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

4. Tommaso Ciampa Vs. Karrion Kross

Tommaso Ciampa Karrion Kross
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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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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for nearly 10 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 65,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live.