The fall-out from last week’s TakeOver event, Stand & Deliver, is tonight on NXT’s new night. NXT will be on Tuesday nights from here on out and we have a new champion for the brand. Raquel Gonzalez defeated Io Shirai in the main event of Night One from TakeOver. Shirai held the title for over … Read more
NXT’s first-ever two-day event, TakeOver: Stand & Deliver took place over the past couple of night and offered up a division changing main event and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships on the line. The CWC looked great and the extra fans in attendance made a welcome return to the wrestling landscape. But enough about … Read more
Raquel Gonzalez is your new NXT Women’s Champion as she defeated Io Shirai in the main event of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver. This win ended the 300+ day reign of Shirai who held the title since last June. There was a lot of hype heading into this match with Shirai picking Gonzalez personally to be … Read more
NXT’s first-ever two-night event is here. Night one of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver takes place tonight and features the highly anticipated women’s title match in the main event. Io Shirai defends the NXT Women’s Championship against her toughest opponent to date, Raquel Gonzalez. The match is months in the making. Ever since Gonzalez pinned … Read more
NXT’s historic two-day event, NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver is here, and it offers up two exciting and intriguing women’s matches. The first is Io Shirai defending her NXT Women’s Championship against her most dominant opponent to date, Raquel Gonzalez. The two have been at each other’s throats for weeks and got into a brilliant … Read more
We are now less than three days away from the first night of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver and at that event Raquel Gonzalez will challenge Io Shirai for the NXT Women’s Title in the main event. Leading up to this match, Shirai has done everything she can to take out Gonzalez. From their brawls … Read more
The last show before TakeOver: Stand & Deliver hit on all levels and did not disappoint. The women’s roster continues to be well represented throughout the show. If only RAW and SmackDown could do this very same thing. Hopefully, a few women will move to those rosters after WrestleMania. The amount of talent they have … Read more
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
It’s been made official, Raquel Gonzalez has signed the contract and Io Shirai has her opponent for the next TakeOver event. Stand & Deliver will lead us into WrestleMania as it will take place over the course of two nights April 7 & April 8. This NXT Women’s Championship match will take place on night one.
On the March 10 episode of NXT, Shirai approached Gonzalez after her loss alongside Dakota Kai as the inaugural NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. After defeating Toni Storm that same night, Shirai was looking for her next opponent. She ran right into Gonzalez and confronted her.
This match has been an idea for quite some time. Gonzalez pinned Shirai in the last WarGames match that took place in December. Since then, Gonzalez took out Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match.
Could this be Raquel’s time to lead the division? Do you think we will have a new NXT Women’s Champion just around the corner? Discuss in the comments!
This week’s NXT certainly had a rollercoaster of emotions. Io Shirai retained her NXT Women’s Title, we had the introduction of the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles with two different champions, and Xia Li received some retaliation. The show started out with General Manager William Regal making the announcement that he promised from last week. … Read more
As quickly as Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez became the first NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions they are now just as quickly the former champions. From being presented with the tag titles (as a result of their Dusty Cup win) and marked as the inaugural champions by William Regal earlier in the night, they also … Read more
This week’s NXT started with General Manager William Regal in the center of the ring making two huge announcements. First, he announced a two-night TakeOver event to take place prior to WrestleMania. TakeOver: Stand & Deliver will take place on April 7 and April 8. Next came the reveal and introduction of the NXT Women’s … Read more
The storytelling was there, the action was there, but when it came to Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez getting the win it wasn’t in their favor. What caused them to lose however was controversial in nature. Kai went to sleep as she was locked into Baszler’s Kirifuda Clutch which led to the call for the match. However, Kai wasn’t the legal competitor.
Prior to this decision, Gonzalez tagged into the match. She then took out Jax who was on the ring apron but at the same time knocked the official (Aja Smith) down. With the referee unresponsive, the two went launching over the announce table leaving Baszler and Kai in the ring.
With the referee still down, Adam Pearce shows up with a RAW referee in tow to finish the match. That official, Shawn Bennett, then calls for the bell with Kai locked in the Kirifuda Clutch.
I am grateful to have had you at the ready when @RefAjaWWE unfortunately went down. Don’t listen to the vitriol, Shawn. You called the action in front of you and none of us can ask any more than that. Total respect to the four incredible women in that battle! #WWENXThttps://t.co/wdA0mEq90z
Because of this controversy, General Manager William Regal and Pearce were seen arguing later on in a conference room. Afterward, Regal made a big statement that he will be making an announcement on next week’s NXT that will change the landscape of the brand. What could this mean?!?!
