NXT TakeOver Portland: Predictions
NXT TakeOver: Portland takes place this evening at 7pm EST on the WWE Network. My predictions are located below.
๐ก๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ -- ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ (๐ฐ) ๐๐. ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ
Ciampaโs quest to reclaim Goldie began from the very second he was forced to relinquish it. Goldie has become his obsession and Cole stands in the way of regaining his past glory.
I believe Ciampa gets his life back here or during Wrestlemania weekend.
My Pick: Tommaso Ciampa wins the title
๐ก๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ -- ๐ฅ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐ฐ) ๐๐. ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ
Sadly, Bianca has been treated as somewhat of an afterthought which is disappointing since sheโs been hotter than virtually anyone else at the moment.
Hereโs my prediction: Rhea retains and faces Charlotte as Wrestlemania.
Hereโs my hope: Rhea retains, but Bianca gets added to the Wrestlemania match.
My Pick: Rhea Ripley retains the title
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐. ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ (๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ก)
Finn Balor has been built up as one of the top heels of the brand and it has undoubtedly revamped his career. Johnny can afford the loss, but Prince canโt if he's sticking around.
My Pick: Finn Balor wins
๐ก๐ซ๐ง ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ -- ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ (๐ฐ) ๐๐. ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ
The battles between these two have been epic and arguably some of the best since NXTโs move to the USA Network.
I fully anticipate that Keith Lee will enjoy a lengthy title run.
My Pick: Keith Lee retains the title
๐ก๐ซ๐ง ๐ง๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ -- ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ (๐ฐ) ๐๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐: ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ
While the Broserweights have been a makeshift team, the crowd has quickly rallied behind them.
But the Undisputed Era has been at the top of the heap for years and itโs likely not going to be any different this Sunday.
My Pick: Undisputed Era retain the titles
๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐. ๐ง๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ๐ (๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐)
Tegan Nox has exacted her revenge and even had Candice in her corner, but that leads me to believe that Dakota Kai will manage to get her arm raised after using a less than a respectable tactic. This would also potentially stretch out the feud.
My Pick: Dakota Kai wins
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