NXT Takeover – Orlando 2017 – Preview and Predictions

Mar 31, 2017 at 4:12 PM

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NXT Takeover – Orlando 2017 – Preview and Predictions

This Saturday, WWE is going to hold the much awaited pay per view event of NXT; the NXT Takeover – Orlando. The event will take place just before the night of WrestleMania 33. Last year, NXT also held a pay per view event before the night of WrestleMania. It was the NXT Takeover – Dallas. It marks the iconic debut of Shinsuke Nakamura.

So what to expect from this year’s final NXT Takeover before WrestleMania? What could be the outcome of the matches that are listed? Let us find out;

1 – Bobby Roode vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – NXT championship – These two are arguably the best two athletes of NXT roster right now. Last time these two athletes collided was back in January 28th at NXT Takeover – San Antonio where they put on an excellent contest. They were booked in a thirty minutes match in that night.

We are expecting something similar in this event too. As Nakamura is scheduled to make his main roster debut soon after WrestleMania, we cannot predict him to win the title in this case. So our prediction goes in favor of ‘the Glorious’ Bobby Roode.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Bobby Roode wins and retains the title

2 – Asuka vs. Ember Moon – NXT Women’s championship – Arguably, it is the most anticipated match of the show. Two of the strongest NXT woman wrestlers colliding for the first time, this is going to be hilarious.

In our opinion, Asuka should not lose this match since they are fighting first time. As Dave Meltzer reported Asuka will not come to main roster at once and she is staying in NXT for quite longer, we think she should win in this occasion and she will.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Asuka wins and retains the title.

3 – Authors of Pain vs. #DIY vs. the Revival – Triple Threat Tag Team Elimination Match for the NXT Tag Team championship – These three are the best tag teams of NXT right now and what could be better to see all of them fighting in one single match. #DIY and Revival put on one of the best matches in NXT history last year, with the inclusion of Authors of Pain, we believe this match can also be one hell of a contest.

In our opinion, Authors of Pain should not come out with the victory and Revival should be the first team to get eliminated. Revival need to step now. They should be given the main roster break. There are other tag teams stepping up in the NXT like Heavy Machinery, Sanity. Roderick Strong and No Way Jose can form a good tag team too.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Authors of Pain win and retain

4 – Sanity vs. Tye Dillinger, Roderick Strong, No Way Jose, and Ruby Riot – Eight Person Mixed Tag Team Match – Before we talk about this match, before we say what might happen in this match, we would like to say what should happen in this match; we think Sanity must win this match, and they have to.

WWE is lacking of good stable based wrestling in a quite a long time. The Shield was the last good stable that does not exist anymore. Before that, Nexus was a stable that really rocked the fans, but poor creativity ruined everything. WWE need to build some good stables to make things more interesting, so Sanity need to look dominant in the NXT. Good stable based wrestling is really interesting to watch and every time good stables were built, shows got instantly highlighted. For example; nWo in the WCW, DX, Nexus in the WWE, Main Event Mafia in the TNA, etc.

Sanity gave us the glimpse of those stables and they should win this match. Having them lost this match will kill all the stable momentums that are built.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Sanity win

5 – Aleister Black vs. Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas – This is the only non-title singles match of the event. And it is the debut match of Aleister black. Last year, we saw the debut of Shinsuke Nakamura, this is year it will be Tommy End aka Aleister Black.

Tommy End was an excellent wrestler in the Indies. He has a bag full of accomplishments all over the Indies. He signed with WWE last year in June. His first televised match in WWE was at the WWE UK championship tournament final where he faced Neville under the ring name of Tommy End and lost.

He is now renamed as Aleister Black and this is going to be his debut under the new ring name and gimmick. So we are expecting to see a win for Black.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Aleister Black wins.

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