#1 Tommaso Ciampa (Captain)
Ciampa arrived on Friday Night SmackDown as the first male Superstar to invade the brand and interrupted The Miz during Miz TV. The two agreed to fight in the ring, and the former NXT Champion managed to go one up over The A-Lister.
Ciampa has since gone on to pick fights with everyone he’s come across ever since and even led a team against The O.C. when the three RAW Superstars invaded NXT. Ciampa also taunted Roman Reigns on Twitter when the Superstar claimed that he respected NXT’s courage to invade SmackDown, but he will now protect it since it’s his yard.
This could signal towards Reigns leading the SmackDown team at the event, while Ciampa could become the leader of NXT and he is an extremely impressive Superstar.
Ciampa will be leading a team at WarGames against The Undisputed Era, and it’d make full sense if the brand decides to allow The Blackheart to carry the same momentum into the next night at Survivor Series and lead Team NXT.
We could see Adam Cole in another match during Survivor Series as the NXT Champion, and that would leave Ciampa as the leader of the Black and Gold Brand team.