Opinion

WWE Needs To Change It’s In Ring Style

Published

5 years ago

October 12, 2018

This week’s NXT main event featured yet another potential entry to the list of potential NXT match of the year candidates (and that’s a long list) when Ricochet defended his North American Title against Pete Dunne and Adam Cole. This made me realise something: WWE really needs to change their in ring style.

It’s pretty much gospel amongst WWE fans that NXT is head and shoulders the main roster but I’ve never really taken the time to think why. We could be here all day suggesting reasons why this is but the best I can think of is the the huge gap in match quality.

WWE has been accused of wrestling a softer, safer style than some other promotions. This has caused much irritation in fans especially in recent years with the rise in popularity of the indies that wrestle a more high impact style. The WWE Performance Center is seen as a key factor in this style as everyone is taught to wrestle the same way leaving very little room for variety. On the other side of that argument many of the independent talent competing in NXT train in the performance centre and still put on excellent matches.

Velveteen is a prime example as he is very much a performance center creation and consistently steels the show at Takeovers. While there’s nothing wrong with the PC style you shouldn’t have two people who wrestle this style face off too often. Sometimes it’s good to have a clash of styles as this gives you Dream vs Ricochet rather than Dream vs EC3.

I think it can be attributed to who’s in charge of NXT and the main roster. Triple H runs NXT and seems to allow a sense of freedom for the performers. Meanwhile Vince is still to this day is very hands on with everything on the main roster and finds it hard to give up control. I’m not saying WWE needs to have every match on the main roster featuring 50 superkicks and countless false finishes but there needs to be some middle ground. NXT finds this balance between WWE’s style and the independent style which needs to translate to the main roster.

NXT thrives on a primary focus on the in ring action and telling simple stories through this. They rarely have to use gimmick matches except in special occasions. This is what WWE should have done when they moved to PG focusing less on blood and over the top violence and more on the in ring action and telling better stories.

Next time you blame PG for WWE’s poor product just look at NXT which is as PG as it gets and is going from strength to strength.

Hopefully we see the necessary changes made to WWE’s style in the next year or so with WWE’s new Billion dollar TV deal for RAW and SmackDown. USA and FOX are going to expect quality content to make up for their massive investment so WWE’s going to need to step up their game.

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!

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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.

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

Opinion

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

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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.