10 Bold Wrestling Predictions For 2022

10. NXT 2.0 Becomes NXT 3.0

They won't actually call it NXT 3.0, but the NXT 2.0 experiment will be compromised to a permanent end in 2022.

It is an unmitigated disaster.

Watched primarily by geezers in rocking chairs who presumably do the honk honk hand gesture whenever Toxic Attraction are on screen, NXT 2.0 has failed dismally to reach the intended 18-49 demographic. The ratings are a disaster, and why wouldn't they be: it is a nonsensical sh*t-show that features a smattering of terrible one-dimensional characters working three minute matches that won't do a bloody thing to develop them.

Adrenaline junkies, Golden Gloves champions, lotharios, social media influencers - and that's just Grayson Waller.

Elsewhere, Grizzled Young Veterans are thieves, Duke Hudson is a poker player, and Dakota Kai is da Joker baybee. NXT 2.0 is NXT Redemption without realising that it's taking the piss out of itself. An ancient Chinese warrior has just been repackaged as a narcoleptic wearing a pair of pyjamas. Like, what the f*ck are we even doing here?

It is a deranged show that still conspires to be boring. One performer will emerge from it a star - more on that later - but otherwise, it is doomed.