7 Matches That Must Happen At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn

How can NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn top the show in Chicago?

by John Bills
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Excitement levels for NXT TakeOver: Chicago were pretty low, with Dave Meltzer and others openly saying the card was the most disappointing TakeOver effort in a long while. The show ended up blowing all expectations out of the water, the match of the year candidate between Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne being the definite highlight. The night also ended in shocking circumstances, as Tommaso Ciampa brutally turned on former tag team partner Johnny Gargano.

What does all of this mean for the next NXT TakeOver? NXT returns to Brooklyn over SummerSlam weekend in August for the third time, and the developmental brand has a whole heap of options in front of it. Barring televised changes, the champions will be the same for the third straight TakeOver. Who will step up to challenge Roode, Asuka, and The Authors?

NXT has its deepest roster yet, with Drew McIntyre, Kassius Ohno, Aleister Black, and Andrade Almas all missing from the Chicago card. Will equally big names be absent in Brooklyn? Don't bet on it. The Brooklyn card will more than likely only feature five matches, but NXT should think about bumping that number up to seven for arguably its biggest show of the year.

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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.