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NXT takes over Phoenix on January 26th and last night the company taped the final episodes ahead of their first big show of the year. This means that the card for Takeover: Phoenix has now been finalized, with more matches added and since there are a number of stars being promoted to the main roster ahead of The Royal Rumble, the most recent tapings also saw a few goodbyes.
NXT will be streamed every Wednesday night on the WWE Network leading up to Takeover: Phoenix, but if you want to know everything that went down in Full Sail as soon as possible then read on because here are five of the biggest spoilers from NXT's most recent batch of tapings.
#4 A new team on the block
Heavy Machinery is heading to the main roster at some point in the coming weeks, which means that WWE now has a huge gap in their Tag Team Division, which could easily be considered the most competitive in the company.
As part of the most recent tapings, it appears that instead of WWE pushing forward a new tag team they have allowed Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel to join forces and wreak havoc on the Tag Team Division.
Both men have been seen as singles stars up to this point, but ahead of their match against Hector Kunsman and Stanley Watts at last night's tapings, the two men entered the ring together and even had a joined titantron, which shows that WWE obviously means business with this team.
Barthel and Aichner won their debut match as a team, but later in the tapings, they were defeated by Danny Birch and Oney Lorcan, which could lead to an interesting feud following Takeover.
#3 Huge debut
WWE is pushing six stars from NXT up onto the main roster in the coming weeks, not to mention the number of stars that the company will use as part of both Royal Rumble matches, which means that NXT needs to bring in new recruits so that they don't look thin on the ground.
One fresh face that made her debut as part of the most recent batch of tapings was Chinese star Xia Li. WWE has promoted her as their first ever Chinese WWE Superstar and it looks as though she could be set for a huge push will WWE looking to secure the Chinese market in the near future.
Li made her debut in a match against main roster bound Lacey Evans and even though she was unable to defeat The Lady of NXT, it's reported that she showed real promise throughout their match.
#2 New match added to Takeover: Phoenix
Many of the matches for Takeover: Phoenix had already been made official before last night's tapings took place, but now that the card has been finalized, it appears that Ricochet will be defending his North American Championship against Johnny Gargano on January 26th.
Other matches that are already set to take place include Bianca Belair stepping up to Shayna Bazler, as she puts her undefeated streak on the line in order to become the next NXT Women's Champion.
The Undisputed Era will defend their Tag Team Championships against War Raiders after months of back and forth from the two teams ever since the build to War Games and Tommaso Ciampa will finally grant Aleister Black his rematch for the NXT Championship after he was forced out of his original match when he was attacked by Johnny Gargano last year.
#1 Nikki says goodbye
There are six NXT stars heading to the main roster in the near future and it appears that many were able to say goodbye to the Full Sail crowd as part of the most recent tapings. Lacey Evans seemingly had her final match as she defeated Xia Li, whilst Heavy Machinery teamed with Aleister Black and Ricochet to pick up the win over The Undisputed Era in the main event of the final show.
One star that was able to bow out with a loss was Nikki Cross, the Scottish star took on Bianca Belair for the third time and this time around the EST of NXT was able to defeat Cross in order to step up her hunt for the Women's Championship.
After the match and despite the loss Nikki celebrated with the NXT crowd and seemingly said goodbye to Full Sail.
