Opinion

Andrew’s WWE Raw & SmackDown Live Results & Ratings

Published

4 years ago

December 19, 2018

We’ve got fantastic coverage from Steven Mitchell, but now we need main show ratings. WWE makes the world go ’round, right? No? Why is there an echo?

Well again, new year coming, so time to work out some new ideas. Let’s get some WWE main roster ratings on the board more consistently. Since I have the Raw Reaction podcast after Raw, I can’t post it on Monday Night (9-5 day jobs, what can you do?).

Now let’s start in logical order.

WWE Raw

Results & Ratings:

Baron Corbin vs Kurt Angle,Apollo Crews, Bobby Roode, Chad Gable & Finn Balor – Angle via Olympic Slam after the McMahon’s adjusted the rules multiple times to officially destroy Corbin’s reign of stupidity @9:20 – * 1/2
Finn Balor vs Dolph Ziggler – No Contest after Drew McIntyre interferes @9:40 – ** 1/4
Intercontinental Championship Match: Dean Ambrose (c) vs Tyler Breeze – Ambrose via Dirty Deeds @7:30 – *** 1/4
Number 1 Contender Match: Authors of Pain vs The Revival vs B-Team vs Lucha House Party – The Revival via Shatter Machine (on Bo Dallas) @10:15 – **
Women’s Number 1 Contender Gauntlet Match:
Alicia Fox vs Bayley – Bayley via Bayley to Belly
Bayley vs Dana Brooke – Bayley via Bayley to Belly
Bayley vs Mickie James – Mickie via Mick-DDT
Mickie James vs Ember Moon – Ember via Eclipse
Ember Moon vs Natalya – Natty via Cradle
Natalya vs Ruby Riott – Natty via Cradle
Natalya vs Sasha Banks – Natalya via Sharpshooter @53:00- ***

Thoughts:

McMahon’s try to break the 4th wall a little and put a bow on the Corbin catastrophe. Running back the beat down spot from TLC was a little lame.
Well I guess Drew needs a place holder feud so a potential triple threat could be entertaining.
Tyler Breeze really put on a solid effort. Ambrose’s new character seems to portray that half-assed aspect of his character, so Oedo Tai would be proud, but Ambrose won’t be lighting it on fire any time soon.
THANK GOD THEY GOT RID OF THE STUPID HOUSE PARTY RULE!
50+ minutes of decent to good wrestling across the board and it allowed numerous women to get a little more exposure. Plus it main evented the show, so it made it feel a little bigger.

That is All

Overall 5/10

Match wise the show was alright. Story wise things moved forward a little but not enough to really leave a genuine feeling of anything beyond “meh”. If we take this for what the McMahon’s said, this is a reset point. So with that, what do we really expect from the reset episode? If sports teams are in a rebuilding year it’s either bad or very middle of the road…and this was more middle of the road.

Hell, it was still better than the terrible shows leading up to TLC…so that’s something.

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!

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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.