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What do you guys think the Takeover Mania card is going to look like? It seems that a lot of the "Mania" programs are being blown off at the San Antonio card. Are they just going to pedal through them and leave some doubt as to who the better people are in order for rematches at the Mania show?
The one I'm fairly confident in is Asuka vs. Ember Moon. That's been the Women's Title match coming down the pipeline for a long time now. Nakamura seems a likely candidate for the NXT Title match too. His opponent if fairly unclear to me though. Is it too simple to predict him vs. Bobby Roode? That seems logical, I suppose. A SAnitY six-man against some babyfaces like No Way Jose, Tye Dillinger and maybe Roderick Strong seems likely. Maybe they use Rich Swann in one of those spots and have Tye Dillinger face Elias Samson or something -- just because the heat for that would be tremendous.
The big program I am hoping for is Samoa Joe vs. Kassius Ohno. When Joe is eventually told he isn't getting any more title shots, I can see him taking it out on William Regal. Kassius Ohno then comes back to avenge Regal. Remember that the last time we saw Ohno, he had just finished a rivalry with William Regal that made him more humble and grounded. It would make sense for Ohno to offer himself up as the man to try and stop the rampage Joe is on. The battle between these two more hefty competitors would certainly be intringuing from an in-ring standpoint. This would be a nice farewell for Joe before he heads up to the main roster, and would set up Ohno as "The Heart and Soul of NXT" and put him in line for a future NXT Title shot.
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