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It’s Thuursdaaayy! ...and itsss Cooooolin! What all did everyone get up to today!? Let me knooww, down belooww!! Here’s the new cards for today!
Fantasy Hockey Event
For Skaters - • + 1 to All Att. (0.5 for Speed and Accel.) for every goal scored in Reg. Season • Syn Points doubled if player reaches 95 OVR • Max UPGRADE - 99 • Reg. Season NHL counts
Players
Jacob Slavin - 85 OVR - CAR / LD - (1) BAL , SH Brent Burns - 84 OVR - SJS / RD - (1) H and S , SH Neal Pionk - *84 OVR - WPJ / C - (1) DIS , WH Charlie Coyle - 82 OVR - BOS / C - (1) BAR , LTL Filip Hronek - 82 OVR - DET / RD - (1) BAR , WH Rickard Rakell - 82 OVR - ANA / LW - (1) SPA , GLA Jake Allen - 81 OVR - MTL / G - 6’2” / 203 lbs - (1) SPA , BAL Jeff Carter - 81 OVR - LAK / C - (1) SWA , HOW Clayton Keller - 81 OVR - COY / C - (1) SWA , SH Wayne Simmonds - 81 OVR - TOR / RW - (1) DIS , PP Sam Bennett - 79 OVR - CGY / C - (1) H and S , WM Jack Eichel - 74 OVR - BUF / C - (1) BAL , MAG .... no Ottawa? :(
Primetimes
NHL
Patrice Bergeron - 88 OVR - BOS / C - (1) T ... 98 FOs with Thief active, woah Oliver Bjorkstrand - 87 OVR - CBJ / RW - (1) PP ... * Nate Schmidt - 84 OVR - VAN / LD - (1) SH ... * Noel Acciari - 83 OVR - FLA / C - (1) WM ... * Chris Tierney - 82 OVR - OTT / C - (1) GLA ... * Brian Dumolin - 80 OVR - PEN / LD - (1) H and S , HOW ... * Justin Holl - 79 OVR - TOR / RD - (1) SWA , WH ... * Eeli Tolivanen - 79 OVR - NAS / LW - (1) SPA , LTL ... *
Other Leagues
(I’ll post these later) Carson Focht - 78 OVR - HIT / C - (1) BAR , SH ... * Miro-Pekka Saarelainen - 78 OVR - PEL / C - (1) MAG , SPA ... * Tyler Brennan - 77 OVR - COU / G - 6’3” / 181 lbs (1) DIS , BAL ... * Miguel Tourigny - 77 OVR - ARM / RD - (1) SPE , SWA ... * • • • • • • • • • • - - - - - - - - - • • • • • • • • • • • •
Packs Available
23H Remaining. • Jumbo Elite Pack - 50k C / 1k P 20 items, with atleast 11 80+ OVR Players. • NHL Players Packs - 30k C / 500 P 10 items, all Gold NHL Players with atleast 4 80+ OVR Players. • Players Pack - 15k C / 300 P 10 items, all Players, at least 5 Gold Players and 1 80+ OVR Player.
P.S.
• New Season of RUSH! • Squad Battles Rewards Today - 5pm EST • Fantasy Hockey Event • 1.8 M Reward RUSH - Icon Collect • Does Sami Vatanen stay on the Devils? • Cooolin’s Birthday ——————
What’s to Come?
• New Event - Tomorrowww at 5pm EST! • 2nd Weeeeekenddd of 2021! —————
Summary of the day
Quick Read Best Forward of the Day - PT - is PAATRICEEE BEERGEREONN OVR 88 with the syn THIIEFF Best Defence of the Day - PT - is NAATEEE SCHMIDTTT OVR 84 with the syn SHUUTT DOWNN ———- ———- Cooolin ——-
Important Notice
As you get older, you start to realize more and more its not what you look like or what you own... it’s really about what you’ve become. You can’t help getting older — duh , duuh - but you don’t have to get old. Just because you might be an adult, doesn’t mean you can’t have fun, and do something you wanted to do as a kid, that you’ve never done before. Remember to just have fun! Go with the flow, and be yourself! I promise you, it will take you far. ——-
Interested in Stocks?
EA’s Stock Price, after hours - Jan. 7 $ 140.74 (usd) —- Currency Converter we looked at the stock at $137.54 usd —— That is a difference of ( $3.20 / 2.33% ) — Daily EA Stock News Disclaimer - I am not a financial advisor. It is your money, please do your own due diligence. I am not responsible for your money. This is *not** advice. I added this section for an added educational purposes only. Thanks* —— —— —— —-
NEED A SOUNDTRACK TO LISTEN TO?
I made this for everyone. I’ll update it whenever I feel like it, but its been often!
WE’RE ALMOST AT 1000 SONGS! Comment songs to add, and please give feedback! It’s much appreciated!! I currently have “Birthday” by “Selena Gomez” stuck in my head, hahaha... honestly, I don’t know about you... but I’m feelin 22 How do you guys like the playlist!? I have a friend who makes music, if you guys wanna check his music out, feel free, click Here!! ———-
Stream Hockey Games
If you click here you will be redirected to bilasport. Bilasport is a streaming site for all your Sport needs! You can stream; NHL , NFL , NBA , MLB , Boxing / MMA , and NCAAF. With the NHL season coming up, this is a great resource if you want to watch a game! Bookmark it today! I am not affiliated with Bilasport. This is just a recommendation for your entertainment needs. ——- —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —- —— —-
Fighting a Gambling Addiction?
Don’t feel scared to click here. Winning is SO much louder than losing. Know that you are NEVER alone. We are all here for eachother, and it is never too late to get help. I am here for you. This is a VERY important thread, especially if you are new to HUT. Here! ——- 7 / 365 —— —— —— —- —- ——- —- —— —— Thanks for reading. I’m always welcome to feedback, please let me know what I can improve on. If there’s anything missing, please let me know! Take care, happy gaming! WOW! Today is my birthday. I don’t feel any older, lol .... also 6 DAYS TIL HOCKEY COMES!WHO IS EXCITEDD? I am not affiliated with EA. Please don’t message me about your problems about the game, even though I find them rather entertaining. You still can, just I might not be able to help!! • Coolin Killin It (Life is like a puzzle, you just have to find the right piece.)
Heyoo, it’s Cooooooolin ! How was everyone’s Tuesday? Was it a Terrible Tuesday or a Terrific Tuesday!? Let me know, doown belooww! Here’s the new cards for today, thanks as always, EA!
Silver Master Icons
Henri Richard - 90 OVR - MTL / C - (2) BAR , HOW Luc Robitaille - 90 OVR - LAK / LW - (2) H and S , PP Jeremy Roenick - 90 OVR - CHI / C - (2) SPA , SPE
Primetimes
NHL
In honour of Corey Crawford Corey Crawford - 89 OVR - CHI / G - 6’2” / 216 lbs (1) BAR ... * Jesper Bratt - 83 OVR - NJD / LW - (1) HOW ... * Cal Peterson - 82 OVR - LAK / G - 6’1” / 183 lbs (1) SPA ... * Fredrick Gauthier - 80 OVR - ARI / C - (1) BAL , GLA ... leafs will miss youu Michael Del Zotto - 80 OVR - CBJ / LD - (1) DIS , PP ... * Christian Djoos - 80 OVR - DET / LD - (1) H and S , LTL ... * Noah Juulsen - 79 OVR - RD / FLA - (1) SWA , SH ... *
*23H / 30M remaining • Elite Players Pack - 37.5k C / 750 P 10 items, all Gold Players, with at least 8 80+ OVR Players • Elite Pack - 25k C / 500 P 10 items, with at least 5 80+ OVR Players • Players Pack - 15k C / 300 P 10 items, all Players, at least 5 Golds and 1 80+ OVR Player.
Sets
90 Jeremy Roenick UT Req. - 1 x 85 Jeremy Roenick , 8 Icon Collectables —- 90 Luc Robitaille UT Req. - 1 x 87 Luc Robitaille , 6 Icon Collectables or Req. - 1 x 85 Luc Robitaille , 8 Icon Collectables —— 90 Henri Richard UT Req. - 1 x 85 Henri Richard , 8 Icon Collectables ————-
• SB Season Reset - Wednesday at 5pm EST • Rivals Rewards - Wednesday at 5pm EST • HUT Champ Rewards - Wednesday at 6am EST • SB Rewards !! - Thursday at 5pm EST —————
Summary of the day
Quick Read Best Forward of the Day - PT - is JESSPERRR BRAATTT OVR 83 with the syn HOOWWITZZERR Best Defence of the Day - PT - is MIIICHAAEEL D ZOTTTOO OVR 80 with the syn DIISTRIBUTORRR and PAASSSINGG PLAYMAKERR Best Goalie of the Day - PT - is COOORREEYYY CRAWFORDDD OVR 89 with the syn BAARRRAAAGEE • Rivals Resets Tonight - where did you place? ———— —— ——— Cooolin ——— —— ——
Important Notice
It’s the little things in someone else’s day that matter the most, it can be said, or done. Surprise your significant other, a friend, a family or a relative with something that reminds you of them... and some chocolates! I’m sure they won’t expect it, and it will make their day a million times better. Give thanks to the people in your life that matter most - just surprise them! Because everyone deserves to be surprised every now, and then! It doesn’t always have to be something physical — something like a huge text paragraph to make their day, and just making sure that they’re okay. Just let them know that they are loved, because somedays people may not feel loved. And to you, friendly fellow redditor? I love you , too! You should be proud of yourself. Just keep on pushing through the days, you got this!! Everything will work out for the better ! ... what does this mean HUT related? Expect the unexpected, big things are coming from me to you guys!
Interested in Stocks?
EA’s Stock Price, after hours - Jan. 12 $ 139.00 (usd) —- Currency Converter we looked at the stock at $137.54 usd —— That is a difference of ( $1.46 / 1.06% ) — Disclaimer - I am not a financial advisor. It is your money, please do your own due diligence. I am not responsible for your money. This is *not** advice. I added this section for an added educational purposes only. Thanks* —— —— —— —-
NEED A SOUNDTRACK TO LISTEN TO?
I made this for everyone. I’ll update it whenever I feel like it, but its been often!
WE’RE AT 1000+ SONGS! YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT TO FIND A NEW BOP TODAY! Comment songs to add, and please give feedback! It’s much appreciated!! I currently have “Heather” by “Conan Gray” stuck in my head! How do you guys like the playlist!? I have a friend who makes music...and I really want to surprise him with some new people listening to his music... if you wanna help me, please click Here!! it would mean a lot to me!! ———-
Stream Hockey Games
If you click here you will be redirected to bilasport. Bilasport is a streaming site for all your Sport needs! You can stream; NHL , NFL , NBA , MLB , Boxing / MMA , and NCAAF. With the NHL season coming up, this is a great resource if you want to watch a game! Bookmark it today! I am not affiliated with Bilasport. This is just a recommendation for your entertainment needs. ——- —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —- —— —-
Fighting a Gambling Addiction?
Don’t feel scared to click here. Winning is SO much louder than losing. Know that you are NEVER alone. We are all here for eachother, and it is never too late to get help. I am here for you. This is a VERY important thread, especially if you are new to HUT. Here! ——- 12 / 365 —— —— —— —- —- ——- —- —— —— Thanks for reading. I’m always welcome to feedback, please let me know what I can improve on. If there’s anything missing, please let me know! Take care, happy gaming! 1 DAY TIL HOCKEY COMES!WHO IS EXCITEDD? I am not affiliated with EA. Please don’t message me about your problems about the game, even though I find them rather entertaining. You still can, just I might not be able to help!! • Coolin Killin It (Life is like a puzzle, you just have to find the right piece.)
Heyooo everyonee! It’s Coooolin! Monday, Monday, Moooondaayy! I feel so alive, and I really don’t know why, hahaha. How was everyone’s day back to work / school , and the braand new weeekk? Let me knooww, doownn beloooww! Here’s the new Daily Content for today! Thanks as always, EA!
Fantasy Hockey
Alex Pietrangelo - 84 OVR - LVK / RD - (1) BAR , SH Justin Schultz - 83 OVR - WAS / RD - (1) H and S , SPE Ryan Pulock - 83 OVR - NYI / RD - (1) BAR , LTL Vince Dunn - 83 OVR - STL / LD - (1) SWA , PP Joe Pavelski - 82 OVR - DAL / C - (1) DIS , T Jake Virtanen - 81 OVR - VAN / RW - (1) SPA , WH Dylan Strome - 81 OVR - CHI / C - (1) BAL , WM James Neal - 80 OVR - EDM / RW - (1) DIS , GLA Connor Brown - 80 OVR - OTT / RW - (1) BAL , MAG ... I want Juuse Saros - 80 OVR - NAS / G - 5’11” / 180 lbs - (1) BAR , SPA Evgeni Malkin - 74 OVR - PIT / C - (1) SWA , WM Filip Chytil - 74 OVR - NYR / C - (1) H and S , HOW ——— ———- ——- ——- ——- ———
EUROPEAN HC
Event Austin Matthews - 91 OVR - ZSC / C - (1) MAG , WH Kevin Fiala - 89 OVR - HV7 / LW - (1) LTL , GLA Juuso Valimaki - 88 OVR - ILV / LD - (1) WM , SH Eemeu Suomi - 87 OVR - ILV / C - (1) T , WM Ryan Lasch - 87 OVR - PEL / RW - (1) SPE , MAG Daniel Viksten - 87 OVR - FAR / RW - (1) HOW , PP Joel Persson - 87 OVR - LAK / RD - (1) GLA , WH Dominik Kahun - 86 OVR - WÛN / C - (1) MAG , WM Gauthier Descloux - 86 OVR - GEN / G - (1) BAL , SPA Milan Gulas - 86 OVR - PLZ / LW - (1) HOW , PP Maury Edwards - 85 OVR - WAI / RD - (1) SPE , MAG Rafael Rotter - 85 OVR - VIE / RW - (1) T , WM
Daniel Winnik - 79 OVR - GEN / RW - (1) HOW , SWA ... * Samuel Ersson - 78 OVR - BRY / G - 6’2” / 175 lbs (1) BAL , BAR ... * Johan Mattson - 78 OVR - IND / G - 6’4” / 196 lbs (1) DIS , H and S ... * Ludovic Waeber - 77 OVR - ZSC / G - 6’1” / 176 lbs (1) SPA , SWA ... * Daniel Zaar - 77 OVR - FAR / RW - (1) H and S , MAG ... * Carson Lambos - 77 OVR - ICE / LD - (1) BAL , WM ... * Yannick Zehnder - 77 OVR - EVZ / C - (1) BAR , PP ... * Nils Lundkvist - 77 OVR - LUL / RD - (1) BAL , SPE ... * David Bernhardt - 77 OVR - SAI / LD - (1) DIS , LTL Chase Stillman - 76 OVR - WOL / RW - (1) BAR , SH Axel Rindell - 76 OVR - JUK / RD - (1) DIS , WH • • • • • • • • • • - - - - - - - - - • • • • • • • • • • • •
Packs Available
1D , 23H • Elite Players Pack - 37.5k C / 750 P 10 items, all Gold Players, with at least 8 80+ OVR Players • Primetime Double Pack - 35k C / 700 P Limited Pack. || Quantity Rem - 2,125 13 items, at least 5 players with 2 guaranteed PT players • Elite Pack - 25k C / 500 P 10 items, with at least 5 80+ OVR Players • Players Pack - 15k C / 300 P 10 items, all Players, at least 5 Golds and 1 80+ OVR Player.
1 EUROPEAN HC COLLECTABLE Req. - 10 Gold Players Recieve - 1 EUROPEAN COLLECTABLE This is important if you want to do the GC set, and an MSP item! ——-
What’s to Come?
