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NXT TakeOver: Chicago II preview: Black, Sullivan collide tonight

Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream

NXT Champion Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan

NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler vs. Nikki Cross

Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa (Chicago Street Fight)

NXT Tag Team Champions Undisputed ERA vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch

NXT Champion Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan

With one swift and remarkably powerful kick, Aleister Black flattened every Superstar to cross his path on
the way to becoming NXT Champion at TakeOver: New Orleans. Black’s nascent title reign, however, will be in
jeopardy at TakeOver: Chicago when he defends the crown against a mammoth who is unlike anyone else he has
faced, Lars Sullivan.
Sullivan made that exact, thunderous point when he ambushed the champion on the May 30 edition of NXT. As
Black tried to fight off Sullivan, The Dutch Destroyer uncorked his great equalizer, the Black Mass
spinning heel kick. Proving to be every bit as quick as he is powerful, Sullivan shockingly caught Black’s
strike before dropping him with the Freak Accident.
The stunning scene was a rare example of Black being unable to decimate a foe with his signature move, and
it sowed doubt that The Dutch Destroyer will have any better success against Sullivan when they clash for
the title in The Windy City. What’s more, Sullivan wrecked Black again on the June 13 edition of NXT,
trouncing the champion with three emphatic Freak Accidents during a harrowing confrontation.
Has The Freak — who prides himself on being not only a physically intense juggernaut, but also a thinking-man’s
competitor inside the ring — cracked the code of Black? Or will the equally dominant Dutch Destroyer find
a way to drop the behemoth — with or without Black Mass — en route to retaining NXT’s top crown?

Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream

The exhilarating game of one-upmanship between Ricochet and Velveteen Dream will be settled when The One and
Only and NXT’s most notorious provocateur try to outdo each other under the bright lights of TakeOver: Chicago.
The NXT Universe has watched in amazement as Ricochet and Dream — two of NXT’s most dynamic and athletic
Superstars — have gone tit-for-tat in recent weeks. The conflict began when each man sought to make a
case for why he deserves to be in contention for the NXT Title. Though a freight train named Lars Sullivan
derailed those hopes in the near term, Ricochet and Dream remain at odds.
Known for performing almost supernatural feats inside the ring, Ricochet proudly claims to “make this look
good” when referring to his own incomparable high-flying style. Dream, perhaps taking offense at all the
attention paid to the acclaimed NXT newcomer, says that he can do anything that Ricochet can do, only better.
Regardless of who comes out on top, the showdown between Ricochet and Velveteen Dream promises to be a can’t-miss
match. See which Superstar takes the spotlight and steals the show when they collide at NXT TakeOver: Chicago,
which streams live tonight, exclusively on the award-winning WWE Network!

NXT Tag Team Champions Undisputed ERA vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch

Undisputed ERA have vowed to “end the charade” of Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch’s NXT Tag Team Title ambitions at
TakeOver: Chicago. Whether champions Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly can make good on such a bold statement,
however, won’t be known until the teams collide live on WWE Network.
The double-tough tandem of Lorcan & Burch is riding a wave of momentum after joining forces with WWE U.K. Champion
Pete Dunne to defeat Strong, O’Reilly and NXT North American Champion Adam Cole in a wild Six-Man Tag Team Match
on May 16. Not only were Lorcan & Burch on the winning side in that encounter, but Burch scored the deciding fall
by pinning O’Reilly, a feat that Lorcan & Burch believe sealed their status as Undisputed ERA’s next challengers.
Since forming their Brit-Am alliance last year based on the mutual respect that came out of their series of hard-hitting
singles matches, Lorcan & Burch have emerged as one of the black-and-yellow brand’s grittiest duos. Yet, Undisputed
ERA remain as brazen and confident as ever, claiming their loss in the Six-Man Tag Team Match was a fluke and insisting
they’re out of Lorcan & Burch’s league.
Will Lorcan & Burch earn their first taste of championship glory in The Windy City, or can Undisputed ERA turn back
their rough-and-tumble challengers and preserve their title reign?