The NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn are getting comfortable on their new home of SmackDown. In their in-ring debut on the May 19 episode, the Unholy Union defeated NXT team Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon. This match the return of Leon who has been out since September with an ACL … Read more
All of the women’s champions in NXT have officially been drafted to the main roster.
The NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell has been drafted to Raw while the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn are heading to SmackDown. The NXT roster were all gathered together in the PC waiting for the news.
After the news was announced, Fyre and Dawn were interviewed about how they felt. Katana Chance and Kayden Carter would then approach them and challenge them for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles. They will have a match next Tuesday.
The draft changes go in effect on May 8 after Backlash.
The current NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions would love to have their tag team turn into a stable. Shawn Michaels approached them about the possibility of being put together in a team, which was in the works a while before it actually happened. While speaking recently in an interview with Fightful, the champs would love … Read more
Cora Jade returned last week and attacked the new NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell. This week, Jade took to the ring to air out her grievances and call out many members of the NXT women’s locker room. One of the women that Jade mentioned was Lyra Valkyria who came out to confront her. This led … Read more
Isla Dawn has finally won gold in her WWE career as she and Alba Fyre are the new NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. They defeated the team of Kiana James and Fallon Henley whose inner turmoil ended their reign at 56 days. James and Henley came into the match with a big disadvantage as they … Read more
The field is now set at six, as Indi Hartwell and the current NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez are added to the ladder bout at Stand & Deliver. The reason for this match even taking place is due to the uncertainty on if Perez was medically cleared to compete. After she retained against Meiko Satomura … Read more
For the first NXT episode of the new year, Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre will take their rivalry to the next level. At NXT Deadline, Dawn picked up a victory against Fyre that now has Fyre seeking revenge. On the Dec. 27 episode of NXT, in two vignettes it showed that we will be getting … Read more
The pre-taped Dec. 20 episode of NXT had a lot of attention from the women’s division. There were three matches and a fourth that never got underway.
First, we had Nikita Lyons take on Zoey Stark as their feud continues to rage. Stark tried to attack Lyons from behind to start the match but unlike the last sneak attack, Lyons was ready and caught her with a Buzzsaw Kick. The match was pretty back and forth leading up to the ending which saw Stark stealing a victory. Stark reversed an O’Connor roll with a roll of her own while holding the ropes to get the pin.
Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviewed Cora Jade. Jade gave an unhappy response to Roxanne Perez becoming the new NXT Women’s Champion. Wendy Choo attacked her starting a brawl that leads to a match for the next week.
In another segment, Fallon Henley was at her family bar along with Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen. Kiana James would enter with Giovanna declaring that she was purchasing the bar. Jensen is the one who alerted James of the bar being in financial trouble. Henley didn’t take kindly to James’ advances and challenged her next week to a match.
The second women’s match was for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships and that had Katana Chance & Kayden Carter defend their gold against Ivy Nile & Tatum Paxley as well as Toxic Attraction in a Triple Threat.
The two teams that were involved in the fall were Nile & Paxley along with the champs Carter & Chance. After Paxley pushed Chance off the top rope, Nile locked in a dragon sleeper on Carter. Carter pushed off the ropes and reversed it getting the pin and the victory. This means that Carter and Chance’s reign continues as they are quickly approaching 150 days as champions.
The third women’s match was Indi Hartwell taking on Elektra Lopez. Weeks back Lopez made her return and attacked but Hartwell and Sol Ruca. Since then, Hartwell has had a small fight with Roxanne Perez but now wanted to seek revenge on Lopez. Unfortunately for Hartwell, Lopez had more tricks up her sleeve. By hiding brass knuckles in the top turnbuckle she used them to punch Hartwell in the head to pick up the pin and the victory.
Lastly for matches, there was supposed to be Alba Fyre taking Sol Ruca but it didn’t take place. Prior to their match, Isla Dawn blinded Fyre with mist which had her seek out medical attention. Fyre was cleared to compete, but as she headed to the ring Dawn attacked her and threw her into the ring steps causing the match to not take place.
Also on the Dec. 20 episode of NXT we heard from the new NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez. In a sit-down interview, she spoke about becoming the new champion and what this has meant to hear as working towards this moment for the past five years.
Two women’s matches kicked off NXT Deadline on December 10.
