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#3. Hope is true: Charlotte Flair vs Bianca Belair

Shayna Baszler had an extremely lengthy reign as NXT Women's Champion, coming short of Asuka (while surpassing her in overall reign length due to her first NXT title run) and they waited till the right time to pull the trigger on Rhea Ripley as the NXT Women's Champion.

It was the right time and the right place for the Australian, who edged out Bianca Belair at NXT Takeover: Portland to retain the NXT Women's title. In a major change, the Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair ended up accepting Rhea Ripley's challenge for WrestleMania 36 and for the first time, an NXT title will be defended on the show of shows.

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Bianca Belair has been involved in NXT with Charlotte Flair as well and Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Radio (via CSS) revealed that Bianca Belair could end up getting the rub while Charlotte Flair continues to appear in NXT:

There’s speculation, from Observer Radio and elsewhere, that Charlotte Flair vs Bianca Belair could happen on NXT as a way to pop a rating.

We hope this is true because it would be beneficial to both Belair and NXT.

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