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After The Golden Role Models dropped the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships to the new team of Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax, the women's tag team division has changed considerably in a very short amount of time.
The prospect of Baszler and Jax winning the Women's Tag Titles was unthinkable not long ago, as the pair were enemies and often coming to blows both backstage and in the ring. However, the now-champions worked well when they came together and were able to use their opposing styles to an advantage.
They then did so again in a rematch on last week's Friday Night SmackDown, where fans saw the friendship of Bayley and Banks implode after The Role Model went on a rampage against her partner.
The Women's Tag Team Championships are fairly new in WWE. Since the women's tag division started in 2019, fans have seen many teams come and go, including The Kabuki Warriors and shockingly, The IIconics. The team of Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross also seems as though they have called it a day.
Despite this, more teams are beginning to appear in WWE and more are surely yet to come. More teams seem to be forming in NXT and as the title is to defended across all brands of WWE, it may only be a matter of time before the belts change hands again.
#5 Natalya and Lana, WWE Women's Tag Team Champions?
After her relationship with Bobby Lashley dissolved during the rise of The Hurt Business, Lana found herself turning to Natalya. The pair developed a friendship after growing frustrated with their positions in the women's division, and have become a prominent pairing on Monday Night RAW.
Natalya has had a previous rivalry with Nia Jax during her alliance with Ronda Rousey, and the personas of the two have since been turned on their head. Natalya is now a cocky heel and Jax is seemingly more of a face since her partnership with Shayna Baszler blossomed. It could be interesting to see how the dynamic has changed between the pair.
Since pairing with Natalya, fans have seen Lana become more active in the ring, in contrast to her previous roles managing Rusev and later Bobby Lashley. Lana is yet to win a championship in WWE, and perhaps the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships could be a good place to start.
#4 Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez, WWE Women's Tag Team Champions?
Since Dakota Kai turned heel and attacked her former Team Kick partner Tegan Nox at NXT TakeOver: War Games, she has been dominating NXT with Raquel Gonzalez at her side. Could they be eyeing their next targets on the WWE main roster?
At first, Gonzalez appeared to act as more of a manager to Kai, although she began involving herself in her new ally's matches to help her win. More recently, the duo have teamed up in tag matches and have been successful on numerous occasions.
Since Kai turned heel, she has been racking up the wins on NXT. Both Kai and Gonzalez are yet to win a championship in WWE, despite the former having a recent shot at the NXT Women's Championship against Io Shirai.
Back when Shayna Baszler was an NXT star, she had an ongoing rivalry against Kai. During this time, Baszler was a monster heel and Kai was an underdog face character, but now they have both switched it up, with the latter acting in a villainous way and Baszler becoming more of a tweener in recent months.
With the history between the pair and them now being part of tag teams, it would be fantastic for Kai and Gonzalez to have a shot at the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.
#3 Asuka and Mickie James, WWE Women's Tag Team Champions?
Despite the pair currently at odds over the WWE RAW Women's Championship, Asuka and Mickie James have recently worked as a tag team against Natalya and Lana. Both Asuka and James are arguably two of the most talented members of the WWE women's division at the moment and it would be great to see the pair face off against Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax.
There is also a history between Jax and Asuka. Before Asuka's former tag team partner Kairi Sane departed WWE, she was attacked backstage by Nia Jax, giving Asuka fuel against the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.
Baszler has also claimed in the past that she wanted to be the one to win the RAW Women's Championship from Asuka so maybe the tables could turn, with Asuka wanting to take the Women's Tag Team Championships from Baszler and Jax?
If Asuka and James do continue to work as a team and contend for the Tag Team Championships, then fans are surely in for a set of fantastic matches.
#2 Shotzi Blackheart and Rhea Ripley, WWE Women's Tag Team Champions?
Over the recent months on NXT, fans have seen the women of the roster work in alliances, facing off in numerous tag matches. One pairing that has stuck out has been former NXT Women's Champion Rhea Ripley with Shotzi Blackheart. Do they have the making of WWE Women's Tag Team Champions?
The pair have seen off competition recently from the pairing of Mercedes Martinez and Aliyah, both clients of Robert Stone, who Ripley and Blackheart have had dealings with in the past. Unlike Ripley, Blackheart is yet to win a championship in WWE, despite making a huge impact since her debut in December 2019.
Ripley and Blackheart have great chemistry as a team and fans have praised their in-ring work together, with some even suggesting online that they deserve a shot at the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.
There is also history between Ripley and Shayna Baszler. The Nightmare was the one who dethroned Baszler as NXT Women's Champion after a record-breaking 416 days. Maybe Ripley's next move will be coming for the Women's Tag Team Championships with Blackheart at her side?
#1 The Riott Squad, WWE Women's Tag Team Champions?
Since the Riott Squad reformed on WWE Monday Night RAW, they have rocketed straight to the top of the women's tag team division. The duo recently won a match to become No.1 Contenders for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships, defeating The IIconics to split them up in the process.
Both Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott are much-loved by the fans of WWE. After the Riott Squad split last year, Riott had been absent due to injury and Morgan was floating between different storylines that didn't quite allow her to live up to her potential, including a strange stint as the jilted lover of Lana.
Once Riott returned to RAW, her relationship with Morgan had it's ups and downs before they reconciled on The Kevin Owens Show. The duo works well together and they have excellent in-ring chemistry. Both members of the Riott Squad have spent years in WWE without winning a title, so could their title opportunity see them become the new Women's Tag Team Champions?