• Rivals Resets - Tomorrow at 5pm EST • SB Season Reset - Wednesday at 5pm EST • Rivals Rewards - Wednesday at 5pm EST • HUT Champ Rewards - Wednesday at 6am EST • SB Rewards !! - Thursday at 5pm EST —————
Summary of the day
Quick Read Best Forward of the Day - HC - is AUUSTINN MAATTHEWSS OVR 91 with the syn MAAAGICIAANN and WOORKHORSEE Best Defence of the Day - HC - is JUUUSSOO VAAALLIIMAAKIII OVR 88 with the syn WIIINGG MAAAN and SHUUUTTT DOOWNN //// Best Forward of the Day - PT - is BRREETTT RITTCHIIEEE OVR *80 with the syn SPAARRRKK and GLAADIAATORR Best Defence of the Day - PT - is CAAARSSSOON LAAMBOSS OVR 77 with the syn BAALANCEDD AND WINGMAAN ———— —— ———
Important Notice
Save money, and money will save you. If you can’t buy the item you want twice, you can’t afford it. They say money isn’t everything, but everything needs money. So before you buy that new game, buy points, or what not - think twice. Is it something you really need, or just want? ——— —— —— Cooolin —— // ——- /// —— ///
Interested in Stocks?
EA’s Stock Price, after hours - Jan. 11 $ 141.22 (usd) —- Currency Converter we looked at the stock at $137.54 usd —— That is a difference of ( $ 3.68 / 2.68 % ) — Disclaimer - I am not a financial advisor. It is your money, please do your own due diligence. I am not responsible for your money. This is *not** advice. I added this section for an added educational purposes only. Thanks* —— —— —— —-
NEED A SOUNDTRACK TO LISTEN TO?
I made this for everyone. I’ll update it whenever I feel like it, but its been often!
WE’RE AT 1000+ SONGS! YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT TO FIND A NEW BOP TODAY! Comment songs to add, and please give feedback! It’s much appreciated!! I currently have “Better of Dead” by “Jxdn” stuck in my head! How do you guys like the playlist!? I have a friend who makes music...and I really want to surprise him with some new people listening to his music... if you wanna help me, please click Here!! it would mean a lot to me!! ———-
Stream Hockey Games
If you click here you will be redirected to bilasport. Bilasport is a streaming site for all your Sport needs! You can stream; NHL , NFL , NBA , MLB , Boxing / MMA , and NCAAF. With the NHL season coming up, this is a great resource if you want to watch a game! Bookmark it today! I am not affiliated with Bilasport. This is just a recommendation for your entertainment needs. ——- —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —- —— —-
Fighting a Gambling Addiction?
Don’t feel scared to click here. Winning is SO much louder than losing. Know that you are NEVER alone. We are all here for eachother, and it is never too late to get help. I am here for you. This is a VERY important thread, especially if you are new to HUT. Here! ——- 11 / 365 —— —— —— —- —- ——- —- —— —— Thanks for reading. I’m always welcome to feedback, please let me know what I can improve on. If there’s anything missing, please let me know! Take care, happy gaming! 2 DAYS TIL HOCKEY COMES!WHO IS EXCITEDD? I am not affiliated with EA. Please don’t message me about your problems about the game, even though I find them rather entertaining. You still can, just I might not be able to help!! • Coolin Killin It (Life is like a puzzle, you just have to find the right piece.)
Happpyyy Hump Daaaayy! It’s Coooolin! We’re halfway through the week!!! .... again!!! Time is goin by soooo fast !! How was everyone’s day!? Let me know dooownn belooww! What did you pull in your Rivals!? I’m curious! Here’s the new cards, thanks as always, EA! (Synergies will be noted like this now - BAR2 , HOW1 for example! Let me know if you guys like this more, or to just keep it as normal!)
Team of The Week
January 13 - January 20
Forwards
LW - C - RW Line 1 Matthew Barzal - 88 OVR - NYI / C - WH1 Brayden Point - 89 OVR - TBL / C - LTL1 Johnny Gaudreau - 87 OVR - CGY / LW - PP1 Line 2 Max Pacioretty - 86 OVR - LVK / LW - MAG1 Bo Horvat - 86 OVR - VAN / C - T1 T.J. Oshie - 85 OVR - WAS / RW - HOW1 Line 3 Marcus Foligno - 83 OVR - MIN / LW - WH1 Nick Foligno - 84 OVR - CBJ / LW - LTL1 Eetu Koivistoinen - 78 OVR - LUK / C - SWA1 , GLA1 Line 4 Carter Camper - 84 OVR - LEK / C - WM1 Sam Reinhart - 85 OVR - BUF / C - HOW1 Nick Petersen - 81 OVR - ECK / RW - MAG1
Defense
LD - RD Line 1 Kris Letang - 88 OVR - PIT / RD - GLA1 Morgan Rielly - 88 OVR - TOR / LD - SH1 ... spiccyyy Line 2 Marc-Edouard Vlassic - 86 OVR - SJS / LD - WM1 Aaron Ekblad - 83 OVR - FLA / RD - SH1 ... broke into the league at 18 Line 3 Henrik Tömmernes - 77 OVR - GEN / LD - DIS1 , HOW1 Eric Martinsson - 77 OVR - HV7 / LD - H and S1 , PP1
Goalies
Pekka Rinne - 84 OVR - NAS / G - 6’5” / 217 lbs - BAR1 Lassi Lehtinen - 77 OVR - LUK / G - 6’0” / 176 lbs - SPA1 , LTL1 ———-
Primetimes
(Will update in few!)
NHL
Rudolfs Balcers - 87 OVR - SJS / LW - WM1 .... filthy Erik Gustafsson - 84 OVR - PHI / LD - HOW1 Erik Comrie - 83 OVR - NJD / G - 6’1” / 181 lbs - SWA1 Luca Sbisa - 82 OVR - NAS / LD - SPE1 Anton Forsberg - 82 OVR - NJD / G - 6’3” / 192 lbs - DIS1 Devin Shore - 81 OVR - EDM / C - T1 Josh Norris - 79 OVR - OTT / C - BAR1 , T1 ... ooo baabyy Gustav Forsling - 79 OVR - FLA / LD - BAL1 , SH1 Max Lajoie - 78 OVR - CAR / LD - H and S1 , GLA1 Clark Bishop - 76 OVR - OTT / C - DIS1 , PP1 ... We got a Bishop back in Ottawa! The wrong one though!
1D 23H • Jumbo NHL Players Pack - 60k C / 1.2k P 20 items , all Gold NHL Players with at least 10 80+ OVR Players • Premium Players Pack - 22.5k C / 450 P 10 items , all Gold Players, at least 2 80+ OVR Players • Prime Pack - 10k C / 200 P 10 items, at least 5 Players with at least 3 Gold Players and 2 NHL Players
P.S.
• HUT Champs Rewards - Today at 5am EST (already distributed) • Rivals Rewards - Tonight at 5pm EST • New Season of Squad Battles - Tonight at 5pm EST • NHL vs. COVID-19 • Hockey History Today ——————
What’s to Come?
• New Season of HUT RUSH - Tomorrow at 5pm EST • Squad Battles Rewards - Tomorrow at 5pm EST • New Event - What will it be!? - Friday at 5pm EST —————
Summary of the day
Quick Read Best Forward of the Day - TOTW - is BRAAYYDEN POINTT OVR 89 with the syn LIIGHTTT THE LAAMP Best Defence of the Day - TOTW - is MOOORGAAN RIELLYY OVR 88 with the syn SHUUUT DOOWNN /// Best Forward of the Day - PT - is RUUDOLFSS BALCERSS OVR 87 with the syn WIINGGMAAN Best Defence of the Day - PT - is ERIIKK GUSTAFSSONNN OVR 84 with the syn HOOWWIITZERRR Best Goalie of the Day - PT - is ERIIKK COMRIIEE OVR 83 with the syn SSSWAARMM • Rivals Rewards Today ! • HUT CHAMP Rewards distributed early 5am EST ———— —— ———
Important Notice
Procrastinating? Write down a list of things you want to accomplish tomorrow , tonight. Put down timers on your phone if that helps, too! Remember to drink lots of water to keep yourself hydrated throughout the day — it’s important! ——
Interested in Stocks?
EA’s Stock Price, after hours - Jan. 13 $ 136.34 (usd) —- Currency Converter we looked at the stock at $137.54 usd —— That is a difference of ( $-1.20 / -0.87% ) — Disclaimer - I am not a financial advisor. It is your money, please do your own due diligence. I am not responsible for your money. This is *not** advice. I added this section for an added educational purposes only. Thanks* —— —— —— —-
NEED A SOUNDTRACK TO LISTEN TO?
I made this for everyone. I’ll update it whenever I feel like it, but its been often!
WE’RE AT 1000+ SONGS! YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT TO FIND A NEW BOP TODAY! Comment songs to add, and please give feedback! It’s much appreciated!! I currently have “Lotus Inn” by “Why Dont We” stuck in my head. How do you guys like the playlist!? I have a friend who makes music...and I really want to surprise him with some new people listening to his music... if you wanna help me, please click Here!! it would mean a lot to me!! ———-
Stream Hockey Games
If you click here you will be redirected to bilasport. Bilasport is a streaming site for all your Sport needs! You can stream; NHL , NFL , NBA , MLB , Boxing / MMA , and NCAAF. With the NHL season back now, DONT MISS OUT on watching your faavouritee teams!! Bookmark it today! I am not affiliated with Bilasport. This is just a recommendation for your entertainment needs. ——- —— —— —— —— —— —— —— —- —— —-
Fighting a Gambling Addiction?
Don’t feel scared to click here. Winning is SO much louder than losing. Know that you are NEVER alone. We are all here for eachother, and it is never too late to get help. I am here for you. This is a VERY important thread, especially if you are new to HUT. Here! ——- 13 / 365 —— —— —— —- —- ——- —- —— —— Thanks for reading. I’m always welcome to feedback, please let me know what I can improve on. If there’s anything missing, please let me know! Take care, happy gaming! HOCKEY IS BAAACKK!!! I am not affiliated with EA. Please don’t message me about your problems about the game, even though I find them rather entertaining. You still can, just I might not be able to help!! • Coolin Killin It (Life is like a puzzle, you just have to find the right piece.)
It’s Coooolin and it’s Huuumpppp Daaaayyy! How was everyone’s Wednesday!? Let me know how it was! We’re almost there to the weekend! Without further a-due, here’s the new cards for today, thanks EA!
Team of the Week
January 6 - January 13
Forwards
LW , C , RW Line 1 Taylor Hall - 90 OVR - BUF / LW - (1) WH ... * Logan Couture - 88 OVR - SJS / C - (1) MAG ... * Tyler Bertuzzi - 87 OVR - DET / LW - (1) GLA ... * Line 2 Dustin Brown - 86 OVR - LAK / RW - (1) SH ... * Kevin Hayes - 85 OVR - PHI / C - (1) HOW ... * Brendan Gallagher - 87 OVR - MTL / RW - (1) WM ... * Line 3 Jakub Vrana - 85 OVR - WAS / LW - (1) PP ... * Colin Wilson - 85 OVR - COL / LW - (1) WH ... I like his name Nikls Höglander - 83 OVR - ROG / LW - (1) WM ... * Line 4 Tim Stuetzle - 82 OVR - GER / C - (1) LtL ... TIMMYYY Anton Lundell - 82 OVR - FIN / C - (1) MAG ... * John-Jason Peterka - 78 OVR - GER / LW - (1) H and S , HOW ... *
Defense
LD - RD Line 1 P.K. Subban - 88 OVR - NJD / RD - (1) PP ... * Thomas Chabot - 87 OVR - OTT / LD - (1) LTL ... * Line 2 Ryan Suter - 84 OVR - MIN / LD - (1) GLA ... * Tyler Myers - 84 OVR - VAN / RD - (1) SH ... * Line 3 Jesse Virtanen - 78 OVR - FAR / LD - (1) DIS , GLA ... * Magnus Nygren - 78 OVR - DAV / RD - (1) SPA , PP ... *
Goalies
Starter - Backup Philipp Grubauer - 85 OVR - COL / G - 6’1” / 191 lbs (1) BAL ... * James Reimer - 84 OVR - CAL / G - 6’2” / 217 lbs (1) SWA ... * ———— ——— —- ———-
Primetimes
US...EH?!
Patrick Kane - 89 OVR - USA / RW - (1) MAG ... * Ryan Dzingel - 84 OVR - USA / LW - (1) LtL... * Alex Galchenyuk - 84 OVR - USA / C - (1) PP ... * Arthur Kaliyev - 84 OVR - USA / RW - (1) HOW ... * Hunter Skinner - 84 OVR - USA / RD - (1) GLA ... * Keith Kinkaid - 83 OVR - USA / G - 6’3” / 195 lbs (1) H and S ... * Matt Grzelcyk - 83 OVR - USA / LD - (1) SH ... * Jimmy Howard - 82 OVR - USA / G - 6’1” / 218 lbs (1) BAR ... * Jordan Greenway - 82 OVR - USA / LW - (1) WM ... * Connor Murphy - 80 OVR - USA / RD - (1) BAL , GLA ... * Caleb Jones - 79 OVR - USA / LD - (1) DIS , SH ... * Nathan Gerbe - 78 OVR - USA / C - (1) SPA , PP ... * • • • • • • • • • • - - - - - - - - - • • • • • • • • • • • •
Packs Available
(Will update in few) 1D / 23H Remaining. • Jumbo Elite Pack - 50k C / 1k P 20 items, with atleast 11 80+ OVR Players. • NHL Players Packs - 30k C / 500 P 10 items, all Gold NHL Players with atleast 4 80+ OVR Players. • Players Pack - 15k C / 300 P 10 items, all Players, at least 5 Gold Players and 1 80+ OVR Player. 23H 16M • Customization Choice Pack - 7.5K C / 150 P Select a mix of 5 Customization Items over 5 Rounds.
P.S.
• Rivals Rewards Tonight - 5pm EST • HUT Champs Rewards got distributed - 6am EST Today. • New Season of Squad Battles - Today at 5pm EST. • Will Laine get traded!? • Mr. Bean’s Birthday! • On this day... Famous people’s birthdays, deaths, etc., ——————
What’s to Come?
• New Game Modes on HUT RUSH - Tomorrow at 5pm EST • Squad Battles Rewards - Tomorrow at 5pm EST • TOTY leaves, New Event comes! - Friday at 5pm EST —————
Summary of the day
Quick Read Best Forward of the Day - TOTW - is TAAYLORR HALLLL OVR 90 with the syn WOORKK HORSEEE Best Defence of the Day - TOTW - is P.K. SUUUUUUBAAAAN OVR 88 with the syn PAAASSSSINGGG PLAAAYY MAKERRR //// ///// //// ///// ///// ——- ——- ///// ///// //// ////// ////// Best Forward of the Day - PT - is PAATTTTYYY KAAANNEE OVR 89 with the syn MAAAGICIAANN Best Defence of the Day - PT - is HUUNTERRR SKINNERRR OVR 84 with the syn GLAADDIATORR
Squad Battles Resets (New Season 5pm EST)
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Important Notice
Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. If someone makes you sad more than happy, its time to say goodbye. Yes, it will suck. Duh? Right? But you are such a special, and unique person, and if they don’t see that? They don’t deserve you. You deserve someone who will treat you right. Don’t be afraid to jump into the unknown. Don’t be afraid to just take all the time to just find yourself first...because all of that time you do finding yourself, you’ll find exactly what you want in a significant other, and in new friends, and just what you want to do with your life. Finding yourself is the best thing you can do for yourself — and it is never too late! ———- ———- Cooolin ——-
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Fighting a Gambling Addiction?
Don’t feel scared to click here. Winning is SO much louder than losing. Know that you are NEVER alone. We are all here for eachother, and it is never too late to get help. I am here for you. This is a VERY important thread, especially if you are new to HUT. Here! ——- 6 / 365 —— —— —— —- —- ——- —- —— —— Thanks for reading. I’m always welcome to feedback, please let me know what I can improve on. If there’s anything missing, please let me know! Take care, happy gaming! 1 Day until my birthday! I feel old, I think I might need a cane ... A BOBBYYY RYAAN upgrade would be nice! (hint , hint) • Coolin Killin It (Life is like a puzzle, you just have to find the right piece.)
