{"id":137465,"date":"2022-04-11T13:12:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=137465"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:12:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:12:52","slug":"nxt-announces-gauntlet-match-to-determine-tag-team-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/04\/11\/nxt-announces-gauntlet-match-to-determine-tag-team-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT announces Gauntlet Match to determine tag team champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4044611613\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE has officially announced that a Gauntlet Match will take place this week on television to crown new NXT Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<p>Grayson Waller &amp; Sanga, Legado del Fantasma, The Creed Brothers, Josh Briggs &amp; Brooks Jensen, and Pretty Deadly, will be the five teams that compete in the match. The Creed Brothers recently challenged for the titles at Stand and Deliver over WrestleMania weekend, but lost the match to MSK. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/article\/tag-team-gauntlet-match-to-determine-the-new-nxt-tag-team-champions\">WWE<\/a> booked the match on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who will be the last team standing?<\/p>\n<p>5\ufe0f\u20e3 tag teams will collide in a grueling Gauntlet Match to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions tomorrow night on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWENXT<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aL2DgZuFy5\">https:\/\/t.co\/aL2DgZuFy5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1513562525450878978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;After being relinquished, the last team standing will be crowned the new NXT Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, five of NXT 2.0\u2019s top tag teams, including\u00a0Grayson Waller &amp; Sanga, Legado del Fantasma, The Creed Brothers, Josh Briggs &amp; Brooks Jensen, and Pretty Deadly, will collide in a Gauntlet Match to determine\u00a0the new NXT Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss a second of the action Tuesday night at 8\/7 C on USA!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, the Tag Team Championships were vacated after MSK relinquished the belts. Nash Carter, one half of the group, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/04\/06\/video-pwtorch-daily-newswire-4-6-nash-carter-news-cody-merch-sales-more\/\">released from his WWE contract<\/a> after allegations surfaced of him being emotionally and physically abusive to his wife. MSK joined NXT in 2021 after a run with Impact Wrestling as a part of The Rascalz. Upon entering WWE in 2021, the team won the men&#8217;s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and tag team gold. 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