Today, 2K Games hosted their first 2K Showdown on Twitch to discuss the upcoming WWE2K23 videogame. During this show, several NXT Superstars were confirmed for the game, marking their first appearances in the series. First, Toxic Attraction would be confirmed as Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne’s renders were featured on screen. We also got our … Read more
Toxic Attraction appears to be no more as Jacy Jayne viciously attacked Gigi Dolin during the Feb. 7 NXT main event. The main event of this week’s NXT had Bayley return to the brand to host Ding Dong, Hello! The main point of the segment was to resolve the rift between Dolin and Jayne following … Read more
Akin to the Power 25 Rankings that WWE used to post, Diva-Dirt is announcing the debut of its own Power 15 rankings where we will evaluate all of the women’s wrestling across WWE, AEW, and Impact from the week and attempt our own ranking. (Note: We are including Royal Rumble in this week’s rankings) This … Read more
We have new tag team champions in the women’s division of NXT.
The unlikely duo of Kiana James and Fallon Henley are the new champions as they defeated Katana Chance and Kayden Carter at Vengeance Day. This is the first gold for both Henley and James in WWE. This ended the reign of the KC’s at 186 days. This was the longest reign of any women’s tag team across both NXT and the main roster.
The final moments of the match took place when Chance went up top for her 450 splash finisher on Henley. James knocked Chance off the turnbuckle to avoid the splash. This allowed Henley to get a pin on Carter while James held the legs down under the ropes as the referee didn’t see it.
The new champs celebrated in the ring with Brooks & Jensen.
The other women’s match of the event had Roxanne Perez retaining her NXT Women’s Title against both members of Toxic Attraction in a Triple Threat. It was originally a pure handicap bout as both Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne would dominate the champion. This came to a halt a third of the way through when Dolin and Jayne realized only one could become champ. Although at one point in the match, both Dolin and Jayne almost had Perez in a double pin after headbutting each other and falling on top of her.
Despite it being a true Triple Threat throughout most of the match, in the end, we witnessed Dolin and Jayne teaming again to try and take out Perez. They even brought out a table and set it up on the outside. It would end up being Dolin that went through the table from the ring post as Perez would then hit a Super Pop Rox from the top on Jayne to get the pin and the victory.
During the show, there was also a taped promo of Lyra Valkyria issuing a challenge for this week’s NXT and it appears that Valentina Feroz has accepted. The two face off this Tuesday.
NXT’s next premium live event takes place today and that is Vengeance Day. This will be big for the current NXT roster as it is the first time they have had a big event outside of the WWE Performance Center for quite some time and placed in front of a bigger audience. There are two … Read more
Shawn Michaels spoke to media outlets during the NXT Vengeance Day press conference on Feb. 2. Vengeance Day will be taking place this Saturday, Feb. 4. One topic that was brought up was Mandy Rose, who was shockingly released from the company at the end of 2022. She was released from the company due to … Read more
If you missed the Jan. 24 episode of NXT, then you missed a show filled with the women’s division. There were a total of four women’s matches along with various segments. The show closed out with the Championship Summit which had the NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez go face-to-face-to-face with Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin of Toxic Attraction. Her opponents for Vengeance Day on Feb. 4. But more on that later.
First, let’s go over the results of the matches –
Tiffany Stratton def. Indi Hartwell
Elektra Lopez def. Wendy Choo
Fallon Henley & Kiana James def. Ivy Nile & Tatum Paxley
Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c) def. Alba Fyre & Sol Ruca – NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles
To open this week’s show, Tiffany Stratton returns to the ring for the first time since August. Her return ruffled the feathers of Indi Hartwell when Stratton seemed smug about how she referred to the women’s locker room. The match would result in the favor of the returning Stratton as she delivered a moonsault from the top rope to pin Hartwell for the victory.
Next up, we have Elektra Lopez taking on Wendy Choo. This match was more so for the story of Lopez who has been talking to Valentina Feroz as of late. Feroz has had a string of bad luck over the past number of months. Her tag team partner Yulisa Leon was sidelined with an injury, and she lost her mentor of sorts in Sanga. Lopez told Feroz last week to watch her match this week to see how to be victorious.
Lopez is known for her cheating ways to win matches and this time would be no different. After Choo got a near fall from a cross body, Lopez pulled brass knuckles out of her gear to utilize. She delivered a right hand which knocked out Choo for the three count. Post-match, Feroz looked on, and even though she doesn’t agree with Lopez’s tactics maybe she is reconsidering.