Finally Fantastic, Fun Fridaaayyy! How was everyone’s second Friday of 2021!? Good!? Bad!? What! Leettt me knoww, down beloww!! Here’s the new cards for today, Thanks EA! (Sets will be in separate post, but in with the post here redirecting to it — eating DQ cake first tho)
Silver Master Icons
Brad Park - 90 OVR - BOS / LD - (2) SWA , HOW .. should I upgrade my birthday pull? Darryl Sittler - 90 OVR - TOR / C - (2) DIS , SPE ... I was gonna grab one.. I shouldve.. —-
Master Set Players
Sebastian Aho - 92 OVR - KÃR / C - (1) SWA , GLA , SH Sebastian Aho - 92 OVR - KÃR / C - (1) BAL , PP , WM Rasmus Dahlin - *92 OVR - IND / LD - (1) BAR , SPE , SH Rasmus Dahlin - 92 OVR - IND / LD - (1) DIS , GLA , PP William Karlsson - 92 OVR - VIK / C - (1) SPA , PP , LTL William Karlsson - 92 OVR - VIK / C - (1) BAR , WH , MAG Timo Meier - 92 OVR - LAK / RW - (1) DIS , MAG , GLA Timo Meier - 92 OVR - LAK / RW - (1) H and S , HOW , WM Jakub Silfverberg - 92 OVR - BRY / RW - (1) BAL , MAG , WH Jakub Silfverberg - 92 OVR - BRY / RW - (1) SPA , LTL , PP Sami Vatanen - 92 OVR - JYP / RD - (1) SPA , PP , GLA Sami Vatanen - 92 OVR - JYP / RD - BAR , SH , WH SET Req. 1 HC Collect , 12 GCs. Receive - Sami V. ——. // —— /// Roope Hintz - 90 OVR - IFK / C - (1) SWA , SPE Henrik Zetterberg - 90 OVR - TIM / C - (1) SPA , T Erik Gustafsson - 88 OVR - LUL / LD - (1) BAL , GLA Arttu Ruotsalainen - 88 OVR - ILV / LW - (1) BAR , WM Julius Nattienen - 87 OVR - AMB / C - (1) DIS , LTL Emil Pettersson - 87 OVR - LAK / C - (1) H and S , HOW Vili Saarijarvi - 87 OVR - LUK / RD - (1) SWA , SH Janis Jēröme Moser - 87 OVR - EHC / LD - (1) SPA , MAG Martin Ruzicka - 86 OVR - TRI / C - (1) SWA , SH Dominique Heinrich - 85 OVR - SAL / LD - (1) BAR , WM Mathias Niederberger - 85 OVR - BER / G - 5’11” / 176 lbs - (1) DIS , SPA Daniel Pietta - 85 OVR - PIK / C - (1) BAL , HOW ——
Primetimes
NHL
Jeff Petry - 87 OVR - MTL / RD - (1) WM ... * Tuuka Rask - 87 OVR - BOS / G - 6’3” / 176 lbs (1) BAR ... * Milan Lucic - 87 OVR - CGY / LW - (1) GLA ... * Damon Severson - 84 OVR - NJD / LW - (1) PP ... * Jason Spezza - 84 OVR - TOR / LW - (1) Syn ... * Luke Kunin - 81 OVR - NAS / LW - (1) MAG ...
Other Leagues
Moritz Seider - 88 OVR - ROG / RD - (1) SH ... * Viktor Fasth - 83 OVR - LAK / G - 6’0” / 181 lbs - (1) H and S ... * Max Veronneau - 79 OVR - IK / LW - (1) BAL , GLA ... * Cameron Whynot - 77 OVR - MOS / LW - (1) DIS , LTL ... * James Malatesta - 77 OVR - REM / LW - (1) PP , SPA ... * Olle Lycksell - 77 OVR - FAR / LW - (1) BAR , HOW ... * • • • • • • • • • • - - - - - - - - - • • • • • • • • • • • •
Packs Available
6D 23H • EURO HC SCHN. Starter Pack (UT) - 125k C / 2.5k P 15 items, inc., a random EURO HC Event Item, and Gold Collectable • EURO HC SWE. Fika Daily Pack - 35k C / 700 P 30 items, at least 20 players with 1 82+ OVR player • EURO HC FIN SAUN Pack - 15k C / 300 P 20 items, at least 5 players, with 3 Gold or Better players 2D 23H • Jumbo Players Pack - 75k C / 1.5k P 20 items, all Gold Players, with atleast 18 80+ OVR Players. • Mega Pack - 37.5k C / 750 P 30 items, at least 15 Gold Players, and 4 80+ OVR Players. • Jumbo Premium Pack - 15k C / 300 P 20 items, at least 9 Players with at least 4 Gold Players.
Sets
You can view all the sets for players HERE!! :) Brad Park - 90 UT - 1 x 85 Brad Park , 8 ICs Darryl Sittler - 90 UT - 1 x 85 Darryl S , 8 ICs ———— —- ——- —— —- ——- ——- ——- —— ——
P.S.
• New Event today! EUROOSS • Silver Master Icon for Brad Park and Darryl Sittler • Free Gold Collectable for 12 Euro Collectables available thru CHALLENGES • New Event Challenges • NHL Revising Schedule - 6 Stars Positive ——————
What’s to Come?
• Weeeeekenddd —————
Summary of the day
Quick Read Best Forward of the Day (Non MSP) - Event - is HENRRIKK ZETTERBERGG OVR 90 with the syn SPAAARRKK anddd THIIIEFFF Best Defence of the Day - Event - is ERIKKK GUSTAFSONN OVR 87 with the syn BAALANCEDD anddd GLAADIATTORR //// Best Forward of the Day - PT - is MILAAAN LUUCICC OVR *87 with the syn GLAADDIATORR Best Defence of the Day - PT - is MORITZZZ SEIIDERRR OVR 87 with the syn SHUUUTT DOWNN ———— —— ——— Cooolin ——-
Important Notice
Invest in yourself. Learn new skills. Learn something that will change you, and change your life for the better. The best investment you can do make is in yourself. But what is investing in yourself? • Start a side hustle • Take a class / workshop • Prioritize Self Care / Boost your Health and Wellness • Read • Hire a business , life , career coach. Once you start investing in yourself, you’ll find yourself at such a high, high feeling... and once you find your true self, there’s no stopping you. You’ll feel alive, and amazed at things you never thought you could achieve before. You only got one life, so take as many risks, and fun things before it’s gone.. ‘cos you never know what might happen tomorrow. Be kind. Be you. Be true. and really, just be yourself ; and I promise you’ll go far. —— // ——- /// —— /// —— /// —— // —-
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Why the NSAC stopped reporting payouts or a brief window into just how much influence the UFC/Zuffa/the Fertitta’s have in Nevada politics.
Up front, sorry for the very long post, I tried to be concise but there is a lot of information I had to try and whittle down. Late last night I found a post about Jessica Rose Clark only having $17 in her bank account. I went to the event’s wiki page to see what she was paid this past weekend. Weirdly, I found that the payouts weren’t listed, which they usually are on the wiki pages for Vegas events as Nevada and the NSAC have always disclosed show/win money. It turns out Nevada no longer discloses payouts. Because I’m a stubborn person I decided to see if I could find out why. I wrote a brief post about what I found in that thread, linked here, and someone mentioned that this should be it's own post. So I did a little more looking around and here is what I found: The change from disclosing to not disclosing payouts is a result of Nevada Senate Bill 29, which was passed in May of 2019 but has been in the works since at least 2017. The bill was sponsored by the Senate Committee on Judiciary. The committee's members are the following state senators: Nicole J. Cannizzaro – Chair, Dallas Harris- Vice Chair, James Ohrenschall, Marilyn Dondero Loop, Melanie Scheible, Scott Hammond, Ira Hansen, Keith F. Pickard. Source. The NSAC commissioner Staci Alonso spoke in favor of the bill in front of the committee in February of 2019. Source When I started looking into why these people would want to make this change, I thought about who benefits most from it. I decided to check for connections between any of the parties involved and the UFC/the Fertitta’s/WME. This is what I found. The chair of the committee that wrote and introduced the bill, Nicole J. Cannizzaro, at one point in time received a donation of $10,000 from Zuffa LLC, and $4500 from Station Casino LLC. Station Casino LLC is owned by the Fertitta brothers. Source, in the “Top Contributor category scroll down and click “see more contributors”. You’ll see Zuffa and Station Casino there. Repeat this process for later sources. Dallas Harris at some point received $2500 from Zuffa LLC. Source. Melanie Scheible also received $1000 from Zuffa LLC and $5000 from a Station Casino property at some point. Source, same process as last time. Ira Hansen recieved $2500 from Station Casino LLC at some point. Source. Committee member Keith Pickard recieved $5000 from Station Casino LLC and $1000 from Zuffa LLC at some point. Source. Committee member Marilyn Dondero Loop received $2500 from Station Casino LLC at some point. Source. Committee member Scott Hammond also received $1000 from Zuffa LLC DBA Ultimate Fighting Championship at some point. Source. He also received $5000 total from two Station Casino properties Source. There is more to Scott too. Scott was part of a situation where it was discovered that Nevada casino groups were paying substantially more than people were aware of to politicians by using different properties and businesses to skirt campaign finance laws. Scott apparently received $88,000 from these groups in 2017. Source. The companies involved aren’t named specifically in connection to Scott, but we know they are operating on behalf of Nevada casinos per the article. Again, the Fertitta’s own Station Casinos. We've seen with multiple state senators that they received money from more than one group owned by the Fertitta's. This creates an interesting situation because in the case of Scheible and Hammond some of their Station Casino money was trickier to find because it wasn't from the LLC, but rather an individual property under a different name. Are there more companies listed as corporate donors that we just don't know are owned by the Fertitta's? If so how much in total did each senator get? Now, these are all just corporate donation records. If Dana, the Fertitta’s, Ari, etc. donated as private citizens I can’t find it. This also doesn't include money donated to PACs operating on each politician's behalf. The NSAC commissioner who spoke on behalf of the bill to the committee, Staci Alonso, was at the time she was hired as NSAC commissioner an executive at Station Casinos. Source. What this all means is we don’t get disclosed payouts in Vegas anymore, which is bad for us and fighters. Fighters now lose the biggest event state disclosing this information which means they can’t use this information as leverage in their own contract negotiations. Now, to be clear there’s no direct proof that the UFC used its friends and their influence in Vegas to get this rule changed. Companies donate to politicians all the time. All we know for sure is there is money changing hands between friends and former majority owners of the UFC and these politicians and that this change benefits the UFC more than anyone else. I just thought all this was an interesting window in the world of Las Vegas politics, bureaucracy and MMA. TLDR: Zuffa/Station Casinos, owned by the Fertitta's, donated money to a bunch of politicians on a committee who then later was instrumental in making it so the NSAC no longer discloses payouts in Nevada.
Anniversary Show - Reviving AEW Women’s Division and Championship
AEW’s Women‘s Division finds itself in a really weird place right now. For the past year and a half or so it’s felt like an afterthought and sorely lacking any attention at all. Now AEW have set up a huge USA vs. Japan 16-women tournament thats got a lot of hype to it, but Shida has been featured on TV barely at all since Double or Nothing still. The talent has improved a lot and they got a great core now with some very good homegrown stars like Nyla Rose, Anna Jay, Abadon, Britt Baker, Leyla Hirsch, Tay Conti etc. So my mission is to take this potential and fully capitalise on it. First we start in present day, and as part of the prompt all disappointing events up until now stay the same. With all that out of the way, here is how I would try and revive the AEW Women’s Championship and Division. AEW Women’s Eliminator: Nyla Rose vs. Abadon (February 10th, Dynamite) Veda Scott makes her return to commentary to team with Excalibur and Tony Schiavone for our women’s eliminator matches tonight, beginning with The Native Beast, Nyla Rose, taking on...as described by Veda, “what do you even call that...” Abadon comes out and haunts Vickie Guerrero but Nyla shows no fear. They both rush each other and it’s a brawl to begin. They soon spill outside where Rose tries to take the monster down using the guardrails, before Vickie exposes the turnbuckle and she slams Abadon into those. She goes for a finisher to end it early, but Abadon counters and the fight is back on. Abadon comes back with a Low Dropkick and Enziguri before clotheslining Nyla out. She throws her into the guardrails this time before setting Rose up on the apron, hanging over the ropes. She dives with a Leg Drop but Nyla moves and she lands flat on the mat. Nyla then hits a Guillotine Knee Drop but only gets a two count. She goes for an Avalanche Powerbomb to end it, but Abadon counters into a Super Rana and lifts both legs of Nyla up to pin her down, 1...2....3. Afterwards Nyla pushes Vickie off when she goes to speak with her. Abadon defeats Nyla Rose (12:11) Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker (February 10th, Dynamite) A rematch between these two women here as we unfinished business solved. The match starts with a Big Boot from behind by Baker and from there it’s off to the races. Reba gets a cheap shot from outside after Britt Irish whips Rosa and she keeps going. A roll up is kicked out of but she then flattens Rosa once more. Britt takes it outside where she goes to introduce Rosa to the ring post, but Rosa counters and knocks Britt in instead. She now comes back and uses Reba as a weapon, ducking another shot from her so she hits Britt. Rosa takes a dive to the outside into both men and the fight continues. Britt comes back with some shots to the midsection before taking it outside again, hitting a Snap Suplex onto the floor. That is kicked out of as Rosa flips Britt two birds and throws her around. Baker connects an elbow shot to avoid another flying attack, and goes for a Superplex, but Rosa turns it into an Avalanche Fire Thunder Driver to win and advance. Afterwards she raises her hand and wipes her busted lip, looking deep into the hard cam as Baker is down and out. Thunder Rosa defeats Britt Baker (10:59) We see the first segment of Hikaru Shida on this episode, a four part series leading up to Revolution. She is in Japan currently so they are filmed from the Ice Ribbon Dojo. This particular one begins with Shida walking around watching the girls train, and coaching as she looks on. She says in English “they are talented. They will become superstar.” We then move over to a tatami (traditional Japanese room, small with wooden walls, a paper sliding door, no windows etc.) There she sits down and is interviewed about her career with the assist of subtitles. She speaks of her training and relates to the girls she just saw there. She explains how much Ice Ribbon means to her and she’s excited to see their representation in the tournament. It closes with her about her finals days in Japan. She starts to talk about AEW, but it fades out and ends with a “To be continued...” Leyla Hirsch vs. Riho (February 17th, Dynamite) Riho returns to AEW for the first time in nearly a full year and is excited to be back in action, but she’s got some steep competition in her corner. Legit Leyla Hirsch walks out ready to kick some ass and take names, throwing the towel on her shoulders into the crowd as she walks and laughing at Riho. “She’s like the size of Leyla’s leg.” Veda says. Tony jumps to Riho’s defence we’ve seen her topple bigger and badder in AEW before, but we’ll have to wait and see. Leyla starts off dominant as she keeps Riho down with her submissions and MMA holds. Riho on occasions looks to mount a comeback but she keeps being knocked back down. Despite this, she keeps getting back up. Out of nowhere she gets a roll up on Leyla to stun her, before a Dropkick knocks her outside. She then does a Flying Crossbody to the floor! The fight is on. Riho uses high speed to fight against the power of Leyla. Hirsch goes for a dangerous Lariat but Riho ducks and hits a Headscissors into an O’Connor Roll to pin and win. Riho defeats Leyla Hirsch (12:45) After the match, Tony Schiavone tries to grab an interview with Riho about her win and how it feels to be back. She goes to speak, WHEN SHE’S ATTACKED BY TWO WOMEN! Leyla Hirsch walks up and puts both arms over their shoulders, as commentary reveal it to be Killer Kelly and Lindsay Snow! Excalibur says these two women took part in the Bloodsport Women’s Tournament with Leyla Hirsch months ago, and now they’re here in AEW! Leyla hugs them both Andrew all stand over Riho and walk off. We then see the next part of Hikaru Shida’s video series. This time begins with her training with some wrestlers, and giving feedback before we go back to the tatami. She says she thinks the girls can be big once more, and name drops a few in particular that she sees as the best. She’s then asked if they could ever expand out of Japan like herself. Shida then leads this off into saying it’s not an easy thing to do. The girls can do it but she did it herself and it’s tough. She then talks about moving to America about a year and a half ago and how she’s felt, how she’s adapted, and what AEW means to her. She details how much it means to her to be here in America and holding the most important title in the world to her. She set out to break boundaries and prove she is the best to the American audience, and she did, having held the title for 9 months. She’s now observing who’s going to stop her, but despite the immense talent - nobody is like her. Anna Jay vs. Tay Conti (February 17th, Dynamite) Two best friends clash, with Tay Conti and Anna Jay taking part to face in the next round. Tay offers a handshake but Anna looks away to ignore it. This leaves a bad taste in Tay’s mouth but she pushes on. They lock up and it’s intense, until Tay gains the upper hand. She uses her Judo background to dominate until she tries a Tayogoshi. Anna gets out and gets the cut off. She wrestles with a lot of aggression to the point commentary question that these two women are partners. Anna shows no mercy against Tay with some brutal offence. Conti eventually comes back and applies some vicious submission holds. Tay comes back with a Jumping Knee before a Bicycle Kick off the apron. Anna then hits her with a slam onto the apron and keeps the aggression going. In the climax of the match we saw Tay grab hold of Anna by the wrist and cling on, as they fall forward in exhaustion and rest over each other’s shoulders. Tay wraps an arm around and they hug, until Anna hugs back as she slowly lifts Tay up. They stare into each other’s eyes, continuing to breath heavy, ONLY FOR CONTI TO HIT A BRAZILIAN KICK!! PINS AND WINS!! Tay Conti defeats Anna Jay (10:47) Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mei Suruga (February 15th, Super 16) Exclusively on AEW’s YouTube channel, “The Super 16” is presented live from the Ice Ribbon Dojo. Yuka Sakazaki is someone that AEW fans are familiar with from her various matches on PPV and Dynamite. Since her last AEW appearance she has added more muscle, she's expanded her moveset, and she lost TJPW's top title. Mei Suruga meanwhile is one the smallest and least experienced wrestler in the tournament, being one of Emi Sakura’s many students. She managed to get a clean one on one victory over Hikaru Shida right before Shida left Japan. She's a 21 year old prodigy who's status reaches beyond her experience level. She has Riho’s style mixed with Emi’s influence, for a brief summary. This is a high speed match up, a