#4 Shane 'Swerve' Strickland

The majority of the people on this list are already established stars on the NXT brand, but given that Kushida is new, we'd enjoy seeing him matched up against another new performer on the NXT brand.
As you can see above, Strickland came to NXT in the same class as Kushida, and when he debuts (he worked a dark match with Trevor Lee at the recent set of tapings), he'll be a superstar in no time.
Both of these men are charismatic in different ways, but Swerve has the X-Factor about him, and a clash of the duo would be iconic, especially if it's saved for a TakeOver event.
WWE has a plethora of young stars waiting down at the Performance Center, but Strickland has the most potential of them all, and a fight with Kushida would be just fantastic, and as both are trying to get their footing in NXT, it would be a way to send them both straight to the top.
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