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NXT Minus 6: Takeover Vengeance Day, Before

WWE NXT Takeover: Vengeance Day hits this weekend, and it’s time for Bradley Jay to rank the matches by excitement level!

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2 years ago

February 13, 2021

Brad Abel

WWE NXT Takeover: Vengeance Day hits this weekend, and it’s time for Bradley Jay to rank the matches by excitement level!

You know the drill. I rank the matches in order of my excitement level to see them. After the show I’ll rerank them to see who disappointed and who was better than expected.

6. Every now and then, WWE tries to force elements of the big roster into NXT. Luckily, they haven’t touched Takeover. Less is more, and I love the 5 match format. Give the best wrestlers enough time to tell the best stories. Like Momma says, “good things happen when you let wrestlers wrestle.” I’m fully expecting many good things Sunday night. This card is loaded.

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5. Io Shirai versus Toni Storm versus Mercedes Martinez, Women’s Championship

I’d be more excited about a singles match with Shirai and Martinez. This should have a singular, clear focus: Martinez’ 20 year journey to the top of the mountain. Storm waters things down. See what I did there?

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4. MSK versus GYV, Dusty Classic Finals

It feels like MSK is pre-ordained to win this, and that’s a shame. I hope I’m wrong. Grizzled Young Veterans are top tier. A team can only be as good as them, but not better. I do like the clash of styles. So far MSK (such a craptacular name) has shown flashes of greatness. I am excited to see what they can do given more time to do it.

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3. Johnny Gargano versus KUSHIDA, North American Championship

I was lukewarm on this match…until Gargano’s promo Thursday night. He’s not just Johnny Gargano. Not just Johnny Wrestling. He is Johnny…Freaking…Takeover! No more paranoid goofball. All business. Gargano needs to remind us that when the lights are bright & he’s on the big stage, nobody is better. Please Dear Wrestling Gods do not let this fall prey to an overbooked ending.

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2. Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai versus Ember Moon & Shotzi Blackheart

What can I say? I’m a sucker for making history. The History-O-Meter hit 7 this week, all in reference to this match. All jokes aside, this features three of my current, favorite female wrestlers. Replace Shotzi with Sasha and I might pass out. I expect this to jerk the curtain and steal the show. And I expect Gonzalez & Kai to be the next women’s tag team champions. I’m a Dakota Guy.

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1. Finn Balor versus Pete Dunne, NXT Championship

How can you be a wrestling fan and not be jacked to the max for this match? Two of the best in the world in their prime. Both men have been on fire since November 2020. I sincerely don’t remember the last time Dunne had less than a 4-star match. Balor already has a MOTY candidate for 2021. After Sunday night, I fully expect #2.

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.

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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.