Off with Candice's top

With Candice flat against the mat, Io makes use of the opportunity and grabs onto LeRae’s top! There is not much of a struggle as Io is able to strip Candice of her upper half and reveal a dark blue bra. The bra doesn’t show much cleavage and is more so on the conservative side; hiding much of her breasts.

One down and one more to go for Io Shirai to secure the victory in this match. We will know that Candice, though, is a fighter and a tough competitor who will stop at nothing to get this championship. However, right now she is sitting on the mat and scooting away from the champion with one hand over her bra. LeRae doesn’t make it too far before Io grabs Candice by the hair and starts to pull her up.

Io is able to get Candice back onto her feet with the “helpful” assist and quickly strikes her in the face with a Shotei Palm Strike! Candice starts to stagger a bit and is defenseless as she takes a hard knife edge chop right across her exposed chest area. The purple haired woman lets out a wail from the chop and closes her eyes as she feels the stinging across her skin. Io runs and bounces off the ropes, then jumps in the air as she gets closer to Candice.

Before Candice can do anything about it, she gets Io’s legs wrapped around her head and LeRae is flung across the ring and lands neck first onto the middle rope after a hurricarana! The crowd stands up in excitement as Io sets her sights on Candice. Io bounces off the opposite ropes from Candice, then sprints towards Candice despite all the pain in her knee. The Joshi Judas swings her legs through the ropes for the Tiger Feint Kick, also known as the 619, but a mystery person wearing a Ghostface mask appears out of nowhere and saves Candice by catching Io’s feet!

The NXT Women’s Champion is not able to keep her grip on the ropes and falls out of the ring, but the Ghostface mask wearer keeps their arms locked around Shirai’s legs. This forces Io to hang upside down as the masked individual sits on the ring apron! Candice slowly regroups and realizes that this person, whoever they are, saved her from an almost guaranteed loss if that kick connected. The Poison Pixie rolls to the side and grabs the two pieces of string that were torn from Io’s gear and a plan is quickly forming.

Io is trying to pull herself up but the masked person has now wrapped their legs over Io’s arms, basically pushing her against the side of the ring and not allowing her to move. But now at the end of Io’s body, the individual has placed Io’s feet on the bottom rope to allow Candice to tie the string to them! She’s tying Io to the ring!

Both strings get wrapped around and knotted, and the individual finally releases Io and forces her to hang upside down by her ankles. The person then decides to take liberties with the situation and throws a few kicks into the defenseless Io’s midsection. Io’s pants legs flap around as they have nothing holding them together and Io’s thighs jiggle from the movement caused by the kicks.