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Tiffany’s Takes: WWE 205 Live (7/2/19)

WWE 205 Live follows up with Drake Maverick on honeymoon and Mike Kanellis reeling from Maria’s Raw revelation. Check out what happened in this edition of Tiffany’s Takes!

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4 years ago

July 3, 2019

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WWE 205 Live follows up with Drake Maverick on honeymoon and Mike Kanellis reeling from Maria’s Raw revelation. Check out what happened in this edition of Tiffany’s Takes!

With Maverick on his honeymoon, how will the Superstars of 205 behave?

I love the team of Tony Nese, Jack Gallagher, and Oney Lorcan. This main event should be pretty wild.

So, we finally got the final-ish match for Singh Brothers vs Lucha House Party. I’ve been saying for awhile that the Singhs are much better than their gimmick lets them be, never mind the attire that makes them look like cut rate male strippers. I did enjoy LHP seeming to take the Singhs more seriously than they had, that was nice to see. I’m not happy Singhs lost, but I think they really opened some eyes to how good they are and why they need to be out of the shadow of Mahal.

I believe I said last week that while I really want to get behind and like Humberto Carrillo, he doesn’t really draw me in and doesn’t seem to have much of a personality. He’s a great young athlete, but I’m just not feeling him.

So, the Kanellis’ aren’t quite gone from 205 Live. I still think Mike Kanellis could be THE guy in 205 if given the chance. I’m a little puzzled by this whole storyline. If Maria is actually pregnant, I send them my congrats, but this is odd. I do love that Kanellis vs Drake Maverick is ongoing with Maverick being blamed for the rift between Mike and Maria. I wonder if Maria’s announcement has postponed whatever their RAW storyline was going to be.

Teddy Long must’ve been subbing for Maverick this week since we got a six man tag match. I will say that both teams made for some awkward bedfellows. They need to find a way to distinguish Kanellis and Oney Lorcan because I actually thought Ariya Daivari had attacked his own partner. I like the way Drew Gulak sent Tony Nese into everyone. I also loved seeing William III make an appearance. I felt really bad for Mike Kanellis taking the pin…AGAIN, but hopefully, this is the start of my long-time wish to see him turning face.

Overall, this was an okay 205 episode. The lack of Drake Maverick was noticeable and kind of made the main event a little puzzling. It just felt thrown together.

The ongoing Mike and Maria storyline is a little puzzling. I’m totally behind Mike getting a big push and I want him to get a babyface run, I’m just not really into a pregnancy storyline. If Maria really is pregnant, she’ll probably be off TV for the duration, so her still being part of the show, even if she didn’t speak was odd. However, I’m taking a wait and see on this one.

I still can’t get into Drew Gulak as Cruiserweight Champion. He’s got a good heel gimmick and is a great wrestler, but he just doesn’t scream ‘champion’ to me, heel or otherwise, the same with Humberto Carrillo. I want to like Carrillo, but he just doesn’t grab me. Very disappointed that the Singhs lost but they really made a statement on their skills in that tag match with Lucha House Party. Hopefully, this feud isn’t over and we can really see these teams tear it down.

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

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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.