Before NXT Takeover: Phoenix gets going on the WWE Network at 8 PM est tomorrow night, 2 matches will be taped. Both will air on next week’s episode of NXT. The new matches for Saturday’s show in Phoenix’s Talking Stick Arena were made on NXT programming last night.
Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke will take on Io Shirai & Kairi Sane.
.@KairiSaneWWE & @shirai_io will team up once again to take on @jessamynduke & @MarinaShafir… NEXT WEEK! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/vVx38AGg3z
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) January 24, 2019
The Street Profits will also take on the Forgotten Sons.
– WWE NXT Recap & Results (1/23)
Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke vs Io Shirai & Kairi Sane
The 4 Horsewomen of MMA played a pivotal role in Shayna Baszler’s victory over Kairi Sane at the last Takeover event. This Takeover, Sane gets a chance at revenge when she teams up with her fellow Stardom alumni, Io Shirai.
The 4 Horsewomen tandem of Shafir & Duke is 0-1 on NXT programming. They lost their first match against the team of Io Shirai and Dakota Kai on the November 28th tapings.
Io Shirai is 6-2 on WWE programming. Her only single’s loss came in the finals of the Mae Young Classic this year. She was defeated by Toni Storm. Her only other loss was in a fatal 4-way match which was won by Bianca Belair, earning her the right to face Baszler on Saturday.
Kairi Sane is 17-4 in single’s matches on WWE programming. Her only losses have been to Shayna Baszler (3x) and Lacey Evans once. She’s 1-0 in tag matches and 1-3 in multi-person matches.
The Forgotten Sons vs The Street Profits
The Forgotten Sons are 3-1 on NXT programming. Their only loss was to Heavy Machinery. Their most notable win thus far was against the Street Profits in their debut on the August 23rd set of tapings.
The Street Profits went 3-5 on NXT programming in 2018. They are 1-0 to start 2019, however, and are also the current EVOLVE tag team champions.
