Jade Cargill Posts Cryptic Message, WWE Women’s Tag Champs Set For NXT Title Defense
Naomi and Bianca Belair defeated Nia Jax and Candice LeRae on “WWE SmackDown,” but the real story with the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions is about what’s happening outside the ring. Prior to the match, the champions were chatting backstage about whomever attacked Belair’s other tag partner, Jade Cargill. Naomi stated that there were “no leads” on who the attacker is. Cargill later posted on social media, simply asking, “you sure?” Cargill was brutally attacked on the “SmackDown” before Thanksgiving. She was shown laid out on a car windshield. In the interim, Belair and Naomi won the tag titles.
After Friday’s match, commentary announced that the champions would be heading to “WWE NXT” to defend their titles against Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson in Atlanta. On this week’s episode of “NXT”, Legend and Jackson defeated the Unholy Union to become No. 1 contenders. The women of Meta-Four are no strangers to the champs; when Belair and Cargill were champions, Legend and Jackson got involved in their match from the crowd, and later participated in a four-way title match alongside Piper Niven and Chelsea Green and Damage CTRL at WWE Crown Jewel.
We’ve never been particularly fond of the Lexus RC, but that won’t stop us from mourning the death of yet another V-8. Lexus has confirmed that the regular RC and the eight-cylinder RC F will end production after this year. That means they won’t be retired immediately, rather 2025 marks the final model year for both cars.
Before it goes, the RC gets one minor visual change, as it adopts red brake calipers (changed from orange). That only applies to rear-drive RC F Sport models, though, as the other trims are unchanged.
Things are slightly more exciting for the proper RC F, which will be sold exclusively in Final Edition form for 2025. The last version of the RC F builds off last year’s Carbon Package model, so it features a carbon-fiber treatment for the front spoiler, rear diffuser, roof, and the active rear wing.
The RC F rides on a set of 19-inch BBS wheels, and there’s even a special engine-cover badge for its 5.0-liter V-8. As with the lesser RC, the F gets red brake calipers. The interior gets a new look too, with the leather and Ultrasuede finished in a special red and black job.
The last RC F we tested was the 2021 Fuji Speedway Edition, which we guided to 60 mph in 4.0 seconds flat. While certainly not slow, the $100,000 Lexus continues to fall by the wayside of competitors in the same price class. Still, we’ll lament the loss of yet another naturally aspirated V-8 on our roads.
For the final model year, the 2025 Lexus RC300, with its turbo four and rear-wheel drive, starts at $46,445. The all-wheel-drive version has a naturally aspirated V-6 and is priced at $49,135. Meanwhile, the RC350 has a more powerful version of the same V-6; it starts at $49,375 and $51,540 for rear- or all-wheel drive, respectively. The RC F Final Edition starts at $94,000 and features a 472-hp 5.0-liter V-8.