Nikkita Lyons was attacked in the parking lot. There were several people around when she was attacked and it would be Hartwell and Lyra Valkyria who came and tried to help her. This was announced as Cora Jade was being interviewed in the locker room. Jade was upset that her interview was cut short just as she was explaining that Valkyria left her a black feather in her locker.
Stevie Turner was interviewed (sort of) by Mckenzie Mitchell. Turner stated that her debut will be next week and that she would eventually like to face Roxanne Perez. She has a feeling Perez won’t be champion past Vengeance Day.
Thea Hail had an award ceremony with the rest of Chase U.
Lastly, we had the Championship Summit which took place in the main event. Roxanne Perez will be defending her NXT Women’s Title for the first time at Vengeance Day in a Triple Threat against both members of Toxic Attraction. Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne won this opportunity by simultaneously eliminating each other at the end of a 20-woman battle royal.
Throughout the night, both Dolin and Jayne had separate interviews. Basically talking about their growing dislike for one another ever since they were named number one contenders. They took this to the summit and they didn’t hold back. They would trade insults with Perez eventually saying she loves to see both of them go at each other. The champ was afraid of a handicap situation at Vengeance Day but now thinks it may be a real Triple Threat.
Dolin and Jayne end up getting up from their seats and in each other’s faces until they then put on a smile. It was an act all along and Toxic Attraction is still standing together. They would target Perez and put her through the table. The show ended with a shot of Dolin and Jayne holding up the championship together.
NXT – Feb. 1
Cora Jade vs. Lyra Valkyria
Stevie Turner Debuts
Vengeance Day – Feb. 4
Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Gigi Dolin vs. Jacy Jayne – NXT Women’s Title
Kayden Carter & Katana Chance (c) vs. Fallon Henley & Kiana James – NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles
Check back in with Diva Dirt for more news and results from the women of NXT.
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.
The new NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez could have been a Knockout in IMPACT Wrestling. Perez, formerly known by her ring name Rok-C is the former inaugural ROH Women’s World Champion. Prior to her tryout in WWE in January, Perez faced Deonna Purrazzo in a Title vs. Title Match in an IMPACT ring. On the … Read more
Roxanne Perez is the new NXT Women’s Champion after defeating Mandy Rose on the Dec. 13 episode of NXT. Perez earned her title shot after becoming the Iron Survivor at Deadline in a number one contender match. Perez becoming the NXT Women’s Champion ends the impressive 413-day reign for Rose. The title match was originally … Read more
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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On the Nov. 29 episode of NXT, WWE Hall of Famers Alundra Blayze, Molly Holly, Road Dogg, and X-Pac assisted Shawn Michaels in announcing the five women who will be in the upcoming Iron Survivor Challenge. The match will be taking place at NXT Deadline on Dec. 10. The winner will become the number one … Read more
Tonight’s NXT episode is shaping up to be a good watch. Already scheduled is a six-woman tag match between all three members of Toxic Attraction taking on Kayden Carter, Katana Chance, and Nikkita Lyons. Now, two more matches have been confirmed. WWE has announced that Indi Hartwell and Roxanne Perez will settle their score tonight … Read more
NXT has confirmed some of what fans will get to see next week for the women’s division. Two women’s matches have been confirmed for the Nov. 29 episode. The matches that will take place will first be Roxanne Perez taking on Indi Hartwell. Ever since Hartwell has changed her demeanor and has proclaimed she has … Read more
Mandy Rose is still the NXT Women’s Champion after defeating Alba Fyre at Halloween Havoc. She headed into last year’s event of the same name without a championship to her name in her WWE career. She would go on to defeat Raquel Gonzalez to win her first gold and this year she went in still … Read more
NXT’s Halloween Havoc premium live event is tonight and there are two women’s matches on the card. One has a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal stipulation of Weapons Wild added and the other is for the NXT Women’s Championship. Shotzi and Quincy will be hosting. First, Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez take their rivalry … Read more
Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez may be bitter rivals right now on screen, but the two are very much close in their everyday life. Jade has been with WWE under their NXT brand for nearly two years now. She has worked on 205 Live, the end of Black & Gold NXT, NXT 2.0, and now … Read more
Who stood tall heading into NXT’s Halloween Havoc on the Oct. 18 episode of NXT?
The NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose returned to NXT after a few weeks to help build towards her match at this weekend’s premium live event as she hopes to retain so she can make it to 365-days as champion.
