#Sami Callahan

[jinouchibhue]

I feel like the person behind the mask is going to be someone not in the aew at the moment.

[wrestler-smash-or-pass]

czw era sami callahan ? ☺️

[himbos-hotline]

Watching Kenny's tna match against Sami Callahan. And I love this unhinged bastard man. He's so feral and I want to suck him off

[lost-kingsmen]

((I started this post way too late at night and couldn't finish articulating everything so I drafted it. Now it's once again way too late at night and we're taking a swing of finishing, GO.

SO! *slams hands on the desk* The idea is that the original "Kadonnut" - the devil-esque figure in the teachings of the Church of the Burning Root/Callahan's isolated hometown and the original owner of the powers that Callahan now possesses - was a being from the Infinite Realms. Yes we're pulling god-of-the-frozen-heart(h) content over to here this blog has more activity and thus more eyes to tell me when I misspell something.))

"Kadonnut" was an ageless being (Ancient?? Not sure still toying with it) with a well-earned reputation for violence who somehow wandered into the living world through a relatively stable natural portal somewhere in northern Lapland before the 19th century. For lack of better words he becomes enamored with a small tribe of Sami peoples the same way an autistic shepherd would be with their sheep, and through his repeated visits to the area he (somewhat accidentally) becomes the guardian figure of this tribe and protects them from other, nastier things that had been coming through the portal to hunt and cause chaos for the living for who knows how long.

Eventually, Kadonnut starts spending so much time in the living world that he gets stranded there when the portal inevitably shrinks too much for him to fit back through, but he can still draw enough ectoplasm through it to sustain himself, so he isn't too worried, and starts getting more involved with the daily lives of the tribe, which has grown under his protection. They set up a sort of gathering place that would later become the founding site of the town of Vargkonung in the area near the portal, and Kadonnut builds a shelter around the portal itself to help corral the creatures that still came through it.

The people start to leave him offerings. Kadonnut things it's a bit strange but likes the attention and doesn't stop them. The spirits that used to torment the land are growing hungry and restless, as they can't feed off of the humans' fear with Kadonnut keeping them at bay. The hungry spirits end up banding together under the command of their strongest, and attack Kadonnut in an effort to overwhelm him at a time when most of the humans were all back at the village so their feed would strengthen them. Kadonnut can't fight them all, and some of the spirits get a little overzealous and start attacking the humans instead of just frightening them.

Kadonnut loses his temper and takes most of them out with one large AoE attack, but this attack wipes out most of the humans as well. The only survivors of the massacre are a handful of spirits who fled the battle and a small group of humans who managed to hide in the shelter around the portal before Kadonnut's final attack. Regretful that his outburst had almost destroyed the people he was trying to protect, Kadonnut became much more protective of the survivors. Their worship of him resumes, but there is fear there now.

Fear the surviving spirits can taste.

One of the surviving spirits who fled from the battle notices that Kadonnut is going dormant more and more as the days pass (the portal is still shrinking, and Kadonnut can't draw as much ectoplasm through it as he used to so he has to ration his energy). They take on the form of a human and infiltrate the now-village, waiting until Kadonnut enters another period of dormancy to start whispering dissent and acting as their own prophet.

I haven't quite figured out the details yet, but the spirit gains enough power by sowing fear of Kadonnut in the people while the big guy is dormant that they can drag him out of the village and into the wilderness. The spirit starts calling themselves "The All-Seeing Shepherd" and forms a loyal cult out of the people by taking up Kadonnut's job of 'protecting' them from the monstrous spirits outside the village's limits (which also work for the All-Seeing).

This village grows and evolves and eventually becomes Vargkonung, Finland, with the All-Seeing Shepherd still running the show but now with a larger following with deep roots and an almost world-wide reach. The portal is somehow still open (for Reasons) but never stopped shrinking and is now a hand-sized tear in reality that the All-Seeing guards viciously.

Kadonnut knows that his usurper would expect him to come charging back to respond with brute force, so he decides to play the long game and wait for an opening the same way the All-Seeing had. He's...not good at finding an opening, and centuries pass before he realizes he's losing too much strength just waiting around and starts to get desperate.

