Opinion
The Chairshot Staff Picks: NXT Takeover Toronto
Your Chairshot team is here with their WWE NXT Takeover Toronto (2) predictions! Don’t place any bets before reading this! (Don’t bet on wrestling.)
Your Chairshot team is here with their WWE NXT Takeover Toronto (2) predictions! Don’t place any bets before reading this! (Don’t bet on wrestling.)
Ladies and Gentlemen welcome back to The Chairshot Staff picks! My name is PC Tunney. The Summer spectacular is upon us so let’s get right into the picks for NXT Takeover Toronto. Filling with the commentary is “El Presidente” himself, Greg DeMarco!

Candice LeRae v Io Shirai
- Bradley Jay – Io
- Bobby Fernandes – Io
- Carol Cassada – LeRae
- Harry Broadhurst – Io
- Mathew Sarpriacone – Io
- Rey Ca$h – Io
- Rob Bonnette – Io
- Scott Mcleod – Io
- Steve Cook – Io
- Steven Mitchell – Io
- Tiffany Carter – Io
- Miranda Morales – Io
- Patrick O’Dowd – Io
- DPP – LeRae
- Andrew Balaz – Io
- Chris Platt – Io
- PC Tunney – Io
DeMarco’s Deal: Both women “could use a win here,” but this is Io Shirai‘s time to shine. She’s much better as a heel already, and a feud with her and Mia Yim for the NXT Women’s Championship could be the perfect way to get her to the top. Granted, that makes a later pick of mine look really stupid.
The Chairshot: 16-2 Io Shirai #UseYourHead

NXT North American Championship: Velveteen Dream (c) v Pete Dunne v Roderick Strong
- Bradley Jay – Strong
- Bobby Fernandes – Dunne
- Carol Cassada – Dream
- Harry Broadhurst – Dunne
- Mathew Sarpriacone – Strong
- Rey Ca$h – Strong
- Rob Bonnette – Strong
- Steve Cook – Dunne
- Scott Mcleod – Dream
- Steven Mitchell – Strong
- Tiffany Carter – Strong
- Miranda Morales – Dream
- Patrick O’Dowd – Dream
- DPP – Dream
- Andrew Balaz – Dunne
- Chris Platt – Strong
- PC Tunney – Strong
DeMarco’s Deal: So this one says a lot about the future of NXT. Does Undisputed Era befone Triple H’s become “NXT’s Four Horsemen” and take all the gold? Or doe this drive a wedge between them and start to turn Roderick Strong babyface? What of Pete Dunne and Velveteen Dream? Does one move up to challenge for the NXT Championship? So many questions, but I am picking Roderick Strong to leave Toronto as the NXT North American Champion.
The Chairshot: 9 Strong, 5 Dream, 4 Dunne #UseYourHead

NXT Tag Team Championship: Street Profits (c) v Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish
- Bradley Jay – Undisputed
- Bobby Fernandes – Profits
- Carol Cassada – Profits
- Harry Broadhurst – Undisputed
- Mathew Sarpriacone – Undisputed
- Rey Ca$h – Profits
- Rob Bonnette – Undisputed
- Scott Mcleod – Undisputed
- Steve Cook – Undisputed
- Steven Mitchell – Undisputed
- Tiffany Carter – Profits
- Miranda Morales – Profits
- Patrick O’Dowd – Profits
- DPP – Profits
- Andrew Balaz – Undisputed
- Chris Platt – Undisputed
- PC Tunney – Undisputed
DeMarco’s Deal: Little known fact – Bobby Fish is one of my favorite wrestlers and should hold all the titles himself. Non-so-little-known-fact – The Street Profits have ben on EVERY episode of Raw and Smackdown since their first appearance. They might have a longer streak than Roman Reigns at this point. What does that mean? It means they’re not long for NXT. I’m fine with that, because they are more suited to the main roster than NXT. It also means that Undisputed Era members Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly will once again become NXT Tag Team Champions. Does this mean we are getting the NXT Four Horsemen after all? Well let’s just say I’m guessing Bobby is Arn, and Kyle is Tully…
The Chairshot: 11-7 Undisputed #UseYourHead

NXT Tag Women’s Championship: Shayna Baszler (c) v Mia Yim
- Bradley Jay – Baszler
- Bobby Fernandes – Baszler
- Carol Cassada – Yim
- Harry Broadhurst – Baszler
- Mathew Sarpriacone – Yim
- Rey Ca$h – Yim
- Rob Bonnette – Yim
- Scott Mcleod – Yim
- Steve Cook – Yim
- Steven Mitchell – Yim
- Tiffany Carter – Yim
- Miranda Morales – Yim
- Patrick O’Dowd – Baszler
- DPP – Baszler
- Andrew Balaz – Yim
- Chris Platt – Baszler
- PC Tunney – Yim
DeMarco’s Deal: So I have Shayna Baszler winning here. Yeah, I know what I said earlier about Io Shirai and Mia Yim making sense. Sometimes this shit doesn’t make sense, okay? Baszler is on a tear that has been nothing short of amazing. The one credible knock I have seen against her is that all her matches look the same. Well that’s the point–why should she do anything different if what she’s doing is working? As talented as Mia Yim is, people are letting their love for Mia on the independents cloud their judgement here. She’s not ready. She might be ready after she kills it in a loss on Saturday. If so, she can go over Shayna at the next TV taping or in October when NXT goes to FS1 and becomes a two hour long show.
The Chairshot: 11-7 Mia Yim #UseYourHead

