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Survivor Series season is almost upon us, and the 34th installment of the annual event is set to take place in WWE's ThunderDome, located in Florida's Amway Centre. Since last year, NXT has joined in the battle for brand supremacy, alongside RAW and SmackDown, cementing themselves as the third brand of WWE.
Last year NXT dominated the competition and ended up coming out on top by winning four out of the seven inter-brand matches on the card that night.
Last year's NXT Women's Survivor Series team consisted of Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, Candice LeRae, and Toni Storm. Since last year's event, Bianca Belair has moved from NXT to RAW - and later SmackDown - and Io Shirai has become the NXT Women's Champion.
Here are five WWE superstars who could be part of the NXT Women's Survivor Series team in 2020.
#5 Xia Li
Xia Li has risen to a more prominent position over the recent months on NXT, and shown a great amount of development to her character lately. Li competed in the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Mae Young Classic, and through doing so she made history by becoming the first-ever Chinese woman to wrestle in a WWE ring.
Xia Li has impressed WWE fans with her previous appearances in Royal Rumble matches both in 2019 and 2020. Since the summer, fans have seen more of Xia Li in NXT, and for the very first time in her WWE career the star turned heel, shown when she refused to shake the hands of Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter following a loss to them in a tag team match where she was paired with Jessi Kamea, and a week later she attacked the team viciously.
Often, the Survivor Series is the rare occasion that WWE fans see heels and faces coming together as a team, and having Xia Li join the NXT women's team would be a great way to bring her to the forefront of the Black and Gold Brand.
#4 Toni Storm
Former NXT UK Women's Champion Toni Storm has finally made the move to be a full-time member of the NXT roster and announced her arrival at NXT TakeOver 31. Fans have yet to see what Toni's first move on The Black and Gold Brand will be, but Storm was one of the biggest stars of NXT UK.
Storm has shown herself to be a fierce competitor throughout her career. In 2018, she defeated current NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai to win the Mae Young Classic and managed to beat Mia Yim amongst others on the way to the finale at Evolution.
Toni Storm was one of the members of the NXT Women's Survivor Series team in 2019 and was one of the final women left in the match, where the team eventually won thanks to Rhea Ripley eliminating Sasha Banks. Storm is set to be a huge part of the NXT Women's division, and having her be one of the members of Team NXT again this year would be a great way to cement this to fans.
#3 Rhea Ripley
At last year's Survivor Series, Rhea Ripley captained the first-ever NXT women's Survivor Series team, just a day after leading the inaugural NXT women's War Games team - a huge feat. At Survivor Series 2019, Rhea Ripley wowed fans with her performance in the elimination match, and she managed to snatch the win for the women of NXT after performing a Riptide on Sasha Banks.
Between last year's Survivor Series and now, Rhea Ripley has enjoyed a run as NXT Women's Champion after ending Shayna Baszler's historic title reign and was a part of the first-ever NXT title match at WrestleMania 36.
During the year, Rhea Ripley has shown NXT fans that she is a true powerhouse of the NXT women's division. She has managed to defeat both Robert Stone and Aliyah in an intergender handicap match at NXT: The Great American Bash.
Fans have seen Rhea Ripley take on members of the RAW and SmackDown rosters previously. She has already gone toe-to-toe with Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks, as well as longest-reigning RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch. Hopefully, fans will see Rhea Ripley be part of team NXT at Survivor Series once more.
#2 Shotzi Blackheart
After a successful career on the independent wrestling scene, Shotzi Blackheart made the move to NXT in late 2019. Throughout 2020, the performer has cemented herself as one of the biggest stars of the NXT women's division and became a favourite of fans for her brilliant in-ring skills and her unique persona.
Over her first year in WWE, Shotzi Blackheart has been a part of some big storylines, including a short rivalry against Shayna Baszler after eliminating her from the NXT women's battle royal back in January, just before Baszler was moved to RAW, and an entertaining rivalry against Robert Stone and Aliyah.
Even though she has only been part of NXT for less than a year, Shotzi Blackheart is possibly one of the most entertaining members of the current roster on the Black and Gold Brand. Blackheart has even been enlisted to host the revival of Halloween Havoc on NXT and has been one of the breakout stars of 2020.
Shotzi Blackheart has risen through the ranks of the NXT women's division already, and it would be great to see her cross paths with some of the women of RAW and SmackDown at Survivor Series.
#1 Ember Moon
Since her return at NXT TakeOver 31, Ember Moon has quickly established herself as one of the shining stars of the NXT women's division. Before returning on The Black and Gold Brand, Moon had been away from WWE television for over a year with a serious ankle injury and had even shared concerns that her wrestling career may be over.
The NXT return has felt like somewhat of a homecoming for Ember Moon, who was very much missed during her injury and recovery period by WWE fans. The She-nom has quickly inserted herself into a rivalry against Dakota Kai and has also teamed up with fellow former NXT Women's Champion Rhea Ripley.
An advantage of Ember Moon previously being a star on RAW and SmackDown is that previous rivalries could be called back to during the Survivor Series elimination match. For instance, Moon could cross paths once again with performers from other brands that fans haven't seen her interact with for a long time, such as Mandy Rose, with who she clashed with on SmackDown last year, or Nia Jax, who eliminated her from the Evolution women's battle royal match.
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