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Tiffany’s Takes: NXT UK (7-31-19)

Who will be the next to stand up to Imperium?

Published

4 years ago

August 1, 2019

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Who will be the next to stand up to Imperium?

Well, the history lesson storyline is still ongoing, but yay for Tyler Bate’s return and putting Imperium in their places! I’m a little ambivalent about Bate getting a title shot just for returning to work, but I guess since he’s the only member of British Strong Style there, it’ll have to do, but I’m still a little ‘eh’ about it.

I give Pretty Deadly a lot of props for their team name, but it was going to take more than a cool name to get past Gallus and Gallus squashed them like bugs. Since Trent Seven and Tyler Bate are out or busy, giving Gallus a shot at Grizzled Young Veterans would be a great idea for TakeOver, but we’ll have to see.

Jordan Devlin’s back! We haven’t seen much of the Irish Ace since Mark Andrews won the #1 Contendership tournament! If you’ve been following my coverage of NXT UK, you know I’m a big Jordan Devlin fan and I’m totally on his side. He never got a rematch after he was robbed of a straight title shot against WALTER because NXT officials wanted to protect WALTER vs Dunne. I’m also glad Devlin’s back in the main event, but I wish it was against WALTER for a title shot and not Alexander Wolfe.

I like that Dave Mastiff lets his matches do his talking for him and I seriously want to see him vs Joe Coffey at TakeOver. Also, when does Mastiff get a title shot of his own? He’s never been defeated except in ONE tag match since the debut of NXT UK.

Well, Rhea Ripley is back and RIP to the girl she absolutely DESTROYED in her first match since losing to Piper Niven, I want to hope she and Niven will have another go, but who knows, I don’t want that match to be a one off.

I’m going to be honest, Toni Storm vs Kay Lee Ray is making me a little nervous. It’s being built as such a HUGE clash, I’m a little scared it won’t live up to hype. I do love the fire coming from both women though, the Women’s Division. I also love the storyline about them being friends but KLR changed, it makes it seem more than being about the title.

The Headmaster from Hell, Eddie Dennis is back! The news about his left pec sucks because it definitely looks painful. Also, even though I KNOW he’s a heel, I loved his standing up for wrestling, right up until he blamed the fans because they booed him. Sorry, dude, you lost me. I don’t owe you a cheer because you chose to get into this line of work, earn my respect first.

I enjoyed Devlin vs Wolfe, even know that Devlin was likely going to lose since Bate is getting a title shot. Devlin made ANOTHER case on why he should be the top champion, not just a mid-carder. The crowd has certainly come around to Devlin, even if was just because they hated Wolfe more. I really hope Devlin gets another run at the title, he’s easily one of the best talents on the roster in terms of in-ring and promo. Get with it, WWE!

I love Tyler Bate’s fire, but I’m still a little ‘eh’ on him getting a title shot. I’ll save my full judgement for Cardiff.

That’s it for Tiffany’s NXT UK Takes! Stay tuned for NXT OG!

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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.

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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.