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Becky Lynch Needs to Turn Heel But WWE Doesn’t Need To Make Fans Hate Her

Published

5 years ago

August 3, 2018

Charlotte Flair made her return on SmackDown this week and was given an opportunity to be part of the SmackDown Women’s Title match at SummerSlam. Despite missing six weeks because of injury and losing her rematch clean to Carmella. This development didn’t go over very well with Charlotte’s best friend, Becky Lynch, who earned her title shot last week after spending weeks beating every female heel on the SmackDown just to get the chance to face Carmella and she was visibly unhappy with Charlotte’s victory.

WWE had been teasing the possibility of this feud back at Money in the Bank, when Charlotte and Becky were both involved in the match and came to blows at the top of a ladder over the MitB briefcase. Unfortunately, Charlotte’s injury and surgery put those plans on hold, but it seems to that WWE is committed to giving us this feud, even with the six week lapse.

Charlotte’s seeming entitlement to the Women’s Title in whichever promotion she’s in has always been a sticking point with some fans and it’s been felt that her family connections have eased her way in WWE at the expense of the rest of the Women’s Division. In her post-match interview on Tuesday, Charlotte even said that it hadn’t really occurred to her that by beating Carmella, she was essentially robbing her best friend of a well-earned one-on-one title shot. Of course, Charlotte’s had to work just as hard, if not harder, to prove that she’s more than just Ric Flair’s daughter and she’s just as deserving of opportunities as the other women in the division, but her perceived sense of entitlement is bound to cause friction between her and Becky and the parts of the WWE Universe who didn’t want to see Charlotte in the title hunt so soon after dropping it to Carmella after a near six month title reign, especially at Becky’s expense.

This situation is pretty easy storyline building for WWE and would make it easy for fan-favorite Becky to turn on her best friend and still remain sympathetic by having her frame the turn as being all Charlotte’s fault for always stealing the limelight for herself and getting title opportunities just for showing her face, while Becky has had to work twice as hard just to earn the chance.

I think the bigger question coming out of this storyline, which could be SmackDown’s answer to the start and stop Sasha/Bayley storyline, is: How long will this go on and will the SmackDown Women’s Title be involved? Some of the scenarios are:

1. Carmella wins due to bickering between Becky and Charlotte. This is a very likely scenario if WWE decides that they’d rather keep the title out of the feud and have Carmella feud with someone else. If Carmella were to win because Charlotte broke up a pin attempt by Becky, that could easily be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

2. Charlotte wins by pinning Carmella. This is another ‘last straw’ situation for Becky and would make sense if WWE decided to pull the trigger on a long-term Charlotte vs Becky title feud heading into Evolution.

3. Becky wins by pinning Charlotte. This is a good scenario if WWE either doesn’t want to make Becky a full blown heel or would rather turn Charlotte heel again. We’ve seen in the past that Charlotte doesn’t like to lose to anyone, but especially not to Becky. The last time Becky beat Charlotte in a one-on-one situation, Charlotte finished turning heel and beat Becky up.

4. Charlotte wins by pinning Becky. This would be the ultimate ‘last straw’ situation for Becky. Not only did Charlotte steal the one-on-one SummerSlam match Becky worked so hard to get, but then pins her to get the title. It would also make the heel turn very sympathetic and make Charlotte the villain without turning her heel.

Personally, I want Becky to turn heel and it seems that WWE is heading in that direction, but the fact that this story is interesting enough on its own to not NEED to be about the title is a great thing for the Women’s Division whichever way WWE goes.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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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!

Published

2 months ago

April 2, 2023

Chris King

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.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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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.

Published

2 months ago

April 1, 2023

Chris King

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.