Aleister Black and Killian Dain are contenders for Almas' prizeAs we approach WWE WrestleMania, bear in mind that New Orleans will also be host to the second NXT TakeOver event of the year. As NXT invariably does, they will look to up their game on the weekend that kicks WrestleMania season off. NXT will set the flavor for the rest of the weekend. And this week's episode was a prelude to the action.Welcome to our 5 point NXT recap from the episode that aired this week. Let us know in the comments if you liked the show or not. Because this was an important show on the road to the next TakeOver event.A show with massive implications on the NXT Title picture. A show with implications on the Women's Championship picture as well.Here are 5 points to note from this week's show.#5 No War Machine in the Dusty Rhodes Classic?Hanson and Rowe are notable omissions from the Dusty Rhodes bracketSomehow, except for TM61, this year's Dusty Rhodes Classic Tag Team Tournament does not seem as exciting as it usually is. At least from the bracket, that they've posted. We saw the Street Profits and Authors of Pain cut promos this week on NXT. They did little to get us kicked about the proceedings.We wonder why War Machine isn't a part of this tournament. It would have been a great way, not only to introduce the duo to the NXT Universe, but also to add an element of surprise to the proceedings. Also, the two biggest teams TM61 and The Authors of Pain are set to clash in the very first round.NEXT WEEK: #AOP @Akam_WWE & @Rezar_WWE face off against #TM61 @ShaneThorneWWE & @WWENickMiller to kick off the #DustyClassic! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/x04Am786TN— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) March 1, 2018NXT always manages to leave us impressed, so we'll give them that. We'll reserve our judgement until the tournament actually kicks off on next week's episode of NXT.