It didn’t take long for the Women’s title Triple Threat at
TakeOver: Vengeance Day to get started. Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm teamed up to jump champion Io Shirai while ring announcer Alicia Taylor was just getting into her introductions.
That wasn’t enough to take the Genius of the Sky out of the action, but she was the first one sidelined for a spell in traditional Triple Threat form.
The spots only got bigger from there.
The #WWENXT Women s Championship is on the line as @shirai io defends against two of the toughest around. Toni Storm & @RealMMartinez!
And after this one, the challengers sent Io into the ring steps and headed to the center of the ring for a one-on-one battle.
The second-ever Fight Pit match headlines tonight s episode of NXT.
Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher will face off inside the NXT Fight Pit tonight. The match was originally supposed to happen at NXT New Year s Evil two weeks ago, but it was postponed due to Thatcher suffering a minor injury.
Thatcher also took part in the first Fight Pit match, defeating Matt Riddle in May of last year.
The inaugural women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic kicks off tonight with Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm facing Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in a first round match. The full bracket for the women s Dusty Classic was revealed earlier today. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell, Gigi Dolin (Priscilla Kelly) & Cora Jade (Elayna Black), Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon, Marina Shafir & Zoey Stark (Lacey Ryan), Aliyah & Jessi Kamea, and Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez will also take part in the tournament.
Heading into the first match of the first ever Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament on the Jan. 20 edition of NXT, we only knew of four teams and that one match-up.
Questions about total number of teams and who else would be in the field remained. We also didn’t know who was facing off on
Most of those questions were answered on
The Bump this morning when the bracket was revealed. But there was more news beyond just the possible paths to the Cup.
#WWENXT is proud to announce the signings of:
Zoey Stark (FKA Lacey Ryan)