The last NXT premium live event of the year opened up with the first-ever women’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Roxanne Perez and Zoey Stark were the first two entrants until Kiana James joined. Stark was the first to score a fall when she pinned Perez to send her to the penalty box for 90 seconds. Cora Jade came in next and scored a fall over James before Indi Hartwell entered last and sent Perez back to the penalty box. Perez finally scored a fall over Stark to give everyone but James one point.
Perez pulled ahead when she hit Pop Rox on her rival Jade. After 90 seconds, Jade returned to the bout but struggled to score another fall before the clock hit 25 minutes. Perez was declared the winner and has now earned a future NXT Women’s Championship match. That match will take place on Jan. 10 at New Year’s Evil.
Right after the Iron Survivor Challenge, Alba Fyre had her chance at revenge against Isla Dawn. The action was hard-fought in and out the ring, but it wasn’t without Dawn’s mysterious antics. The original referee was taken out after black goo began falling out of his mouth. After a new ref came in, Dawn sent Fyre into an exposed turnbuckle and planted her for the three-count.
The tag division received some minor developments during a pair of backstage segments. In one interview, Katana Chance and Kayden Carter interrupted Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley to give them props and tease a future match. Later on, Nile and Paxley attacked Toxic Attraction when they confronted the champs, which led to all three teams brawling until they were pulled apart. It is now confirmed that Nile and Paxley will face Toxic Attraction on Tuesday’s new episode.
Looking ahead, NXT’s next televised special will be New Year’s Evil on January 10, while the next PLE will be Vengeance Day on February 4 in Charlotte, NC.
What did you think of Deadline? Do you think Roxanne Perez will dethrone Mandy Rose? Sound off with your thoughts below!
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Indi Hartwell has taken the final spot in this Saturday’s Iron Survivor Challenge. The first-time match will take place at NXT Deadline on Dec. 10 and will have five women fighting it out to become the number one contender for the NXT Women’s Championship. Hartwell joins Cora Jade, Roxanne Perez, Zoey Stark, and Kiana James. … Read more
Isla Dawn has made her presence felt as she made her NXT debut on the Nov. 15 episode. In the main event, Mandy Rose retained her NXT Women’s Championship against Alba Fyre in a Last Woman Standing Match. Fyre took out the other members of Toxic Attraction in the prior weeks so they were no … Read more
Isla Dawn from the former NXT UK brand was in action on the Oct. 29 NXT Live event in Winter Haven, Fla. This would be her first match since the NXT UK brand stopped production in September. Her opponent at the live show was Alba Fyre. Earlier this year, Dawn had two chances at the … Read more
When Blair Davenport appeared on NXT 2.0, she quickly made the same claims she has made on NXT UK: it is her birthright to be a champion. In recent weeks on the UK brand, we’ve seen several women make their claims to be next in line for a title shot. Davenport stood atop that list … Read more
*Please note this article contains spoilers – despite it already being revealed on NXT 2.0* The controversy surrounding the NXT UK Women’s Championship and its No.1 Contender will come to an end next week as a four-way elimination match was announced this week by Sid Scala. Blair Davenport, Isla Dawn, Amale, and Eliza Alexander have … Read more
Welcome to another edition of NXT UK! This week, NXT 2.0 superstar Fallon Henley gets her second match on the UK Brand after a bizarre run-in with the even more bizarre Isla Dawn. In a pre-match interview, Henley reflects on her big win against Emilia McKenzie, who we will see later, giving props to her … Read more
In a match that has been anticipated for weeks, the NXT UK Women’s Championship was on the line on this week’s episode. Isla Dawn has schemed her way into a rematch after stealing the title but did her gambit pay off? Before we get to that, we see NXT 2.0 star Lash Legend appear in … Read more
This week on NXT UK saw Xia Brookside deliver, somewhat, on her promise from last week that someone was getting ‘battered’. Running to the ring with Eliza Alexander by her side, NXT UK’s ‘brat’ Xia did her best to ignore the boos sent her way and subsequent cheers for her opponent: Angel Hayze. The two … Read more
As promised last week, Meiko Satomura came to the ring to call out Isla Dawn. Our Champion without the championship belt wasted little time demanding that Isla join her in the ring and return the title to its rightful home. Dawn answered the call, sauntering to the ring with the championship cradled in her hands … Read more
Last week, we witnessed the debut of Eliza Alexander who, by assaulting the French Hope Amale, aligned herself with Xia Brookside. Eliza makes it clear on this week’s episode of NXT UK that she is just as much in it for herself as she is Xia, warning that whoever her opponent is next week is … Read more
Last week we saw a shift in the NXT UK Women’s Division when Isla Dawn challenged Meiko Satomura for the championship. Meiko went on to retain the title but it was Isla Dawn who took the title home in a shocking twist.
