NXT Championship: (C) Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan
NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Shayna Baszler vs. Nikki Cross
Chicago Street Fight: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch
Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream
POST Wrestling is reporting that Mauro Ranallo will not be on commentary for this Saturday’s NXT TakeOver: Chicago II special airing live on the WWE Network.
Ranallo had a scheduling conflict and will instead be calling the Showtime Championship Boxing card this Saturday night in Dallas instead.
Vic Joseph, who does commentary for WWE as part of 205 Live, will be replacing Ranallo on Saturday night. Ranallo is scheduled to fly to London, England after the Showtime boxing event to do commentary for the WWE United Kingdom Tournament at Royal Albert Hall.
Source: WrestleView
Tonight on the final show before TakeOver: Chicago
* Aleister Black addresses Lars Sullivan live on WWE NXT
* Kassius Ohno and EC3 duke it out on NXT
* Pete Dunne puts his United Kingdom Title on the line against Kyle O’Reilly
* Kairi Sane and Lacey Evans to settle the score in rubber match
* Roderick Strong and Danny Burch face off prior to tag bout at TakeOver
* Does Nikki Cross have Shayna Baszler shook?
* Tommaso Ciampa will appear live to address his TakeOver: Chicago Street Fight against Johnny Gargano
* Will TM61 continue to show off their new aggressive streak?
Scheduled for tonight’s WWE NXT on the WWE Network:
* Shayna Baszler and Dakota Kai to throw down for the NXT Women’s Championship
* NXT Champion Aleister Black to appear live on WWE NXT
* EC3 to compete in his third match on “NX3”
* Will we find out more about the Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa Street Fight?
NXT TakeOver: Chicago will feature Pat McAfee on the pre-show and the popular Barstool Sports personality couldn’t be more excited to return.
McAfee shared the news on Instagram with a picture of him signing the contract and a caption saying, “Living a bucket list life.. Enjoying the hell out of life.. June 16th, @wwenxt Takeover Chicago.. The #PreShowShaman returns.”
Pat was on the panel for TakeOver: New Orleans and received mixed reviews.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
NXT star Tino Sabbatelli recently underwent surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle according to a new report by Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline on Friday. Sabbatelli suffered the injury during the NXT live event in Largo, Florida on April 28 against The Velveteen Dream. Sabbatelli will be out of action for several months following the surgery.
Sabbatelli had been featured on NXT TV for several months in a tag-team with Riddick Moss and had recently turned on Moss, presumably beginning a push as a singles competitor before the injury.
Source: WrestlingINC
* Dunne aims to even the score against Strong
* The Street Profits and “The Mighty” TM61 collide in tag team action
* “NXT’s Finest” Kona Reeves returns
* Will Candice LeRae have her head in the game against Bianca Belair?
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