Leave your thoughts in the comment section.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for further updates on Mia Yim’s status and all information revolving around NXT TakeOver: WarGames.

Winners & Losers: NXT 11/13/19

The road to WarGames and Survivor Series is getting shorter and shorter as we are less than two weeks away from both. NXT this week was full of the women’s roster which is something that RAW and SmackDown seem to have troubles in doing.

Throughout the night, members of Team Ripley for WarGames was attacked. First, we saw team captain Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox who were laid out by an unknown attacker. Later on, in the night their fellow team member Candice LeRae suffers the same attack. *Cue Scarlett Bordeaux who made an appearance by helping LeRae after the attack*

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What was interesting though is Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke was also attacked at the same time LeRae was. These two ladies are not part of the WarGames match but this could mean they will be on the NXT women’s team for the traditional Survivor Series match. There have been no names announced for the Survivor Series match just yet.

There were two matches this week. The first was Xia Li who took on Aliyah in a short match. The second was the highly advertised Women’s Ladder Match which had Io Shirai vs. Mia Yim in the main event. This match being the main event was the exact right choice. The match definitely was slow to start, but by the end it had me invested. As a result of Io Shirai winning this slugfest of a match, we now know that Kay Lee Ray is the fourth and final member of Team Baszler for WarGames.

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Let’s get right into the Winners & Losers of this week’s NXT:

WINNERS: Mia Yim & Io Shirai

Say what you want of Mia Yim but she delivered and beyond by the end of this main event. Between the hit to the face with the ladder and the ending of going through the ladder on the outside shows that she isn’t afraid to take bumps and get hurt. She may not have won the match, but she certainly made an impact.

Shirai did a great job throughout this main event ladder match at selling especially with her hand after it was targeted by Yim with the ladder. She won the advantage for her team for WarGames which is a huge positive heading into this type of match.

WINNER: Kay Lee Ray

An obvious winner of the night is NXT UK Champion Kay Lee Ray. With having WWE just recently in Manchester it was odd that she wasn’t involved in any sort of way. Now it makes more sense as to why she wasn’t used like her male UK roster counterparts were.

This is a good way to get exposure to not only the NXT UK brand but for Ray herself. This definitely isn’t a brand everyone watches, but seeing her in a high profile match such as the first-ever women’s WarGames match is a big win for her.

WINNER: Bayley

Bayley continues to be present during this feud and build up for Survivor Series for her match against Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler. Many people wrote Bayley off from day one for many reasons, but they are still giving her moments to show she is a force. Her taking out Shayna and possibly being the one that took out Team Baszler along with Shafir and Duke was good to see and what was needed.

LOSER: Aliyah

Sigh. Unfortunately, Aliyah has wound up on the loser end this week. Not only was the match super short, but she was the victim of a busted nose.

Aliyah deserves better, but unfortunately due to the nature of what went down on this week’s show, there isn’t much hope of her to be pushed in any sort of fashion. In fact, if they allowed her and Vanessa to actually be the tag team they are then maybe it would paint Aliyah in a different light.

LOSERS: Rhea Ripley’s Team for WarGames

Ripley and her team were taken out this week besides Mia Yim. Not only was she taken out, but so was Tegan Nox and Candice LeRae. By the end of the show, it was not 100% clear of who took them out, but according to a tweet by Bayley, it is assumed to be her. If it was just Bayley she took out five women plus Shayna and well there ya go.

What were your thoughts on this week’s NXT? Are you enjoying what is being delivered on the black and gold brand? Are you looking forward to WarGames and Survivor Series in less than two weeks? Who were your Winners & Losers this week?

Leave your thoughts in the comment section below. Check back in with Diva Dirt for Live Coverage of Friday Night SmackDown this Friday at 8 p.m. ET.

Bayley & Sasha Banks take over NXT live event

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Last month, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bayley and Sasha Banks promised that they would defend their titles against competitors from all brands. That includes Raw, SmackDown and even NXT. As women of their word, the Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection made a surprise appearance at yesterday’s NXT Live house show in Largo, Florida. WWE posted … Read more

Five potential WWE women’s tag teams

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After months of rumors, speculation, and teases, WWE finally announced the Women’s Tag Team Championship is coming in 2019. It will mark their return since WWE retired the original belts in 1989. The move has seemingly been in the works since they released an article supporting it back in 2012. This couldn’t have come at … Read more