4 reasons why NXT TakeOver: New York will be better than WrestleMania 35

#3 A midcard to remember

After the show-opener, you have perhaps the strongest midcard for any TakeOver ever.

Velveteen Dream will be defending his North American Championship against Matt Riddle and NXT has made the best use of its limited time to build the feud between the two men. Dream being carried on his sofa to watch Riddle's match last night did much to elevate the mind games between the two and it will be an interesting clash of personalities, to say the least.

Shayna Baszler will be defending the NXT Women's Championship in a fatal four-way, and at long last, her fall is imminent. The only question is who she will fall to? Former champion Kairi Sane has 18 months' worth of bones to pick with Baszler, but the up and coming Bianca Belair stands in her way with her own grudge. Meanwhile, Io Shirai has looked like the young lion all but guaranteed to overthrow the old one, but her feud is less personal, and her quest for the title is one of unmasked ambition. How will her friendship with Kairi Sane come into play with respect to her drive to the top? This match has everything in it. It will see the fall of the old regime and plant the seeds for the new wars in the NXT women's division for the coming year.

Finally, there's the highly-anticipated clash between Pete Dunne and WALTER for the UK Championship. The last time Pete Dunne was in a singles match at a TakeOver, he put on WWE's match of the year. He'll have a brutal, authentic dance partner in WALTER, and there's every chance that he'll repeat his previous feat. We can expect this match to be physical as hell, and added on to it is the very strong possibility that Dunne's two-year reign will come to an end, guaranteeing even more intrigue.

There's no way that WrestleMania's bloated, filler mid card will come anywhere close to this lineup.