Io Shirai Set To Face Charlotte Flair For WWE NXT Women’s Title

NXT TakeOver: Tampa would have been a great special on the WWE Network, but circumstances caused the event to be cancelled. WWE decided to run those planned matches on WWE NXT instead.

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This week’s episode of WWE NXT opened up with a 6-woman ladder match. The winner of the match became the new #1 contender for Charlotte Flair’s NXT Women’s Title.

In the end, Io Shirai won the match and became the new #1 contender. Now Io Shirai will face Charlotte Flair for the NXT Women’s Title down the line. The time and place for that match has yet to be announced.