common style in Joshi, as the two women fly around each other with high risk offence. Yuka does a Springboard to the outside, over the guardrail to take Mei out for a good bit. She mounts a comeback and goes for a finisher to end it, but The Magical Girl reverses and pins to advance forward. Yuka Sakazaki defeats Mei Suruga (08:46) VENY vs. Emi Sakura (February 15th, Super 16) VENY is someone some of you might know as Asuka. No not that Asuka, back in Japan WWE Asuka was known as Kana and the woman now called VENY is now known as Asuka. VENY is a favourite of mine. She can do damn near anything in the ring, she's extremely charismatic, and is in her prime as one of the top indie wrestlers in Japan."Veny" was supposed to debut in America during Wrestlemania weekend 2020, but the pandemic put a stop to that. This tournament is going to be her introduction to western fans. Meanwhile Emi Sakura is someone AEW fans probably know after her match with Riho at Full Gear. Since her last AEW appearance, she's been surviving the pandemic in her own little corner of the wrestling world by regularly producing Youtube wrestling shows(ChocoPro). In recent months, she's been slimming down to more of her natural weight which helps her with speed and her noted back problems. She’s now faster and better than when AEW fans last saw her. This is a technical match up with the two women indulging a game of wits, trading submissions and holds. She goes to use her new found quickness but VENY matches ever at that and puts her down to advance forward. VENY defeats Emi Sakura (14:32) Maki Itoh vs. Ryo Mizunami (February 15th, Super 16) Maki Itoh is one of my favourite wrestlers right now and that’s not a joke. She’s the most popular wrestler in the field and someone that Joshi fans have been waiting to see crossover to the west more often for the last couple of years. She's insanely charismatic. She's a limited athlete, but she's an excellent storyteller and shines in singles matches. She’s only worked Mania weekend in the States so far but we’re hoping to see that change. Mizunami then has worked AEW before, but that was such a long time ago that AEW fans have probably forgotten her. She's a veteran with an extremely high level of charisma and she will chop the soul out of you. Primarily a brawler, but also has that charisma to work this kind of match. This is set to be our character matchup as Maki and Ryo square up, with Itoh crediting herself as “I AM DEITY OF SHIT”. She credits “Cornette-san” as her biggest fan. They then go at it. Ryo dominates Itoh until the comeback, when she catches Mizunami out of nowhere with a Flying Hurricanerana to win. Maki Itoh defeats Ryo Mizunami (08:41) Aja Kong vs. Rin Kadokura (February 15th, Super 16) Main event of the evening and it’s looking like a doozy folks. First we have Aja Kong, easily the most legendary name in the tournament. She's 34 years into her career and still going. While we aren’t expecting to see the Kong that was battling Bull Nakano in the 90s, she is still a very smart veteran and she is still willing to taking some crazy bumps in the right occasion. She’s wrestled in both WWF (Survivor Series 1995) and AEW (Double or Nothing 2019) so she’s no stranger to the big stage. Rin meanwhile is most comparable to Shibata. She doesn't have a huge western fanbase, and she's not a big personality, but she's the Joshi version of "a wrestler's wrestler" and is capable of having the best match of the tournament. She comes Marvelous who are basically the Ring of Honor of Joshi. They are more physical and technically sound than TJPW or Ice Ribbon. Rin and Aja have a stiff and brutal matchup with terrifying strikes from the two women. Aja keeps kicking out of what’s thrown at her, not allowing to go down to a younger girl. Aja misses a Senton off the apron and hits the floor which allows Kadokura to win. Afterwards they hug as we fade to black. Rin Kadokura defeats Aja Kong (15:22) Quarter-Finals: Riho vs. Tay Conti (February 24th, Dynamite) Into the quarter finals we go as Revolution is fast approaching, and kicking it off is these two women. Both are top babyfaces, with Conti having just come out of her emotional war with Anna Jay and Riho suffering at the hands of Leyla Hirsch’s squad. They shake hands to begin and we’re set. Tay has expressed interest in wrestling in Japan before, so this is her forte into the Joshi world. Once everything’s back to normal I’d really like to see her hold the SWA World Championship in Stardom, and potentially face Riho again for it. Riho uses her speed to take Tay down, at one point dropkicking her off the apron and she falls into the guardrail, where Anna Jay sits. Anna looks at her coldly as Tay gets back up, ONLY TO BE HIT BY A BACKSTABBER BY RIHO! SHE COVERS AND WINS!! Riho advances forward to the semi-finals, while Conti stares back, equally as cold, at Anna Jay. Riho defeats Tay Conti (07:01) We see the third segment of Hikaru Shida in her tatami speaking of her story. She goes into detail about Corona hitting and being stuck in America, and how she felt about that. She says all that mattered then was the AEW Women’s World Championship. So much stuff was happening back home in Japan in the Joshi world (death of Hana Kimura), and she needed to topple The Beast, Nyla Rose. She describes the match, says it’s the most physical she’s ever been in, describing each painful bump and how after every move she was more worn down. But she refused to lose, and came out on top. Since then she’s carried this belt, and hadn’t dropped it. Despite the level of talent in the Super 16, no one has the talent to defeat her. Abadon vs. Thunder Rosa (February 24th, Dynamite) Last quarter final now, with the winner going on to face Riho in the semi’s. Thunder Rosa - having defeated Britt Baker, and Abadon - having defeated Nyla Rose. Abadon screams at Rosa to begin but she’s unphased, shouting back and the two meet forehead to forehead. They then start trading shots as the match begins. It spills outside where they continue to brawl messily. Abadon hits a Bloodline onto the floor followed by some biting. She goes for a Twist of Hate on the apron, but Rosa counters into a Cutter! They both sell before going back inside. Abadon runs for a Spear but when it’s leapfrogged, she hits a Headbutt and then runs the ropes again. She connects the Spead this time and covers, but it’s kicked out of. They go back outside where they fight up the ramp. Rosa dives with a Double Foot Stomp before they head up to the announce table. They fight there, and Rosa hits an Inverted DDT on it. Abadon rolls into the announcers chairs and lays there. Once back in, Rosa goes for a Snake Sleeper, but Abadon kicks her leg back and fights back. She throws Rosa into the ring post to bust her open. She calls for a Gravedigger, BUT ITS REVERSED INTO A FIRE THUNDER DRIVER!! ROSA PINS AND GOES TO SEMIS!! Thunder Rosa defeats Abadon (16:11) Maki Itoh vs. VENY (February 22nd, Super 16) Heading into the Japan half of the quarter finals, we travel across the Pacific to the Ice Ribbon dojo once more. Itoh talks shit before the bell as VENY stands stone faced wondering what’s she did in a past life to be in the opposite corner of this. She goes to speak about Cornette-san once more but VENY cuts her off and the match has begun. She dominates the early stages until Maki out of nowhere counters a Suplex into a Falling DDT. She hits a Dropkick off the apron and VENY eats shit. Maki applies a Boston Crab, but VENY gets the ropes and flips Itoh out. She big boots her and is back on the offence. They take it to the apron where Itoh goes to pick VENY up, but VENY knocks her down and they roll back inside. Maki goes for a Ito Special but it’s reversed, and VENY goes for a Powerbomb. Itoh reverses that into a Itoh Royale, which is kicked out and they double down with stereo dropkicks. Maki climbs the top ropes for a Diving Headbutt, but VENY quickly runs up and hits a Superplex. She pins and wins to advance forward into the semis. VENY defeats Maki Itoh (09:18) Rin Kadokura vs. Yuka Sakazaki (February 22nd, Super 16) Yuka runs around Rin to begin with, using her quickness to avoid being caught by any strikes or holds. This proves unsuccessful as after running the ropes for a Flying Shoulder Tackle, she’s hit with a stiff elbow in midair to knock Yuka down. This is the cut off as she dominates from this point forward. Rin goes for a Meteora from the middle ropes, BUT YUKA HITS A FRONT DROPKICK OUT OF MIDAIR!! She scales the top ropes and FLIES WITH A CROSSBODY!! KICK OUT! Yuka continues to run circles before taking Rin to the apron. She then jumps from inside, over the ropes, WITH A HURRICANERANA TO THE FLOOR!! The Magical Girl is back in action as she hits a Baseball Slide Dropkick into the railings. She rolls out to grab Kadokura but Rin throws her into the guardrails instead. She takes control back and does a Lala Histro Cradle into a Cross Armbreaker but Yuka gets a foot on the ropes. She manages to rally up for a huge flurry of offence to take Rin down and cover after a Magical Girl Splash, 1.......2......3! She’s going to the semi-finals where she will face VENY. Yuka Sakazaki defeats Rin Kadokura (11:45) We get a live performance from the Itoh Respect Army - Maki Itoh and Mizuki perform live in living colour a rock idol anthem. This gives Yuka a rest before the main event of the evening, the Semi-Finals match between Yuka Sakazaki and VENY. Itoh and Mizuki hype everyone up with the performance ahead of the big match, before the music stops and they leave. That’s when VENY walks out. Semi-Finals: VENY vs. Yuka Sakazaki (February 22nd, Super 16) She walks down menacingly with pure seriousness on her face. There is no fucking around here. She’s winning this tournament. Yuka meanwhile is as happy as can be. Yuka high fives everyone and jumps down in joy. They shake hands, but immediately after the bell rings VENY immediately kicks Yuka down and dominates. Yuka is tired while VENY is relatively fresh having only wrestled the opener. She dominates until it heads to the outside. She goes to slam Yuka into the railings, but Sakazaki reverses and dumps her over. She then hits a Springboard Flying Seated Senton, over the railings, into VENY. She mounts her comeback and hits for the Magical Girl Splash, BUT ITS KICKED OUT OF! Yuka starts having to match VENY’s strikes, as once VENY starts laying them in, Yuka becomes impervious to pain and fights back with her own. It turns into a slugfest here, but after a Diving Double Foot Stomp from Yuka only gets two she’s out of options. VENY capitalises here and looks to finish with a Powerbomb, BUT ITS TURNED INTO A FRANKENSTEINER! MAGICAL GIRL SPLASH! YUKA IS GOING TO THE FINALS!! Yuka Sakazaki defeats VENY (19:21) On March 3rd, Dynamite, we see the final of Hikaru’s segment, starting with her rolling a suitcase while wearing a mask as she walks to her plane back to America. We go back to the tatami where she’s asked about Revolution, and what she thinks of Yuka Sakazaki. She speaks on her before being asked about Riho and Thunder Rosa. She speaks about Rosa and their feud, saying she’s beaten her before though at last years All Out. The interviewer asks about the All Out the year before that. Who did she face then. Did she win? Shida seems insulted by that but keeps going, saying Riho got the better of her. But while she’s spent the past year back home, she made a new home - AEW. And she is now the queen of that home, and no amount of Riho will stop. Riho vs. Thunder Rosa (March 3rd, Dynamite) We’ve reached our American semi-finals, and 5 days after Yuka Sakazaki’s defeat of VENY - Riho and Thuhder Rosa are set to main event Dynamite. On Saturday Night then, the day before Revolution, we will see the Super 16 Finals streamed on YouTube between Yuka Sakazaki and the winner of this match, with the winner going on to face Hikaru Shida at Revolution. The match starts physical and doesn’t slow down. They go to the mat straight away and trade submission attempts. Rosa then dominates until Riho counters out of a corner charge with a roll up only to get two. Rosa punishes Riho using the ring post. Riho fights back though as she flies off the apron and uses speed to keep Rosa down. She goes for a springboard but is caught midair. Rosa then starts to kick the shit out of Riho, striking her repeatedly. It spills to the floor where Riho mounts a comeback, utilising the ring post to her own advantage this time. With Rosa tied up in the post, Riho runs off the apron with a Double Foot Stomp to the back. It goes into back and forth inside the ring, before Riho flies out once more. Rosa is up first and sets up a table, before they go back inside. Commentary note the No DQ on the outside rule. RIHO HITS A DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO ROSA OFF THE APRON THROUGH THE TABLE!! They’re both out now, but while down, OUT COMES BRITT BAKER!! SHE HITS ROSA WITH A CHAIR! Riho doesn’t notice as she takes her back inside and covers to win! Britt walks off with a smile on her face, and waves at a fuming Rosa. Riho defeats Thunder Rosa (23:41) Finals: Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki (March 6th, Super 16) The Magical Girl comes down happy as ever, high fiving and hugging fans and running circles around the ring in ecstasy. Riho then comes out in her signature dress and also with an umbrella with the Imperial Japanese Flag designed on it. Both women offer their hands to each other, and both embrace before locking up. A collar and elbow is engaged and maintained, Yuka breaks the chains by connecting a Dropkick, followed by another Basement Dropkick! Riho ducks a Lariat attempt and runs the ropes, performing a dizzying array of spins before landing the Tornado DDT! 1.....2....Yuka kicks out! Yuka runs the ropes and hits a Seated Senton in the centre of the ring. She goes for a cover but Riho kicks out. Riho takes Yuka down with a Half Crab. Yuka winces in pain and cries in agony but throws Riho off her leg. Yuka then hits a Slingblade and rolls to the outside. Riho connects a Baseball Slide Dropkick through the both ropes, before lifting Yuka up and hitting an incredible Deadlift Suplex into the middle of the ring. Excalibur makes note of Riho being 98 lbs so that feat of strength is truly incredible. Yuka connects an Enziguri and begins a Three Amigos. Riho flips out of the last one and hits a Roundhouse Kick followed by Double Foot Stomp! She covers, 1.......2....Kick Out! Riho seems annoyed at this and takes Yuka to the corner. They trade elbows for a bit before Yuka swaps them around and hits a Roundhouse Kick! She then takes Riho to the top turnbuckle. Yuka attempts to hit a Avalanche Butterfly Suplex, but Riho doesn’t move. Riho shoves Yuka onto the apron and Yuka grabs her back in pain. Riho then hits a Diving Double Foot Stomp onto the apron! That receives a holy shit chant as Riho throws her back into the ring and goes to cover. Yuka rolls into a Fujiwara Armbar! She channels her inner Zack Sabre Jr. and begins to stomp on Riho’s head as she has the submission locked in. Riho rolls forward into a School Boy but Yuka kicks out. Yuka rolls back but is met by a Basement Dropkick! Riho then hits a Northern Lights Suplex! She goes to cover but Yuka rolls out. Yuka whips Riho to the apron. She hits a Dragon Screw on the ropes and connects a Baseball Slide Dropkick! Yuka goes for a Half and Half Suplex on the apron, but Riho gets out and hits a Belly to Back Suplex! Right on the hardest part of the ring as Yuka sells the pain. Riho rolls back into the ring, but is met by a Springboard Front Missile Dropkick by Yuka! Yuka then heads to the top ropes and does a magical pose, Diving Double Foot Stomp! 1........2.....KICK OUT!!! Yuka is now desperate and decides, “fuck it”, and begins a frenzy of attacks. Any and everything used. Yuka hits a Running Meteora! She goes for another but Riho catches with an Enziguri and then hits a Running Double Foot Stomp! She picks Yuka up and hits a German Suplex but Yuka lands on her feet; Half and Half Suplex! Yuka hits a Slingblade and begins a series of Daniel Bryan like Roundhouses, with a few yes chants thrown in from the audience. She keeps going until Riho ducks one and hits a Bicycle Knee! Yuka responds with a Bicycle Kick! Riho hits an Impaler DDT!!! She gets the crowd going and goes for an Exploder Suplex, but Yuka counters into a Backbody Drop! Yuka then hits the Exploder Suplex followed by a Pendelum Kick! She takes Riho to the top ropes and goes for an Avalanche Butterfly Suplex! RIHO COUNTERS MIDAIR IN A ROLL UP!! 1......2.....3!!!! Riho is going to face Hikaru Shida tomorrow night for the AEW Women’s World Championship! Riho defeats Yuka Sakazaki (10:17) AEW Revolution 2021: Anna Jay vs. Britt Baker vs. Tay Conti vs. Thunder Rosa - Four-way Match AEW’s Women’s International Eliminator Tournament has come and gone, and with it many women have some grudges held. Thunder Rosa was cost the semi-finals with Riho after Britt Baker interference. This is of course, due to Rosa beating Britt in the First Round. Also, Anna Jay and Tay Conti faced in the First Round where Conti was successful. That drove a wedge between them as we’ve seen. There is enough tension where we need a resolution, and so they’re all put into a match together - whoever is the best comes out on top. The Four-way is made for Revolution, with the winner set to be Shida or Riho’s next challenger in the coming weeks. However before the match, we see Brandi Rhodes come out for the first time in 2 months. She has a mic in hand and says that two years ago there was a similar multi-women match set. That was the during the genesis of AEW. A three-way became a four-way. Now we know how talented of a roster the AEW Women’s Division is, but what if it could be blustered? Well she’s got the perfect solution to that. How could she make this match even more stacked however? Easy answer, add another women. But not just any women...a Virtuosa. So with a little helping hand, she’s secured someone to really put up a fight. Outcomes Deonna Purazzo. The current Knockouts Champion makes her way out and joins the fray. The crowd applaud loudly at the surprise arrival, as this match is now made a Five-way. Immediately the beefing girls go for each other, Britt and Rosa and Tay and Anna. Deonna meanwhile just picks people off, playing it smart and looking for the win. She’s not fuelled by animosity like the rest, she is just being intelligent. We see the rest of the women all take themselves out to the point Britt turns around into a Jumping DDT and Fujiwara Armbar. She taps out and Purazzo wins the match. She takes the mic afterwards and hoists her Knockouts Championship high. “Who’s ready for a Battle of the Belts?” she says before leaving. Deonna Purazzo defeats Anna Jay, Britt Baker, Tay Conti and Thunder Rosa (11:17) Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Riho - AEW Women’s World Championship We’ve seen the whole tournament so far and the mini-doc of Hikaru Shida. It’s the first majorly built AEW Women’s Championship PPV match...ever, so it’s got some expectations on its shoulders. Shida walks out wearing her attire from the AEW video game trailer, pointed out by Excalibur. Riho is just coming off a match from last night while Shida hasn’t wrestled in nearly a month, so she is fully in control early on. She busts out some early signature moves so the audience get a groove of her once more since it’s been a minute. They go outside where Riho starts to come back and from there it’s back and forth. They recreate the finishing sequence that won it for Riho last time, ending with Riho getting a roll up originally, but this time Shida kicks out! They then keep going as Riho kicks out of a few more moves by Hikaru. Riho goes for a Diving Double Foot Stomp, but she’s hit midair and then by a Tamashii no Three Count! KICK OUT!! They keep fighting as Riho once more tries for the finishing sequence that won it for her last time, but this time it ends when Shida lifts her into a Falcon Arrow! 