On Tuesday night at NXT Great American Bash, Io Shirai and Zoey Stark defeated Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell to become the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. This is the first reign for both Shirai and Stark, who became the fourth team to hold the tag team championships since their addition to the roster earlier this year.
.@CandiceLeRae & @indi_hartwell's SHOCK is @shirai_io & @ZoeyStarkWWE's GAIN.
Ushering in a NEW ERA in the #WWENXT Women's Tag Team Division, @shirai_io & @ZoeyStarkWWE are your NEW tag team champions! #AndNew #NXTGAB #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/m0dz01Bmqe
— WWE (@WWE) July 7, 2021
Io Shirai and Zoey Stark were able to capture the championships following the lights going out. When they turned back on, it was revealed that the charging battery that had been teased for weeks was the one and only Tegan Nox. Nox returned to the brand for the first time since August of last year when Candice LeRae injured her, forcing her to miss nearly a year of action with a torn ACL. Nox had a stare-down with LeRae, leaving it down to Indi Hartwell to try and fight off Shirai and Stark alone. She didn’t have what it took as Stark laid her out to win the titles.
This is a huge accomplishment for Shirai, who now joins Ember Moon and Raquel Gonzalez as the other two women to hold both the NXT Women’s singles and tag team championships. How long will their reign last? We will found out in the coming weeks, maybe even months.
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