NXT just completed the last TV tapings before their next Takeover special which happens to be during Wrestlemania weekend and it looks like it will try to dethrone Takeover: New Orleans as the greatest Takeover special. Now, heading into the taping, we knew three matches; Pete Dunne defending his United Kingdom Championship against Walter, Shayna Baszler defending her NXT Women's Title against Bianca BelAir, Kairi Sane and Io Shirai and the War Raiders defending their titles against the winners of the Dusty Rhodes Classic. It's already stacked.
With Tommaso Ciampa's unfortunate injury, the planned main event of Ciampa VS Gargano IV is out the window, although it will make for a hell of a comeback feud if Ciampa can make a full recovery by the end of the year. Instead, Triple H announced that while Gargano would still compete for the NXT Championship, it would be against a new opponent and it would be a 2/3 Falls match for the championship. The winner of Aleister Black, Ricochet, The Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle and Adam Cole would get the right to challenge for the title. You know, the top talent in NXT. Personally, I was pulling for Ricochet or Cole as they've been there the longest without challenging for the NXT Title at a Takeover. It looks like Riddle has the win when he tapped out Dream but Cole distracted the ref and picked up the victory, meaning Adam Cole will face Johnny Gargano in a 2/3 Falls match for the NXT Championship two nights before Wrestlemania. That's insane. Now, looking at the way the match ended, it could seem that NXT is going in the route of a Cole/Riddle feud down the line. They also teased in on the last episode of NXT. Gargano was primed and ready to finally win the NXT Championship but he's basically already faced all the top talent in NXT except Keith Lee, Matt Riddle and Adam Cole. This is really going to be interesting to see who wins. If Gargano wins, this will probably be the last hurrah for Undisputed Era in NXT. I do think another UE VS War Raiders match would be sick, especially with a stipulation like a ladder or TLC. If Cole wins, Gargano will be getting the permanent call up, hopefully to Smackdown so he can flourish. If I'm a betting man, I'm going with Gargano, just because it makes sense if he was going to win anyway and you still have the option of doing Gargano/Ciampa one more time.
The Dusty Rhodes Classic ended and we got Aleister Black and Ricochet with the win. The tag team chemistry is there and it's easy to see why they went over against The Forgotten Sons. Black/Ricochet will now challenge War Raiders at New York. Also announced was Velveteen Dream defending the NXT North American Championship against Matt Riddle. Keith Lee VS Dominik Dijakovic looks might be taped at Takeover New York before the show goes on the air. You know, for the recap episode.
So, let's recap.
Adam Cole VS Johnny Gargano in a 2/3 Falls match for the vacant NXT Championship
Velveteen Dream VS Matt Riddle - NXT North American Championship
Pete Dunne VS Walter - WWE United Kingdom Championship
Shayna Baszler VS Bianca Belair VS Kairi Sane VS Io Shirai - NXT Women's Championship
War Raiders VS Aleister Black and Ricochet - NXT Tag Team Championship
Is it April 5th yet? This is such an amazingly stacked card and I know that they are going absolutely kill it, especially with it being Wrestlemania weekend.
Are you as excited as me?
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