NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff match predictions

On a full day of wrestling, the NXT UK stars are set for the brand’s second annual TakeOver event with a five-match card.

Seeking a wrestling-related reprieve from the first Saturday of the college football season, and don’t want to or can’t spend $50 on All Elite Wrestling’s “All Out” pay-per-view? Or, do you have no interest in watching dudes in pads hit each other and need something to hold you over until that show starts?

Well, the folks over at WWE, specifically the NXT UK brand, have just the event to satiate that grappling appetite.

The United Kingdom division of the company’s developmental wing will serve up five terrific matches in Cardiff, Wale’s Motorpoint Arena.

We will see NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm renew hostilities with Kay Lee Ray. The NXT UK Tag Team Championships will be defended in what could be a headline-grabbing triple threat rules match. Cesaro will appear on the show in what will hopefully be the start of a fruitful run on the brand. And we will see if Tyler Bate can become the first two-time WWE United Kingdom Champion when he challenges incumbent titleholder WALTER.

Like most TakeOvers, we know this card will probably live up to, or exceed expectations, but we don’t know who will walk out of the show with the huge W’s. That’s fine; it’s more fun to guess what will go down and see if our intuitions were right once it ends.

That’s what these next five slides aim to do.