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WWE reveals Team NXT for Survivor Series women’s match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NXT’s women’s division team for Survivor Series is officially set.

Candice LeRae, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Toni Storm will join Rhea Ripley for the Raw vs. SmackDown vs. NXT women’s elimination tag match. Ripley’s partners were revealed when she appeared on a live stream with Triple H and Cathy Kelley after NXT TakeOver: WarGames.

Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Asuka, Kairi Sane & Sarah Logan are on Team Raw. Sasha Banks, Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans & Nikki Cross are on Team SmackDown.

Ripley was announced as the captain for Team NXT on Friday’s SmackDown. Her team defeated Team Baszler in their WarGames match at TakeOver, with Ripley and LeRae facing Shayna Baszler, Belair, Shirai & Kay Lee Ray on their own after angles where Mia Yim and Tegan Nox were taken out.

Yim was laid out by a mystery attacker before the show. That led to Dakota Kai taking her place, but Kai turned heel and attacked Nox instead of entering the match.

Ripley explained choosing Belair and Shirai by saying they stood out to her in WarGames and she wants the best on her team against Raw and SmackDown.

Survivor Series is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois tomorrow night. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:

  • WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio in a no holds barred match
  • Universal Champion The Fiend defending against Daniel Bryan
  • Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
  • United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
  • Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
  • Team Raw (Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Ricochet & Drew McIntyre) vs. Team SmackDown (Roman Reigns, King Corbin, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali & Shorty G) vs. Team NXT (to be announced) in an elimination tag match
  • Team Raw (Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Asuka, Kairi Sane & Sarah Logan) vs. Team SmackDown (Sasha Banks, Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans & Nikki Cross) vs. Team NXT (Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai & Toni Storm) in an elimination tag match
  • NXT Champion Adam Cole defending against Pete Dunne

Rhea Ripley to captain Team NXT at WWE Survivor Series

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Team NXT has its captain for the triple threat women’s elimination tag match at Survivor Series.

On tonight’s SmackDown, it was announced that Rhea Ripley will be the captain of NXT’s women’s team at Sunday’s pay-per-view. She faced off against Raw captain Charlotte Flair and SmackDown captain Sasha Banks tonight, with Ripley pinning Charlotte as Charlotte had Banks locked in the Figure Eight.

Ripley appeared alongside Tegan Nox, Candice LeRae, Mia Yim, and Toni Storm, though they weren’t confirmed as the other members of Team NXT.

Nox, LeRae, and Yim will also be on Team Ripley against Team Baszler (Shayna Baszler, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair & Kay Lee Ray) in the women’s WarGames match at TakeOver tomorrow night.

Charlotte, Natalya, Asuka, Kairi Sane & Sarah Logan will be on Team Raw at Survivor Series, while Banks, Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans & Nikki Cross will be on Team SmackDown.

There will also be a men’s triple threat elimination tag match on Sunday. Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Ricochet & Drew McIntyre are on Team Raw, and Roman Reigns, King Corbin, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali & Shorty G are on Team SmackDown. WWE hasn’t revealed any of the members of Team NXT.