NXT TakeOver In Your House 2021: 10 Things That Must Happen
4. Karrion Kross Retains
Again, there's just something a little off about the 'Fatal-5-Way' situation. Nothing about it feels like something NXT would typically do - the five-man dynamic is almost lazy, and it has the whiff of TV main event instead of TakeOver about it.
Karrion Kross cannot lose his belt in this kind of match.
Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly, in particular, would both be fine champs, but Kross only just regained that strap at Stand & Deliver over WrestleMania 37 week. Seeing him lose it here, presumably without even being involved in the finish, would be a damn shame considering his title reign is a reboot following injuries.
The best course of action might be having O'Reilly on the cusp of doing the impossible before his old Undisputed Era pal scuppers things for him. There must be bad blood forever between Adam and Kyle, and the last thing Cole wants is to O'Reilly sit atop the NXT mountain.
Just get Kross out of there with that championship and move on.