WWE

25) – #1 Contenders Elimination Tag Team Match

Originally posted on Last Word On Sports
By Laci Schlatz | Last updated Sep 8, 2025 9:38 AM ET

This upcoming week, WWE NXT has a lot in store for its fans. The Speed Tournament will continue to discover the new number one contender. Along with a triple threat number one contenders elimination tag team match between three of the best female tag teams in NXT.

Let’s take a look at what else we can expect to see this week on WWE NXT!

WWE NXT Preview and Match Card

Flag Match: Ethan Page vs Tavion Heights
Triple Threat Number One Contenders Elimination Tag Team Match: ZaRuca vs. Fatal Influence vs. The Culling
Speed Tournament Match: Faby Apache vs. Lainey Reid
Singles Match: Je’Von Evans vs. Josh Briggs

Ethan Page vs. Tavion Heights

Page and Heights will be competing in a flag match this week on NXT. The last flag match in the company was eight years ago. While the specific rules for the upcoming flag match have not been specified yet, if they are the same rules, then each competitor will have to retrieve their own flag and put it in their opponent’s pedestal.

Ethan Page will be representing Canada, while Tavion Heights represents America. This match follows their NXT Heatwave match. Where Chelsea Green and Ethan Page defeated Tyra Mae Steel and Tavion Heights. Will Heights be able to pick up the victory over the North American Champion?

ZaRuca vs. Fatal Influence vs. The Culling

The current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions are Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair. While they are an unlikely duo, they make a strong team. Will they be able to hold up against their upcoming NXT challengers?

This week’s NXT episode will feature a No. 1 contenders’ triple threat elimination tag team match between some of the best that NXT has to offer. It will be ZaRuca (Zaria and Sol Ruca) vs. Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Jasmine Nyx) vs. The Culling (Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley).

All of these tag teams are pretty established in the brand, and it will be exciting to see them all in the ring at the same time this week. Each woman brings something different to the table, and they each deserve an opportunity for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships, but who will be able to take it?

This article first appeared on Last Word On Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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