WWE's Original Plans For The NXT Women's Tag Team Titles Revealed
WWE debuted the NXT Women's Tag Titles in hectic fashion this week. Here are the original plans...
WWE originally intended to debut the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships at the end of the recent Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, with the winning tandem receiving the straps.
This is according to Bryan Alvarez on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Live. He stated that the promotion came up with the idea for the new belts a while ago, initially settling on the Dusty Classic idea before "rushing" through the competition, meaning the championships weren't ready in time for last month's TakeOver: Vengeance Day event.
With the belts unavailable, WWE decided to come up with the screwy finish for last week's Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez vs. Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax bout for the main Women's Tag Team Titles, which saw a Raw referee penalise Kai with a submission loss, even though she wasn't the legal woman.
No further information on why, exactly, WWE rushed through the tournament was disclosed.
The NXT Women's Tag Team Titles were instead debuted on this week's NXT, with William Regal awarding them to Kai and Gonzalez for the screwjob loss. Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon then won the belts from the heels later on.