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McLeod: Best NXT TakeOver Ever?

Is Scott shooting too high, or are we in for something special? Does Takeover outshine WrestleMania this year?

Published

4 years ago

April 5, 2019

Scott Mcleod

Is Scott shooting too high, or are we in for something special? Does Takeover outshine WrestleMania this year?

The go home episode for NXT Takeover New York didn’t need to do a lot as the hype is already very high. Half of the matches got some very well put together video packages & that’s all they needed. We had the War Raiders sending a message to Black & Ricochet at the expense of some jobbers. The Main event say a brawl between the competitors in the NXT Women’s championship ending with Io moonsaulting everyone.

Too often it’s said that a Takeover has stolen a WWE PPV weekend or it features one or more potential match of the year candidates. Also since Takeovers keep topping themselves most have a case to be called the best ever.

For me Takeover New Orleans is the best Takeover of all time. A big part of that is thanks to how invested I was in Gargano vs Ciampa. New York has a lot going for it which could lead it being the best.

Gargano looks to finally complete his story by becoming the NXT champion. While it would’ve been fitting to win it from Ciampa but I think they’ve made the best considering the circumstances. Usually a replacement doesn’t win making the result more obvious however that’s not the case here.

Cole has the numbers advantage with the Undisputed Era so there’s the slightest chance he could take it. He has made it clear he wants every member of the Era to hold gold.

I’ve explained in detail why I think Walter vs Pete Dunne for the UK Championship will steal the show. No matter what happens the rest of the card this Takeover will become immediately memorable if Dunne’s reign finally ends.

The result Tag Title match seems the most obvious. Having said that I’m interested to what type of match they put on with Ricochet & Black being a relatively new team. There’s also the chance they could swerve us so Black & Ricochet can walk out at Mania with the NXT tag titles.

Dream vs Riddle is less obvious. Dream has finally won a championship & I really want to see him have long run with it. Riddle is still new to NXT & Dream has been known as the guy who gives new guys their first great Takeover match.

I think Dream deserves more than being a transitional champion.

I like the fact that a women’s match is main eventing WrestleMania, and also closed the go home episode of NXT before Takeover. They even got a brawl with all the locker room trying to separate them.

A lot of the interest surrounds Baszlers status in NXT. Is she going up or ins’t she? Rumours suggest that she is. The horsewomen will be in here corner & given there is no DQ in a 4 way there is room for chaos.

Io held the title up at the end of NXT & I think the result will be the same at Takeover. She’s the only one who hasn’t really had an opportunity at the title & I think they could use her being champion to create tension between her & Sane.

Looking at this card it was a smart decision not to go head to head with G1 Supercard. This way the winner is the fans who will be in New York & can now go to both shows.

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!

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

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.