7 Early Match Predictions For NXT TakeOver: Houston

by John Bills

1. NXT Championship: Drew McIntyre Vs. Adam Cole

Adam Cole NXT TakeOVer
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NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III ended with Adam Cole standing tall over a prone Drew McIntyre, with the championship held high over Cole’s head. What price TakeOver: Houston ending with a similar image? Adam Cole winning the NXT Championship has long felt like an inevitability, even before 'The Panama City Playboy' put pen to paper on a deal.

Drew McIntyre deserves this NXT Championship reign. The concept of ‘deserving’ in wrestling is somewhat tired of course, but Drew’s story is a tale of hard work and commitment paying off, showing the benefits of playing the long game and sticking to your guns. The big Scot will shine at the top of NXT.

But he won’t be on top forever, as Adam Cole is about to get a rocket strapped to his back. Fish and O’Reilly will inevitably become involved, and the night will end with all three as champions. NXT is going to start 2018 with a distinctly Ring of Honor feel at the top of its card.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.