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#3 The WWE NXT Women’s Championship scene finally begins to take off
WWE NXT has teased several new rivalries for the WWE NXT Women’s Champion over the past few months. Returning Superstars such as Ember Moon, Toni Storm, Mercedes Martinez, and the dominant Raquel Gonzalez all have their eyes on Io Shirai’s NXT title.
This week on NXT, the company tried to build the Women’s Championship scene more and looked to set a date for Shirai’s next title defense. Storm came out to the middle to talk about how Shirai had prevented her from making history several times. She vowed to take the NXT Women’s Championship from The Genius of the Sky sooner than later.
This brought out Shirai who told Storm that she was ready to face her anywhere and any time. Mercedes Martinez attacked Shirai and took her out before the two heels got in each other’s faces.
Shirai recovered to dropkick Martinez into Storm, but the former NXT UK Women’s Champion recovered to take down Shirai and stand tall to close out the segment.
The segment was good and allowed the top women of NXT to make their next rivalry even bigger. Fans will likely get a Triple Threat match for the NXT Women’s Championship at an upcoming TakeOver event, and it could end up being Shirai’s final match as the Champion before she moves to some other brand.
