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This Saturday night, just 24 hours before the main-roster presents Survivor Series, NXT presents their second annual WarGames event. The show will be the brand's final TakeOver of what has been an exceptional year and will likely be the best show of the weekend as well.
Interestingly, the match-card only features four matches, which is the least in the history of NXT: TakeOver and far and away the smallest card put on by the WWE this year.
NXT has done an excellent job of focusing on its main feuds over the last few months, and with only one TakeOver separating this weekend and WrestleMania, there is every chance we will see some major twists and turns on the show.
With that in mind, let's take a look at four, admittedly unlikely, twists we could see at NXT TakeOver: WarGames II on Saturday.
#4 No decision
In what could potentially be the longest match of the night on Saturday, Shayna Baszler puts her NXT Women's Championship on the line against her long-time rival and former Champion, Kairi Sane.
The two women have been locked into a feud for the best part of a year now, and Saturday's match is being sold as somewhat of a final encounter between the pair, but what if it isn't?
A two out of three falls situation suggests that the women will finally put their rivalry to bed, but what if the two women exchange victories in the opening two bouts, only for the third fall to end in some sort of no decision.
While NXT doesn't tend to rely on screwy finishes as much as the main-roster, there is a chance that the team of Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir could make their presence known, which could in-turn bring out Io Shirai and Mia Yum to level the playing field.
This could see the encounter end in all-out warfare, allowing the WWE to set up a 6-women tag-match later down the line.
#3 A new member of The Undisputed Era
The Undisputed Era's rivalry with Pete Dunne and Ricochet has dominated NXT for months now, and the whole thing will come to its conclusion this Saturday at WarGames.
Dunne, in particular, has been feuding with the group since WrestleMania, when his tag-team partner, Roderick Strong, betrayed him and joined their opponents in one of the biggest shocks of the night.
The Undisputed Era won WarGames at last year's event, and there is every chance that the WWE will want to have the group win this year's as well. Their opponents are going to prove difficult to get past on Satur though, and the WWE could swerve the audience by having a new member join the group and help them secure the victory.
Just who that could be remains to be seen, but adding a female member to the group could certainly add a new dynamic going forward.
#2 Johnny Gargano turns face
Johnny Gargano has been the star of NXT throughout 2018 and the former NXT tag-team champion looks destined to grab the NXT title from Tommaso Ciampa during WrestleMania weekend next April.
Of course, if that is going to happen, then there are several things that must happen between now and then, one of which, is Gargano turning face again. While the WWE is likely to wait a little bit to turn Gargano, there is every chance they could jump the gun and do it on Saturday night.
Gargano is scheduled to face Aleister Black at WarGames, in an encounter that he is highly likely to win. It feels like a given that Gargano will have some sort of moral decision to make during the match and that he may begin to show early signs of a turn.
There is also the chance that Gargano will ruthlessly take out Ciampa following the night's NXT title match, beating down his opponent and fully embracing the hate.
Of course, the WWE could simply have a staredown between the two men, which would, if nothing else, establish Gargano as a future contender for the belt and plant the seeds for his impending face-turn.
#1 DIY Reunion
Alternatively, the WWE could go all in with Gargano's heel turn and have him help Tommaso Ciampa retain the NXT title against Velveteen Dream, reuniting DIY in the process.
If this is the route the WWE decides to go down, then their reunion will no doubt be short-lived, with Gargano simply accepting that to truly be able to stop Ciampa, he must get on the same page as him first.
This decision would have shades of the Wyatt-Orton storyline from a few years ago about it, but given the history the two men share, this one would definitely have a much more satisfying conclusion.
