8 HUGE WWE NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day Predictions You Need To Know

by Michael Hamflett

1. Jagged Edge

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For years, NXT luxuriated in its own awesomeness by planting legends and current superstars at ringside for TakeOver vanity shots. The idea was that they were so fond of the product that they too had to join the ticket-purchasing punters to check it out for themselves.

Said shows were so f*cking fantastic that disbelief could easily be suspended that this were actually true. Especially when it came to revealing the latest wrestler Triple H had just read about on Cagematch.

Not now.

NXT slumped to such a degree in 2020 that Kevin Owens went from having some sort of religious experience at TakeOver: WarGames 2019 to giving Triple H the old "nah you're alright thanks" when asked about doing more than just a one-off KO Show the following year. Edge, on television, said he was interested in the Finn Bálor/Pete Dunne match. It's on the company to prove that and practice what he's preached.

Chasing off Pat McAfee won't just leave quite the tantalising tease for Wednesday's show, but protect the integrity of the NXT Championship he feigned interest in a fortnight earlier.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 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 62,000,000 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 covered milestone events in New York, 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. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett