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Checked in with NXT for the first time in a long time because of the Pit Fight. Haven't even really been paying attention, but that felt like a big of a game-changer. Great stuff. Timothy Thatcher and Matt Riddle are so good.
* Keith Lee should beat Johnny Gargano. Honestly, I hate that they turned Gargano heel. He and Ciampa should have been two buds that could team up perpetually. I kind of wish they'd both get off NXT and go up to the main roster as a tag team. I don't have any desire to see either get a main event push, but as a tag team? Yeah, gravy.
* That's why Ciampa should put over Karrion Kross too. Feels like NXT could move forward if it got rid of some of its old names and established these new acts. Karrion Kross leaves me largely unimpressed, but Scarlett is excellent. She's probably ready for the main roster as a manager for someone. She could make anyone interesting. Doesn't mean she has to leave NXT either.
* If they're keeping Balor down in NXT, he should probably beat Priest. Like Priest's look, and he does movez, but I don't really feel him as a gimmick. He might be another guy that's more naturally adapt to a main roster push, in terms of at least trying to dictate people's feelings about him. Kind of disappointed we haven't got a proper Balor vs. Styles feud that I can check out on DailyMotion. Maybe Balor should lose and go to SmackDown? Or maybe Styles can do some appearances in NXT? Or maybe Balor should be an established guy for Velveteen Dream to beat out the gate?
* Whether Dream wins the belt or not depends on whether there is any validity to his legal issues, I guess. Would they be using him if there was real cause to be concerned? If he's not going to be tangled up and destroyed by this shit, he should definitely win and The Undisputed Era are likely going over to the main roster. There's a reason Imperium got the tag belts and not UE. If they can't go with Dream, Cole will win and likely go against Balor himself. I expect him to drop the belt soon anyway. Can always have Dream win it from a new champ too.
* Not a fan of three-ways, and I think this is kind of just there for Charlotte to drop the belt without getting pinned (even though Triple H likes to do the thing where the champ gets pinned in three-ways). I can kind of see Charlotte retaining though. I don't know which other women they have lined up, but it kind of makes sense for Charlotte to pin Io and keep things going with Rhea for later, with a "Last Chance" spot for Io down the line too.
Should be your usual great Takeover from an in-ring perspective, but it's hard to get excited about things. They need to move forward with some of these personalities they're trying to establish, like Thatcher, Scarlett, Kross, Imperium, Balor or I guess Priest.
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