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So, let's look at the Survivor Series card as it stands at the moment. You have Brock Lesnar taking on Rey Mysterio for the WWE Championship, which is the big program from WWE RAW.
You also have The Fiend and Daniel Bryan battling one another in a match that was just announced on WWE SmackDown. This will be for the new blue Universal Championship or the Blueniversal Championship as my colleague Phillipa Marie recently dubbed it.
So that leaves out Adam Cole, who is surprisingly not a part of the WWE card at all. We know that the NXT Championship can be defended outside the black and gold brand because he did have title matches on both RAW and SmackDown recently.
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So who's going to be the man to step up and challenge Adam Cole for his prized possession at Survivor Series?
#5 Aleister Black
Aleister Black is back to cutting promos in a dark room once again, but this time it seems like he has an opponent in mind judging from his promos. I do hope that he wants to tussle with Adam Cole at Survivor Series because the match will be pretty good, in my opinion.
These are two men who know each other very well and while Adam Cole is the biggest star on Wednesday Nights not named Cody Rhodes or Chris Jericho, Aleister Black has been relegated to the background for the time being. He came into the main roster with a lot of momentum but for most of the year, he's just been asking people to pick a fight with him over and over again.
Aleister Black needs this match a lot more than Adam Cole does, in my personal opinion at least. It gives him a reason to stay on TV for the time being.
#4 Cesaro
Have you checked out Cesaro's latest interview on Sportskeeda yet, readers? In case you have not, we do recommend that you do so whenever you do get the time because it's a great listen. Our reporter Tom Colohue caught up with him during the Manchester tapings and Cesaro certainly had much to say.
Cesaro had a great match against Mansoor at Crown Jewel in which he actually put the hometown hero over in front of a raving crowd. We know that Vince McMahon is a fan of team players like him and he may just decide to reward the man with a shot at Adam Cole for the NXT Championship. You do know that when these two men take the stage, the encounter that follows will be glorious.
In fact, if it does not have the restrictions of the 'main roster', it could be a 'Match of the Year' candidate!
#3 Cedric Alexander
Cedric Alexander would be a great candidate for a match against the NXT Champion Adam Cole considering how good and how fluid the man is when the bell rings for every match. Even though he's a part of the RAW roster right now, you know that he would be a great pick for NXT too.
Adam Cole and Cedric Alexander wrestle the same style and if they were to clash, the match would be one for the ages. In fact, Cedric Alexander could even pick up a loss and still be elevated a notch by virtue of this one big match.
Buddy Murphy too could be a worthy candidate for this role. But Alexander is just a clear babyface and overall, a much better fit for this particular match for Survivor Serie.
Do you guys think that Cedric Alexander could elevate NXT on USA, if given the chance?
#2 Luke Harper
Rowan is clearly on the verge of a monster push on WWE RAW. For once, he is the man in the spotlight and not Luke Harper, someone who has always been the preferred Bludgeon Brother, at least with the 'smarks'. In any case, this opens a world of opportunities for Harper to stride forth and do his own thing.
Harper has been to NXT in the past when he took on Ricochet in a singles match. He could certainly do the same by taking on Adam Cole at Survivor Series 2019. And nobody would miss him either because Luke Harper is not doing anything on SmackDown at the moment.
In fact, he may be a much better fit in NXT where his impeccable in-ring skills could actually be highlighted. Although he's been a part of some great gimmicks right now, I have a feeling that Harper much prefers just being an in-ring performer. Maybe he wins at Survivor Series and goes to NXT for a bit?
#1 Humberto Carillo
It is very clear indeed that Humberto Carillo is being given a huge push on RAW. Not only is Paul Heyman a big advocate (no pun intended) of the Cruiserweight style of wrestling, Carillo could be the breakout Latin American babyface the company has wanted for a really long time.
Eddie Guerrero was in this role before his unfortunate demise. Rey Mysterio was never really pushed like the star the man is, Andrade's runs have been hot and cold and it may be a while before he is a babyface and finally, Alberto Del Rio... well, we all know how that experiment flopped not long ago.
Humberto Carillo and Adam Cole would be a great pairing, in my personal opinion. Both men could take each other to the limit!
Maybe Carillo even wins the title and enjoys a run in NXT for a brief spell, because the roster is certainly deep enough to survive without the man!
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