He tries to infiltrate the All-Seeing's sanctuary by inhabiting the body of a villager, but didn't realize how much the portal had shrunk, and couldn't absorb enough ectoplasm from just being in the town to be anything more than a dormant consciousness in his chosen host until they died. The fact that his chosen host - Ivan Callahan - bailed on the town to play hockey in America and died in the heart of a head-scratchingly tangled mess of ley lines and fae magic of multiple European origins thousands of miles away from Vargkonung was not a part of his plan.

Neither was Callahan being such a stubborn, competetive, strong-willed himbo that he almost immediately formed as a ghost on the wrong side of the veil because he wasn't dONE YET DAMNIT-

You know what? "Kadonnut" might not even be his real name. It's the Finnish word for "lost one" (which is how the bible of the cult church refers to him almost exclusively), and is probably what the humans called him at first bc he got stranded in the living world and was 'lost' in that sense.

[rashidat85]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Callahan Knitwear Revolve Sami Blush Soft Midi Wrap Dress Women’s Size Medium.

[lorecatchup]

2016: Cody Rhodes WWE and independent appearances, episode dates and time stamps:

[matches with 》 in front of them just means I wasn't able to find them on youtube, WWE PPVs are included just to help me with the timeline]

RAW January 4: 26:20

Main Event January 5: 6:10

Jan 5: https://youtu.be/ZlYbP0z6QjY?si=VZsg5xy5I4bl-DgV

https://youtu.be/oCc4VaFfs90?si=zZ-8QS8i6So7CZuh

RAW January 11: 32:05

Main Event January 12: 7:19

RAW January 18: 1:51:37

Smackdown January 21: 1:00:21

Royal Rumble: #14

Superstars January 29: 1:06

Main Event February 2: 2:47

Superstars February 5: 34:21 February 8:

https://youtu.be/jelqUeTI-hw?si=30yqJTPUPpSOdapK

Smackdown February 11: 52:50

Superstars February 12: 19:51

Feb 13, 2016: https://youtu.be/ZUCLMrG-fwM?si=gd7dprVzaUaBEkdA

RAW February 15: 11:03

Main Event February 17: 2:37

Superstars February 26: 20:37/24:0

Main Event March 2: 24:36

RAW March 14: 13:16

Roadblock: Sami & Cody

Edge & Christian Show Episode 4:

Main Event March 16: 13:17/25:23

RAW March 21: 1:23:25

Main Event March 22: 1:58

Smackdown March 24: 49:24

RAW March 28: 1:44:19/2:07:28

Wrestlemania: 9:09

RAW April 25: 1:13:12

Smackdown April 28: 59:16

RAW May 2: 1:32:14

Main Event May 4: 7:11/28:42

Main Event May 10: 9:41

May 11: wwe in Iowa

Superstars May 13: 36:47

Superstars May 20: 33:10 last wwe match

Extreme Rules May 22: Seth returns

YEAR TEN

August 1: wwe in Atlanta

August 19: EVOLVE 66: Cody vs Zack Sabre Jr: https://youtu.be/dDGzmWeVixA?si=Ga2_ZoMJrzVXCGTG

https://youtu.be/meq1awy8K8A?si=Tu3zZYkW3yGMkEwZ

August 20: EVOLVE 67: Cody vs Chris Hero: https://youtu.be/QiRQJtFWsTg?si=OOR_N12AEP9Rx-rx

SummerSlam:

BTE #13 August 23, 2016: https://youtu.be/7XOnqlCphc8?si=mcHVjAMhsYI8Q1Ej

》August 25: NEW Rumble in Rockland 2016: Cody vs Brian Anthony:

》August 26: NEW Wrestling Under the Stars Tour 5: Cody vs Michael Bennett:

August 27: NEW Wrestling Under the Stars Tour 5: Cody vs Kurt Angle: https://youtu.be/guXmRKw4s3Q?si=edwk3ytvVowYzHUl

August 28: NEW Thunder: Cody vs Sami Callahan: https://youtu.be/ztHw6GBrsSY?si=WPiuEkINX0d0O8CK

September 3: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2016: Cody vs Sami Callahan: https://youtu.be/iFLA04VTJ7U?si=-AHyu0SjlPyISpi2

BTE #14 September 6: https://youtu.be/xKmTKuGQgM8?si=xCZPwk1pdUhjNv0R

September 4: PWG Battle pf Los Angeles 2016: Cody vs Marty Scrull: https://youtu.be/6L1-yTh-kAM?si=2FyVkztA6aROLhb8

》September 8: VIP Rhode to Setting the Bar: Cody vs Chris Hero:

September 9: CW A Night of Grand Slams: Cody vs Brian Fury: https://youtu.be/cFl7IkEvc5w?si=B7u-VpoOb1sFqhzK

September 10: WrestlePro: Cody vs Pat Buck: https://youtu.be/NNmtISu2TOI?si=FsdwK9ucBT8z18AU

September 11: EVOLVE 69: Cody & Johnny Gargano vs Chris Hero & Drew Galloway: https://youtu.be/W4O64Uvw31w?si=MzG0-YYh9TsuegXM

BTE #15 September 18: https://youtu.be/Zi-iOR2yUKE?si=foNiE8Ydxj-Wa08z

》September 18: XWA Cross Rhodes: Cody vs Tommaso Ciampa:

September 20, 2016: https://youtu.be/xoih8X95dBQ?si=eOp93ekXXuiwO2La

》September 24: BTW: Rock n Roll Express & Cody vs Harlem Bravado, John Skylar & Trevor Lee:

BTE #16 September 26: https://youtu.be/Bmmf0KArTF4?si=5OyZTcsUMX8umQir

Clash of Champions:

BTE #17 September 28: https://youtu.be/3ihqO-6ILFg?si=EKU1FQqWZmRJ5MEx

》October 1: DREAMWAVE Hardcore Halloween: Cody vs AR Fox:

BTE #18 October 2: https://youtu.be/zr7uNa_fszU?si=8TE9K8qPuVQKod_c

October 3: IMPACT Wrestling #639: Cody vs Mike Bennett:

https://youtu.be/EzLQUfRZdkM?si=kgei9MYdYzbwhkTu https://youtu.be/5DjTHWWv6_8?si=4UvFY4u1DuFpst2h

October 4: IMPACT Wrestling #640: Cody vs Eddie Edwards:

October 4: IMPACT Wrestling #641: Cody & Brandi vs Maria & Mike Bennett:

https://youtu.be/Rni_W5g_QAc?si=hYAyNAhpcSVfRJ09 https://youtu.be/jqch5ZFOBTM?si=9A0kdOyX7UaCBWq7

October 6: WPCW Refuse to Lose: Cody vs Doug Williams: https://youtu.be/cmwA0UhoKyk?si=82uPnTaebpcavufc

https://youtu.be/LaFLsjJhQ-k?si=4rpR4ILnWQwmFqmz

October 7: WCPW Loaded #14: Cody vs Joseph Conners: https://youtu.be/V_XHOYL8xww?si=gRgmtryf4DgJWIu6

October 8: WCPW True Legacy: Cody vs Kurt Angle: https://youtu.be/irUYPrJistg?si=XBRWFQbZTrDVG63f

https://youtu.be/HFz7ot0oTSE?si=xPx56PA3nN10oATZ

BTE #19 October 11: https://youtu.be/IEPgxktmsI0?si=vvHhUylzH8Lqz5yp

October 16: NGW Cross Rhodes: Cody vs Matt Cross: https://youtu.be/lmfnrcHa9Ik?si=LbrUikN25Us3nwMP

https://youtu.be/7VCe5aK4WOY?si=p7oDBxNJHsvKGYhs

BTE #20 October 17: https://youtu.be/PCJ1Xm7CX68?si=APruElnO-NklNpk5

October 21: HOG Unbreakable: Cody vs Matt Riddle: https://youtu.be/jQu9afPyKyk?si=gpnBU3zFkXqVlw2p

》October 22: FSW Wrestling Dust and Bone: Cody vs Funny Bone:

》October 23: Smash the Legacy of Smash: Cody vs Tyson Dux

BTE #21 October 24: https://youtu.be/bYtdlrW6RKM?si=hXO0pAjt3ru9bw-3

October 28: SWA Live in Paisley: Cody vs Joe Coffey: https://youtu.be/lJhPqTkgTnE?si=HVJGHRP28YIcMCrr

October 29: SWE 6th Anniversary Show: Cody vs Pete Dunne: https://youtu.be/0IdINN5Gb_k?si=CkL4i2aUHvNGKUop

BTE #22 October 29: https://youtu.be/1s_GyFxU7x8?si=FOKgy7knR6hN2vg6

Hell in a Cell:

November 4: RCW: Cody vs Hernandez: https://youtu.be/MaESrLvCVIc?si=8GZRFl1k9c2stx5C

》November 5: NEW AutumnAmbush 2016: Cody vs Flip Gordon:

November 6: Xcite in the Cross Rhodes: Cody vs AR Fox vs Sean Carr: https://youtu.be/f0WMlrcAG9Q?si=-b7nkjOLVDFqErLr

BTE #23 November 6: https://youtu.be/LdvBPH-hZN0?si=XSYnj2sMiDojGdfr

BTE #24 November 9: https://youtu.be/74ss2RNtZKI?si=ZdHQj7TuErVeXZQ9

》November 10: WC Dick vs Cody: Cody vs Dick Durning:

November 11: APW 11:11: Cody vs Joey Ryan: https://youtu.be/Gh1it935UgQ?si=159CkuYvjEQ3rM8T

November 12: HOW PACKed House: Cody vs Colt Cabana: https://youtu.be/uLo2cW9mNPc?si=nZJCAn32sfMn2Ilz

BTE #25 November 13: https://youtu.be/lmjtXTkl12A?si=d-RtC5LetRIvd2L9

November 14: https://youtu.be/x51nWqP4Fig?si=BtXweXZCT4iUu4Qy

BTE #26 November 17: https://youtu.be/VmtnZ-E1hUw?si=pFTlsHKk-rJH6-5R

Survivor Series

BTE #27 November 22: https://youtu.be/roaIx5in8Kg?si=JOYjf3ecy7GFqj98

November 25: 2nd Annual Showcase of Champions: Cody vs Sonjay Dutt: https://youtu.be/agZeeZmoWO8?si=2fQdbCYARjtGQqOv

https://youtu.be/XjzOl9sr5XQ?si=TUzcptL4nlQBPymF

https://youtu.be/knLqnhQR-Vc?si=JO7s5I6iHLR7N-iE

https://youtu.be/yuL8cLbfYiY?si=GmRPoMMmUtUJXu-b

November 26: PWA Christmas Slam: Cody vs Michael Richard Blais: https://youtu.be/0obd1kxUInU?si=7somtkEeM1Z1_4kz

November 30: WCPW Delete WPCW: Cody vs El Ligero: https://youtu.be/DcaqgYpABJ0?si=yhBQdU9s2F9RU6YF

December 2: ROH Final Battle: Cody vs Jay Lethal: https://youtu.be/B8J49K6IjzQ?si=m5A56JySO8s_7Gvi

https://youtu.be/wRqSRpps518?si=m2MdiA0M3q-SOrfM

https://youtu.be/8hOvtXn8UW8?si=ahWYSZN-dxpuLqPk

BTE #28 December 3: https://youtu.be/u9hY5y5sgIA?si=bRy4Ndunu_v7YFDo

》December 4: ROH Wrestling #278: Cody vs Steve Corino:

》December 10: EVOLVE 74: Cody vs Ethan Page:

December 11: PWM Kingdom Come: Cody vs JT Dunn: https://youtu.be/J34F4Cw6GWc?si=6YJC_Q4Zf4lqzfL3

BTE #29 December 12: https://youtu.be/h-gwsON4skA?si=aZ4ssuYZOpQyjJlm

December 15: SWE Uprising: Cody vs LJT: https://youtu.be/dK9xxpHAm8g?si=BQcH0JGMlSZY3OZO

》December 16: EWE A Christmas Grapple: Cody vs Doug Williams:

》December 17: PCW Feed Me More Tour: Cody vs Bubblegum:

December 18: IPW:UK Supershow 5: Cody vs Will Osprey: https://youtu.be/Ry_xwNyi6Wo?si=QrNWtNIbCOpBnZgL

Roadblock: End of the Road

BTE #30 December 25: https://youtu.be/RzZ9IdMowDk?si=57la48xpic_lo2Ud

[ximena86]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: REVOLVE x Callahan Sami Maxi Dress Reformation Size Small NWT.

[siscosfavoritecomics]

Up next is the Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match between Moose and Sami Callahan. I have no clue what a Clockwork Orange House of Fun is. Guess I'll have to just watch and see.

#ImpactWrestling #ImpactWrestling20 #Impact20 #ImpactAgainstAllOdds2022 #AgainstAllOdds2022 #RavensClockworkOrangeHouseOfFun #Raven #Moose #SamiCallahan #ProWrestling #LuchaLibre #Poruresu #SiscosFavoriteComics

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[womenswrestlingforum]

Tessa Blanchard for Impact WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QXoCLBZ6Q/?igshid=1akghhmwxvuo7 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎

[all-things-dean-ambrose]

Wrestlers and animals

[wrestler-smash-or-pass]

switchblades era sami callahan

I'm gonna need a little bit of help with this one! Most of the photos I can find of Sami Callihan are more recent, and I'm not familiar enough with his career to tell what was Switchblade Conspiracy era and what wasn't.

If you're the person who sent in this request, please send me a photo to use for this poll. If you want to stay anonymous, mention that in the text of your request and I'll make a post separate from your ask to maintain your privacy.

[grownassmanshit]

My theory?  Sami Callahan either kidnapped Danny Rose and stole his identity (by “identity” I mean wearing a baseball cap, having stupid facial hair and swearing) or he kidnapped him and then wore Danny Rose’s corpse as his own. The kidnapping part is beyond question.

(CZW Best of the Best 1)

[blood-fells]

FIGHT CLUB PRO DREAM TAG TEAM INVITATIONAL

[lautigant]

This shirt is amazing and I need it in my wardrobe right the heck now

[maxwelljacobfriedman]

MJF Out of Character

*Version 2.0 June 2022*

Podcasts (in reverse chronological order)

Off The Hop Rope w/ Mark Sterling (and VSK) - October 2019:

1st Ep - They drink and watch MJF vs Matt Cross from All In

MJF is a lightweight and gets very maudlin and sweet and I HIGHLY recommend at least listening from minute 43 to the end (but really the whole thing is interesting).

VSK: That was the most sincere and real thing I’ve ever heard him [MJF] say, and it’s blowing me away right now.

Mark: Just a cider and a half, that’s all it takes.

Max: I’m pretty drunk.

2nd Ep - Have been drinking and watch/discuss MJF vs VSK from CAP

Drunk MJF trying to describe parentheses: “The bubble boys - what are those things called? When there’s two, like, half circles and then you put words in them?”

These have both been taken down by the podcast so I have them for download here: Drive Link 

The Card Is Going To Change - Episode 138: MJF & Swoggle Take Over The Podcast - March 2019

Dylan: You’re a good person

Max *whispering*: Don’t tell them that

Available on AIW 

Kickin Ass with Jesse and Andy (the Butcher and the Blade) - Episode 45: Maxwell Jacob Friedman is Better Than You! - September 2018

They all like each other a lot. Andy and Max especially seem to be fans of one another, and in retrospect it’s very nice that MJF’s character brought Butcher/Blade/Bunny into AEW.

YT Link

The Wrestling Podcast About Nothing - MJF SHOOTS! - October 2017

You hear him go from MJF to Max right at the beginning

Talks about Sami Callahan being his wrestling dad at CZW

He’s so EARNEST

WPAN

Videos

Highspots Network (Subscription Paywall)

Ego's Amigos: Rickey Shane Page & MJF - (CW: Ethan Page makes a couple of in very poor taste antisemitic jokes. RSP is a sweetheart.)

Ego's Amigos: Ricky Starks & MJEFF - (CW: I find this one incredibly distressing. Everyone is mean to MJF, and not in a fun way. Ethan Page, especially, comes off as a bully, and antisemitic.)

Sorry You're Watching This: MJEFF - (This one I unreservedly recommend, and exciting news! I found it on: Bilibili)

Bonus - Youtube Playlist - MJF DOESN’T WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS (Videos with MJF out of character/sort of out of character/he almost breaks/you can tell he’s being goofy):

Playlists don’t allow time markers, so a couple notes:

“Shook Commentary #3: The King and MJF”: Comes in at 3:13

“Pimp My Scooter” - Vlog 278: Quick cameo at 10:33

“MJF crashes Colt Cabana interview”: 0:35-2:12