Opinion

The Best Decision For Takeover

Published

5 years ago

August 10, 2018

Well talk about bad karma. Last week I was talking about the triple threat for the NXT Championship at Takeover Brooklyn 4, being a potential match of the year candidate, and now one of the participants is out.

There’s been rumours over the last week that Black would not make Takeover due a groin injury. Now it’s been confirmed that Black is out of the match and has to have surgery. The triple threat was only made on this week’s episode of NXT, but they shot an angle on WWE.com last night that saw Regal being informed by officials that Black had been laid out outside Full Sail. Clearly this is a way for them to write Black out of Takeover, so he can recover from his injury.

Smartly they’ve established a few different possibilities of who could have done it. Gargano happened to walk past Regal as did the Undisputed ERA. Also, there’s the obvious implication that it was Ciampa to better his chances. This gives him a clear storyline when he returns, as well as, eventually getting his rematch possibly at Takeover War Games 2. This left a huge cloud hanging over the main event of Takeover. That was until William Regal announced that it would be Gargano vs Ciampa in a last man standing match for the NXT championship. Was this the right decision?

Well the more I think about it Yes. The last two matches they’ve had have been excellent the prospect of another match this time for the title, sounds like another match of the year candidate. And it’s Brooklyn where two years ago people thought Ciampa was going to turn on Gargano after they lost to the revival.

Before I didn’t like that this match only had one week worth of build, but then I realised, it doesn’t. This is just another chapter in the story they’ve been telling for nearly 2 years. Even when Ciampa was going after Black Gargano was still in the mix. Also what alternative did they have there isn’t really anyone else on the roster that could fill Black’s spot. Everyone else is either already paired up or hasn’t yet been built as a main eventer? The last episodes before Takeover have already been filmed so it seems too late to add anyone. EC3 and Velveteen Dream would both have been perfect fits if they weren’t already facing each other.

Kassius Ohno is the only established roster member I can think of that could fit in. He’s got involved in Ciampa vs Gargano before standing up to Ciampa after he attacked Gargano. He could interject himself to try and help Gargano. On the other hand, he hasn’t exactly been positioned as a main eventer.

I have heard speculation of Matt Riddle being added to the match but it’s very unlike NXT to debut someone right into a main event. They did have EC3 and Ricochet debut in the North American Championship Ladder Match but that was for the secondary title not the main title.

Obviously given the choice I wouldn’t have had the match here because I worried that having three straight Takeover matches would diminish fans investment in the feud. I would have built this for at least the January Takeover but sometimes things don’t go how you want them to.

There’s an element of mystery to this match because I genuinely don’t know who’s going to win. It seems too soon for Ciampa to lose the title. If he does he will have the second shortest reign after Samoa Joe’s second reign. On the other hand Gargano winning seems like a more fitting end to this story. Although Gargano does seem to be close to the edge so it would be interesting to see how he reacts to this loss and it builds even more heat for Ciampa as if he needs it.

This is when wrestling is at it’s best when you can’t immediately predict the outcome and that’s why I think this is the right decision.

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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

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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.

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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.