NXT UK’s Wicked Witch admits that the bond between title and champion is too strong for her to break and so she proposes a deal of sorts. Isla has something Meiko wants and Meiko has something Isla needs. The dark promo ends with Isla delivering a proposition to the champion: she must do whatever Isla says.
A rematch is most certainly on the cards but how many games will Isla Dawn play before this happens?
Another consequence from last week was felt as Amale agreed to give Xia Brookside her requested rematch. The French Hope has been on an impressive series of wins, commentary even suggested she might be looking to face Meiko once again.
Brookside was caught by cameras last week talking to her father telling him it was time for their plan. It appears that Brookside may have just found some new hope against The French Hope!
The spoiled brat of NXT UK comes out, disturbed by the chants of the crowd as she attempts to crush Amale. As the battle falls to the outside, Xia is rolled back in the ring while Amale turns to hype the crowd and is suddenly struck by a blonde woman on the other side of the barricade. With the ref distracted by Xia, Amale is left to the mercy of the attack and is defenceless to Xia as she capitalises with Broken Wings and defeats her foe.
After @XiaBrooksideWWE is questioned on how she earned her win, Eliza Alexander steps in to answer for her apparent new ally. #NXTUKpic.twitter.com/L31HfKtQZP
Commentary are unclear who this woman is as she joins Xia Brookside in the ring but a Digital Exclusive does confirm that this is Eliza Alexander, formerly known as Lizzy Evo, who has been brought in by Xia’s father to help his daughter. Eliza quickly shuts down the questioning from the interviewer and leaves with Xia.
What do you make of this new pairing in NXT UK? What do you think Isla might have in store for Meiko next? Let us know in the comments!
Ever since she made her intentions clear four weeks ago, Isla Dawn has vowed that the NXT UK Women’s Championship would find a new home when she gets her chance at Meiko Satomura. On this week’s edition of NXT UK, we finally got to see the two square off and the title did not leave … Read more
Isla Dawn is ready to face the Final Boss next week as she will be challenging Meiko Satomura for the NXT UK Women’s Championship. This version of Isla Dawn is not the same one Satomura faced one year ago when she stepped into WWE. In fact, Dawn was her first competitor and Satomura recognizes the difference.
In the most recent promo below Dawn says the Isla that Meiko faced one year ago is gone and that she will be the one to cause the fall of the champion. Will Isla be the one to dethrone the Final Boss? If not, who?
Dawn has strung together a few victories over the past number of months. Most importantly defeating Emilia McKenzie, who is Satomura’s protege. Satomura has been champion since June when she dethroned the longest reigning champion, Kay Lee Ray.
She has gone on to defend successfully against Amale, Stevie Turner, Jinny, Xia Brookside, and most recently Blair Davenport. Davenport was likely poised to be the one to take the gold but a recent injury during their last title match has stalled that possibility.
On this week’s NXT UK, there were two women’s matches with the following results –
Two weeks ago, Isla Dawn made her intentions clear when she interrupted Meiko Satomura’s celebration and laid out the NXT UK Women’s Champion. On this week’s broadcast, it was confirmed that Isla Dawn will receive her opportunity at the gold in two weeks on March 24. Also appearing on this week’s show was the 4-Dimensional … Read more
The NXT UK Women’s Championship has seen four total champions since the title’s inception in 2018. Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm, Kay Lee Ray, and now Meiko Satomura. These four women have spearheaded the often overlooked division based in the UK. The current champion, Meiko Satomura, has held the title since June 2021 and has defended … Read more
It looks like Isla Dawn wants to be the next to have a crack at the NXT UK Women’s Champion Meiko Satomura. Satomura became NXT UK Women’s Champion after ending the long reign of Kay Lee Ray back in June. Reaching nearly 260-days as champion, Satomura was provided a celebration in the middle of the … Read more
Blair Davenport is coming off of a loss from her first challenge for the NXT UK Women’s Championship. She faced the champion, Meiko Satomura, last week and despite the losing effort, she says in a new promo that she isn’t finished just yet. In the promo, she says Davenports only care about Davenports and that … Read more
