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Women’s Tag Team title number one contender’s match set for NXT

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A Women’s Tag Team title number one contender’s match has been added to the lineup for tonight’s NXT.

WWE has announced that Dakota Kai & Tegan Nox will face Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke on NXT tonight. The winning team will challenge Asuka & Kairi Sane for the Women’s Tag Team titles next Wednesday.

Sasha Banks & Bayley appeared on an episode of NXT and at an NXT house show while Women’s Tag Team Champions, but this will be the first time the titles have been defended on the brand. When the titles were created, WWE announced that they would be able to be defended on Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.

Nox returned to NXT US TV last week and defeated Taynara Conti. She did an interview after the match, with Nox and Kai being interrupted by NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, Duke, and Shafir.

Here’s the updated card for tonight’s NXT:

  • NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong defending against Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic in a triple threat match
  • Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair
  • Matt Riddle vs. Cameron Grimes
  • Women’s Tag Team title number one contender’s match: Tegan Nox & Dakota Kai vs. Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke
  • An appearance by Finn Balor

NXT St. Augustine, FL, live results: Six-woman tag main event

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Saturday night’s estimated attendance: 300 people.

– Eric Bugenhagen defeated Brendan Vink

– MJ Jenkins defeated Karen Q

– Jeet Rama defeated Samuel Shaw

– Trevor Lee defeated Denzel Dejournette

– Matt Riddle & Punishment Martinez defeated Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner

– Albert Hardie Jr. defeated Mansoor Al-Shehail

– KUSHIDA defeated Shane Thorne

– NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir defeated Io Shirai, Mia Yim & Candice LeRae

Two matches set for next week’s NXT TV

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WWE has announced two matches for next week’s episode of NXT television.

Next Wednesday’s post-TakeOver: Phoenix episode will feature a tag match with Kairi Sane & Io Shirai facing Four Horsewomen members Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) will also face The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler with Jaxson Ryker) on the show.

Those matches are expected to be taped before NXT TakeOver: Phoenix at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona this Saturday.

Sane & Shirai defeated an enhancement team (Amber Nova & Tanea Brooks) on this week’s NXT TV. An interview with Sane & Shirai aired after that, with Duke & Shafir interrupting them to set up their match.

The Forgotten Sons attacked The Street Profits in an angle that aired on last week’s episode of NXT TV. The Street Profits had defeated The Metro Brothers before being laid out by The Forgotten Sons.

NXT Crystal River, FL, live results: Shirai & LeRae vs. Baszler & Duke

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Last night’s estimated attendance: 150 people.

– Stacey Ervin Jr. defeated Marcel Barthel

– Reina Gonzalez defeated Taynara Conti

– Adrian Jaoude & Cezar Bononi defeated Rocky & Boa

– Chelsea Green defeated Jessie Elaban

– Punishment Martinez defeated Fabian Aichner

– Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch defeated Humberto Carrillo & Raul Mendoza

– Jaxson Ryker defeated Mansoor Al-Shehail

– Io Shirai & Candice LeRae defeated NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler & Jessamyn Duke

NXT Women’s title match set for TakeOver: WarGames

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Kairi Sane and Shayna Baszler will go at it once again at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, this time under a new stipulation.

Baszler, flanked by friends Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir, was being interviewed by Cathy Kelley. She brought up Sane possibly invoking her rematch clause, which Baszler didn’t seem fazed by. NXT GM William Regal then came came in, which caused Duke and Shafir to be on guard. Regal said that in fact Sane had in fact invoked her rematch clause, and this time it would be contested in a 2 out of 3 falls match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames.

Sane lost the title to Baszler at WWE Evolution last month after passing out from the kirifuda lock. The loss wasn’t without controversy as Duke and Shafir made their debut on television, attacking Sane and helping Baszler score the submission win.

NXT TakeOver: WarGames will take place on November 17 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. 

NXT St. Augustine, FL, live results: Horsewomen vs. Sane, Yim & Shirai

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Last night’s estimated attendance: 250 people.

– Fabian Aichner defeated Stacey Ervin Jr.

– Candice LeRae defeated Aliyah

– Kassius Ohno & Dominik Dijakovic defeated Raul Mendoza & Humberto Carrillo

– Matt Riddle defeated Mars

Riddle made Mars tap fast, which led to Boa challenging him.

– Matt Riddle defeated Boa

After Boa lost, Rocky ran in to challenge Riddle — but the trio jumped Riddle before the match began. Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch made the save.

– Matt Riddle, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch defeated Rocky, Mars & Boa

– Velveteen Dream defeated Luke Menzies

– Lars Sullivan defeated Dan Matha (w/ Marcel Barthel)

– Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir defeated Mia Yim, Io Shirai & NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane

NXT Cocoa, FL, live results: Horsewomen vs. Shirai & Catanzaro

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Last night’s estimated attendance: 200 people.

