Predicting Every WWE Title Feud After WrestleMania 40

9. NXT Championship

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Current Champ: Ilja Dragunov

Predicted Feud: Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Lexis King

It'd be a shocker if Trick Williams beat Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Title at Vengeance Day. That might've happened by the time you read this, but hopefully not because Ilja still has some juice in him as champ. Besides, he'll be someone Triple H is considering for a promotion later this year.

Lexis King is a wrestler reborn after leaving AEW and blossoming into his own man by ditching the Brian Pillman Jr name. In interviews, King has spoken about how much passion he has for wrestling. There's a dynamic story to tell here, and hunting down Dragunov's title would help Lexis tell it.

Sure, his new moniker sounds like a car brand, but Lexis will surely become a leading light on NXT once people get used to it. There's something about King holding the NXT Title and rebuilding his stock post-AEW that sounds right.

(Loose) Cannons at the ready.

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