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The pre-show features the usual panel lineup breaking down all of tonight's matches. The NXT TakeOver: New York Kickoff Show is officially underway. WWE runs the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York this evening with their highly-anticipated NXT TakeOver: New York show airing live on the WWE Network.įive matches are scheduled for tonight's live special, which is headlined by a 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match between Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole for the vacant NXT World Championship. Either man winning would not be a surprise to anyone at this point it’s truly anyone’s match here.The road to WrestleMania 35 takes a huge detour on Friday evening, and as usual has you covered. The finish of this match could go either way and heavily depends on whether Gargano will be called up to the main roster following WrestleMania. It would be shocking for this match to not go all three falls, as Cole has already teased that the Undisputed Era will play a role in this match early and often, with his teammates more than likely getting ejected from ringside prior to the finish. Hopefully, this has all the makings to give us our longest Takeover event ever. This match will be contested in a two-out-of-three falls format to determine a definitive winner, according to Triple H, which technically takes a five-match card and pushes it up to seven. To find a new opponent for Gargano, Triple H had a fatal five-way on NXT which saw Adam Cole come out the victor to challenge for the vacant championship. This match should have been the climax from years of build between Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, but it was unfortunately called off when Ciampa had to vacate the championship due to injury and to undergo neck surgery. Photo via WWE.com Johnny Gargano goes one-on-one with Adam Cole in a two-out-of-three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship Prediction: Matt Riddle wins the NXT North American Championship
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With all the calls-ups as of late and Dream’s obsession about having Vince McMahon “Call him up” this could be a surprise swan song for the Champion Friday night in Brooklyn. From his gear to the matches themselves, it seems everyone is talking about him by the time Takeover is said and done. It could be argued that the Dream has stolen every single Takeover that he has wrestled on. Mind games have been played as Dream watched Riddle’s match from the stage on a couch as the King of Bros defeated Kona Reeves and the two had a stare down on the stage post-match to build the hype for this bout. The Dream has been obsessed with keeping the spotlight on him and Riddle has been persistent about getting Dream’s title around his waist. Before the neck injury to Tommaso Ciampa, this match was scheduled to be a triple threat with Adam Cole in the mix but that all got thrown out the window with Ciampa’s injury putting Cole into the main event and leaving this match to become a singles contest instead. This is another match that has the potential to steal the show as Velveteen Dream takes on the King of Bros, Matt Riddle, for the North American title.
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Photo via WWE.com Velveteen Dream defends the NXT North American Championship against Matt Riddle Prediction: Bianca Belair wins the NXT Women’s Championship This match could go in any direction, but with the potential of Sane and Shirai challenging for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles in the future, the odds for either of them to win on Friday decrease quite a bit. There has been marketing for this match even on WWE’s official website that would suggest that this would become a ladder match, but as NXT went off the air on Wednesday night there was no confirmation that this would be the case. Originally this match was scheduled to be Baszler defending the title against either Io Shirai or Bianca Belair, but due to her interference causing the match to end in a no contest, NXT General Manager William Regal decided to make the match a fatal four-way, also adding in former champion Kairi Sane who got involved post-match trying to save her friend Shirai against Baszler and got choked out in the process. It is entirely possible that we could see anyone in this match walk out with the championship. It’s possible Shayna Baszler’s crusade for respect from the rest of the NXT Women’s division might be coming back to haunt her as she finds herself against three opponents instead of one this Friday night. Photo via WWE.com Shayna Baszler defends the NXT Women’s Championship in a fatal four-way against Io Shirai, Kairi Sane, and Bianca Belair