7 Things That Must Happen At NXT TakeOver: WarGames

4. Drew McIntyre Retains

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The addition of Zelina Vega has done wonders for Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas. La Sombra was treading water in NXT until she came along, and all of a sudden the former IWGP Intercontinental Champion finds himself in a TakeOver match for the NXT Championship. It has been a remarkable rise.

That rise is not going to be capped with an NXT Championship win. Drew McIntyre is absolutely the right man to lead NXT in the current climate, and having the big Scot lose the title in his first TakeOver defence would be absurd. The match should be excellent, the best on the show even. Drew and Almas are simply too good not to have a great battle.

Despite Adam Cole’s lukewarm performances since arriving, the end game (for now at least) has to be a match between Cole and McIntyre with the title on the line. That is a big time main event for a big time TakeOver. Almas is a placeholder as challenger, the perfect contender for a show where more important things are taking place.

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