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NXT Minus 6: Takeover The Backup Plan (Part 4)
Bradley Jay continues his DIY Takeover with a look at some of Takeover’s highest stakes matches!

Bradley Jay continues his DIY Takeover with a look at some of Takeover’s highest stakes matches!
This is part IV of your Takeover backup plan. Six matches, five categories. Pick one match from each for a DIY Takeover. I’m not ranking the matches because the goal isn’t to argue over what is better. The goal is to enjoy some of the best wrestling from the brief but fertile history of the Black & Gold Standard. Today…Random Goodness
There have not yet been enough top quality North American Title matches for their own category, so I expanded it. Once you see the selection, you’ll forgive me.
Finn Balor versus Adrian Neville, #1 Contender’s Match, Takeover: Rival
That one almost forced me to create an entirely new category: matches featuring wrestlers that make me say “What in the Hell was WWE thinking?” Neville is fantastic. It sucks that they let him get away, but he’s had success everywhere he’s gone, and I’m happy for him. This match is one of the unsung gems in Takeover history.
War Games, Takeover: War Games II
This is my favorite of the three War Games matches. It went over 40 minutes and never felt long. Hard to believe eight men packed so much action into one match. This is a spectacular car crash.
Tyler Bate versus Pete Dunne for the NXT UK Title, Takeover: Chicago
Two British kids with marginal exposure to the NXT crowd walk into Allstate Arena, light the crowd on fire, burn the building to the ground and create a MOTY. This will forever be one of the best matches in Takeover history. And remind yourself that at the time, Dunne was only 23 and Bate was only 20 years old. 20 YEARS OLD!!!
North American Ladder Match: Takeover New Orleans
This has a special place in my heart. It’s the first match on the first Takeover I watched live. When it ended, I remember thinking, “How do you kick off a show with a match of the night and a MOTY candidate???” I was wiped out. In all my years, I’ve never seen a show start that hot. Welcome to NXT.
Women’s War Games, Takeover: War Games III
I’ve made my peace with the idea that four women could beat two. I’ll watch this match again and again just to see Dakota Kai deliver the beatdown of a lifetime on Tegan Nox. Her attack elevated the drama to an entirely new level, took it from from Big Mac to porterhouse steak.
Keith Lee versus Dominik Dijakovic for the North American Title, Takeover: Portland
I could not in good conscience pick 30 Takeover matches without including the Moment Maker, The GIF that keeps on giving, The Limitless One, The Ridiculous Mr. Lee. Since he’s only been in two, this one gets the nod. I really could watch Lee and Dijakovic fight forever. They are my Flair & Steamboat.
Up next…The Main Event
And be sure to check out parts 1-3:
- Tag Team Matches – http://thechairshot.com/2020/03/nxt-minus-6-takeover-the-backup-plan/
- Women’s Title Matches – http://thechairshot.com/2020/03/nxt-minus-6-takeover-the-backup-plan-part-2/
- Grudge Matches – http://thechairshot.com/2020/03/nxt-minus-6-takeover-the-backup-plan-part-3/
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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!

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.

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.
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