This episode was aight but it's usually like that when a Takeover is less than a few days away.
Mia Yim vs Bianca Belair.
A rematch from 3 weeks ago which was a decent match. Was that better? Not really. At one point during the match, Mia Yim delivered a code Yim which is a snap sunset flip. The match ends with Mia hit a protect ya neck to Belair and she got a huge victory over the EST of NXT.
I don't know where Bianca Belair goes from here but I hope NXT build Belair with some momentum.
After a pretty good video package about the match between Tyler Breeze and Velveteen Dream (get it? pretty? Prince Pretty?), Shayna and the gang were interviewed and Baszler basically said that unlike Io Shirai, she's got friends.
Kushida vs Drew Gulak.
A very technical wrestling match. So many types of submissions being applied by both men but the match ended with a pinfall victory from Kushida with a roll-up with his legs.
I'm a big mark when it comes to technical matches and this was no exception. A very good match in my opinion.
Io Shirai was interviewed by Cathy Kelly about the numbers advantage of Shayna’s NXT championship match and Candice LeRae came out to tell Io that she has Io's back at NXT Takeover: XXV.
Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch vs The Forgotten Sons.
After the ref banned Jaxson Ryker from ringside, The Street Profits interfered ending the match in a DQ. Then, all the teams that are part of the ladder match brawled with each other but The Undisputed Era came back strong with ladder shots to Jaxson Ryker and Adam Cole ended this episode of NXT by saying that Takeover 25 will be Undisputed.
Predictable ending but it's to be expected when you're building up those kinds of matches.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos:
Like: Kushida vs Drew Gulak.
Didn't Like: Nothing.
Just like what I did when I reviewed the NXT before Takeover: New York, I'm gonna put my quick predictions and here we go:
Matt Riddle vs Roderick Strong.
My Prediction: Matt takes the ice cream cake on this one.
Velveteen Dream vs Tyler Breeze for the NXT North American Championship.
My prediction: Tyler is used here as a filler but it should be a great match. The Velveteen Dream retains.
Shayna Baszler vs Io Shirai for the NXT Women's championship.
My prediction: This is a tough one but I'll go with the genius of the sky.
Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch vs The Undisputed Era vs The Street Profits vs The Forgotten Sons for the NXT Tag Team Championship in a ladder match.
My prediction: A match that could steal the show by just barely 99.9999999999%. I'll go with The Undisputed Era bay bay.
Johnny Gargano vs Adam Cole for the NXT Championship.
My prediction: Johnny is still Johnny Champion after Takeover: XXV.
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