Fire & Desire: 5 moments that led to the rise and fall of the team

Rose and Deville now have an intense rivalry - but things were not always this way for the pair.
Rose and Deville now have an intense rivalry - but things were not always this way for the pair.

#4 Debuting on RAW with Paige in Absolution

Rose and Deville debuted on RAW in November 2017.
Rose and Deville debuted on RAW in November 2017.

After each spending a short period in NXT, Rose and Deville made their first appearances on the WWE main roster during the 20 November 2017 edition of RAW, but not as Fire & Desire.

The pair debuted alongside Paige, interrupting a fatal-four-way match between Sasha Banks, Bayley, Alicia Fox and Mickie James. The match was thrown out, but Rose, Deville and Paige continued their assault - leaving each participant seeing stars. Later in the evening, they also attacked the then-RAW women's champion, Alexa Bliss, backstage.

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The following week, Paige announced that her, Rose and Deville were to be known collectively as Absolution.

Deville recalled her excitement during the group's debut, while speaking to Fox News, earlier this year.

“We actually got to run in through the crowd and it was obviously a surprise that we were debuting...So that's one of my favorite moments of all time. And I think I'll always remember that feeling of butterflies and just the excitement and adrenaline we had before that.”

Although the group made a strong impression in their first few weeks on RAW, their progress as a unit slowed when Paige suffered a severe neck injury at a house show on 27 December. Unfortunately, the injury would end Paige's career as an in-ring performer, and she took up a managerial-style role for Rose and Deville in the months that followed.

While they were far from the top female performers on RAW, Rose and Deville were still regularly featured on the brand. Fire & Desire took part in both the first-ever women's Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber matches in 2018, although neither enjoyed much success in the bouts.

When Paige left RAW to become SmackDown general manager in April of the same year, Absolution lost a lot of steam. Rose and Deville made plenty of appearances on television, but Fire & Desire rarely made it into the win column.

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