Looks like Billie Kay is stepping into the role of "Wrestler who jobs to the new incoming indy star" that Tyler Breeze had in NXT and Tye Dillinger currently has. Billie Kay faces the debuting Ember Moon, better known as Athena on the indy scene, and Billie is definitely eating an O-Face tomorrow. I know I said that in the NXT review, but I'm almost 100% certain that's what's happening. Like, 99.99% certain. I'm going with Ember Moon for the win.
Yeah, to be honest, when I envisioned Austin Aries in NXT, I definitely envisioned him doing something more...important. Now, I don't have anything against No Way Jose, but I was hoping Aries would be doing things that were more lasting in the grand scheme of things. As for the match, while I do like Jose, having him beat Aries would more than likely hurt Aries more than it would help Jose. That's why I'm going with Aries for the win.
Match #3: The Revival (c) vs Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa-NXT Tag Team Championships
Winners: The Revival
Look...I love Gargano & Ciampa. They're great wrestlers and I'm so glad they've both finally made it to WWE after all these years. But...The Revival are the shit right now. Everything they're doing now is straight fire for me. Their promos are good, their wrestling is great, their gimmick is on point. They're fantastic. That being said, as much as I like Gargano & Ciampa, I just don't think they're going to take the belts from The Revival. I'm picking Dash & Dawson for the win.
GLORIOUS! NO I WON'T GIVE IN, I WON'T GIVE IN TILL I'M VICTORIOUS! AND I WILL DEFEND, I WILL DEFEND!...Yeah, Bobby Roode's entrance music is pretty good. Anyways, Bobby Roode makes his long awaited NXT debut against one of NXT's newer superstar Andrade "Cien" Almas. This is huge Almas, as this is by far the biggest match of his NXT career after the lukewarm start. However, I'm going with Roode for the win. His debut was huge and so highly anticipated that he can't possibly lose in his debut. I'm going with Roode.
In the highly anticipated rematch from Takeover: Dallas, Asuka defends the NXT Women's Championship against the woman she won it from, Bayley. Better yet, it's in Brooklyn, the same city where Bayley won the NXT Women's Championship almost one year ago. I fully expect this to be both better than their match in Dallas and be at least the second best match on the card, if not the best. And as much as I love Bayley, I think that tomorrow will be the last time we see Bayley in NXT. She's done pretty much everything she can do in NXT and it's time for her to come up to the main roster. So many NXT stars have gotten one big final goodbye before they go up to RAW & SmackDown (Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, Finn Balor) and Bayley definitely, deserves a moment like that in the same city she had her career-defining moment in. That's why I'm going with Asuka for the win.
Match #6: Samoa Joe (c) vs Shinsuke Nakamura-NXT Championship
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
In what should be an incredibly hard hitting match up, Samoa Joe defends the NXT Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. Both these guys are at the top their games right now and this match should be the best of the night. Like with Bayley, Samoa Joe has done pretty much everything there is to be done in NXT. He won the NXT Championship, he's main-evented what will be 4 straight Takeover shows tomorrow, he won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic,...he beat up Mojo Rawley, he's done it all. There's nothing left for him to achieve, and he's definitely ready to go up to the main roster. He's always been ready. That's why I think he's dropping the belt this Saturday to the King of Strong Style. Let Shinsuke have an awesome run with the belt and send Joe up to the main roster.
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