NXT Championship – Adam Cole(c) v Johnny Gargano (Three Falls, Each With a Different Stipulation)
- Bradley Jay – Cole
- Bobby Fernandes – Gargano
- Carol Cassada – Cole
- Harry Broadhurst – Cole
- Mathew Sarpriacone – Cole
- Rey Ca$h – Cole
- Rob Bonnette – Cole
- Scott Mcleod – Cole
- Steve Cook – Cole
- Steven Mitchell – Gargano
- Tiffany Carter – Cole
- Miranda Morales – Gargano
- Patrick O’Dowd – Cole
- DPP – Cole
- Andrew Balaz – Cole
- Chris Platt – Cole
- PC Tunney – Cole
DeMarco’s Deal: If you know me, you know I love me some Adam Cole. You might have heard me opinion that if he was 6’4″ and 240 lbs he’d be Roman Reigns’ greatest rival and have main evented WrestleMania already. He’s not, so he hasn’t. But he is the man, and there is no reason for him to lose. Plus, what is Johnny Gargano going to do as champion again. That ship has sailed, and I can think of a purple and orange brand that could use Johnny Wrestling (if it’s still around come October).
I love the stipulations we know so far. I predict Adam Cole will win Johnny’s fall (Street Fight) thanks to his pals in the Undisputed Era, and Johnny will win Adam’s fall (classic wrestling match). I don’t know what William Regal will select as the third fall, but Adam Cole will find a way to manipulate that, and come out the victor. We have our NXT Four Horsemen, and I hope that doesn’t mean babyfaces start winning by disqualification on pay-per-view. Do some Four Horsemen research if you don’t know what that means, BAY BAY.
The Chairshot: 15-3 Adam Cole #UseYourHead
BIG thanks to Greg DeMarco for enlightening us with his “Deal”. Be sure to check out The Chairshot Staff pick for SummerSlam tomorrow. Till next time, live long and have prosperous picks!
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Chris King: Is Brock Lesnar Truly Retired?
Brock Lesnar retired at WWE WrestleMania 42, right? Are we totally sure? Chris King asks…
Brock Lesnar retired at WWE WrestleMania 42, right? Are we totally sure? Chris King asks…
At WrestleMania 42, ‘The Beast Incarnate’ Brock Lesnar took off his boots and gloves following his loss to Oba Femi. Lesnar has done it all inside of his twenty-four-year career in professional wrestling. He’s a ten-time WWE Champion and former UFC Heavyweight Champion, and he’s one who ended The Undertaker’s undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
While Lesnar was in the ring, he was visibly overwhelmed with emotion and crying while he thanked the fans in his own way. The Beast even threw up an x to signal to Paul Heyman, his longtime friend and advocate, that this was not scripted and was real. There had been rumors that Lesnar and Oba were supposed to have a series of matches before everything went down at Mania.
‘The Career Killer’ Gunther was doing Heyman’s bidding as he faced Seth Rollins for a favor. For a while now since Gunther retired Goldberg, John Cena, and AJ Styles, the rumor has been Gunther was set to retire Lesnar in his hometown at this year’s SummerSlam event. There’s been no confirmation if Lesnar is truly retired, but on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, we saw Heyman talking with General Manager Nick Aldis. Later that night following Rhodes’ match against the debuting Ricky Saints, Gunther choked out the WWE Champion. Could this be the favor from Heyman?
I know in the world of professional wrestling we live by the mantra of “never say never,” but what if Lesnar is actually retired and this was WWE’s way of shutting down those rumors about Gunther and Lesnar? What if Gunther’s next program is chasing after the WWE title, and where is Randy Orton at in all of these plans? There are so many questions that need to be answered, hopefully soon!
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Chris King: Defend The Intercontinental Championship At Backlash!
With WWE Backlash upon us, Chris King wants to see Penta defend the Intercontinental Championship in Tampa!
With WWE Backlash upon us, Chris King wants to see Penta defend the Intercontinental Championship in Tampa!
This year’s annual Backlash showcase is only a few days away, and while there are many big matches announced, one that definitely should be isn’t on the card. In my opinion, outside of Roman Reigns/Jacob Fatu and Seth Rollins/Bron Breakker, the Intercontinental Championship scene has been stellar over the last month.
Penta has been an excellent champion, especially after his triumphant title defense in a ladder match against JeVon Evans, Rusev, Dragon Lee, and the Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio at WrestleMania 42. Their ladder match at Mania was one of the best that WWE has produced in a while.
The momentum never stopped, as on the post-Mania episode of Monday Night Raw, ‘All Ego’ Ethan Page made his debut and was quickly inserted into the Intercontinental title scene. Page had a fantastic showing against his longtime NXT rival Evans and picked up a big win in his debut match thanks to an assist from Rusev.
All Ego immediately joined forces with ‘The Bulgarian Brute’ Rusev, who was also vying for the Intercontinental Title in his own right. On this week’s episode of Raw, Page and Rusev defeated Evans and Penta. All Ego pinned the champion, making a huge statement and putting him one step closer to getting a title shot. For the past few weeks I’ve been anxiously waiting to see if WWE was going to add this incredible fatal four-way match for the Intercontinental Championship, but it hasn’t happened yet.
As much as the WWE Universe enjoys witnessing great matches on free television, I truly believe all four superstars deserve the chance to showcase their talents on the PLE. While Penta has done a terrific job as the intercontinental champion, it’s time for a fresh face to hold the prestigious title. Page would make a great braggadocious heel that would help elevate the Intercontinental Championship to new heights!
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