1..............2..............3!! She wins and retains! Hikaru Shida defeats Riho (14:56) We now head into the build for Double or Nothing. However we aren’t all building towards that. See, it’s announced at Revolution a supercard of supercards is set for April 4th. The “Bloodshed Supercard” is coming up, pitting stars from AEW, NJPW, NWA and Impact against one another. The big match advertised is a Lethal Lockdown Match: pitting Kenny Omega, The Good Brothers and Kenta against Jon Moxley and Death Triangle. But also set for the show, we’ll get into detail here. Deonna Purazzo is now the #1 Contender to the AEW Women’s World Championship, and an appearance by her is advertised for the Dynamite after Revolution. She shows up and cuts a typical promo of hers on Hikaru, claiming herself the one true Virtuosa and hyping her credentials. These outmatch everything Shida has ever done, and when they face, she’ll truly outmatch her for all to see. The match is dubbed “Battle of the Belts” after AEW trademarked that. Knockouts Champion vs. AEW Women’s World Champion. Next week Shida goes to speak, but she’s cut off by Deonna. Purazzo attacks her and beats down the rival champion. She tells Shida she should of stayed in Japan, because now she’s crossed the Pacific she’s in HER country. The Virtuosa runs the place here, and she is going to cement herself as the best champion in the entire country - nay, the world. Later in the night when asked about how she felt of the attack, Hikaru says “Next Tuesday. Impact Wrestling. Watch me.” before leaving. Then, on Impact, we see Hikaru come out after a Ten-person Knockouts Tag Team Match. She looks around with her title, and walks over to the captain of the winning team, Kiera Hogan. She shakes her hand and points back and forth between the two. Kiera vs. Shida is sanctioned for next week on Impact. They face, but due to Hikaru now being in Deonna’s house, she makes her presence known with an attack. Part of rebuilding the Women’s division is other feuds need to exist in it, so let’s touch on those. Firstly, Leyla Hirsch and her new stable, dubbing themselves “Bloodsport” have made an enemy out of Riho. The two face with the stipulation that the winner will face Serena Deeb for the NWA Women’s Championship. Hirsch wins after making Riho tap. Then in her match with Deeb, a returning Allysin Kay comes out and interferes. Deeb rolls up with her distraction. Leyla doesn’t attack Kay however. After all, she was the fourth women in that Bloodsport tournament along with Hirsch, Kelly and Snow. They offer her a spot but Allysin declines and says she just wants that NWA Women’s Championship back. A Three-way then is made, which ends with Kay pinning Deeb. She gets her title back, and afterwards, offers an embrace to Hirsch. Snow and Kelly get her to accept. Bloodsport pose together with Allysin Kay now in their rankings, but tension between her and Hirsch is clear after Kay just took the title she’s been craving for weeks. However, they’re now a unit. Also, Anna Jay and Tay Conti. Anna takes a leadership role in The Dark Order as her and Conti slowly start patching things up. They both agree they got lost in the tournament and were drunk off the thought of glory. They hug it out and walk out together. Then, Thunder Rosa and Britt Baker. The first thing we see on Dynamite after Revolution is Thunder Rosa brutalising Britt Baker. She destroys her. She kayfabe reinjures her and puts her back on crutches. Britt doesn’t wrestle after this but has a vendetta against Rosa, and Rosa is likewise. The women all have feuds, with only one revolving around the title, and they actually get TV time on Dynamite. It’s basically just what AEW do with the guys, but the gender is changed. That’s literally how you do women’s wrestling. Bloodshed Supercard: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Hikaru Shida - Battle of the Belts The singles match main event of the show, it’s the heavily anticipated “Battle of the Belts.” Shida is out first, wearing a kimono and carrying her own umbrella to the ring. She twirls it around at the hard camera in a optical illusion before walking down. Deonna is out afterwards and the Virtuosa walks with purpose, hoisting her title over Shida’s head. Hikaru hoists hers up and they meet forehead to forehead. The match the begins. Shida and Deonna trade goods and submissions on the mat before it goes outside and gets physical there. Purrazzo uses the guardrails and ring posts, before taking it to the apron. Shida hits her with a Superkick and runs the ropes inside the ring, dropkicking Purrazzo into part of the set. Once back up they have some stiff back and forth with a lot of shots and strikes to knock the other down. Both women keep kicking out however. We see many moments when Hikaru looks like she’s about to tap but resists and keeps fighting. They head outside once again where Deonna hits a Backbody Drop onto the floor. Once back inside, Shida hits a Falcon Arrow into a Tamashii no Three Count to win. Afterwards her and Deonna resiliently shake hands in respect. Hikaru Shida defeats Deonna Purrazzo (25:10) Heading out of Bloodshed Supercard, Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa are still battling it out. Britt is set to return to action on the April 14th edition of Dynamite, where she will face Rosa in a No Disqualification, No Countout Match. It’s a brutal bout with Britt showing the aggression she did in her Tooth and Nail Match on Rosa. She ends up winning after a chairshot and kendo stick assisted Lockjaw makes Rosa pass out. Meanwhile, Hikaru Shida continues her trail of dominance over the AEW Women’s division. She’s earned the respect of Deonna Purazzo’s who’s gonna back off to Impact. Shida cuts a promo in English after the match saying she wants more of the Knockouts, and they are an amazing group of girls. She once again faces Kiera Hogan, this time on Dynamite, with interference banned. They have a clean bout that ends with Shida once again winning. They shake hands afterwards. This is Hogan’s first AEW match and she makes a big splash, but comes up short. Next in line is Nyla Rose, who is still with Vickie Guerrero but their relationship is going very sour. Nonetheless, as we approach a year after Hikaru took the belt from Nyla, they’re set to face one more - this time it’s 2 Out of 3 Falls. It’s an excellent bout that ends with Shida winning by falling onto Nyla after the two basically kill themselves. Nyla the next week cuts a promo on Shida, saying she wants one final shot, and if she loses - she will never challenge for the title while Shida is champion again. This is when Britt Baker gets involved and puts her stamp on the picture. She limps down on a crutch as that match with Rosa as temporarily hurt her again. She cuts a mini promo of her own, before blasting Nyla with the crutch. A #1 Contenders Match is set up, with the winner going on to face Hikaru at Double or Nothing. Britt wins after a very hard fought and brutal contest. Afterwards, Tony Schiavone comes out and reads a letter from Brandi. She congratulates both women on the incredible match. She then announces Nyla as the first women to take part in the AEW Women’s Casino Ladder Match at Double or Nothing. In the final weeks before Double or Nothing, Britt cuts some very passionate promos about the struggle she’s went through to even become a wrestler, and as soon as she became the best thing in this company she was injured. But this time, nothing is going to stop her. She’s not going to be hindered by dentistry, not by trying to being a good guy, and not by injury. She will be victorious. Reba is banned from ringside, as if she gets involved Britt automatically loses. Baker is now fuelled by anger as she wants to take down the unstoppable Hikaru Shida. Then, our other stories. Well the premier one is the aforementioned Women’s Casino Ladder Match. Once more it’s decided there’s too much beef amongst the AEW Women’s division, so Tony Khan’s solution is to throw nine of them into a ladder match, and whoever isn’t dead by the end gets an AEW Women’s Championship shot. And just like last time, there will be a mystery participant. Women gradually get announced via AEW’s Twitter, with Nyla Rose as the first on TV before they slowly start adding names to the field, like they did last year. Anna Jay and Tay Conti are announced together, Serena Deeb, Leyla Hirsch, Riho etc. Thunder Rosa and Abadon face once more after their epic match in the Super 16. Abadon hits a Spear into part of the stage which takes them both out and it goes to a double countout. Both women are then put into the match, with the ninth women remaining a mystery. Double or Nothing 2021: Abadon vs. Anna Jay vs. Leyla Hirsch vs. Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Serena Deeb vs. Tay Conti vs. Thunder Rosa vs. ??? - Women’s Casino Ladder Match Serena Deeb and Nyla Rose start it off hot, Nyla trying to dominate but Deeb using her strength to counteract. Tay Conti comes in and her and Deeb come to a babyface arrangement to take the big women down. Thunder Rosa follows suit and starts to mix it up with everyone. Leyla Hirsch, Anna Jay, Riho and Abadon all come out and continue the fight. It’s multi-man chaos, with each women sabotaging the other from getting that poker chip. They all want the prize. Killer Kelly at one point tries to walk down and help out Hirsch, but Riho valiantly takes her on and brawls with her to the back. She then dives off the stage with a Crossbody into Lindsay Snow and Killer Kelly. Allysin Kay comes out and puts her through a part of the stage to take her out. Riho comes back, freshly bruised by Kay, and looks to climb the ladder, but Anna Jay pushes her down. She then starts to taunt and mock the 9th and final entrant while she waits for them to appear...and it’s RETURNING KRIS STATLANDER! Statlander comes in and wrecks house; takes out all the people involved while the action continues. Abadon lets out a mighty scream as she goes to climb the ladder. Tay and Anna push her off and meet at the top. They then start throwing shots at each other. They all fall under Thunder Rosa pushes them off and climbs up, grabbing the poker chip and holding it high it in triumph. She now with a future AEW Women’s World Championship match locked in. She takes the mic and tells Hikaru “good luck - you’ll need it.” before dropping it and heading to the back. Thunder Rosa wins the Women’s Casino Ladder Match (16:35) Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Britt Baker - AEW Women’s World Championship Baker comes out without Reba for the first time in a long time, pure determination on her face to succeed. Both women put their heart and soul into the match, pouring every last bit of fight they’ve got in. Britt gets a Lockjaw in near the end and refuses to let go when Shida grabs the ropes. The ref has to physically pull her off, ONLY FOR SHIDA TO HIT ONE FINAL TAMASHII NO THREE COUNT!! She pins and wins. Hikaru Shida defeats Britt Baker (10:21)
[Editorial]WEC 17 1 of 14 My 12 Minutes to the UFC HW Title
I had been traveling with Ron Waterman while he was tearing phone books to prove his strength in Christ. In those travels we would run into Scott Adams who owned the WEC. He did not seem to care if I was trained or not he saw something or knew something I did not. The first booked fight would cancel as soon as they were given my name and figured out I was a NCAA II Champion. So I did not think too much about MMA and wasn't training in a meaningful way. Coach Waterman insist I need a Manager and that manager would be Phyllis Lee. She was like something out of a vintage movie. Always smoking, even when we were warming up and could have been easily confused for the ladies playing Slot Machines at this Indian Casino. Look her up. So we show up and expectations are low. I am ripped from all the crazy lifting routines Coach Waterman had us doing. Imagine a Golds Gym meat head in fight shorts. We weigh in and the winner of the LHW tournament was getting a UFC contract and I begin to panic. "Coach, I have never fought before", and "Coach that guy can throw a punch". Aside from the beatings my brothers have given me and the battles on the Wrestling Mat I had never been in an actual fight. People had striking coaches. There were some black belts fighting and I immediately began to wish I was not fighting. I was getting angry about the situation I was in. "Is that Rico Rodriguez?" then I see other notable people in corners and on the fight card. I am not sure if I should be getting ready or asking for autographs. Some guy gets submitted by an arm triangle and I have no clue what just happened but the guy on top lost. I was certainly not supposed to be here. Then a guy had to quit because he was kicked in the balls so hard he could not continue. I am ready to run home Forrest Gump style. This won't be the last time I have that fight or flight instinct in my MMA career and one of my big obstacles I would be forced to overcome. Then there was a slam by KO and I felt like I could do that. Tito Ortiz walks by and I am realizing this is real. Then a fight with a big out of shape guy and I got confident and he got beat so the confidence dwindled again. As they tell us it is time I feel like I am going to shit my shorts and throw up at the same time. The room is smokey and probably from Phyllis, my name is called and it just clicks. I am forced down the walkway team behind me ensuring I can not run and the crowd booing and cheering and of course I hear the boos and the bum chants over all other things. As I entered the cage for the first time I was frightened. I barely remember the opponent but I remember telling myself you won't be slamming him and you are about to get destroyed. The introductions are a blur but his record was undefeated and I decided this was a bad idea. The bell must have rang because this huge guy was moving now. So I go for the clinch and try to push him through the cage. I realize he is trying to hit me so I do that and he goes down and I win by submission due to punches. He must have tapped but I do not recall. I can't believe I just did that and he was down. Then the boos came and I was snapped back into reality. I really had no clue what had happened. Reed Harris told me I had a bright future and several of the people. History would prove many of us did. WEC would be sold to the UFC and many fighters on that card got to fight in the UFC. WEC was TUF before TUF. Because of this fight and Phyllis I would be heading to HI next and there I would meet the person who changed my fighting career. -Carwin
Love hearing guys who obviously never fought tell me their "Fight" stories
There's an acquaintance of mine who let's just call him Joe. Joe is a nice guy, friendly, always cheerful and can't really say he's a bad guy. Except for him being full of it. Most people who know me don't really know I have much experience in MMA. They just know I coached wrestling for a while and maybe know I had an unspectacular college and international career. Joe isn't aware of that. He knows I have a lot of coaching experience with wrestling and that I competed in college but that's it. So he was telling me about his BJJ background and foray into MMA. Honestly when somebody says that I'll believe them, around here because we had MMA basically being unregulated until 2001, there were a few shows here that people fought in, me included, and a lot of guys who thought they were tough might have stepped in once or twice and gotten mangled by somebody who actually trained. There's probably a whole book you could write about the various types who showed up to fight. So even if somebody was a jobber who consistently lost back then, guys improve and get better if they keep at it. One example was a guy who was an average high school wrestler who was like 1-7 in fights, took about a year off and trained and ended up beating a pretty good BJJ purple belt by TKO. So Joe is telling me about how he switched to BJJ in 1991 after he moved here. Red flag immediately, because I am pretty sure BJJ wasn't really a thing outside of Southern CA or maybe a few isolated places in the US. I live in a fairly backwater city, or it was then anyway. The BJJ/MMA scene here was pretty small until maybe like 2004. You generally knew who was who since there were only a handful of legit places to train. I think the first real BJJ place we had came into existence around 93 and was in a very different part of town from where Joe described. Then he says he had his neck popped with a guillotine choke in 1994 at an MMA event held at a casino nearby. Problem is I don't think there were any official MMA events besides the UFC or Extreme Fighting back then. I know there were some underground fights allegedly, Don Frye supposedly KO'd an unidentified Gracie at one of these in the 90s. But these things weren't amateur hour, it was closer to what you saw in the movie Lionheart from what I've been told, fights being held privately for people to get on. So I don't think that a guy like my buddy Joe would be doing those kinds of fights. I hear this with regularity too, which is sad. Guys come to the gym say they fought or want to, then claim to be out of shape when they struggle with warm ups, then can't even do the basics correctly. And you think you're going to fight if you can't do basic skills? I let them talk and then watch them get demolished by guys who diligently have trained for 6-8 months and aren't fighters. There's actually a pretty funny story about this I'll post later because it's exactly the kind of wannabe Instagram "fighter" thing I can't stand.
