One of the biggest questions right now in NXT is who was Aleister Black’s mystery attacker. Black was attacked in the parking lot several weeks ago and was forced to miss NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4. His attacker has been a mystery ever since on NXT television.
We have a theory about who Black’s attacker could be. A warning though, the rest of this post will feature some minor spoilers from the recent NXT taping. So make sure that you are aware before reading the rest.
Based on the taping, it looks like we are getting a feud between Tommaso Ciampa and Velveteen Dream for the NXT Championship. They went back and forth on the microphone and teased a future match. Nothing was made official but that looks like it could be our NXT Championship match at Takeover: War Games 2 in November. To me, that seems to rule out Ciampa as the potential attacker.
Also at the taping, Nikki Cross whispered something into Aleister Black’s ear during the segment. She teased that she knew who the one was to attack Black and he stormed off out of rage.
So who was it?
My theory is that Black’s attacker was Johnny Gargano. The storyline would be that Gargano wanted another shot at Ciampa so badly that he would do whatever it takes to face him (in a singles match). It also goes along with the storyline of Gargano changing into a different person because of his feud with Ciampa. That would lead us to Aleister Black vs Johnny Gargano at Takeover: War Games 2.
That would free Ciampa up for the NXT Championship match against Dream. As good as the feud between Gargano and Ciampa has been, I think that they should give us something fresh here. Ciampa vs Dream and Gargano vs Black seem like two really good matches for Takeover.
I think that the mystery attacker will end up being Gargano. How about you? Let me know in the comment section below.
On a related note, here is our theory on who Randy Orton’s next victim will be.
I reckon it was either gargano or ciampa unless someone got footage of the attacker