{"id":95773,"date":"2021-07-09T20:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T00:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=95773"},"modified":"2021-07-09T20:52:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T00:52:09","slug":"tegan-nox-shotzi-blackheart-debut-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/09\/tegan-nox-shotzi-blackheart-debut-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart Debut on SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s edition of WWE <strong>Friday Night SmackDown<\/strong>, <strong>Tegan Nox<\/strong> and <strong>Shotzi Blackheart<\/strong> made their surprise debuts for the brand. They challenged the WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champions <strong>Natalya<\/strong> and <strong>Tamina<\/strong> on their very first night and pulled off the upset. Nox and Blackheart should have a title match in their future. These two will be a team moving forward according to <strong>Michael Cole<\/strong> on commentary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WAIT A MINUTE!! WE KNOW THAT TANK!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShotziWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ShotziWWE<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeganNoxWWE_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TeganNoxWWE_<\/a> have arrived on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SmackDown<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2JgfVfwsE2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2JgfVfwsE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1413661377462521857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart were among the fan favorites while in NXT, being two key members of their star-studded women&#8217;s division.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/06\/tegan-nox-returns-at-nxt-great-american-bash\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Nox made her return<\/a> to the black and gold brand this past Tuesday night, costing <strong>Candice LeRae<\/strong> and <strong>Indi Hartwell<\/strong> their NXT Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championships. She had been recovering from a torn ACL. She made her debut for WWE as part of the second<strong><em> Mae Young Classic<\/em> <\/strong>and was on her way to winning it before injuring her knee in a match with current Raw Women&#8217;s Champion, <strong>Rhea Ripley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Blackheart is a former NXT Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champion alongside teammate <strong>Ember Moon<\/strong> earlier this year. She signed with the company back in 2019. Her other accolades include being on the live <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong> show that was aired on the WWE Network and captained her own <strong><em>WarGames<\/em><\/strong> team as well.<\/p>\n<p>Their editions to the blue brand were long overdue as they should become key players for the brand moving forward, especially following the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/09\/wwe-confirms-bayley-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">injury of <strong>Bayley<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>More from LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart made their surprise debuts for the brand. They challenged the WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina on their very first night and pulled off the upset. Nox and Blackheart should have a title match in their future. 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