Before we get to Rose and the championship, the show started off with the first of two Pick Your Poison matches. Ahead of their Weapon’s Wild Match at Halloween Havoc, both Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade picked each other’s opponents. Perez took on Raw’s Rhea Ripley. Jade took on SmackDown’s Raquel Rodriguez later in the show.
First, Perez put on a lengthy hard-hitting match with Ripley. Ripley arrives with all of her Judgment Day faction which ended up being the downfall of Perez. Despite putting up a good fight and narrowly almost defeating Ripley, a distraction by Dominik Mysterio was what it took for a Riptide to take out Perez. Ripley gets the pin.
Later in the night, Jade took on Rodriguez and the match ended in a disqualification giving the win to Jade. After Rodriguez took down her opponent with a lariat, Jade grabbed a bat and brought it into the ring. The bat would get into the hands of Rodriguez who used it to cause the DQ. Directly after the match, Perez rushed to ringside to start brawling with her former best friend.
Once back in the ring, Jade found herself between Perez and Rodriguez as Perez delivered a super kick. Jade ran off after Perez went for a swing of the bat.
The third women’s match of the night had the challenger for the NXT Women’s Championship Alba Fyre taking on Sonya Deville. Deville shocked the NXT crowd last week when she showed up to help Toxic Attraction during Mandy Rose’s absence. In a short match that was revving up to be so much more, Fyre would pin Deville with a roll up.
Deville and Toxic Attraction would immediately attack Fyre and hold her back with her own back as the NXT Women’s Champion made her way out to the ring. Rose says that at Halloween Havoc she will be fighting Fyre with Fire. Fyre fights off Toxic Attraction and Deville before Rose enters the ring. Rose attempts to go after Fyre with the championship belt but Fyre catches her with the bat beforehand. Rose retreats.
Rose won the NXT Women’s Championship at last year’s Halloween Havoc by defeating Raquel Rodriguez. If she defeats Fyre and retains, Oct. 26 will mark 365-days as champion.
Shotzi returned to NXT and will be the host of Halloween Havoc alongside Quincy Elliott. More on that here.
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance will defend their NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships against Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons on the Oct. 25 episode of NXT. More on that here.
Thea Hail was on this week’s episode during a Chase U segment where she requested another match with Kiana James.
Check back in with Diva Dirt this Saturday for the Halloween Havoc Discussion Post.
Roxanne Perez will be facing Rhea Ripley on the Oct. 18 episode of NXT. Before their battle at Halloween Havoc this Saturday, Perez will face Cora Jade in a Weapons Wild Match. Prior to that, they both will have a Pick Your Poison match this Tuesday. Perez picked Raquel Rodriguez from SmackDown to face Jade. … Read more
As planned, NXT’s Roxanne Perez was on the Oct. 14 episode of SmackDown. She not only announced who would take on Cora Jade on Oct. 18 in the “Pick Your Poison” match, but she would wrestle in a SmackDown ring for the first time in her WWE career. Prior to the six-woman tag team match, … Read more
NXT rivals Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez are set to do battle against each other one week from Saturday at Halloween Havoc in a Weapons Wild Match. At that event, Perez will be looking to get some revenge against Jade who defeated her during their last encounter at Heatwave. However, before we get to that, … Read more
The next chapter between Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez will take place in a Weapons Wild Match at Halloween Havoc. The match was decided during the Grayson Waller Effect segment where the “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” wheel was spun by Waller. Jade and Perez have been in a rivalry ever since Jade turned … Read more
Mandy Rose is the current NXT Women’s Champion and after unifying it with the NXT UK Women’s Championship at Worlds Collide she seems untouchable. She has successfully defended the NXT Women’s Title against a total of 11 different women in combinations of singles matches, triple threats, and a fatal four-way. With that being said, who … Read more
Bayley, along with her Damage CTRL stablemates (Dakota Kai and IYO SKY), were this week’s guests on WWE’s The Bump. During the visit, Bayley talked a bit about the NXT women’s division. She watched the Roxanne Perez vs. Meiko Satomura match from this week’s NXT 2.0 and spoke highly of the future of women’s wrestling. … Read more
Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H are in the win column after returning to NXT 2.0 to take on Toxic Attraction. On the Sept. 6 episode, Doudrop and Nikki returned to seek vengeance after Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne cost them a championship victory at Worlds Collide. Doudrop would pick up the victory after delivering a cross-body … Read more
