10 NXT vs WWE Dream Matches We NEED To See

8. WALTER vs Drew McIntyre

Thicc Dads.

The NXT UK Champion vs The WWE Champion, battling in a Last Dad Standing match. They’re two entirely different breeds of Dad, but they compliment each other perfectly. WALTER is your stern biological Dad, who just wants you to eat your carrots and help him paint his extensive collection of model tractors, but when pushed too far, he’s ready to rip off his Ralph Lauren short-sleeve polo shirt and start a soccer riot. Drew, however, is the cool step-dad who’ll take you laser tagging and then to a cock fight in a stripclub basement, before teaching you the differences between various brands of breakfast whiskies.

They’re both experienced, wily monsters, who are also disturbingly quick for their size. They also both come armed with an Indie Scene-fueled intensity that translates into spectacle displays of raw Strong Style strikes and bravado. The volume and cruelty of the chops both men would inflict upon each other would be sung about by bards for generations to come. Bellowing and violence and nothing in between.

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7. Io Shirai vs Asuka

The Black Parade.

On swift wings come the angels of death, and theirs is the fury. Not only are Asuka and Io two of the most wonderful nightmares in modern wrestling but they have history going all the way back to joshi promotion NEO. They were part of a stable called Triple Tails along with Io’s sister Mio, and both achieved superstardom in Japan before making the jump to NXT.

It was there that both women garnered a huge fandom by becoming, and I say this with a deeply-felt and earnest respect, Murder Bitches. Asuka rose to prominence by scalping Emma, crushing Bayley and embarking on the greatest undefeated streak since Goldberg. Io entered with arguably more fanfare, and has carved out a number of wonderful memories, mostly involving her jaw-dropping moonsault, and her tendency to scream to dropkick you to The Netherrealm. Even as Asuka has been somewhat nerfed by her main roster career, this actually serves to aid their feud. Io can claim to be the new unstoppable psychotic force in WWE and Asuka then has to reach down and rediscover her terrifying mojo to avoid becoming the Empress of Yesterday.

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6. Keith Lee vs Brock Lesnar

Chunkpocalypse.

Big boys. Big beef. Boy beef. Beef beef. Over the years, I have had to come to terms with the fact that I may be in love with Keith Lee. He has a frankly dangerous charisma and also seems to possess a supernatural awareness of camera placement to create the best possible spot. Never ever forget that he once goddamn POUNCED Adam Cole off camera into oblivion. 

Brock Lesnar is also a super special boy with an entirely underrated amount of physical charisma who is capable of throwing men into deep space. Lesnar and Lee’s encounter at the Rumble was brief but brilliant and it was clear that, for all that people claim Brock doesn’t care about putting over new talent, he gave Lee the shine in that match. Not only did he play up Keith’s size with his facials, mouthing ‘OOH BIG BOY’ but he also bumped for him. If WWE booked Lee vs Lesnar on PPV, Brock would show up to WORK for that match. They both possess incredible power, incredible speed and the prospect of Lee countering an F5 into a spirit bomb is just tantalising on a cellular level.

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