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King: Recap & Reaction For WWE 205 Live 08/06/19

Who would challenge the sadistic and ruthless Drew Gulak for his WWE Cruiserweight Championship at SummerSlam?

Published

4 years ago

August 9, 2019

Chris King

Chris King gives a recap of the captivating high-flying cruiserweights each week. This week, the biggest question was who would challenge the sadistic and ruthless Drew Gulak for his WWE Cruiserweight Championship at SummerSlam?

A relieved GM Drake Maverick opened the show, announcing that his issues with Mike Kanellis were handled last week in a brutal Unsanctioned match. His first order of business is to ensure Drew Gulak a challenger for the cruiserweight championship. Tonight there will be a First-ever Six-Pack Challenge pitting Tony Nese, Oney Lorcan, Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher, Kalisto, and Ariya Daivari.

Ahead of this spectacular six-pack challenge, all six competitors delivered a backstage promo, claiming they would be the new number-one contender.

Chris’s Highlights:

Lince Dorado VS. Humberto Carrillo

Lince Dorado faced the young up-and-coming Lucha Libre superstar Humberto Carrillo, stemming from Lince’s harsh words from last week claiming Carillo only talks about his Lucha while the Lucha House Party wears it. This was an incredibly fun sprint of a match, with both competitors going counter to counter and pulling out everything in their arsenals. The match ended in a no-contest when Carillo made to the apron, and a visibly frustrated Lince tripped him up to prevent the victory.

This match may have ended in a double count out… But @humberto_wwe isn't done bringing the fight on #205Live! @LuchadorLD @WWEGranMetalik pic.twitter.com/HtqARf0Vz8

— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2019

Oney Lorcan VS. Akira Tozawa VS. Ariya Daivari VS. Jack Gallagher VS. Kalisto VS. Tony Nese (Drew Gulak’s SummerSlam Opponent)

The match began with all six competitors having a stand-off, The Persian Lion rolled outside and Tozawa hits a suicide dive. Back in the ring and all six competitors land some wicked chops, Tozawa executes a fakeout punch and kicked Daivari to the outside, that’s when the chaos erupted. In the middle of the match, while Nese and Lorcan got into a battle of knife-edge chops and uppercuts, The Fury of 205 Live wiped out the competitors on the outside! Next came Nese, followed by Gallagher with an umbrella in tow off the top-rope. Lastly, Kalisto landed a Springboard senton, but was caught by all five competitors and launched right over the announce table!

A chain of submissions gets locked in when Gallagher executed the Gentleman’s Death-lock, followed by Tozawa tilt-o-whirls into the Iron Octopus and finally Nese locks in the Last Chancery.

EVERYONE is tangled up in knots in this #6PackChallenge! #205Live pic.twitter.com/HmarnH3duX

— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2019

Of course, The Persian Lion wasn’t having any of that and broke it up to keep “his” opportunity within grasps. Towards the end of the match, The Premier Athlete hits a sunset driver on Lorcan but Tozawa breaks up the pin… caught into a vicious powerbomb right through Lorcan! The finish came when Kalisto hit his jaw-dropping SALIDA DEL SOL on Daivari, Tozawa with a Devastating Senton Splash, Nese German suplexes him into the turnbuckle. Nese off the ropes hits The Running Nese, Lorcan hits the Half-and-half!!!

Here comes the Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak, staring a hole into his latest challenger while hoisting up his coveted title to close out the show!

there can be only one https://t.co/zb5vrBm6PN

— Drew Gulak (@DrewGulak) August 7, 2019

Chris’s Reaction:

I hate to even write this, but in my opinion this week 205 Live blew Raw and SmackDown Live pertaining to the wrestling aspect. It will be intriguing to see where this new level of intensity propels Lince outside of his Lucha House Party members. During a backstage segment, Daivari attempted to coerce him to leave “the dead weight”, at first Lince immediately shot it down but after he brought up Kalisto into the six-pack challenge the vibe changed.

Is @AriyaDaivariWWE trying to get @LuchadorLD to LEAVE the #LuchaHouseParty? 🤨 #205Live pic.twitter.com/YgkBIHDgFH

— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2019

Over the last month, Lorcan has had some of the hardest-hitting encounters with his adversary Daivari, culminating with a highly-intense anything goes match. If The Fury of 205 Live brings the fight to the vindictive and ruthless Gulak, the champ will be reeling. Here’s to hoping this match at SummerSlam isn’t a one-off, these brawlers could have an explosive feud!

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

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!

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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.