Going through old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and posting highlights in my own words. For anyone interested, I highly recommend signing up for the actual site at f4wonline and checking out the full archives. PREVIOUSLY:
NOTE: I mentioned it in the first post of 2002 but a lot of y'all are aware that a few months ago, SaintRidley picked up the Observer Rewind reins after I stopped and started doing his own recaps from the 1980s. Well, he's been doing great work with it and he just finished posting the year of 1987. I went ahead and added it the Previously" section up there. ↑↑↑ Just wanted to make sure to bring it to everyone's attention.
It's been awhile since we've had major PPVs going head-to-head with each other, but it happened this week when WWA aired it's 2nd ever PPV live from Las Vegas, going head-to-head with PRIDE. Dave recaps the history of head-to-head PPV battles, specifically the WWF vs. Crockett war in the late-80s. How Vince McMahon created Survivor Series specifically to run it in direct competition with Crockett's first ever PPV, Starrcade 87. The resulting loss of needed revenue was a huge reason why Crockett eventually had to sell the company to Ted Turner and, in retrospect, set into motion everything that led to WCW's eventual death last year. He goes on to recap how Royal Rumble was created and aired on free TV to go head-to-head with Crockett's next PPV attempt, Bunkhouse Stampede. Then Crockett responded by creating the first Clash of the Champions and airing it against Wrestlemania IV. Not sure PRIDE vs. WWA is up there in the same league as that PPV battle. Which, to be fair, Dave admits it's not the same thing.
Anyway, the PRIDE show was among the greatest events of all time, one of the very few times in the history of the Observer that a show got a unanimous 100% thumbs up vote on the reader poll. It aired in Japan live and in the U.S. on a bit of a delay, with the matches edited in a different order. In Japan, the card was headlined by Vanderlei Silva vs. former UWFI wrestler Kiyoshi Tamura, which was an excellent fight that Silva won. In the U.S., the show was built around Ken Shamrock vs. Don Frye in the main event (in Japan, it aired 3rd from last) and the 2 men had an absolute war that should shut up critics who say both are too old. Shamrock lost a split-decision in a fight that Dave thinks should have legitimately been a draw. (This fight is considered to this day one of the all-time wars in MMA history. An utter slobberknocker. Neither fighter was the same again afterward and Frye has said that the damage Shamrock did to his legs in this fight led to him later getting addicted to painkillers). After the fight, Shamrock went over to ringside and hugged his girlfriend Alicia Webb, who you may remember as Ryan Shamrock. The girl that played his sister in WWF.
And then there was WWA. A low-budget, amateur-ish event, marred by bad production and no-shows. Not that the crowd would even know, because most of the lineup was never even announced ahead of time anyway. The scheduled main event of Jeff Jarrett vs. Randy Savage didn't happen because Savage held promoter Andrew McManus up for more money at the last minute. Savage originally had agreed to work the show in exchange for a 30% ownership stake in the company, which was agreed upon. But three days before the show, Savage upped the ante, saying he wanted the 30%, plus an extra $50,000 in cash. At that point, they started haggling back and forth to try to strike some kind of deal. Ownership got pulled off the table and then Savage asked for a flat $250,000 fee to work the show. WWA turned that down and came back with a flat $150,000 offer instead. Savage turned that down and at that point, everything broke down. For what it's worth, a lot of the lower card wrestlers on the show worked for $300. Last second attempts to bring in Sting to save the show didn't work either. Road Dogg was also supposed to appear on the show but couldn't because of legal issues. Word is he got arrested 2 days before the show in Florida on a probation violation. As a result, the PPV was headlined by Jeff Jarrett defending the WWA championship against Brian Christopher.
The whole show was simply an embarrassment. The production was completely minor league and the crowd was totally dead for all these long matches with guys nobody cares about. The in-ring work was fine, but the booking often made no sense, with overbooked three-ways and 6-way undercard matches that ended up being more clusterfuck than match. It was also one of those Russo-type things where the commentary team made endless inside-references that only the hardcore internet fans would get. But then again, this show only drew hardcore internet fans anyway, so why not? They also constantly made reference to WWF, which came across as desperate and sad. In particular, Larry Zbyszko was given the chance to cut a meandering promo, challenging Vince McMahon to a fight over some unspecified grievance from 20 years ago and criticized them for having Chris Jericho as their world champion. Dave thinks Zbyszko was actually angling for a job from WWF by trying to start his own angle and says this promo was basically his job application. And he thinks it was pretty pathetic. Backstage, the disorganization was apparent and most even within the company saw what a mess it was and have already given up on the promotion as a lost cause. Dave said this PPV made it clear that nobody will be challenging WWF anytime soon.
Other notes from the WWA Revolution PPV: yes, in case you're wondering, that Japanese man sitting behind the commentary table all night who very briefly (literally blink and miss it) got involved in the Scott SteineDisco Inferno tussle was indeed NJPW star Hiroyoshi Tenzan and yes, they flew him all the way from Japan (and had him bring his ring gear just in case), only to have him do almost nothing and never be acknowledged on camera. Eric Bischoff was backstage, as a guest of Ernest Miller. Bischoff laughed off any questions about going to WWF but said the ol' "never say never" shtick. The crowd was about 2,800, most of them freebies and they were desperately giving away tickets in the casino before the show. During the first match, the building looked practically empty so they quietly began moving everyone closer to ringside to pack the area around the ring to make it look presentable for TV. Opening 6-way match featuring all the hottest indie stars was a sloppy mess, with too people flying everywhere trying to get their shit in and the cameras missing most of it. Bret Hart came out and cut a long, rambling promo before announcing Brian Christopher was replacing Randy Savage in the main event, to zero crowd response. By the 5th match, people in the crowd could be seen leaving, never to return. Jerry Lynn showed up, interrupting an Eddie Guerrero interview, at which point Dave mentions, oh yeah by the way, the WWF released Jerry Lynn 2 days before the PPV. Considering WWF has been talking about reviving the cruiserweight division after Wrestlemania, Dave doesn't know why they'd get rid of a guy who could be one of the best in the division. Anyway, yeah, this show sucked. Here ya go, enjoy.
WWF's latest investor conference call took place and wasn't particularly newsworthy, but there's some stuff to note. The new agreement with DirecTV is until August of 2003 and is under the exact same terms they were operating under last year, which means WWF gained nothing while losing an estimated $4.4 million in revenue over the last few PPVs. Following the brand split, WWF plans to run 16 PPVs per year, and increasing the price by an extra $5. Linda McMahon said Wrestlemania 18 has sold 58,000 tickets as of the time of the call, for a record gate of $3.96 million, breaking the record set by last year's WM. Dave goes through all the numbers and for the most part, in comparison to previous quarters, almost everything is down. Which is no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention because WWF is clearly on the downswing. Linda also said they're currently interviewing new writers and are hoping to double their writing staff, which Dave thinks is a terrible idea (and time has damn sure proven him correct). Finally, Linda was also asked how the purchase of the WCW library has benefited the company, which Dave thinks is an interesting question since revenues have declined since then and the Invasion angle flopped so hard that it killed any brand value the name "WCW" may have had. Linda talked about the value of the tape library but Dave points out that it's been a year and WWF has done practically nothing with that library (of course, in the end, they found ways to monetize that WCW library and it more than paid for itself).
In his first match as an official member of the AJPW roster, Keiji Muto lost the Triple Crown championship to Toshiaki Kawada in a match nearly a year in the making, before a sold out crowd at Budokan Hall. He hasn't seen it yet, but the match was reported to Dave as a near-classic (he ends up giving it 4.5 stars). The other 2 NJPW stars who jumped ship, Kendo Kashin and Satoshi Kojima, also worked their first official AJPW matches. Kaz Hayashi, formerly a member of Jung Dragons in WCW and who worked in WWF's developmental until asking for his release a few weeks ago, also debuted on the show and will be part of Muto's faction.
Obituary time for Swede Hanson, who worked primarily in the Carolinas and had a brief run in the WWF as a cult favorite babyface in the early 80s. Sadly, he passed away in a mental hospital because he had advanced Alzheimer's disease which made it impossible for his family to handle him and they had him put away. Jeez, that's rough. He also had a litany of other health problems. Dave gives an in-depth history of his career in the 60s and 70s as a heel in the Carolinas before talking about the WWF run. Vince Sr. brought him in as a monster heel to challenge Bob Backlund, and Dave thinks someone else must have backed out at the last moment or something. By this time (in 1979), Hanson was well past his prime and hadn't been a major star anywhere in years but he was a big dude and so they brought him in to face Backlund and they actually sold out Madison Square Garden with Backlund vs. Hanson in the main event (though Dave says Bruno Sammartino working the undercard sure didn't hurt). The match sucked and almost immediately after, he became a jobber in the WWF, but Vince Jr, on commentary, just loved to call him "Rawboned Swede Hanson" and the "Rawboned" nickname caught on. Vince said it with such gusto that Hanson briefly became a cult favorite jobber from it and the crowd turned him babyface at damn near 50 years old. It led to a brief career resurgence and him having a small role in the Backlund/Billy Graham feud for the title before he finally faded into oblivion.
Mark Henry won the "world's strongest man" competition at the Arnold Classic bodybuilding and fitness event. Henry has been out of WWF for the past 2 months training for this competition and the training paid off, with Henry capturing first place and making a legitimate viable claim to his "strongest man in the world" moniker. During the event, Henry became the first man in 50 years to cleanly press the 366 pound Apollon wheel weight above his head. In another event, he carried an 800 pound block of bolted together railroad ties up a 40-foot ramp faster than the other competitors. For his victory, Henry won a $75,000 Humvee and some other cash prizes. Over the same weekend, he also won another $1,000 in a contest where he was able to lift an inch dumbbell (which weighs 172 pounds) to his shoulder with one arm. There's a bunch of other weightlifting stuff here, but you might be surprised to find out....I dunno shit about any of this. I got winded lifting pizza to my mouth earlier. Mark Henry strong.
Another obit for former wrestler, promoter, and father of 80s valet Baby Doll, Nick Roberts who died of pancreatic cancer. Once again, a bunch of details and stories about someone I've never heard of in wrestling history that Dave somehow knows everything about. I know I've said it before, but these obituary pieces are some of the greatest reasons for subscribing to the Observer.
Masahiro Chono says he wants to take NJPW in a more serious, realistic direction. No sports entertainment gaga nonsense, they want it to be like a real sports product. So much so that, in his own match with Manabu Nakanishi at the last big NJPW show, Chono wouldn't even bounce off the ropes, saying that it's not credible and no one would do that in a real fight. Ah yes, Inoki's gonna love this.
FMW wrestler Kodo Fuyuki has said he plans to try to keep the promotion running after it was announced it was folding last week. FMW still has 8 shows scheduled for this month and Fuyuki said he plans to try to run them himself and keep the company going (no such luck buddy).
Japan Today, an American newspaper that covers Japanese news daily, had a story on Antonio Inoki battling diabetes. It says he was first diagnosed in 1982, which Dave says is right around the time Inoki's in-ring work dropped off considerably when he lost his stamina. The story said for the last 20 years, Inoki has eaten a ridiculously healthy diet and is in better health now at 59 than he was then at 39.
Dave said he got tons of positive feedback on the debut of RF Video's Ring of Honor promotion in Philadelphia. The show was sold out in advance, was well organized, and had several really good matches. They limited a lot of the mistakes that most indie companies fall victim to, such as too many matches, too many run-ins, too much mic work, too many guys trying to do too much stuff, etc. Steve Corino and CZW announcer Eric Gargiulo did commentary. Eddie Guerrero faced Super Crazy in an excellent match and the main event was a three-way featuring Low-Ki, Christopher Daniels, and American Dragon that Dave has heard rave reviews for. And thus, ROH was born.
