Zoey Stark & Nikkita Lyons Become NXT Women's Tag Team Number One Contenders
Tonight's episode of NXT was an anticipated one; after WWE unveiled the new NXT logo, fans awaited to see whether the brand would return to its black-and-gold era of indie style matches and sports-based programming. Judging by tonight's episode, that likely won't be the case. Besides a change in graphics and a color scheme for the ring, not much has changed about NXT.
RELATED: Interesting Theory Emerges Regarding White Rabbit And Extreme RulesTonight's episode was all about building to NXT's Halloween Havoc event; NXT set a stipulation for Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade's "Spin the Wheel, Make a Deal" match was determined to be a "Weapons Wild" match tonight after Grayson Waller spun the wheel. Ilja Dragunov also had a video package tonight, explaining his loss of the NXT UK Championship and ambitions to defeat Bron Breakker for his NXT Championship.
New Challengers Emerge For Kayden Carter And Katana Chance
Kayden and Katana were long overdue for a championship reign. They have been a tag team unit for years and have never gotten a proper push despite their athleticism and cohesion. This changed for them this past August when Katana and Kayden won the vacated NXT Women's Tag Team Championships in a guantlet match.
Tonight's episode was originally set to feature a trios match between Alba Fyre, Stark and Lyons and Toxic Attraction. However, Alba Fyre kidnapped Mandy Rose in the infamous NXT parking lot before their match began. Instead, NXT ran a tag team match between the two present members of Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacey Jayne) and Stark/Lyons. Without Mandy Rose at ringside to interfere, Stark and Lyons were able to come away with the victory.
Zoey Stark is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion alongside Io Sky while Nikkita Lyons has never held a title in WWE. At the time of writing, a date has not been set for Stark and Lyons' title match.
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