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Tiffany’s Takes: WWE 205 Live (6/25/19)

Tiffany checks in on this week’s edition of WWE 205 Live as a new #1 contender is established!

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4 years ago

June 26, 2019

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Tiffany checks in on this week’s edition of WWE 205 Live as a new #1 contender is established!

Who is Cruiserweight Champion after Stomping Grounds? WWE 205 Live is…well live again this week!

WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Yeah, I’m officially over Gulak as champion. The guy was a joke and a bad Republican stand in for years, now that he’s champ, he’s claiming that 205 is weak. Get over yourself. Murphy and Alexander were much better champions than Gulak. Even Amore was somewhat entertaining, and the fact that I just typed that makes me queasy. I’m still hoping that Gulak’s reign is a short one and we can have a real Cruiserweight Champion.

Is there an actual reason why former champs don’t get their automatic rematches in 205? Even RAW and SD realized that doing away with the no rematch clause rule was dumb, but this was in 205 from the start and it’s frustrating. That said, we did get the Nese vs Tozawa match we should’ve had from the start, just not with the title on the line, which stinks. I’m glad Nese won and will get his rematch, but it just felt like a waste of time when he should’ve had the rematch anyway.

Mike and Maria Kanellis: Okay, first of all, the match with Gallagher was FANTASTIC! I really loved the back and forth. I am a little disappointed that Mike is doubling down on being a heel, but I still loved the match. Kanellis being pissed and storming off after the loss is an interesting dynamic. Maverick being angry about Kanellis leaving and calling him ‘unprofessional’ is pretty rich considering his own conduct lately. I really can’t wait to see where this goes next week.

Humberto Carrillo vs Rob Rollenbeck: I really want to like Humberto Carrillo. He’s super talented and looks like a great young babyface, including the babyface, but I’m having trouble seeing a personality in him. He’s doing all the good things he needs to do, but it’s like something isn’t clicking, at least for me. He and Rollenbeck had a great match, but I’m just not feeling it.

Promos: I loved Daivari’s promo, even though Daivari’s bragging got on my nerves a lot. His anger over a pretty minor in-ring injury is so over the top, it’s actually kind of funny. I’m still enjoying this feud and I want a rematch next week.

Lucha House Party’s excuse for losing last week was funny. They lost because they went too easy on Singh Brothers? I mean, Singhs had a handful of tights, and even I’ll admit that, but the LHP saying that Singhs won because they went too easy on them is just odd. Funny, but odd.

Overall Comments: This was an okay 205 Live. I had trouble getting into it because, other than the Kanellis issue, nothing about the show really grabbed my attention. The matches were good, and so were the promos, but it’s just felt like something is missing.

I’m really interested to see where the Kanellis storyline is going. It could be that Kanellis is moving back to the main roster, but since he barely got any TV time on RAW or SmackDown, that would be a silly thing to do. I’m also interested in how this will affect their already tense relationship with Maverick considering his behavior lately.

I really want to like Carrillo, but I’m just not feeling it.

I want Nese to be a 2x Cruiserweight Champion, I’m tired of Gulak already.

That’s it for Tiffany’s 205 Takes! Tune in tomorrow for the NXTs.

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

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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.