#SmackdownTaped: Greg DeMarco’s Accelerated Look at WWE Smackdown (2/12/19)

What impact did the Gauntlet have on fast forwarding this week?

Published

4 years ago

February 13, 2019

Greg DeMarco is back and FAST FORWARDing his way through WWE Smackdown. How much did he skip? How was the show?

This will be an interesting experiment, as WWE has a Gauntlet that might impact the FAST FORWARD aspect tonight. Let’s see what we have on Smackdown!

Enter Charlotte Flair

Excuse me for a moment… YASSS QUEEN!
Charlotte Flair is doing the best work of her career.
Charlotte’s bordering on having too much work done on the ol’ face, though.
Let’s stop using the close shot.
Don’t let her face take away from the fire she’s spitting in this promo. Seriously, she’s killing it.
Charlotte pointing to the sign is perfect.
Corey Graves is right, The Queen does belong in the main event at WrestleMania.
Side note: Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair are the modern day, female Steve Austin and The Rock.

FAST FORWARD talking, entrances, and commercials, and more talking

The IIConics vs. Carmella & Naomi vs. Sonya Deville & The Goddess Mandy Rose

Carmella continues to be such an underrated worker by everyone not named Patrick O’Dowd.
The IIConics standing on the same site of the ring post when neither is in the ring is a little thing that goes a VERY long way.
Mandy and Naomi are this generation’s Rick Martel & Tito Santana.
NO NOT MANDY!
Will Nia Jas & Tamina fit in a pod? (YOU WERE THINKING IT!)

FAST FORWARD talking, entrances, talking, videos, etc.
Timestamp: 16:20 (Real time: 36:18)

McMiz TV with The Usos

FAST FORWARD talking
53 tag team title matches? DAYAM!
Best tag team in the world? I think The Revival (and The Bar) would have something to say about that.
THE TOLEDO MUDHENS!
HOLY TOLEDO!
Quiche?
MANDY ROSE REFERENCE!
I liked the segment.

FAST FORWARD commercials

Gauntlet Match

Daniel Bryan is out first, with Rowan The Recycler, and ~~his first opponent is~~ he’s talking
IT’S A NEW DAY, YES IT IS!
And the opponent is Kofi
FAST FORWARD commercials
Great match so far, FAST FORWARD more commercials
I may not write much about this match–because I’m WATCHING IT.
I’d love to see Kofi Kingston get the win here over the WWE Champion.
FAST FORWARD more commercials
Can we get a 60-minute draw between these guys at Extreme Rules?
When was the last time Kofi wrestled this long in one match?
Kofi advances!
Next up for Kofi Kingston is…Jeff Hardy!
Kofi technically brought Jeff Hardy back at WrestleMania 33.
FAST FORWARD the commercials
Not gonna lie, this math defies the #SmackdownTaped concept.
STILL WATCHING THE MATCH!
This whole thing was very well done, and I am fine with Orton coming out last in the Chamber. I wanted Kofi to win, but this was great.

Timestamp: 1:19:22 (Real time: 2:00:00)

Not as much time saved today, but that’s because the Gauntlet was a fun watch. For a go home show this worked, and let’s not complain about no Asuka again. She’s just fine, things are busy now.

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

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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.

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.