5 HUGE NXT TakeOver: War Games 2018 Predictions You Need To Know

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NXT popped boys and "bros" alike when they planted Matt Riddle ringside for the now-traditional smile-and-wave at the last TakeOver special, but his absence from this card to make ample time for the other four left a star-shaped hole in the event.

Recent conference call comments from Triple H implied that NXT can now be a destination as well as a stepping stone, which jived with marks a certain high profile independent star made about not particularly wanting a spot on Raw or SmackDown Live. Could it be time for WALTER to illuminate the chests of the Full Sail favourites?

Whilst they last thing they'd ideally want is a literal smile or wave, his domineering and dangerous presence looming front row ahead of the main event would be a shot in the arm of the roster almost as hard as one of his blistering side-swipes. His power is the personification of his personality - no pleasantries are needed to give an impression of what may follow if and when he signs on a long-rumoured dotted line.

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