Alba Fyre And Isla Dawn: The NXT System Works If You’re Willing To Let It

Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn were drafted to WWE SmackDown during the 2023 WWE Draft while still holding the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles. 

Fyre & Dawn remain the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions, but are now regularly appearing on WWE SmackDown. The duo previously noted how they didn’t know they would be drafted. 

Speaking to Mark Andrews on My Love Letter to Wrestling, Fyre & Dawn were asked about the differences between NXT and the main roster. 

Isla Dawn: I think there are a few differences, but NXT does do its job. It clearly works. It clearly works because we’re sitting here today, still NXT champions on SmackDown. The system does work if you’re willing to let it work.

Alba Fyre: We came at it like a new school.

Isla Dawn: Everything now, we’re like, ‘this is why we’re so drilled.’ In training, we’re doing these different drills. First day of SmackDown, I was terrified, and then I got in, I walked into the women’s locker room. It’s lots of people from NXT, lots of people I’ve never met before, but they brought me in. Tamina, I have met once, and she immediately took me in like I was her child. She is the loveliest woman alive.

Alba Fyre: Everyone is so welcome and so genuinely happy and supportive. We thought it was going to be a lot more scary, but it’s been a good comfort for us.

Fyre & Dawn recently defeated Valentina Feroz & Yulisa Leon on the May 19 episode of WWE SmackDown. 

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