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HOW WWE NXT WILL FILL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP VACANCY

WWE NXT will hold a five team gauntlet to crown the new NXT Tag Team Champions on tomorrow night's NXT 2.0 on the USA Network.

The match will feature Pretty Deadly vs. Grayson Waller & Sanga vs. The Creed Brothers vs. Legado del Fantasma's Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza vs. Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen.

WWE released then-NXT Tag Team Champion Nash Carter on 4/6 after his wife, wrestler Kimber Lee, posted a number of allegations against him on social media in regard to alleged abuse as well as a photo of Carter with his mustache shaved to appear like Adolf Hitler, making a Nazi salute.  While the context of the photo (and when it was taken) is obviously not clear, there is no way WWE was going to retain someone seen doing something so reprehensible and we are told the photo is what led to the release.    Carter, formerly one half of MSK, debuted for NXT in January 2021.  Prior to that run, he was one third of the Rascals in Impact Wrestling. 

Carter's MSK partner, Wes Lee, remains with WWE as of this writing, but obviously will need a new creative direction.

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