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Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville go from Absolution to Finding Redemption in WWE

Published

5 years ago

May 27, 2018

On SmackDown three weeks ago, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville were met with a reality check upon reuniting with their former leader of the now ill-fated Absolution. SmackDown General Manager Paige let her former stablemates know that not only did they have to earn their place on the roster, but that Absolution was “now dead”.

The question that comes up is that what exactly happens to Rose and Deville? Upon Paige’s comeback, Absolution was red hot. With Paige’s personal life taking over her professional life during her recovery from neck surgery, having her as the leader of Absolution was something WWE was doing right. Bringing up Rose and Deville as her stable mates gave Paige an advantage as she was set to take back the Raw Women’s Division as her house. Unfortunately, Paige would end up injured once more which forcing the twenty five year old to retire from in-ring competition. Now that Paige is at the helm of SmackDown, the next question is could Rose and Deville survive as singles stars?

Having an intense faction such as Absolution was big for Rose and Deville. It posed to be a great start for bigger things in the future. Now that their momentum has seemingly been cut short, it is back to square one. It looks as if the two women will have to start from the bottom all over again. Starting from scratch and work their way up the SmackDown Women’s Division may be the only way to go for now.

For Rose, she has had a great start, upsetting Becky Lynch in what she thought was a Money in the Bank qualifying match. Perhaps Rose’s win may be a fluke, but she is definitely a wildcard factor when it comes to the next chapter of the SmackDown Women’s Division. Many remember Rose from the revived Tough Enough, so there’s weight to her ascent to stardom. In addition to also appearing on Total Divas, Rose has already been with the company for quite some time. Rumors surfaced that Rose was given the ill-famed “Emmalina” gimmick from this point on. Rose could breathe life into the character if that is the case. The “Emmalina” gimmick is more suited for Rose, whereas it was not for the former Emma.

With Deville, she and Rose both said they were sticking together. That is definitely the case although both women have failed to be a part of the Women’s Money in the Bank match. Fans have yet to see what Deville can be capable of; her match with Naomi on this past SmackDown gives a insight to the talent that she has. While Deville ended up losing, she put up a good fight with the former SmackDown Women’s Champion. With her MMA background and previous experience on Tough Enough, Deville is someone to watch out for in the next couple of years. She could very well be the surprise of the Women’s Division.

With the tension building up with Paige, the beef between the former Absolution members is far from over. The segments are leading up to something bigger, and perhaps it’s up to Rose and Deville to prove Paige wrong. Their potential is there, but they haven’t been able to back anything up thanks to being on the losing end of matches. Whatever is going to happen with their tension with Paige will determine how things could go for them in the next coming weeks or months. Absolution ended prematurely, but with the curveball of Paige’s retirement, there is no time like the present to see what Rose and Deville are made of.

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King’s WrestleMania Rewind: Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka from WrestleMania 34

Chris king is back with one of the most underrated matches in WrestleMania history–Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka!

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2 months ago

April 2, 2023

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WWE WrestleMania 34 Charlotte Flair Asuka

Chris king is back with one of the most underrated matches in WrestleMania history–Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka!

We look back at Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka at WWE WrestleMania 34. ‘The Empress of Tomorrow’ put her unprecedented and historic undefeated streak of 914 days on the line against ‘The Queen’s’ SmackDown Women’s Championship.

For years, this was considered a dream match while Asuka dominated the roster in NXT, while Flair won numerous championships on the main roster on both Raw and SmackDown. The Empress made her long-awaited debut on the September 11th episode of Raw and began to tear through the competition.

Asuka outlasted all twenty-nine other women in the historic first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match to challenge for the title of her choosing. At Fastlane, she made her choice.

The WWE Universe was so excited for this match myself included. Both superstars delivered a fantastic performance on the Grandest Stage of Them All executing counter after counter. Asuka showed off some nasty-looking kicks to her opponent, and Flair hit a thunderous Spanish Fly off the top rope. Flair was seconds away from defeat at the hands of The Empress but she locked in Figure Eight and Asuka was forced to tap out.

I can’t even begin to explain how shocked I was at this outcome, as nearly everyone expected The Empress to continue her undefeated streak and walk away with the women’s title. This controversial decision was the downfall of Asuka’s momentum. She would ultimately win the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the 2018 TLC pay-per-view in the triple-threat ladder match.

Fast forward to this year when Asuka has recently returned with her Japanese-inspired persona Kana. Kana is dangerous and ruthless and is heading into a championship with Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 39. The Empress has regained all her momentum and is highly favored to walk away with the Raw Women’s Championship. Let’s hope that Asuka and Belair can tear the house down and deliver an A+ grade match both women are fully capable of.

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King: Dominik Mysterio Needs To Do This At WrestleMania

Chris King is here with what WWE should do with Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania in his long-awaited match against his father Rey Mysterio Jr.

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2 months ago

April 1, 2023

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Chris King is here with what WWE should do with Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania in his long-awaited match against his father Rey Mysterio Jr.

On this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Rey Mysterio finally snapped and beat some sense into his disrespectful punk-ass kid Dominik. The member of the Judgement Day came out to push his father again for a match on the Grandest Stage of Them All, this time with his mother and sister at ringside. The ungrateful punk told his mom to “Shut Up,” as a father even I wanted to jump through the screen and whoop his ass.

Back in October of last year, Mysterio made the emotional decision to possibly quit the company but, instead, Triple H persuaded the Lucha libre superstar to move over to SmackDown to avoid his son. This came after Dominik shockingly turned on his father at Clash at the Castle. Mysterio did everything he could to refuse his despicable son’s challenge for Mania but, a man can only be pushed so far. Mysterio will be inducted into the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame and I expect Dominik to embarrass his father during his speech to further this personal feud.

Yes, the WWE Universe hates Dominik and wants to see him get the ever-loving crap kicked out of him but, this feud is missing a special ingredient to capitalize on the biggest heat possible. Throughout this feud, Dominik has made mention of the legendary Eddie Guerrero on several occasions going back to the “iconic” 2005 feud.

I know WWE might not want to go this route but, Dominik MUST come out to Eddie Guerrero’s theme at Mania. The disrespectful punk needs to come out in a lowrider to garner nuclear heat. It doesn’t matter if The Judgement Day comes out and causes interference for Dominik to get the win, all that matters is that both superstars get the biggest payoff of this nearly year-long feud. Just imagine the Roman Reigns heat after he defeated The Undertaker and multiply that by ten. Dominik portrays the perfect heel and he truly is the missing ingredient that The Judgement Day needed to grow and evolve into a top faction.