New NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Crowned
Four-team elimination match determines new champs to hold vacant titles.
One set of vacant women's tag team titles was gobbled up Tuesday night, but it wasn't the ones that have been grabbing headlines in recent months.
The NXT Women's Tag Team Championships, which were vacated last week after Cora Jade threw her title in the garbage the week prior, was on the line in a four-team elimination match that opened NXT 2.0. Kayden Carter & Katana Chance outlasted the other three teams and eliminated two-time tag champs Toxic Attraction to capture their first titles in NXT.
Carter and Chance have tagged together since September 2020, before the NXT women's tag titles were even a thing, yet they never were able to win gold. That changed Tuesday when they won the four-team match that also featured Yulisa Leon & Valentina Feroz and Ivy Nile & Tatum Paxley.
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— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 3, 2022
The NXT women's tag titles have had a tumultuous few weeks. First, Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade defeated Toxic Attraction at the NXT Great American Bash four weeks ago. The following week, Jade turned on Perez during her NXT Women's Championship match. The week after that, Jade threw her tag title in the refuse. Last week, Perez surrendered her title and the four-way elimination match was announced.
Of course, the NXT version isn't the only women's tag championship that's been in flux this summer. The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship has been vacant since mid-May when Sasha Banks & Naomi handed over their titles when they walked out of the company. A tournament was announced days later, but nothing has happened to date.