#4 Two matches made official for NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
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Royal Rumble weekend is off to a pretty cool start!
We know how it goes, don't we? Every Big 4 pay-per-view begins with a huge, massive NXT Takeover event. And these Takeovers go on to eclipse the actual event at hand. This is almost always the case.
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In addition to Johnny Gargano challenging Andrade 'Cien' Almas for the NXT Championship in what should be a show stealer, we also have Adam Cole taking on Aleister Black in an Extreme Rules match. And two more matches were added to the card, this week.
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Based on Shayna Baszler bullying young women looking to make a mark in NXT, she will face NXT Women's Champion Ember Moon for the big prize, as the latter took exception to the MMA superstars despicable, heinous and cowardly actions.
And that's not all...Authors of Pain destroyed The Street Profits to become Number 1 contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championships as well.
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