What did you think of this match result? Do you think Gonzalez & Kai will end up getting a rematch? What is Regal going to announce? Leave your thoughts below.
Tonight’s NXT is a big night for two women in particular. Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez will face Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax for the Women’s Tag Team Championships. For Gonzalez, this will also be her first televised title opportunity in NXT. As for Kai, this is a full-circle moment. She debuted facing Jax and … Read more
In just two weeks, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez will be cashing in their championship opportunity for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. Kai & Gonzalez made history as the winners of the first-ever Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic this past Sunday. With this came a trophy and a title shot. Women’s Tag Team Champions … Read more
The fallout from TakeOver: Vengeance Day is upon us and there certainly will be a lot to unpack on tonight’s NXT. We witnessed the very first winners of a women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and they have a future tag team title opportunity in their back pockets. Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez earned that … Read more
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day was a brilliant show that offered up thrilling action from start to finish. The night began with a bang as Dakota Kai, Raquela Gonzalez, Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon put on a fantastic tag team match. Io Shirai, Mercedes Martinez and Toni Storm battled it out in a superb Triple Threat … Read more
Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai made history at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day by winning the first-ever NXT women’s Dusty Classic. The duo defeated Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart in a thrilling and fantastic match. The frantic, back-and-forth action began instantly with Moon and Blackheart working well to keep Gonzalez out of the match. Kai was … Read more
The first NXT TakeOver of the year is here and Vengeance Day offers up two spectacular women’s matches. The first match is the final of the women’s Dusty Classic Tag Team Tournament. Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez take on the post-apocalyptic duo of Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart. The two teams will battle it out … Read more
Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez went into tonight’s NXT as the odds on favorite to win their semi-final match against Team Ninja (Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter). Kai & Gonzalez did just that as they defeated Team Ninja to advance into the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Team Ninja’s grit and determination is never questioned, however, it was not quite enough. Highlights of the match include Carter showing off her great athleticism until she was taken out by Gonzalez who hurled her into the announce table.
Catanzaro then showed her fearlessness as she jumped from the ring apron to Gonzalez’s back and then used it as a ramp to climb up a ringside light structure. She then hit a crossbody off the structure to take down her opponents. At the end of the match, Gonzalez decimated Catanzaro with a vicious power slam that allowed her to get the pin and the win.
Kai and Gonzalez will face the winners of the other semi-final match between Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae and Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon. The final match will take place at the next TakeOver event named Vengeance Day on Feb. 14.
The upcoming TakeOver event will host a huge Triple Threat Match for the NXT Women’s Title. One of the competitors in that match, Toni Storm, took on Jessi Kamea on this week’s show.
Kamea was joined by the Robert Stone Brand so it seems as though she has transitioned into it after their loss in the Dusty Classic. The match didn’t last long and Storm won by disqualification as her upcoming opponents Mercedes Martinez and NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai interfered. Shirai took her time as her challengers took each other apart before delivering a moonsault. The segment ended with her holding up her title to exert her dominance.
NXT also aired an origin story of Tian Sha. This is the warrior that leads and trained Xia Li and Boa. In this it explains she is thousands of years old. You can view it below.
What did you think of this week’s NXT results? Leave your thoughts below!!
Now that we have an official name for the next NXT TakeOver event on Feb. 14 the build can continue to heat up for the event. Vengeance Day is upon us and there will be a huge match between NXT Women’s Champion Io Shiari, Mercedes Martinez, and Toni Storm. What further build up will we … Read more
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
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
The first NXT of the year is here and it is named New Year’s Evil. There is one women’s match scheduled for tonight and it should be a good one. Raquel Gonzalez takes on her rival Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match. These two last went at it one-on-one at Halloween Havoc in … Read more
A huge match was revealed tonight for the first show of 2021 for NXT: New Year’s Evil. We will see the two powerhouses, Rhea Ripley and Raquel Gonzalez, go at it in a Last Woman Standing Match. These two women have had a rivalry that has spanned over the past few months. The thing about … Read more
Raquel Gonzalez has been tearing through NXT as of late. In a recent interview, NXT’s biggest rising star spoke about the match she believes put her on the map. Speaking about the match with Wrestling Inc, Gonzalez said; “It opened a lot of people’s eyes. It opened their eyes to something I already knew, which … Read more
