Bianca Belair & Rhea Ripley Appear On WWE NXT

The Raw & SmackDown Women's Champions hit NXT to congratulate Raquel Gonzalez last night.

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Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair both showed up to congratulate NXT Women's Champion Raquel Gonzalez on last night's maiden Tuesday voyage for WWE's black and gold brand.

Gonzalez had hit the ring alongside Dakota Kai, delivering her post-TakeOver victory speech after taking the strap from Io Shirai at Stand & Deliver last week. This led to a confrontation with newcomer Franky Monet, who left after Gonzalez said that if she ever interrupted her again, she'd shove her dog up her sphincter.

Out came Ripley, who defeated Raw Women's Champion Asuka at WrestleMania 37. A tense moment followed, before Gonzalez and Ripley smacked their belts together, then embraced in the ring.

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Another WrestleMania week winner then emerged in the form of Bianca Belair. The new SmackDown Women's Champion got in on the fun and in a genuinely heartening moment, the trio posed with their respective belts.

Belair was called up from NXT to WWE's main roster last year, while Ripley arrived after a high-profile loss to Gonzalez in January. That all three cut their sports entertainment teeth in the Performance Center and won major championships in the same week as each other made for a nice visual last night.

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