– Rinku Singh defeated Kona Reeves

– Lacey Evans defeated Jessie Elaban

– Brennan Williams defeated Jeet Rama

– Keith Lee defeated Fabian Aichner

– Babatunde Aiyegbusi defeated Rocky

– Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke defeated Kacy Catanzaro & Io Shirai

– Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan defeated Raul Mendoza & Humberto Carrillo

NXT Jacksonville, FL, live results: Horsewomen vs. Shirai, Cross & Kai

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Results courtesy of David Santos

Last night’s estimated attendance: 350 people.

– Humberto Carrillo defeated Luke Menzies

– War Raiders defeated Amanpreet Singh & Jason

– Lacey Evans defeated Lacey Lane

– Keith Lee defeated Kona Reeves

– Fabian Aichner & Lars Sullivan defeated Marcel Barthel & Dan Matha

– Velveteen Dream defeated Brennan Williams

– Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke defeated Dakota Kai, Nikki Cross & Io Shirai

– NXT North American Champion Ricochet defeated Shane Thorne to retain his title

Jessamyn Duke makes in-ring debut at NXT house show

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All four members of the Four Horsewomen of MMA have now made their professional wrestling in-ring debuts.

Jessamyn Duke wrestled in her first official match at Saturday night’s NXT house show in Largo, Florida. She teamed with Four Horsewomen members Shayna Baszler & Marina Shafir to defeat Kairi Sane, Io Shirai & Deonna Purrazzo in the main event.

Baszler tapped out Purrazzo while Duke and Shafir prevented the submission from being broken up. According to a fan who was at the show, Duke used impressive stiff kicks during the match.

In May, WWE announced that Duke and Shafir had reported to the Performance Center. Shafir had her first match at an NXT house show last month.

This was also Shirai’s NXT debut. She was introduced as part of the newest group of NXT signees in July and took part in the Mae Young Classic tapings earlier this month.

Here are full results from Saturday’s show in Largo:

– The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) defeated Eh Nois (Adrian Jaoude & Cezar Bononi)

– Brennan Williams defeated Tian Bing (w/ Rocky)

– Lacey Lane & Kacy Catanzaro defeated Reina Gonzalez & Taynara Conti

Lane, who was a participant in the Mae Young Classic, was making her NXT debut as well.

– Dan Matha defeated Luke Menzies

– Velveteen Dream defeated Babatunde Aiyegbusi

– Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic & Tucker Knight) defeated The Forgotten Sons (Jaxson Ryker & Wesley Blake)

– Raul Mendoza defeated Humberto Carillo

– Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke defeated NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane, Io Shirai & Deonna Purrazzo

The night closed with the faces standing tall with Lane and Catanzaro.

Marina Shafir, Jessamyn Duke to make NXT in-ring debut this week

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Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke will be making their pro wrestling debuts this week.

The two Four Horsewomen of MMA members will be wrestling at NXT’s house show in Largo, Florida on Thursday. They are friends and training partners of both Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, who have been making waves in WWE and NXT, respectively. Shafir was first to make the announcement on her Twitter, while Duke followed shortly after.

Both signed with WWE back in May and have been training at the Performance Center ever since. Duke, who stands at 5’11, fought in the UFC and participated in the eighteenth season of the Ultimate Fighter. She sported a 1-3 record before being cut in 2015 and stopped fighting a year later.

Shafir, who is engaged to NXT tag team champion Roderick Strong, also has a MMA background. She had a 1-3 record, having fought in Invicta in the past.

All four women were a part of an angle last year during the Mae Young Classic where they had a confrontation with the Four Horsewomen of the WWE: Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Bayley.

Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir report to WWE Performance Center

Posted on by Joseph Currier

All four members of the Four Horsewomen of mixed martial arts are now part of WWE.

WWE.com announced today that Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir have reported to the Performance Center, joining Ronda Rousey and NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in the company.

When Baszler appeared in the Mae Young Classic last summer, Rousey, Duke, and Shafir were involved in a brief angle with WWE’s Four Horsewomen (minus Sasha Banks, who was doing media in Australia). They faced off with Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, and Bayley in the crowd during Baszler vs. Mia Yim. Rousey then told Flair, Lynch, and Bayley to name the time and place for a match.

Shafir has already had some involvement in NXT storylines where she’s supported her fiance, Roderick Strong.

Baszler and Duke were part of Rousey’s team on The Ultimate Fighter when she coached against Miesha Tate in 2013. Shafir was also a coach on Team Rousey.

Duke has had nine professional fights, with three coming in the UFC. She has three wins, five losses, and one no contest. Shafir is 1-2 in her pro career.