8 HUGE WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House Predictions You Need To Know

4. Tommaso Ciampa Vs. Karrion Kross

Velveteen Dream Nxt Champion
WWE

Could - and perhaps should - be the best thing on the whole show.

An inspired bit of booking has placed Tommaso Ciampa in the Karrion's krosshairs, just a month removed from the former 'Killer' making an emphatic debut with an attack on the former NXT Champion.

Wearing much of NXT's internal problems on his sleeve, Ciampa was as directionless the entire show either side of his 'One Final Beat' programme with Johnny Gargano, but Kross' evil intentions towards him has elevated him back to being something much more than the grizzled veteran trying to get his belt back.

Ciampa is one of the men to beat on the black-and-gold brand if the NXT Championship is an end goal, and it looks as though the booking might be racing Karrion Kross across all the key steps while the going's very very good. All the potential quality of this relies on smart timekeeping - Kross' dominance and the empty setting can nary cope with this going 20 minutes, but halving that run-time could double the impact of the result.

Winner - Karrion Kross

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