4 NXT Stars that will win gold by the end of 2019

#1 Matt Riddle

Matt Riddle

Matt Riddle came to WWE with plenty of hype behind him, and it's safe to say that The Original Bro has lived up to them, but it's time NXT truly got behind him as one of their top guys. He's had great TakeOver bouts with Kassius Ohno and The Velveteen Dream, and while he's going to have a fantastic, physical contest with Roderick Strong at NXT TakeOver XXV, he feels bigger than all of those men.

Riddle has the likeability, the legit MMA background and the look to be a top star, and he's got very lofty goals to go along with that (mainly to retire The Beast, Brock Lesnar). That's going to take time, but given all of these facts, NXT knows just how great he can be, and by the end of 2019, we predict that he'll be the man to take the NXT Championship from the winner of Saturday's match between Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole.