#He should fk me raw

[mamakixy]

I'm just gonna post the rest of the Adamweek prompts

Ft. my sona Dawn

[dearinglovebot]

Hii I’ve been following your page for a while and I wanted to ask, what’s your opinion on the book Evolution of Claire by Tess sharpe?

im HONORED <3 and I have many, many opinions EoC.

tldr; I like the concepts. execution leaves things to be desired

the good:

her internal monologue is so, like, unambiguously autistic at all times. she’s outright socially awkward, extremely neurotic about minor things, and very, very lame. as she should be! not explicitly stated but ugh it’s so canon to those who #know

I love tanya and her plotline. I think claire having a reason to be so distrustful and on-edge about People during the park is one of the most important things to establish for her backstory. because the version of claire we meet is extremely people adverse and allergic to vulnerability in a way that doesn’t exist for no reason. having the only close friend she’s really ever made betray her is very tasty angst.

the concept of claire having dinosaur related trauma while managing the park is really, really compelling. it’s another layer to her not “connecting” with the animals. she has very explicit PTSD in the last few chapters surrounding the attack. it’s only natural that her brain would try to distance itself from the emotional aspects.

and having the dinosaur be a RAPTOR! it’s another layer to why the claire/owen dynamic is so volatile at first. like, yeah. of course she’d have trouble being vulnerable around a guy who’s job revolves around raptors. of course she’d be trying to control as much as she could. of course she’d be looking for easy exits to say “well we tried. guess it’ll never work”.

it canonizes many of the things I feel are implicit in JW claire such as her coming from a poor, working class background and having fundamental personality differences to karen that put them at odds with each other. and also being a friendless loser throughout grade school because she’s busy trying to rule the world

the neutral:

i personally don't care for YA books as a genre and i do wish it had a more adult sci-fi tone. it feels much more camp cretaceous than jurassic world.

i'm not particularly convinced that anyone in the book is a teenager from 2004. I say this with love but it's very culturally 2018 tumblr-esq.

the bad:

I don’t care about justin as more than just A Concept. the romance isn’t particularly interesting to me and felt like meeting a quota more than having narrative relevance. I don’t think much, if any, of her reaction to his death would’ve changed if he was her close friend rather than crush. I get that it’s YA so obligatory straight romance plot line but it just didn’t do anything for me

it feels much more like someone making a justification for her FK storyline than truly exploring claire. I don’t think it’s necessary for claire to be a former aspiring animal activist for her becoming one to make sense. in fact, I think it feels truer to her character if she comes to the island for a buisness internship, starts to like the animals, and then is abruptly traumatized by them. it’s just doing too much

this is going to sound horrible but I think she’s characterized as too… nice. I love my wife dearly but she’s kind of off-putting and rude at the best of times when she isn’t actively Trying To Get Something (first interactions with eli, talking to the investors, etc)

basically, it feels kind of afraid to give her the “flaws” we all love about her. it’s more like a puff piece than a very raw, real biography of a complex woman

[twntyfiveotwo]

i know my fking issue

yes i know. i fking know. i dont care about love. i dont care about who loves me or who i love. all i love is the feeling of being loved. which is why i always become insanely infatuated when i have a dream of me being delicately loved by a face i dont recognise. which is why i lock myself in my memories and reminisce all the good feelings i once had. you see, i know how insane and pathetic it sounds. but it feels good. to know, to remember that i was once loved.

he loved me at a time when i didnt know how to love myself. he loved me at my lowest, when i was so fking depressed and so desperate for love. he was my double edge sword - the cause of my anxiety because i would spend hours with him rather than on things i should do. but also, my safe space. if anything, every night i always always looked forward to our pillow talk with one another. and we would share our vulnerabilities with each other. it feels so raw, yet so real. and the first time he said "i love you" was before we even met each other. i wanted to see him, but i also would rather save myself the look of disgust that would appear on his face because i knew for sure no one would accept my physical appearance. impulsively, we made plans to meet, we booked all our places. and 2 days before meeting, i pushed myself to face my fear and sent him a real time picture of me. he told me, "i'm sorry but i dont think i can continue this". understandable, at least he got the courage to reject me directly.

i travelled as planned. i persuaded him to come down. i said "no strings attached, just come out and we hang as friends if thats ok. i dont have any other company here". he declined. he said he doesnt think it's appropriate. but yet we continued to play games and talked like nothing was wrong. later that night, he told me he was coming down to hang. im like sure, knowing full well how the night would go. we watched a horror movie, and after the movie ended we fucked. as always. allowing my body to be used by a man that doesnt love me. but who the fk cares at this point. the next day i went out with my friends. i left half of my cash with him because he said he was going out and i was concerned that he might not have enough money. we met later at night at a bar, together with my friends. we all drank and played drinking games together. at that point of time tbh fwb was probably the best description for whatever we shared. so we didnt cross each others' boundaries. then as we were going back to where i stayed together, i got tipsy-excited and started doing little skips in front of him. i remember turning back to wait for him, and then walking off side by side with him. as we were about to cross a road, he held my hand. i didnt dare to hold back. i just thought to myself, "what a kind gesture. he is probably worried for me because im drunk and he wouldnt want me running across the road". what caught me off guard was that he didnt let go even after we crossed the road. he continued to hold my hand as we walked all the way back to our accomodation. and when we were back, we fucked again. after the fucking, i asked him, "does this mean that we are back together?" he said, "what do you think?" i said "i dont know" he questioned me, "do you want us to be back together?" and i said, "yea". he nodded his head. i asked him, "what is it that made you want to reconcile?" he said, "im not sure either". i assumed it was cause i happened to be convenient.

or maybe not. because if it was just out of convenience he didn't have to be so sweet to me:

i still remember how we ran under the sudden downpour when we were walking to one of our karaoke sessions. we both ended up being soaking wet. but the first thing he did was to make sure i was alright. he tried to wipe me dry, despite how much of a mess i was. if that wasnt romance, idk what is.

i still remember how excited he looked when i came down from the bus during my second trip. and when we arrived at our hotel, i found it hard to use the toilet because i couldnt stand floor with small tiles. he offered and asked me to stand on his feet despite my size. if that wasnt romance, idk what is.

i still remember how much of a crowd there was during new years eve. and there were all those annoying fuckers that would horn the new year trumpet right in front of our faces. i was overwhelmed. the moment he noticed that, instead of leading me from the front, he walked behind me and cupped my ears as we walked through the crowd. if that wasnt romance, idk what is.

i still remember how there was one time he went out with he friends to drink. he called me when he was drunk and started crying, saying that he missed me. if that wasnt romance, idk what is.

i still remember on my third trip there, he squeezed in a part time job shift just so we can use some extra cash for our date. if that wasnt romance, idk what is.

i still remember how we climaxed together for the last sex that we had, and i guess it felt really good for him. when we were showering together, he looked at me with those googly eyes. i shyed away from it, and asked him why was he looking at me like that. he said he found me cute. if that wasnt romance, idk what is.

i still remember how he came back from his pt shift way past midnight and craved for some cold beer. i offered to go down to buy by myself cause he said he was tired. i went to the convenience store and snapped a pic asking him if that was the correct beer. he called me and asked me where was i. i said the convenience store. he said "stand there, im coming down. when i asked you to go down and buy i meant the front counter of the hotel, not the convenience store! do you know how dangerous it is for you to go out alone this late at night?" and when he reached, the first thing he did was to check up and down that i was alright while holding on to my shoulders. despite being tired. if that wasnt romance, idk what is.

but so what. so fking what. all the moments above didnt change the fact that he ghosted on me. he could have said something if he wanted to break up. maybe my anxious attachment style made it hard for him to breathe. but say something darling, i would have let you go. because truth be told, neither of us were made for long distance r/s. i want to believe that there were some pocket of moments when he loved me. actually, you know what, i do believe there were some moments that he loved me. but i guess, the love was not enough for us to overcome the struggles of a ldr. not that it matter, because this r/s is long over.

but thanks, i guess. he made me feel loved during a time when i didnt think anyone was capable of loving me. and while the rs was short lived, it was one of the sweetest rs i had. in fact, listening to the songs he shared to me & reliving through all these memories made me feel like wow, i actually once had a novel-like romance. so, thanks for that i guess. i still miss you sometimes, why wouldnt i. but boy, the heartbreak you gave me at that time. it drove me insane. but since when does love not drive me crazy. it always does.

[strvwberryblcnde]

👫 teddy/lana

send a 👫 and I’ll write four headcanons i have about our muses’ relationship.

ok so. lana has a habit of sharing food as one of her many love languages i think. she jst likes.... giving ppl things even if it means she’ll have less. she’d let a wolf make a meal out of her n eat every last piece if she loved him n she knew he’d feel full. bt of everyone i feel like teddy hs always been the one she does this w most.... like even when they first met in the cafeteria she gave him spoonfuls of her greek yogurt n honey. whenever she’s eating fruit (which is a lot she’s obsessed w strawberries n peaches n grapes n tangerines n oranges) she’ll ALWAYS give him half whether tht’s segmenting up pieces or dividing bites evenly between them n Without Fail it’ll always b half tht she gives him whereas she might give other ppl like.... a bite or a piece or two bt......... it’s rly specific each time tht she gives teddy half. it isn’t even intentional it’s jst like a subconscious thing bt if we were to slide on spectacles n analyse this in an english class fr it’s Meaning then. looks at u then looks away. i think this represents the way tht teddy hs always felt like another half of her. they’re one in the same. in a lot of ways they’re very similar mayb even................ TOO similar n that’s why it’s been sch a fking.... bastard of trying to work things out ever bc they very much hv the same rampant commitment issues n bad timing n fears of never being gd enough. i feel like in the past a guy she ws dating (noncommittally as lana tended to do these things) wld have even noticed this n it would have bugged him a lot just like... how close she was w teddy in general............. n he would’ve one day brought it up in the middle of a fight he’d picked jst cutting away from what they were talking abt to be like. u only ever give me one bite but u would give teddy all of it if he asked u to. tell me i’m wrong. n she’d scoff out a laugh in disbelief looking around like omg...... all this over a fruit...... what are u even sa-- n he’d cut her off n be like. literally tell me i’m wrong lana. n she wouldn’t even b able to after going quiet n rly realising what it was he was actually Saying. he’d storm out. relationship over. icons of always being a little bit in love w each other n not even noticing it until someone else points it out <3

god. sighs dramatically at the idea i jst had. i cn imagine in la verse lana being rly drunk getting bk from a date one time n inevitably it was just some random loser since she’s back to dating Trash in this era bc she just truly cbas trying after her breakup w dom n............. it would be like a parallel to tht one time they’d fallen out over him sleeping w imogen when she ws upset w him bt crawled into his bed drunk at a party just to lie w him for a little while despite everything...... she wld have gone to his instead of hers on some drunken automatic pilot n somehow got into his room n..... she’d clamber in n flop nxt to him n maybe it wld be funny at first if he woke up n was like lana what the fk...... are u doing here.... so disorientated n confused.......... n she’d just be joking initially bt very clearly drunk like making fun of her date talking abt how he kept complimenting his own hair n calling himself a tesla in a sea of prius’ n checking himself out in every window they passed n then the laughter wld slowly trickle off n she’d go kind of quiet fr a moment n maybe teddy wld assume she ws passing out bc she’d drank sm bt after a short silence she’d perk up with a mumble out of nowhere n, barely conscious of what she’s saying, b like “why didn’t u wait for me like u said u would”. n if he was like.............. huh? she’d have her eyes shut n just b murmuring half awake then open them sleepily to look at him n rly quietly be like........ “u promised”. mayb she’d even reach out to gingerly trace his face bt then her wrist wld go slack bc she was rly tired n she’d just wriggle closer n tuck her head to get comfy n be like “warm” then promptly fall asleep. JSGSFKGHFHGKHGSFKH. literally jst jolting him awake w this rarely serious n genuine conversation then passing out. jst the worst fk teddy’s life bet he lay there staring at the ceiling fr so long after tht one <3 lana wouldn’t remember this in the morning either she’d wake up like why am i here........ did we meet up last night............ teddy jst like >_> u crashed here it was nbd.

i picture the first week they moved to LA lana wldn’t have admitted it bt she wld be feeling rly homesick............ radcliffe was very much like the first place she truly felt was her home n she’d miss all of the ppl there n just the general area A Lot............. one night i can see her jst wanting to spend with teddy to have like a sense of familiarity in an unfamiliar city (even if she’s spent a decent amt of time there over the yrs bc of jameson records hving studios etc bt still) n i’m imagining them like. breaking into an indoor swimming complex that her n her friends in high skl used to break into in the summers when they vacationed yrs ago.... maybe lana still has a key cut tht works from a connection she made bk then idk <3 it doesn’t matter <3 n they’d inevitably be drunk n just messing around n splashing each other n doing handstand competitions n all the typical..... fun frivolous childish antics lana n teddy tend to get into whenever they’re around each other.... truly jst transformed into big kids whenever they’re in the other’s company..... inspired a little by this gifset jst in terms of the playing around underwater vibe. anyway. mayb they mostly dry off bt they end up climbing up onto the rooftop after n it’s a baking summer night anyway so it isn’t like they’ll catch a cold being damp bt they share a big fluffy towel n bottle of rum between them huddled overlooking the lights of the city. n maybe somehow it gets onto lana admitting how much she misses home n how it’s kind of weird being here especially bc she’s further from caleb. she’s never been this far from him since he was away in the army n we all kno hw tht turned out. mayb she’d go a bit quiet after saying this bt then i think she’d take his hand w their fingers laced together n she’d rest her head on his shoulder n be like. at least i’ll always have u. it’s like i took a piece of home w me. we’ve always had each other like that. then she’d perk up n lift her head n be like let’s make a deal. i’ll be ur home if u’ll be mine. ok? n make him pinky promise. i dnt think she’d quite consider the sentimentality in tht bt 😔 she nvr rly does she jst says what feels natural without attention paid to the deeper meaning tht motivated it n.... sighs. looks at u then looks away....

this is inspired by tht scene in don’t trust the b in apartment 23 where she’s like “look. that video of me getting rawed by my best friend means the world to me.” KJGFGJKSFHKGHKSFGHKFSHKGSHGK god. inevitably in lana n teddy’s prime when they were literally hooking up 24/7 in earlier college yrs they made.............. a few videos. i mean it’s jst realistic. it’s jst common sense. probably even a feature length film at one point. n i had this idea where bc teddy’s trying to get into acting etc mayb if he gets an agent his agent is like.... do u have any dirt u need to take care of? loose ends to tie up? incriminating files to delete? sex tapes? n if he was like... ya..... mayb his agent wld have asked him to delete them if he still had them on his computer or w.e i mean i kno lana wld n wouldn’t have deleted them she wld have been proud of their work of art...... bt maybe he told lana abt this just laughing abt it n the atmosphere ws lighthearted at first bc she’d find it rly funny too like ommmmggggggg i’m a skeleton in ur closet tht is so fun if u get famous i cld be blasted all over perez hilton that’s kind of sexy..... bt............... mayb she’d as a joke be like. mayb we shld watch it one last time before u delete it. kind of like a funeral service. a goodbye party. sailing out the flaming viking raft n paying our respects u know??? n they were joking bk n forth bt then she’d be like. seriously tho mayb we should? growing more accustomed to the idea actually being a genuine one even tho tht is fking. the WORST idea i have EVER heard in the world like i do NOT know how lana wld think she has the self control to do that bt in her head she’s like. teddy n i are jst best friends now... it’s fine........... we’re open w each other it’s just a bit of fun.......... n then i can imagine if he went along w this it’s like a game of chicken they’re playing w each other where they’re both like fking hell shd we do this.... dnt wna seem like I’M the one tht thinks i can’t handle it........ n it’s some back n forth like nick n jess in new girl where they’re daring each other to have the threeway w the landlord. bt then like not even.... a minute into watching it as they’re both silently holding their breath n crunching popcorn they mde for the occasion (insisting on acting like it ws just a normal movie night) lana wld literally have to be like. slams laptop shut. UMMMM i forgot.... i....... have a very important meeting......... n teddy’s just like. meeting? u don’t have a job... what are u ta-- n she’s like A MEETING A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING...... very blatantly squirming around as she slowly gets up n tries to head fr the door... n teddy’s like.... taking the excuse without much question too like... ya i have to run lines actually i jst remembered gt an audition coming up..... n they’re both like ya haha... maybe some other time.... or maybe just delete it it’s whatever.... anyway we gtg haha... bye.... ttyl...... lana wld literally hv to SPRINT out of there to go home n. deal w how flustered this made her i won’t lie. she bumps into parker n is all flushed in the face n is just like CAN’T TALK BYE n takes off sprinting again like some kind of freak. it’d b a train wreck. i jst think that’d b rly funny tho n dare i say it? it’s canon. 

[justbrooksy]

Didn’t really do a meet recap. (Long story.)

Friday night I had to drive 45 mins to the venue to do equipment check and put in my openers. The schedule for my weight class was weigh in 10:30am with a start time of 12:30pm on Saturday.

Like all races or events of course I didn’t sleep the night before. I was out the door about 8am with a cup of coffee. I wasn’t cutting for this meet but I had a personal goal to be as close as possible to 250. My weight class was 120kg so I wasn’t worried. When I walked in my bud told me they were running about an hour or so behind. Of course. I was pretty anxious so just started foam rolling and chillin out.

Finally around 12:45 they called us to weigh in for a 2:45 start. For USAPL when you weigh in you have to strip down to your undies and stand in line for the scale. Felt like middle school. I said fk it and started eating a raw bagel while in line. I needed to start getting some energy on tap. Weighed in at 252.

We hit the warm up room and worked up to about 10# below my opener. My name was called and I was super nervous. I unracked the bar waited on the squat command, but the judge said Bars Loaded instead of SQUAT. Thankfully I just sat there till she got her shit straight. Smoked my opener, was super conservative. 360. Second attempt was even better at 380. Third attempt we went for 407 it was a grind but I made the lift. Unfortunetly they called me on depth. I’m not an argue with the judge type but I have three video angles and I got fkd!

I cleared my head and prepped for bench. My wife was really supportive and sending me texts about staying out of my way and not getting my head up my ass.

I knew bench was going to be rough. I’ve covered that. I just needed a token bench to keep going. I opened up with 247 and smoked it. On second attempt I took a handout for 265 and smoked it but red lights for jumping the start. On third I was over it so didn’t even fight it. 3 reds. I really wanted to retake second attempt but everyone said I smoked it so easily they wanted to jump to 290. I haven’t benched in months I didn’t think it was a good idea.

Deads went how I thought they would. This is my jam. Smoked 446 opener. Even better on 476 second. Failed 502 third. Between my second and third attempts I kept my belt on and kind of paced. I should have relaxed. By not taking my belt off my stomach was super tight and I was already suffering a bit from dehydration. When I got the 502 to my knees my stomach cramped up right above the belt so I sat it down and called it a day.

I was so happy for my support at this meet at least 15 people made the drive over to watch, cheer, video. My handler was a pro. He was so upset with the judges missed calls and commands. You drill these commands and when they fuck them up it does jack you up.

Apparently they put all the masters together, (I’m M1b) in one class and I managed to win 1st place with a 500kg total.

I took a lot away from this meet, learned a ton. Afterward I went to Cracker Barrel and destroyed 2x moms pancakes breakfasts. Oh ya.

That’s about it.

[sl-c]

thoughts {7.11.18 // 10:45pm}

i don’t know how I feel right now

I ate too much tonight

have not had a great week of eating or exercise in general but I’m keen to get back on track

I hate how my ability to stay on track food/fitness wise is so easily hindered when I have social stresses going on

which is more important in a relationship - being treated well/how you wanted to be treated/looked after or having a connection

can’t figure out why I’ve been sleeping trash 

so excited for my online order to come

am i hormonal right now is that what’s going on

should i just be alone 

what am i doing

so excited to be focused on work though

sort of want a short holiday at the same time though haha

men are confusing; scratch that, relationships are confusing

my tummy don’t feel so good ://////

finally got my fucking nails done took my sweet baby jesus time

shall be nice to see my whole family this weekend

my sleeping pill is starting to hit thank fk; better last all night

really want to paint again

had a massage today for the first time in ages

there’s something about seeing a guy be paternal with his dog that gets me all clucky & lovey

I need to curl my hair more often

should I get more piercings or something

what cheeky outfit could I wear on Friday he he he

need to get back into cooking

idk what to eat that isn’t raw that won’t upset my stomach; I want to be able to eat normally fml

do I want a partner in crime right now or do I need to be alone

really want to re-decorat ehe apartment

do I need to buy a new travel camera that I can use as my main camera for youtube

I can’t remember the last time I had a partner who said I love you

why are neck kisses so damn good

night y’all

[mineofilms]

RAW Used To Be War, Part II…

RAW Used To Be War, Part II… If you want to read Part One from 4/4/2017, Here is a link to that blog...

https://mineofilms.tumblr.com/post/159196425113/raw-used-to-be-war

 I still hate the verbiage "Sports Entertainment." It is and always will be Professional Wrestling... I am still overly critical of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) for the way it presents its product to us. I still feel its way tooooooooooooooooooo much RealityTV and not enough Professional Wrestling...

I have timed RAW a few times to see how much actual product we get for 3 hours and 5 minute with commercial interruptions. In most cases, it is a hair under 2 hours of a show skipping TV Spots. In that 2 hours, we might actually get an hour of actual professional wrestling in the ring. The show has way too much talking about nothing in and how many times they will rehash what happened movements before or a week before, its constant. It's like they just phone the show in weekly...

The in-ring work is still very good. I am never going to have a problem with these athletes going after it for the best fan reaction period. I know enough about the business to know that in WWE most of these guys and gals have little control outside of the actual in-ring-action. That is still pushing it.

FYI, the ladies of the WWE are killing it. I am actually never bored with the lady matches. If this was 2010 I'd go do laundry the old fashion way and come back. I am glad WWE was able to identify that having models that cannot wrestle or look like they can wrestle was gonna cut it. I do not want to be all name-calling on my blog, but there were Diva's that absolutely had no business being in professional wrestling outside of being a full-time valet/manager. Glad that is sorted...

I still feel that Smackdown (The B Show) is still just that.  I do not know if it is the PG feel I get from WWE or what, but Smackdown hasn't been worth watching in years....

The fans every week on RAW & Smackdown speak directly to WWE and WWE does not listen. Every week they chant what they love about the show and what they hate about it and rather than Vince/Shane/Stephanie recognizing this and trying to do more creative things they just keep forcing storylines and characters most of us cannot stand.

We love our Superstars, but the fans really hate how they are portrayed and how the stories go. Since WWF changed their name to WWE, went PG, did the Split brand is where, for me, personally, it has been very hard to watch. What TripleH has done with NXT is great, but what is starting to happen is the NXT talent is better at Professional Wrestling than the current WWE talent. Not just in the ring, but story-wise as well.

Even Randy Orton is boring as hell. We get it, dude. You hear Voices lol... Storylines like that are so predictable. I have sat there many of hours and called out what was gonna happen next. WWE Creative lacks that most important thing, Creativity... I get it... Vince will Veto anything he doesn't like even if said idea could be great for the shows.

History in sports tends to repeat themselves. Al Davis and Ralph Wilson both owned their NFL teams into their 80's, Ralph was 90... They made all the decisions till their deaths. How did that all workout for the Raiders and Buffalo Bills? It's only now that both franchises are getting out of the gutter and started to become forces in football again.

How much of Vince's madness do we have to tolerate before his choices hurt the product? Well, its already too late, it hurts. Now though, we have a choice...

It's called AEW... AEW... AEW... ALL ELITE WRESTLING... This is the product we have wanted for a decade now. It took them almost NO time to make the names on their roster household names. On an episode on the WWE Network, Ruthless Aggression Episode 1, they talk about the WCW invades WWE angle and used all the B Team Talent because all the A-Lister's were under contract and couldn't wrestle till the contracts ended. So WWE pressed forward with this angle and it killed nearly all these guys' careers.

WWE claims we didn't know these guys nor cared. Parts of that are true. I am bringing it up because in AEW... No one cares. The fans love these guys. Most of them did work in Mexico, Japan and the US Indi Circuits. By the 2nd PPV for AEW all these guys, face and heel alike, got-the-fuck-over with the fans.

So if WWE has this attitude towards AEW they may very well lose this new war in the dominance of professional wrestling.  AEW brought back the ATTITUDE in professional wrestling. Its a throwback to the old days of NWA/WCW before it was in decline. No Hogan/Nash to make bad business decisions. Even though I am a huge fan of both guys as wrestlers. As bookers and runners of a wrestling business, not so much. They had a huge hand in how WCW started to decline. TNA was doing well until they put those 2 guys in charge. This really isn't my opinion about this. I am just rehashing what is widely accepted by fans as to why's and how's of this happening.

AEW has money... Owned by Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, he is a billionaire. His son and Cody Rhodes are very good friends and that is how AEW was born. Cody has a lot of inside information on how to run a wrestling business, has his own ideas, leans on the fans for support and has connections to talent. Cody runs most of AEW operations, but when you watch the show you see how many people he has close to him from years past...

WRESTLEMANIA approaches and WWE Raw and Smackdown has been the worst I have seen it. I am not even watching. I get the 5-minute version on YouTube now. I only watch the 4 major events of Summerslam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania. I have to be honest here. This year's events have been really bad. Just god awful. It if wasn't for my friends coming over and us drinking the whole entire time I probably wouldn't have watched at all.

We are approaching WRESTLEMANIA 36... These are the weeks its supposed to be GREAT... Its Terrible... WTF...

Same problems. Poor Character Development. Poor Booking... Poor Storytelling... Poor and/or Unsatisfied Finishes. WWE network at $9.99 is the only reason I still watch it or have any interest at all.  Another thing that has been bothering me is the deal with Saudi Arabia. I like that we get to see matches we normally wouldn't see and such but these events are a huge problem... The wrestlers in most cases do not want to go. John Cena refuses to go because of how Anti-America Saudi Arabia is. The US Gov't has told WWE not to go but they do it anyway. There has been drama and issues with pretty much each show.

Again... WWE doesn't listen, not even close... Do you notice they will say the name of the show but won't say it is in Saudi Arabia... MMMMMmmmm...

As we approach Wrestlemania 36 we now have to prepare ourselves for an almost 8-hour show. This is crazy. 8 hours... I get it... Its the biggest show of the year. WWE makes a considerable amount of their yearly profits from this one show. The ticket prices are so insane one has to pay for them as a payment plan in most cases. Really, do we really need all that? I remember when a mere 4-hour show was considered obscene. Wrestlemania IV was over 4 hours, the 1st one that was and I remember as a kid being, whoaaaaaaaaaa, really...

RAW used to be the highlight of Wrestling and now it is just a footnote. WWE creative has shown it can make a great show but it only happens a few nights a year. Why The Fuck Can’t EVERY RAW be good every Monday???

Anyways… One more thing I wanna touch on… The Fans… I hate the term WWE Universe to describe ALL PRO WRESTLING Fans. That is complete horse shit. To US it will always be Professional Wrestling. Not Sports Entertainment. To US it will always be the WWF, not the WWE. To US we are Wrestling Fans, not the WWE Universe. FK right off with that Shit...

Hey, don't even have to gripe anymore about WWE when there is AEW that is catching up and perhaps passing up WWE as we speak...

The fans have been dictating what they want from WWE and WWE keeps under-delivering to a point its sick.

If fans are chanting "this sucks." WWE should listen. The Wrestling Fans do not care about the WWE’s Creative Political Process of who gets “over,” who’s a “face” or “heel” or “The Champ or what angle they want to press.” The Fans do... All WWE has to do is LISTEN... 

RAW Used To Be War, Part II… By David-Angelo Mineo 2/25/2020

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RAW Used To Be War…

It’s been a few weeks since I have last blogged. I am sure some of you want me to talk about your Politics or your Religion. Hell… I am sure some of you want me to talk about your Fitness Life, but I am not going to do that. No… I am going to about Sports Entertainment… UGH… Fuck that phrase. I hate that they now refer to PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING as “Sports Entertainment.” I have heavily criticized the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) for years since they went PG and started hiring Reality TV writers and production staff to make the programming more reality/soap based. Since they have done this the product has utterly sucked.

Let’s rewind to the late 90’s and very early 00’s. Professional Wrestling then was awesome. The characters were the extremes of most of our current personalities. The industry was more interested in talent than trying to make a star out of someone. All that would come if the fans were on board. Come back to the present. Is that what we see now? No. We see almost every week on both RAW and Smackdown (The B Show), the fans taking over the show with their chants and signs. The fans are speaking directly to WWE and WWE is not listening. They kind of sort of used to but now they take it personal and just continue with their bad ideas and push their talent, when it’s clear what fans want to see… 

One would think an industry that depends on the fans to make its profits would see the bigger picture. It’s clear they do not. Now the PG era officially started in 2006-2007, I believe. To me though about a year after WWE absorbed WCW it was changed to me. Once the brand splitting started and all the older WCW stars were WWE headliners it was killed off to me. Probably 2004ish is when I got really board by it. I’d watch Wrestlemania every year, but outside of that. I’d watch snippets of RAW and never watched “The B Show.” 

Once CM Punk started becoming, "the guy." I kind of got back into it and when the NXT people started becoming Every week talent that also sparked my interest. What really killed for me “AGAIN” was Wrestlemania XXX and 31… Both events seemed very forced on all fronts. The booking during these 24 months was so bad I had lost complete interest to a point that I was only willing to sit and watch the 4 main Pay Per View Events; SummerSlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble & Wrestlemania. Now that we have the WWE Network that only costs $9.99 a month it’s easy to do this at little or no real cost. If we were still doing PPV buys for 2 events a month, every month at $60 a pop, do the math. Now this way, it’s cheaper to the fans and I am sure WWE pulls all the profits rather than having to pay the cable providers.  

I pretty much quit watching RAW all together. I just really didn’t care about any of the characters, like at all. The writing of these characters is so poor that the ring action, which is still very good, makes no sense to me at all. So I just quit watching.

So now we have Wrestlemania 33. The event, again, hyped all over the place, failed to deliver for at least the 4th year in a row. Some of the matches were rather good but the finishes were so poor I feel bad for the 75,000+ people that paid for their tickets. I watched from 5pm Sunday to 12:30am Monday…

Really do we really need all that? I remember when a mere 4 hour show was considered obscene. Did we really need an 80 yard ramp with all those effects? Was it cool, sure, but did we need it. I would have been fine with just Pro Wrestling at its badassery finest moment of WRESTLEMANIA. So much good talent didn’t make the card. Once we got to the final 4 matches, main card matches I was falling asleep. We get 2 heavyweight title matches. Then a woman’s match then I suppose the main event is Roman Reins vs The Undertaker??? Title matches are the main event, what changed? Taker’s retirement match wasn’t the worst but not really of main event quality. None of them were. Taker looses. Taker puts over Reins. We get a neat send off to the Undertaker. We get one glimpse of a Kayfabe moment when Taker kisses his wife before walking up the ramp. The End… Till Monday…

It’s been a thing for a few years now that the 1st RAW show after Wrestlemania is the best one of the year. Last night. I was very impressed from start to finish. It was the best RAW show I have seen since the attitude era and all I can say is…………….

Why The Fuck Can’t EVERY RAW be that good??? It’s obvious that the people in WWE Creative have the ability to make great shows, but it only happens a few times a year. That is a huge problem for me. If RAW was good like that every week. I’d watch. We got a great Cruiserweight Match. 3 respectable tag team matches. Great (funny) promos. The ladies were sharp. FYI… I’d like to ad that the Ladies are killing it on both shows. A few years back it was terrible to watch. They simply couldn’t wrestle and all the Lady Professional Wrestlers were leaving so they wouldn’t get hurt from the Diva’s. Notice they hardly even use the word Diva anymore when describing the Lady Performers. I think that is a huge step in the right direction. Vince Showed Up and at first had a nice, “Real,” moment with the fans before he stepped back into character. It was just a stellar show from beginning to end. I will watch again next week but if they go back to usual format I will probably vanish again.

Smackdown is tonight and I will watch it on TiVo after the RAY’s game. I am not happy at all with Smackdown. It’s totally a B-Rated Show. The writing even more dummied down. I used to be a real Shane fan, but I think he is part of the problem. I just think as a behind the scenes boss he doesn’t get it. He just does what Vince says. I think Triple H is just a yes man and we might see changes when Vince actually passes away, but until then you won’t see much.  Hunter will not take any real chances. He has in the last 2 years come into Wrestlemania looking rock hard in shape though. He looks great. Even his legs looked good, but his ability to run the WWE in a way fans love the product. Yeah… Noooooo.... Big… NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO on that one.  

Anyways… One more thing I wanna touch on… The Fans… I hate the term WWE Universe to describe ALL PRO WRESTLING Fans. That is complete horse shit. To US it will always be Professional Wrestling. Not Sports Entertainment. To US it will always be the WWF not the WWE. To US we are Wrestling Fans, not the WWE Universe. FK right off with that Shit...

The fans have been dictating what they want and WWE keeps under-delivering to a point its almost sick. Last night it was nice to see the fans COMPLETELY take over the show. I mean did anyone else notice the FK U Roman Chants that were clearly heard and not bleeped out or drowned out with fake audio? They were ruthless last night and not cause it was the Raw after Mania show. The fans had just had enough of the terrible storytelling, poor character development and horrible booking calls from Creative. If fans are saying this sucks. WWE should listen. I guess as long as they make money, which they are, even though the RAW ratings continue to drop; will the USA Network even resign with WWE in 2019?

It just shows that no matter what Creative pushes on us, the fans will not submit to it. The fans decide, not the company. I think that is why in the early years of TNA that product worked so well. I remember in the middle 00’s watching TNA and being blown away with the product they had and new talent they were developing. Then they hired Nash/Hogan and they ran that right into the ground just like they did WCW. Not an accident that TNA is really struggling these days. The fans just want super talented people wrestling other talented people.

The Family of Wrestling Fans do not care about the WWE’s Creative Political Process of who gets “over,” who’s a “face” or “heel” or “The Champ.” How many championships there are? WWE has overcomplicated itself with Vince allowing Shane & Stephanie trying to outdo one another and Vince over the years. Back when things were simple the product was much better. You can even see Paul, the advocate, not believing him when he was talking about Reins. But the crowd went ape shit when Broan came out and went face to face with Brock. That’s the kind of shit people wanna see, every week… Not just one Monday after Wrestlemania. Let’s face it. RAW on this day was better than any of the last 3 Wrestlemania’s put together. Like I said… The inside ring action makes no sense with the kind of stories and pushes they keep trying to tell. Something needs to change. Granted on the outside the product looks successful but I think they are losing their audience and it could get ugly before it gets better… “It’s True… It’s Damn True…” 

RAW Used To Be War… By David-Angelo Mineo 4/4/2017 1,637 Words