Mutual enemies create strange bedfellows, as will be the case when NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai teams with Rhea Ripley against Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez.
Shirai retained her title at NXT TakeOver: XXX with a hard-fought win over Kai, but she felt the wrath of Gonzalez, her enforcer, afterward.
However, Ripley joined to scene to even the odds, standing toe-to-toe with Gonzalez in a showdown of perhaps the two most powerful women in NXT. But The Nightmare couldn't help but leave before also locking her eyes on Shirai and her former championship.
The Genius of the Sky is surely happy to finally have backup, but will she be able to co-exist with one of the top contenders for her NXT Women's Title?