Last month, Sol Ruca successfully defended her NXT Women’s North American Championship against The Culling’s Izzi Dame. On Tuesday’s episode of “WWE NXT,” she did the identical against one other member of the group, Tatum Paxley, within the major event.
While Ruca headed into the title match with Zaria by her side, Paxley arrived with Dame, Shawn Spears, and Niko Vance. Despite the ringside drawback, Ruca held her own, at one point wiping out all three of the Culling onlookers. Within the match’s closing moments, Ruca rocked Paxley with a spear and an enziguiri within the corner. When the 2 then stood atop the turnbuckle, Roca appeared poised to send Paxley crashing to the ground. Paxley as an alternative sent them each flying downward with a swinging neckbreaker.
With each women sprawled out within the ring, Spears placed Paxley’s beloved doll on the apron. Before she could potentially use it as a weapon, nevertheless, the backstage brawl between Nia Jax and Lash Legend spilled to the ringside area, leading to a collision with the barricade that served as a distraction to Paxley. Off of it, Ruca planted Paxley with a Sol Snatcher for the win.
In retaining her NXT Women’s North American Championship tonight, Ruca will surpass 110 days in her respective reign, which began after a ladder match at “NXT” Stand & Deliver. Paxley earned the aforementioned opportunity by pinning Zaria amidst a recent mixed tag team match and impressing Spears, a lot in order that he personally sought out “NXT” General Manager Ava to make it official.