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We are less than 24 hours away from what will surely be an amazing night for all the NXT fans out there as NXT TakeOver: In Your House will take place on June 7, 2020. This will be the first TakeOver event for the brand after NXT TakeOver: Portland earlier this year in February.
As of the writing of this article, six matches have been announced for the show and the card surely looks amazing. With this probably being the most unique TakeOver event in NXT's history, everyone is looking forward to what the black and gold brand of WWE has to offer this Sunday.
The senior producer of NXT, Triple H has already mentioned that if everything goes according to his plans, then this would be an amazing show, leaving the fans wanting for more. There could be many surprises and twists planned as well.
So, before you watch NXT TakeOver: In Your House, here are a few last-minute rumors/news for you to know. Be sure to comment down and let us know your thoughts and views on the upcoming NXT PPV.
#5 Two more top NXT Superstars moving to the main roster
NXT has been known to build future main-eventers for the main roster brands of WWE - Monday Night RAW and SmackDown Live . Many current top Superstars like Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, etc are all NXT Alumni.
While we have seen NXT Superstars debut on the main roster on the week after WrestleMania, this year things have been different. We previously saw NXT Superstars like Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler quietly move up to RAW after WrestleMania 36, and recently it was announced that Matt Riddle will be joining SmackDown. Other than them, Chelsea Green and Dominick Dijakovic are also on their way to the main roster.
Now as per the latest rumors, two more top NXT Superstars could soon be leaving the brand to join either RAW or SmackDown - the Velveteen Dream and Io Shirai. Both these Superstars will be challenging for the NXT Championship and NXT Women's Championship respectively at NXT TakeOver: In Your House this Sunday. If the reports of them moving up are indeed true, it would mean that they won't be walking out with the titles around their waists.
The Velveteen Dream will take on Adam Cole for the NXT Championship in a Backlot Brawl, with the added stipulation that if Cole wins, Dream won't be able to challenge for the NXT title again until Cole remains the champion. Io Shirai, on the other hand, will compete in a triple-threat for the NXT Women's Championship against Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair.
#4 NXT North American Champion Keith Lee injured
NXT North American Champion, Keith Lee will be defending his title against the rebellious Johnny Gargano this Sunday at NXT TakeOver: In Your House. The rivalry between the two has been very personal as both their real-life partners Mia Yim and Candice LeRae, also got involved in the feud.
On last week's episode of NXT, Mia Yim and Candice LeRae fought each other, but the match soon took a different path as first Johnny Gargano and then Keith Lee came out to the ring. This resulted in NXT taking a page out of its main roster counterpart's book and booked a mixed tag team match between the four of them.
While Lee was dominating Gargano initially, the former NXT Champion used his keys to scratch Lee's eyes. The distraction was enough for Candice to roll-up Mia Yim to pick up the victory for her team. But this was not all, as Johnny Gargano kicked the steps with Keith Lee's fingers trapped in them.
As per the latest information, Keith Lee is injured and has bruised fingers. Will this play a role in their match at NXT TakeOver: In Your House? Johnny Gargano is heading with the advantage, will he walk out as the new NXT North American Champion?
#3 NXT Champion Adam Cole has reportedly re-signed with WWE
NXT Champion, Adam Cole has been in news recently for the status of his contract with WWE. While there a lot of speculations of his contract ending in August and him not re-signing it, the latest rumors suggest otherwise, stating that he has already signed with WWE for a new multi-year contract.
In an update to a recent headline that indicated that Adam Cole’s contract is set to expire this summer and that he hasn’t come to any agreement with WWE on a new deal with the possibility that he might jump to AEW, this report is actually false. I heard from multiple sources that Cole actually signed a three-year contract with WWE sometime last year, meaning he is going to be with the company for at least another two years and isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Adam Cole will be defending his NXT Championship against the Velveteen Dream at NXT TakeOver: In Your House this Sunday in a Backlot Brawl. The NXT Champion recently completed 365 days with the title, the most in the history of the brand.
Adam Cole is definitely a huge Superstar that WWE would surely not want to lose to All Elite Wrestling. If the rumors of him signing a contract with WWE are true, the chances of him retaining this Sunday are high.
#2 Tommaso Ciampa open about leaving NXT
Former NXT Champion, Tommaso Ciampa had previously made it very clear that he does not want to leave NXT and join either RAW or SmackDown. But in a recent interview, he mentioned that he's now more laid back about joining the main roster than before, but at the same time he still does not want to be on the road all year and work 250 days.
“Yeah, well I’m a year and a half out of surgery now. So I feel my stance getting slightly more laid back on it, but it’s one of those things were like, I don’t want to get too comfortable with ‘Oh, my neck feels great.’ Because I just know it, you’re one mistake away, you’re one bump away from it not feeling great."
"Right now I feel great, I mean, I’ve been on a limited schedule. I came back [with] such a slow, progressive pace of live events. And then when I started to hit a lot of live events, knock on wood I felt pretty good."
"Right now I feel great, but again, I just haven’t taken on a very hard load. So I try not to fool myself. It’s one of those like, ‘Hey, I probably can’t do 250 days a year. Wait, but I feel great even this many dates.’ Would I feel great if I did 250? Probably not."
“And honestly, a lot of it has to do with travel, too. The travel is the hardest port sometimes for me, if I have a long travel and then I have to warm up for a match and get on a bus or a car, or a flight. That part is very difficult, that cool down and then repeat process.”
Tommaso Ciampa will take on the new big threat on the NXT roster, Karrion Kross in what would be the latter's NXT TakeOver debut. With the kind of momentum that Kross has, he is the favorite to walk out as the winner this Sunday.
As for Ciampa, it is to be seen whether he'll join the many names rumored to move to the main roster soon. Tommaso Ciampa was previously called up to RAW last year alongside Johnny Gargano, Ricochet, and Aleister Black, but later went back to NXT.
#1 Nikki Cross' token of appreciation for NXT talents
After having empty arena shows for a couple of months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, WWE took a page from All Elite Wrestling's book and have started using NXT Superstars and Performance Center talents as a temporary audience for all their shows.
These Superstars are placed in the audience, behind plexiglass and stand and cheer for the Superstars performing in the ring while maintaining the norms of social distancing. There have been reports of the talent not very happy with the kind of effort they are being asked to put as they have to spend hours standing as the crowd during WWE tapings. But one former NXT alumni showed them their appreciation through a very sweet gesture.
As reported by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com, Nikki Cross bought pizza for all the NXT talents working as the audience as a token of appreciation to thank them for their efforts. This was certainly a great gesture from the SmackDown Superstar and would have uplifted the spirits of the talent.
As for Nikki, she recently lost her Women's Tag Team Championships with Alexa Bliss to Sasha Banks and SmackDown Women's Champion, Bayley. It is to be seen whether they inject themselves back into the title picture!