Vic Grimes took the most insane bump of all time at an XPW event before 1,500 fans in Los Angeles. Grimes was facing New Jack in a scaffold match said to be at least twice as high up as the fall Mick Foley took off the Hell in a Cell. The ring below had tables stacked 4-high to break his fall, but Grimes ended up missing most of the tables when New Jack overshot him. Perhaps on purpose. Grimes missed all but the corner tables at the edge of the ring before coming down on the corner turnbuckles. After the bump, they tried to rush fans out of the arena since it was almost 1am and gave many the impression Grimes life was in danger. But he was surprisingly okay and was walking around backstage after, although he was definitely banged up. Grimes was really nervous about the bump earlier in the day, as you might expect and Dave says he's pretty damn lucky he didn't miss the ring because he almost certainly would have died if he took that bump straight to the floor. Elsewhere on the show, there was a match where porn star Lizzy Borden (wife of XPW promoter Rob Black) faced another porn star, Veronica Caine, in a match that was supposed to end only when someone was stripped totally naked. But right before it happened, the lights went out and the women were rushed out of the ring and when fans realized they'd been ripped off, they were so pissed the arena feared a riot. (Anyway, here's the bump and yeah....Grimes very easily could have died from this. No mention from Dave on the fact that New Jack also tazed him before this)
Shane Douglas is expected to take over as XPW booker when his WCW contract with Time Warner expires next month.
Former WCW journeyman wrestler Chip Minton's primary career was bobsledding. He only wrestled in WCW occasionally while doing that, primarily as a jobber on the C-shows. Minton was part of the US bobsledding team in both the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics and was planning to compete this year, but failed to make the team. Soon after that, he failed a steroid test and has been suspended from the sport for 2 years.
Remember a couple weeks ago, it was mentioned that Roddy Piper was in a car accident but he was playing down how serious it was? Turns out....very serious. Piper suffered 4 broken ribs, one of which punctured his liver and nearly killed him. He also suffered severe back injuries and shattered his ankle. Piper was taken to the hospital and was near death but obviously, he managed to pull through and has still been making all his appearances for XWF in recent days. (Yeah I think in Piper's autobiography, he dedicates the book to the guy who saved his life by rushing him to the hospital and even says he was clinically dead for a few moments. Then again, Piper was like a lot of those old time guys and was prone to exaggeration, so who knows).
Eric Bischoff is teaming up with Mark Burnett, the producer of the hit show Survivor, to produce a MMA reality show called Skien. From Dave's understanding, it will basically be a reality show with K-1 kickboxers leading up to a PPV event. (Here's an article about it from Variety at the time, but this ends up going nowhere).
Notes from Raw: only one thing really notable, they filmed a segment at referee Tim White's bar The Friendly Tap. The bar really is owned by White and WWF pretty much always films angles there when they're in town (Providence, RI). This time, the skit featured the APA going into the bar to drink and the bar was filled by a bunch of gay men and drag queens (played by a bunch of wrestlers from indie promotion Chaotic Wrestling) while the APA guys acted all grossed out by it all. Then Billy and Chuck attacked them. Dave thinks this played on all the typical homophobic stereotypes and he seems pretty irritated by it. Anyway, among the wrestlers from Chaotic were Todd Sinclair (better known now as ROH's senior official), Rich Palladino (ring announcer for Beyond now) and John Walters (indie wrestler and former ROH Pure champion).
Next week's Smackdown hasn't aired yet but it was taped and Dave has details. Notably, this is the episode where Austin chases down the NWO and tries to shoot them with a net gun. Dave says this was a mess, with the gun going off but no net being fired from it and they'll have to fix the whole thing in post-production. It went horribly when they filmed it and it aired for the live crowd and it killed the crowd and basically forced them to improvise on the spot (on one of the Something To Wrestle podcasts, Bruce Prichard tells this story and how frustrated they were with this net gun being a piece of shit). This episode also featured Stephanie yelling at Chris Jericho for getting her the wrong hand lotion and Booker T and Edge feuding over a Japanese shampoo commercial. (Rock/Hogan was great, but man, the build for everything else at Wrestlemania 18 suuuuuucked.)
Prototype won the OVW title from Leviathan at the latest OVW tapings. After the match, they did an angle to set up David Flair as the #1 contender for the title. Prototype's only singles loss in OVW came last week, when Flair beat him, so there ya go (this video covers ALL of that. The FlaiCena match, the Leviathan match, the post-match angle, etc).
Wall Street Journal did an article talking about the decline in Smackdown's ratings, saying they were down 28% from last year and down 42% from the year before that. The article blamed it on Smackdown changing networks. Here's the thing though....it hasn't. Raw changed networks in 2000. Smackdown has been on UPN since its debut. Also, UPN has grown overall in ratings while Smackdown has declined. So....no. It's just because the show sucks now.
Charlie Haas, fresh off returning to the ring and winning the HWA title after the death of his brother, tore his ACL this week. He just had surgery and will be out 4-6 months. Rough few months for that dude.
A Washington newspaper did a story on James Dudley, who you may know as....WWF Hall of Famer James Dudley and little else. On-screen, he's never really done much. But Dave says Dudley started working for Vince Sr. back in the 1940s, when Sr. was a boxing promoter, and was essentially his Vince Sr.'s driver and assistant. Dudley did a lot of odd jobs for the company during those early years, working ticket booths and stuff like that, but to most people, he was just kinda known as Vince Sr.'s limo driver. So when he was indicted into the WWF Hall of Fame a few years ago, it was a pretty controversial decision among a lot of people, given that someone like Bruno Sammartino isn't in, by the company's limo driver is. Anyway, before his death, Vince Sr. made Vince Jr. promise to take care of Dudley and keep him on the payroll. So for the last 18 years or so, even though he doesn't work for the company, Vince McMahon has continued to pay him a salary. He also bought him a new car as a gift some years back.
Billy and Chuck's recent tag team title win makes Billy Gunn the most decorated tag team wrestler in WWF history, as he's now held the tag titles 9 times (3 as part of the Smoking Gunns, 5 as part of New Age Outlaws, and now once with he and Chuck). The previous record was Mick Foley, with 8. (to the best of my research, if we're only talking WWF/WWE tag title reigns, that record is now held by Edge).
USA Network CEO Barry Diller took part in a lecture at Syracuse University and talked about losing the WWF to TNN. When asked why it happened, he responded, "Because I'm a dope." He said he didn't fight hard enough to keep the WWF and admitted the loss hurt, but also said it may have been the best thing for them in the long-run because pro wrestling doesn't really fit the direction they're planning to take the network. He said wrestling fans came for wrestling and left immediately after it was over and there was never any cross-over fans who stuck around to watch the next show or anything like that. He said they could never figure out what to connect wrestling to within the rest of their properties.
WWF held a try out camp in Cincinnati and reportedly, nobody was particularly impressive, including AJ Styles. The knock on Styles was that he's average looking and too small. Wrestler Sonny Siaki was said to be the most impressive, but he also rubbed people the wrong way with his attitude so probably not gonna make the cut this time. Matt Morgan, who was on the Tough Enough casting special last season got a tryout and since he has no formal training, he was pretty awful but he's big so Dave seems to think he'll get a chance anyway. The other one they were impressed by was a woman named Erin Bray, who was one of the final 25 picked for the original Tough Enough. But then some other contestants spotted her out on a date with one of the show's judges and they threw a fit, which resulted in Bray not making the final 13. Another wrestler, Travis Tomko, is a guy who has worked some indies and is a former bodyguard for Limp Bizkit ("Tomko, gimme a beat." "No.")
Rock was a presenter at the NAACP Awards and Dave thinks he looked pretty great for a guy who was almost murdered in an ambulance by the NWO a few days earlier. Cheeky Dave is just the best.
Speaking of, Dave throws in a random paragraph to backhandedly shit on Kevin Nash. For years, people in the business joked that Lex Luger made the most money with the least ability or drawing power of anyone ever in wrestling. Dave says it's gotta be Nash. For example, Nash is not wrestling and is only going to be in Hall's corner for the match at Wrestlemania (his knees really are giving him problems), but he has been promised that he's going to get the same type of payoff as if he was the guy in the match working with Austin in the semi-main event. Not to mention all the huge contracts he signed in WCW, or how he got a huge-by-WWF-standards deal here, plus got Vince to cave to almost all his other demands regarding schedule and bringing back Scott Hall, among other things. (I mean, while Dave is being kind of a dick here, I don't think he's really wrong either. When it comes to top draws in the history of the business, Nash isn't anywhere near even the top 10 or 20. And he's never exactly been a great wrestler. But since the 90s, Nash always managed to make sure he gets PAID like he's in that upper echelon. Nash is one of those very few wrestlers who isn't entranced by the fame or the fake accolades. He treats wrestling for what it is: a business. It's the way they pay their mortgages and buy groceries, just like you and me at our jobs. I love it. I laugh my ass off every time I hear "Brock Lesnar signed a huge new contract to only work 6 matches a year." Good for him. I hope he gets even more money for less dates next year. You should always know your worth and never let your employer take you for anything less. Nash has always been one of the guys to do that and he's probably going to die comfortably in a nice house while these other guys from his era are still clinging to fame at 60 years old doing $300 indie shows on crippled knees. Anyway, that's my soapbox). Dave seems to feel the same way and admits, love him or hate him, you gotta give Nash credit for being one of the smartest guys in the biz.
Fear Factor featuring the Hardyz, Lita, Test, Molly Holly, and Jacquelyn aired this week. First they had to climb up a rope ladder hanging from a helicopter over the river and they all made it up except Jeff Hardy who slipped near the top and fell (knowing Jeff, he probably purposely let go so he could take the big fall for fun). Lita also got eliminated for being the slowest one up the ladder. Next they had to chug a gross drink that included bile, rooster testicals, spleen, and some animal brains all blended together. Molly Holly almost vomited after one sip and was out. Jackie and Matt succeeded. Test refused to even try. So then it came down to Matt vs. Jackie and they had to walk across the tops of high poles and move flags around. Matt Hardy ended up winning the whole thing and won $50,000 for charity.
Sunday Night Heat is being converted into one of the B-shows like Metal and Jakked. Awhile back, they started airing Heat from the WWF New York restaurant but the production costs of that were high. So in a cost-cutting move, they're just gonna tape dark matches and throw them on Heat the same way they do those other shows, featuring all the nobodies that can't ever get TV time on the main shows.
As mentioned last week, Scott Hall has been taking a drug called Antabuse, which makes him violently sick when he drinks or even smells alcohol. It caused him to get sick after Raw last week when Austin poured beer all over him in a bit after the cameras were off. Hall has said he is clean and has been clean for awhile, except for the incident a couple weeks ago where he fell off the wagon. Others are skeptical and question if Hall only takes his medication on TV days and needless to say, there's some doubt here.
Everywhere he goes, Brian Christopher has been telling people he's coming back to WWF after Wrestlemania, but contrary to what he's saying, Dave says there are zero plans for that (indeed, it does not happen).
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i will include two versions of this resume - one that was written stream of consciousness, and incorporates absolutely everything that is on my mind. and another that is simplified and only includes relevant job type of information for when applying to places that probably aren't as interested in hiring a spiritual complex thinker and writer as much as they are the guy who simply loves working. the choice is yours at all times to read this or not. resume got to do with anything -- this turned into a field manual on how to over-come psycho-ops. i really don't want to stand out, but i guess it's a little late for that. ideally i want to help form or join a pack of intelligent apes that are working together for the betterment of Everybody i am currently 100% focused on Writing to Reverse-Engineer the psychological-operations that have programmed Everybody i've ever met including myself, to differing extents, and usually in different directions. [this applies to everybody, whether you grew up rich and went to college to be an executive, or grew up dirt-poor and consider yourself lucky to have a factory job, or even to be on financial assistance] my willpower to write as if Everybody's Life depends on it, is beginning to wane as i have gotten it All out multiple times now. once or twice was not enough. i am now looking for a place to go to learn, grow, and work in a new field that is more useful for Everybody. as well as for a place to publish these works where i will Not be censored. the multitude of false-concepts that we have been indoctrinated with that are both anti-human, and anti-life can and will be expozed. allowing us to choose to think without them. as we begin to learn more about our own psychology then the people who learned how to mind-control us did, as a means to get us to do what they want; they decided on turning us into mind-controlled-wage-slaves, or as toxic-psychopath-ruler-descandants when they made their decision to embark on this. Mind-control is now Obsolete. Independent thinking is taking over. with these works that i'm writing for us, Mind-control has become Obsolete. we can choose to open our minds and come unhooked from any and All of the imaginary constraints (bs-hooks) that were intentionally installed within our minds, by way of constant exposure and frequent repetition. programming great-apes to do things against their will was last weeks news. i love working, learning, and creating as much as anyone. the toxic-banking-institution wants us to become a mind-controlled-wage-slave and that's it. when you have one of the strongest minds on the planet and you know it, you absolutely cannot afford to leverage an ego. it'll turn you into a maniac in a hurry. this happens frequently enough to need to be aware of it, even frequently to weaker minds. i'm not special. Everybody is special. i've heard that it's a fine line between confidence and cockiness but i think that's bullshit. i view it more as a runway - wide enough for a jumbo sized aircraft, and big enough for us all to take off from. if we refuse to leverage an ego we can paint ourselves as confident as it gets without concern for being toxic towards eachother or for rubbing it in anyone's face we are truly supposed to share our confidence, wisdom, and knowledge with eachother. these are things that are not supposed to be leveraged against anyone to belittle or make any one of us feel less significant, and certainly not to be used as leverage to make others do what we want. [that is to say the manipulation of people is toxic-exploitation] i'm nothin special, but WE are. together we are both as strong as our strongest pack members and as weak as our weakest pack members. we must learn to uplift eachother, and not to bring eachother down. turning our backs on eachother is not up for discussion. no way in hell do we let eachother go to hell i'm nothin special. Everybody coming together, that is special. i'm as confident as it gets with thoughts, but i'm also not better than anyone. my intelligence and confidence truthfully don't even belong to me. i'm willing to share it with Everybody as it belongs to absolutely Everybody that isn't leveraging a toxic-ego. it comes from the human spirit. we are supposed to work together and co-operate voluntarily. nothin should be done against our wills either, collectively, or independently. as such, painting us as working for money - isn't going to happen. i Sincerely desire to Help i am looking for involvement and to learn new skills - not for money - **leverage a list of skills that you're looking for. list your background briefly - and comprehensively: i truly don't care what work i'm doing as long as i'm working and learning about something that i'm interested in i do not have any experience in the areas of interest that i would like to pursue, so i am looking for an apprenticeship type of situation where in the right situation i am absolutely willing to work for experience --NO EXPERIENCE-- Building/construction - Anything - woods , metals, glass working on bicycles, tractors, vehicles - anything mechanical farming - sharecropping is fine by me cooking - food preparation - kitchen also -- i am looking for artists to share ideas and to work with as well as active apes of any conditioning level to coach eachother on liberating ourselves through movement physically and mentally. playing active-games(sports) together making exercise FUN and EZ i like to paint myself both as a sponge, and as a reflection of everybody that i have ever respected with this mind-set, the impacts that we leave on eachother are infinite, both limitless and carry forward indefinitely. after being tortured, i am admittedly still a bit shocked from it, but the positive side from this is that handling mind-fucks (intentional confusion) and toxic-vibes (shouting, insults, etc) is not a problem at all. i have become 100% immune to this non-sense and so can everybody else! i've been dealing with this my entire life (as have most of us) we are all doing our best to develop coping mechanisms and leverage-neutralization-techniques (ways to handle bs) and i believe that it is long over-due that we All come together, share our intelligence and wisdom with eachother. i'm writing this much for a reason - i'm looking for people, and for a place to share work like this with, where we aren't censored. we communicate to embrace, uplift, to share ideas, coach, and to teach. not to bring eachother down. we should be careful to focus on the liberation and strengthening of our minds, allowing us All to think Independently; and not to become reliant on thinking for eachother exclusively as this has the consequence of weakening our minds, reducing our ability to comprehend as well as to make sense of situations and concepts (hooks). when we think for ourselves we become strong, resilient, and intelligent. when others think for us, we become weak and stupid. which opens the door for vulnerabilities; deliberately dangerous mind-fucks (intentional confusion) can and is leveraged against us to trick us into turning on eachother. or to get us to imagine adversaries, especially at times when there are clearly NONE. this type of vulnerability works on us, but only if we are