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#2 Keith Lee
Keith Lee is one of the most popular superstars to ever set foot in the WWE, and with good reason. He is one of the most athletic big men in the industry and his matches are a joy to watch.
While Lee is a multi time champion outside the WWE, he hasn’t won any gold in the company. Challenging Adam Cole could be his ticket to winning his first ever championship in the company. In the run-up to NXT Takeover: Toronto, Keith Lee delivered several promos.
There have been several rumors that Keith Lee is Adam Cole’s next challenger as the two men have been facing each other on the house show circuit. In the WWE, matches on the house show are usually an indication of future feuds.
Apart from fighting during house shows, Keith Lee and Adam Cole fought during the Worlds Collide tournament. Adam Cole won that match, and it should be interesting to see if Keith Lee wants his revenge from that time.
#1 Tommaso Ciampa
When the NXT Championship comes up in conversation, it’s almost automatic that Tommaso Ciampa is also mentioned. That’s how much influence the Sicilian Psychopath has had on the championship’s history despite only holding it once.
Ciampa held the championship for 237 days before a neck injury forced him to vacate it. Before the injury, fans assumed that Ciampa was going to break Finn Balor’s record of 292 days as champion. During his reign, he defeated some of the biggest names in NXT such as Aleister Black, the Velveteen Dream, and Johnny Gargano.
On Twitter, Ciampa has been chronicling his recovery journey and he might be back in the ring sooner than most people expect.
In July, Ciampa sent out a tweet warning Adam Cole that he wanted his NXT Championship.
Adam Cole and Tommaso Ciampa have met multiple times inside the WWE and away from it and they always have classic matches. You can be sure that if Adam Cole is champion when Ciampa comes back we are going to have an epic rivalry.
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