The Street Profits are enjoying a run of success in WWE’s black-and-gold brand, NXT, with the two recently becoming NXT Tag Team Championships.

In an interview what the Not Sam Wrestling Podcast, one-half of the team, Montez Ford, reflected on how the team originally came together.

Rising Profits

“The whole Street Profits act, it’s crazy how it started,” Ford said. “[…] At the time, a couple of people came to us with the idea of us being a tag team. We started tagging in the Florida shows and just trying to get a groove of: ‘What do we want to present to the world?’ We already know who we are, but it is just a process of putting me and Dawkins together and who we are as people and trying to translate it into professional wrestling.”

He continued, “I think the art of NXT is putting your personalities through what we do in the ring. Just putting the personalities on board and trying to understand what we are trying to bring into the world. Once we had the tapings, a couple of ideas of putting us together and we ended up meshing together.”

Ford admitted that “Everything that has been put together as far as Street Profits is Dawkins and I just bouncing ideas off of each other and doing things while we are out there.”

The Street Profits claimed the NXT Tag Team Championships during a Four-Way Ladder Match at NXT TakeOver XXV. They defeated Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch, The Undisputed Era’s Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish, and Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler of The Forgotten Sons.

H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

WWE NXT stars The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) defeated Doom Patrol (Chris Dickinson & Jaka) at Sunday’s EVOLVE 114 internet pay-per-view event at the Orpheum in Ybor City, FL at the Orpheum to become the new Tag Team Champions.

This marks the first time that they have held the titles and the first time that an NXT/WWE talent challenged for an EVOLVE Championship in a WWN ring.

#TagTeamChamps #streetprofits #Evolve114 @MontezFordWWE @AngeloDawkins pic.twitter.com/PuWcQyNksS

— Shannon Clark (Scinta) (@ShannonClark828) October 29, 2018

The show also featured follow NXT stars Adrian Jaoude, Cezar Bononi, and Fabian Aichner. After this event, the promotion announced that the newly crowned EVOLVE Tag Team Champions would be appearing at the remaining EVOLVE shows in 2018.

The promotion returns with two other events to close out the year. EVOLVE 115 goes down on December 15th in Queens, NY while EVOLVE 116 takes place on December 16th in Deer Park, NY. It’s likely that Chris Dickinson & Jaka will get their rematch for the tag team titles at one of these upcoming events. The promotion posted the following:

“Don’t miss the new tag team champions #StreetProfits, @AngeloDawkins & @MontezFordWWE from @WWENXT as they’ll appear at ALL upcoming 2018 EVOLVE shows including Detroit on Nov 9, Chicago on Nov 10, and New York on Dec 15/16 with the titles!!! #EVOLVE114 #ClubWWN.”

Don’t miss the new tag team champions #StreetProfits, @AngeloDawkins & @MontezFordWWE from @WWENXT as they’ll appear at ALL upcoming 2018 EVOLVE shows including Detroit on Nov 9, Chicago on Nov 10, and New York on Dec 15/16 with the titles!!! #EVOLVE114 #ClubWWN

— EVOLVE Wrestling (@WWNEVOLVE) October 29, 2018

On Friday, WWE and WWN announced the latest crossover move as part of their working partnership. The Street Profits from NXT will challenge the EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Chris Dickinson & Jaka at EVOLVE 114. This is the first time that an NXT/WWE talent is challenging for an EVOLVE Championship in a WWN ring.

The WWE.com article has also teased that other NXT talent will be at EVOLVE 114, which takes place this Sunday in Ybor City, FL at the Orpheum. The entire EVOLVE 114 card will be broadcast live on Club WWN at WWNLive.com. The promotion is expected to announce more matches for this show shortly. Here is the updated card for this show:

Updated Card

Anthony Henry vs. AR Fox vs. Austin Theory vs. Harlem Bravado vs. JD Drake vs. winner of Allin/Briggs – Ladder Match To Determine The New WWN Champion

EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Chris Dickinson & Jaka vs. The Street Profits

EVOLVE Champion Shane Strickland will defend the title against an unnamed opponent

Darby Allin vs. Josh Briggs – winner joins the ladder match to determine the new WWN Champion

After this show, the promotion returns with two other events to close out the year. EVOLVE 115 goes down on December 15th in Queens, NY while EVOLVE 116 takes place on December 16th in Deer Park, NY

WWE NXT tag team The Street Profits, Angleo Dawkins and Montez Ford, recently spoke to the The Miami Herald. Dawkins and Ford explained during the interview where their “Street Profits” name originated from, and how they feel they’re helping WWE advance:

Dawkins:

“That was definitely us. We were like, ‘Yo, what would be hot right now? What should we name ourselves?’

“We went down the list, and as soon as we both said Street Profits, we were like, ‘Oh man. That gotta nice little ring to it.'”

Ford:

“We’re profits – we’re advancing in life, we’re advancing the tag team division, we’re advancing the goal.

“We’re advancing the skill, we’re advancing the style, we’re advancing everything. The profit is an advance, and that’s what we do.”

Dawkins and Ford also discuss how they formed as a team and their experiences with fans at live events. Read the full interview by clicking here.