8 Early Predictions For NXT TakeOver: New Orleans

What will WWE's hottest brand offer over WrestleMania weekend?

by John Bills
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WWE.com

With the Royal Rumble out of the way, WrestleMania is well and truly on the horizon. ‘Mania weekend is Christmas, Easter and birthday all rolled into one for any self-respecting professional wrestling fan, as companies from all across the globe descend on the host city for a weekend of gorging on pro graps.

How many of those attending the Show of Shows will also be in the Smoothie King Center for NXT TakeOver: New Orleans? More importantly, what will those fans be watching on that night? NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia was another incredible event in the history of the series, capped off by what may well be the best match ever seen in developmental. If NXT needed a springboard for 2018, it is now lost somewhere in the ether.

NXT’s biggest strength is also a major problem. The roster is well and truly stacked, meaning some of the best pro wrestlers on the planet may find themselves engaging in a small bout of thumb twiddling come WrestleMania weekend. What will the NXT TakeOver: New Orleans card look like? Let’s get to prognosticating.

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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.