not aware of how and why it works. mind-fucking us against eachother does not work if we understand how and why toxic-minded people try to do this to us. (playing politics with us is what this amounts to) when they try to do this to us; i'm not playin, and neither should you. they try to paint everybody, usually including us (whether we know it or not) as toxic, to justify toxic actions against us, or to get us to become toxic as we become fooled by them. these are dangerous hypocrites that we are dealing with and they are not to be trusted. (if someone is painting everybody else, but you and them as toxic, best believe that they are or will be doing the exact same thing to you with others) this kind of manipulation of people is toxic-and-stupid. we should be refusing to play politics with anyone.) false-political-lying has been going on WAY TOO MUCH to believe anything toxic someone has to say about ANYONE else. people who bad-mouth eachother are NOT to be trusted under any circumstances. we can and WILL shut them down.. by exposing how easy it is to notice when they are trying to smear us. just how full-of-shit they and their arguments are becomes apparent easily when we identify what their intent is (usually to leverage us against eachother to get us to do something stupid or toxic on their behalf) having been targeted and tortured by institutionalized toxic-corruption wizened my ass up. we humans (wonderful beautiful intelligent spiritual apes) have been targetted aggressively with deliberate misinformation about our existence and our very nature. this was done intentionally by toxic-minded-agencies and egotistical groups, who conspired against us all, as they viewed themselves, as different and better than us. the intent to divide us, on collective bases of all types, skin-tone, age, sex, cla$$i$m, etc, is to make it easier to pit us against eachother, to keep us perpetually confused, lost, and looking to others for guidance. so that we are as easy as it gets to take advantage of; the smallest unit of division the 'individual' is truly something we are not supposed to identify with primarily, as it is frequently leveraged to attempt to make us feel alone, weak, and vulnerable. the beautiful truth is that we are never alone our Independence should reflect our strongest persona(s) which can and should be a reflection of anything or anyone that helps us, including Everyone and Everything. Everyone we've ever Respected, particularly those who coached us, friends, family, co-workers, coaches, artists. Anyone who helped us in any way imaginable is with us at All times - that's us to - whenever we need for them to be. coaching eachother to strong Independence and not mind-controlling (thinking for) eachother. we should be developing thinking exercises, building our culture through making art, playing strategic-minded games&sports as well as thinking of other ways to have fun while socializing and developing ourselves - physically, mentally, and spiritually, while focusing on retaining Independence of thought with an emphasis on remaining non-toxic. any of our views on anything at all, including spirituality are non-consequential to our unity, so long as we are committed to eachother and not working against eachother. my views on spiritual-unity help us to cement the concept of identification with eachother, life, and existence. and we should have no problem sharing these views with anyone, however we should not be attempting to persuade anyone to believe as we do. as i believe that we all need to make our minds up for ourselves to get the full benefit from any thought processes that we choose to empower to make sense of anything. let's let the strength of our thoughts speak for themselves. as we share this strong and flexible type of thinking with eachother, people will come to us on their own accord, and NO persuasion will be necessary. think however you like, the more diverse we and our thoughts become the better! we should be comfortable to speak or write to any one of us on our own accord about anything if we are looking to share thoughts with eachother; i will never try to impose my way of thinking, or any of my beliefs on anyone. (i have flexibly adapted philosophies from others as well as innovated to understanding that i am constantly evolving and never focused on retaining information as i am actively developing one of the strongest and most flexible minds on the planet, this type of philosophy speaks for itself and will spread itself as well) but i am here to help anyone who both needs&wants help - it doesn't even matter what's going on, or how mind-fucked, perplexed, or painfully-confused you may have become. no matter what, nothing was your fault and you should know that we are both developing eachother. the more we help eachother sort this type of bullshit (our hazardous mental states) out, the easier it gets for us. the simplest message ever - we don't ever stop identifying with eachother, life or existence. - that's where we went wrong in the first place. and consequently how we turned toxic-stupid, and then evil. we learn LESSONS. those mishaps that we made in the past are only mistakes till we learn from them, then they become LESSONS. everybody turned toxic and then evil, once or twice, and that was it. Everybody can change. i believe that as long as we are doing our best to question our programming and remain peacefully non-toxic towards eachother that we are developing our intelligence within ourselves tremendously. as far as toxic intelligence development goes, knowing first hand how painful and miserable it feels to generate toxic-thoughts and vibes, as well as the transfer and infection of others with the same or worse pain and misery, this becomes an infectious cycle that we MUST break. there has become a tremendous urge within us to work together to stop the suffering for everybody and show the entire species how much happyer we will ALL become when we are working together and not against eachother. i am 100% in favor of us coaching absolutely anybody and everybody who is ready and willing; everybody is a coach - whether we know it or not. showing and telling with beautiful artwork and communication skills - peacefully, eloquently, and not forcefully why we should be Cooperating and not working against eachother or looking for toxic-leverage and exploitation of ourselves. life and work is better when we are in cooperation mode more often, and not viewing ourselves as in a non-consensual competition. at this point. we should only be competing for fun. i have mastered freeing my mind with the assistance of absolutely EVERYBODY that i've ever known - our instincts inherited from our ancestors led the way by refusing to believe what was being told, even when we had no idea what was going on. hearing the inquisitive mind-control-refusal nature of others (curiously questioning everything and refusing to believe confident liars), gave us the strength to continue on questioning rather than to give in and passively accept the false narratives continually being read in our schools, shown on loop on television, played on our radios, and being crammed into our brains by all imaginable methods. nobody 'knows' anything for certain. so let's think for ourselves. the ground work was laid for us by all others, destiny, instincts, miracles, and existence - and through blood sweat and tears and with the spiritual support of the unknown, our creators and our entire existence we were able to connect the dots to the best of our ability over and over again. during excruciating torture that was leveraged from an unknown realm. if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. it doesn't matter where you are, it just follows you everywhere. getting in the car to drive away from it doesn't work. nothing does. my best guesses are that either we are living in an emulated existence where just about anything is possible, or that someone developed super high-tech spiritual weaponry. i'd prefer to imagine the emulated spiritual existence, as i find it difficult and painful to believe that this is the only realm of existence and that someone has developed weapons like this. if that is the case, however, i am hopeful that we can come together and dismantle this evil weaponry. comebacktothis i am grateful for all of those who coached me, particularly as this torment began. as they planted the seed in my mind that if i do my best that i could get it to stop, or at least Help Coach Others that are dealing with the same thing the way that they did for me. i am also grateful for all of those responsible for getting me off the hook from this torture sentence. i know there must be many of you that i will never meet, or know. just know that i am grateful for you all and your compassion. if life can be scary and miserable, it can certainly be beautiful and peaceful. anything is possible. it truly does not matter the situation - there is a wonderful peaceful solution for everything. the more we know, the more we know we don't need to know. knowledge can be an inhibitor to our intelligence, particularly when we accept false-knowledge. if we are going to believe something, it had better be correct, or at least have a use for us. use-less false knowledge, is almost always dangerous and if not, still detrimental to our intelligence. believing things that are false hurts us, or at least makes us stupid. the more we know the more we don't need to know. toxic-beliefs leave us with biases that prevent us from thinking and communicating effectively. we must have disdain for this type of mind-control as this breaks our natural ability to communicate and liberate eachother from the grips of toxic-mind-controll. agnosticism is the gateway to wisdom. a mind free from the desire to retain 'knowledge' (which may or may not be true) is free to explore any situation or possibilities and evaluate accordingly free from bias. in many ways the 'truth' is unknowable, and the sooner we accept that, the stronger and flexible minded and able to adapt to a fluid version of reality we will become human intelligence is at it's best when it does not know. awareness is what we are looking for, not knowledge. imagine being so aware of a situation that you can argue your oppositions views better they can, gain their approval and then accordingly dismantle them. rendering them speechless. that is wisdom. givin enough thoughts on and practice developing possibilities and explanations of our own for anything and evaluating how we feel about them and the other possibilities and explanations that we have heard from others - eventually our favorite hypothesises can be recalled or rather simply recreated with ease. we can adapt these views whenever we need or want to make them more senseful, or perhaps less toxic. the more we know, the more we know we don't need to know. it truly doesn't matter what thoughts we ultimately decide to think about to make sense of any situations so long as we are not overly focusing on trying to retain this information as a 'belief' (falsely thinking that there is only one acceptable explanation; is a bullshit-hook and that's it) or even worse, to try to program others with it -- particularly if it is a toxic 'belief' this has the consequence of limiting our intelligence, it forces us to think with blinders on and hinders our mind-power; potentially making us angry with eachohther and stupid as the potential for abuse of being leveraged to pit us against eachother. (dumbass toxic-arguments where both people are disagreeing with eachother and not even hearing the others point of view because they both think their 'belief' is the one correct belief and the others 'belief' is wrong, is as useless as it gets. what IF We are BOTH wrong is what we need to be thinking at all times.) they show this type of bullshit on the idiot box(television), all the time.. this is to prevent us from communicating when we disagree. we must be smarter than this 'beliefs' that we are unwilling to adapt become thought constraints. the less 'beliefs' we have the better. strong thoughts and convictions of a non-toxic nature are perfectly acceptable, and desirable -- we will not attempt to force these thoughts on anyone however, as it will then become apparent which toxic-minded-people or agencies, are working against themselves trying to paint our message as refusal. (corny, unrealistic, etc) [they do this all the time, it's about time we call them out on it] that being said, it doesn't matter what any of us choose to believe or think about anything - NONE of us are better than eachother, or anyone else. our faith needs to be in eachother and not in any set of beliefs, especially those that were given to us to pit us against eachother. non-toxic agnosticism frees us to love eachother regardless of any thoughts that we choose to empower as an understanding of anything including our existence. <3 (with this strong and flexible minded philosophy we can change our minds about absolutely anything whenever we need or want to, and no matter what we will never be against eachother) exposing bs-hooks (false concepts; particularly those that divide us and pit us against eachother) is not a problem at all. (these concepts are false and imaginary and yet still dangerous for us all if we do not understand that they can and do have real consequences for everybody when we imagine them to be real inside of our minds as they then have the power to influence our thoughts and actions against eachother, which also has the consequence of potentially infecting others minds who are subjected to our thoughts and actions if they do not yet have an understanding of what is really going on) this is infectious-toxic-mind-control also known as stupid and EVIL toxic-self-fullfilling-prophecies [terrorism], creating terror and division first within our minds, and then eventually this manifests itself in our thoughts, actions, and conversations with eachother and becomes as real as it gets. toxic-mind-control spirals into a tumultuous cyclone and does whatever it can to spread division hatred and toxic words and actions amongst us. We must be smarter than to allow it to continue. TERRORISM and ALL DIVISION TACTICS need to be DEAD to US. Together We can end this - first within ourselves - and then within all - WITH their consent. nobody was born toxic, or evil. the situation for everybody can and will improve if we allow us to coach ourselves. 'adversary detected' should not be on any of our minds. if you are working against anyone at all - you are working against yourself and that's it. dealing with rude arrogant pricks (toxic-mind-controlled individuals) is not a problem at all. superiority complexes of all types, are truly nothing special. [false-superiority-complexes are the primary way we were taught to handle the toxic vibes that come from working against our own species. thinking that we are better than eachother is not up for discussion; ever again] toxic-ego deflation has become a wonderful art form - remember, do not escalate a situation at all. their intent is to paint us as toxic as well, to either smear our character or to falsely attempt to justify toxic action against us, most likely both. (remember that toxic-mind-infection likes to paint everybody as toxic, so that it has an easier time spreading) it does not fit their agenda to admit that absolutely everyone who is aware of this situation, and isn't under it's sway-(convinced that spreading hatred is going to benefit them) is against it. advocating for the spread of division and hatred for leverage over us, is nothing short of evil. usually they will leverage toxic-hooks *mentally ill*(comes to mind) because they assume that this will trigger a negatively charged emotional response from us. the next time we see this, we WILL be prepared. mentally-CHILL and that's it. kindness can both DE-escalate the situation and expose all hatred for what it really is - self hate.. that is to say that there is always real hate for the unnatural toxic-thoughts that are running on our minds, as a result of toxic-brain-washing and toxic-mind-infection. these feelings of pain and misery gets wrongly blamed on whoever you think you are against when the real adversary is your weak-minded hateful ideology. these thoughts have us convinced that we are different from eachother, better and/or smarter than eachother as well as against eachother. (these thoughts are false and yet super painful for us if we aren't using some kind of superiority complex as a toxic-coping mechanism to distance us from eachother, either physically [segregation] or emotionally. superiority complexes are false and dangerous for us, as they kill our natural empathy for eachother) the beautiful truth is that we are eachother and no matter what anyone thinks, we are all =EQUALS= when we set our differences aside, place a restraining order on our toxic-egos, and do not let our pride get in the way - we can SHARE this beautiful message with eachother. absolutely anybody that we interact with can become a coach to us. whether they taught us how to handle being shouted at, insulted, laughed at, ignored, left alone, what it felt like to be loved, how to handle situations with toxic-minded-individuals without stooping to their level, how to stay positive, have fun, play, be creative, or to share confidence with and inspire eachother. Everybody is a coach. if you're targeting us sTILL, you're targeting yourself and that's it. Merrillville high school graduated 2007 *lowest gpa to graduate. was miserably bored with school (they kept having us fill out repetitive and boring worksheets with focus on memorization when i was already developing an active intelligence) i hadn't fully processed the situation yet, but i knew what they were trying to do. that's when i quit caring about grades and started thinking about anything that kept my brain firing including dropping out. so i started skipping classes and slept a lot. STILL found testing and writing to be super easy and fun. 0s on most every homework assignment, but still managed to squeak by with Ds mostly as i usually still managed to get As and Bs on tests. experience: nwi mma academy: 07-08 strack and van til: utility clerk: 07-08 northwest airlines: ramp agent: 08-10 horseshoe casino:games dealer: 10-16 19-20 rivers casino: table games dealer 16-18 working with a team, was always Significantly easier then working out alone. i learned this while training with a fight team briefly. being fatigued and seeing your team-mates still busting their ass, makes you want to shut-up and finish the next rep rather then to think about how tired you are. i enjoyed working the ramp the most as i was working with a team again, to load/off load the beautiful aircraft as well as to guide them into the gate and push them back to the taxi-way.. i love working with teams and aviation is an interesting as it gets to me. was happy to be there working as a dealer taught me a lot about our species. after 10 years as a dealer, gambling (playing stupid-games for our mostly hard earned $financial-leverage$) does not make a whole lot of sense to me. but yet it still gets painted as approval as it gets in the movies and on the television. when you turn 21 around here, a trip to the casino happens frequently, and perhaps it shouldn't. i've seen once in a lifetime winning sessions, hook people indefinitely on gambling, as they spend the next several years miserably playing it all back and then some. i don't support gambling, and i am also opposed to their media operations, they're mind-controlling people to gamble and i know it. this was not a good fit for me to continue as a career. despite this i am still not against anyone on a personal level, nor do i judge anyone for this, as i know the beautiful truth about life, if roles were reversed since birth we would both be doing the exact same thing in each-others positions. the whole time that i was dealing, in the back of my head was - what comes next. i knew that rapid fire black-jack dealing was conditioning my mind on a level that few jobs could. preparing me for whatever would come next. i'm still not sure what it will be, but i am hopeful that it is something that involves creation. thank you for reading. i look forward to hearing back from you.
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