Toxic Attraction was a
professional wrestling
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stable in
WWE
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on the
NXT brand
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. The group originally consisted of
Mandy Rose
Amanda Rose Saccomanno (born July 18, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, television personality, and fitness and figure competitor. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Mandy Rose.
Rose bega ...
,
Gigi Dolin
Priscilla Lee Kelly (born June 5, 1997) is an American professional wrestler.
She performs under the ring name Gigi Dolin in the NXT brand, and is one-half of the tag team Toxic Attraction with Jacy Jayne, and she is a former record-tying two ...
, and
Jacy Jayne
Taylor Grado (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne as a member of Toxic Attraction. She is a former record-tying two-time NXT Women's Tag Team C ...
. After Rose was released from her WWE contract in December 2022, Toxic Attraction became a
tag team
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of Dolin and Jayne before they split in February 2023, ending the group.
The stable originally formed in August 2021. During their time together, Rose held the
NXT Women's Championship
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for 413 days and
unified the
NXT UK Women's Championship
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into the NXT Women's Championship, while Dolin and Jayne held the
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship
The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling women's tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended on the NXT brand division, the promotion's developmental territory. The current c ...
a record-tying two times. Toxic Attraction was at the forefront of the NXT women's division during the "
NXT 2.0
''WWE NXT'', also known as ''NXT'', is an American professional wrestling television program. It is produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, featuring performers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The show currentl ...
" era until Rose was released in December 2022. The group came to an end in February 2023 after Jayne turned on Dolin following an unsuccessful attempt at the NXT Women's Championship.
History
On the July 13, 2021, episode of ''
NXT'',
Mandy Rose
Amanda Rose Saccomanno (born July 18, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, television personality, and fitness and figure competitor. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Mandy Rose.
Rose bega ...
, who had been performing on
WWE
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's main roster, returned to the
NXT brand and was paired with
Gigi Dolin
Priscilla Lee Kelly (born June 5, 1997) is an American professional wrestler.
She performs under the ring name Gigi Dolin in the NXT brand, and is one-half of the tag team Toxic Attraction with Jacy Jayne, and she is a former record-tying two ...
and
Jacy Jayne
Taylor Grado (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne as a member of Toxic Attraction. She is a former record-tying two-time NXT Women's Tag Team C ...
. The trio established themselves as
heels
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Structure
To distribute the compressive forces exerte ...
and Rose debuted a new dark-haired look. The following week, the trio named themselves "Toxic Attraction".
Following this, Rose began feuding with
NXT Women's Champion
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Raquel González, while Dolin and Jayne began feuding with
Io Shirai
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and
Zoey Stark
Theresa Serrano (born January 25, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT brand under the ring name Zoey Stark, and is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, ...
over the
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship
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. At
''NXT'': Halloween Havoc, Dolin and Jayne won a
ladder match
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to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, while Rose defeated González for the NXT Women's Championship, marking Rose's first title in her career and making Toxic Attraction the first stable to simultaneously hold all the titles in the NXT women's division in one night.
Dolin and Jayne would hold the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship for 158 days, losing it during the
NXT Stand & Deliver Kickoff show to
Dakota Kai
Cheree Georgina Crowley (born 6 May 1988) is a New Zealand-born professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Dakota Kai. She is a member of Damage CTRL and is one half of the c ...
and Raquel González.
They regained the titles three days later
and held it for 91 days, losing it at
''NXT'': The Great American Bash against
Cora Jade
Brianna Coda (born January 14, 2001) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, performing on the NXT brand under the ring name Cora Jade, where she is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion.
Before signing to WWE, she pre ...
and
Roxanne Perez
Carla Gonzalez (born November 5, 2001) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Roxanne Perez, where she is the current NXT Women's Champion in her first reign. She is a form ...
.
Rose would hold the NXT Women's Championship for 413 days and, during her reign, she also won a
triple threat match
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at the
2022 Worlds Collide event against
NXT UK Women's Champion Meiko Satomura
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and
Blair Davenport
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to
unify both championships. On the December 13, 2022, episode of ''NXT'', Rose lost her title to Perez.
The next day, Rose was released from WWE due to explicit content posted on her FanTime page (a subscription website similar to
OnlyFans
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). This in turn made Toxic Attraction a standard tag team of Dolin and Jayne.
At
''NXT'': New Year's Evil on January 10, 2023, Dolin and Jayne were declared co-winners of a 20-woman
battle royal
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after eliminating each other simultaneously, earning an NXT Women's Championship match against Perez in a triple threat match at
NXT Vengeance Day,
where both women failed to win the title.
Three days later on the February 7 episode of ''NXT'', during a "Ding Dong, Hello!" segment hosted by
Bayley, Jayne turned on Dolin, ending Toxic Attraction.
Championships and accomplishments
* ''
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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''
** Ranked No. 21 of the top 150 female singles wrestlers in the ''
PWI Women's 150
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'' in 2022 – Rose
** Ranked No. 48 of the top 150 female singles wrestlers in the ''PWI Women's 150'' in 2022 – Dolin
** Ranked No. 49 of the top 150 female singles wrestlers in the ''PWI Women's 150'' in 2022 – Jayne
** Ranked No. 14 of the top 100 Tag Teams in the ''
PWI Tag Team 100'' in 2022 – Dolin and Jayne
*
WWE
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**
NXT Women's Championship
The NXT Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended on the NXT brand division, the promotion's developmental territory. Introduced on April 5, 2013, ...
(
1 time) – Rose
**
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship
The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling women's tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended on the NXT brand division, the promotion's developmental territory. The current c ...
(
2 times
"2 Times" is a song co-written and recorded by British Italian-based singer Ann Lee. It was released in 1999 as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999). The single entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Outsid ...
) – Dolin and Jayne
**
References
External links
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Toxic Attraction's profile at Cagematch.net
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