Toxic Attraction Named Replacement In WWE Women’s Tag Team Tournament

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A top NXT act has been named replacements in the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament for tonight’s SmackDown.

On the August 19 edition of SmackDown, the first round of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament was set to conclude with Natalya and Sonya Deville facing NXT 2.0 stars Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons.

However, reports circulated earlier today that Zoey Stark suffered an injury during her NXT Women’s Championship bout against Mandy Rose on Tuesday’s NXT Heatwave special that would keep her out of the scheduled contest.

WWE Vice President of Talent Development Creative and head of NXT Shawn Michaels took to Twitter in a video to formally announce that Stark and Lyons have been replaced in tonight’s tournament match.

In their place, former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne of Toxic Attraction will now face Natalya and Sonya Deville.

Michaels said in the video:

“Hello everybody, Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels here. First of all, I want to thank everybody for making NXT Heatwave a huge success. However, it was not without its setbacks. Unfortunately, Zoey Stark sustained an injury during NXT Women’s Championship match. It’s also come to my attention that Nikkita Lyons is medically unavailable. Therefore after conferring with Adam Pearce, he and I have decided to replace those two ladies with the former NXT Tag Team Champions Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne of Toxic Attraction. Ladies, good luck in tonight’s WWE Women’s Tag Team Tournament.”

Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne of Toxic Attraction are two-time NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. It was not confirmed if this is considered a call-up for the two ladies as of yet.

Stay up to date with Toxic Attraction’s win-loss record in 2022 (for televised matches) at this link.

An update on the @WWE #WomensTagTitles tournament for this evening at #Smackdown. pic.twitter.com/6lHX5OPUY4

— Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels) August 19, 2022

BREAKING: As announced by @ShawnMichaels, #ToxicAttraction's @gigidolin_wwe & @jacyjaynewwe will battle @NatbyNature & @SonyaDevilleWWE in the WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Tournament tonight on #SmackDown! pic.twitter.com/06veMgnbvh

— WWE (@WWE) August 19, 2022

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