#are they lwo members now

[dynamitekansai]

REY MYSTERIO vs AUSTIN THEORY UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SPONSORED BY REY MYSTERIO'S BESTIES: THE CINNAMOJIS WWE PAYBACK (September 2, 2023)

[madhatterbri]

Together Again | F.B.

Summary: Can I make a request for a Finn Balor x Mysterio reader fic? Reader is Dom's older sister, a member of the LWO, and Finn's ex lover. After it was discovered that Finn and the reader were secretly dating each other, she was moved over to Smackdown in order to keep her apart from him. However, she makes a surprise return to Raw a few weeks later and attacks Liv and warns her to leave her brother alone. Reader tries to keep her distance from Finn, but they eventually reunite in an emotional way.

Finn Balor Masterlist

Taglist: @plentyoffandoms @theworldofotps @mrsarcherofinfamy

"Come on, no one will catch us," she giggled and pulled Finn's wrist so he would come closer. He rolled his eyes yet followed her. Trapped between Finn and the elevator wall, she wrapped her arms around his neck. His lips locked on hers. An innocent kiss turned into a full make-out session.

He wrapped one of her legs around his waist. "Careful, darling, I'll jam this elevator and take you right here, right now,"

"That won't be happening,"

It wasn't until she heard her father, Rey Mysterio, talking to them that they realized the elevator had already stopped at another floor. Dominik tried his hardest to keep from rolling on the floor laughing. Always the perfect princess, he never thought he'd see the day that his sister would get busted.

Her hall of famer dad successfully advocated for her to be moved from RAW to Smackdown. He wanted her to work on her career before being with some other wrestler. Y/N and Finn ended up breaking up. She resented her dad for getting involved in her dating life.

A few weeks later, Y/N started making appearances on RAW. Liv Morgan wouldn't leave her family and friends alone. The attacks back and forth on each other were brutal, but they didn't go unnoticed. Her dad spoke to Adam Pearce, and they came to an agreement.

A stipulation match between Liv and Y/N to settle things once and for all. A victory by Y/N meant Liv must leave Dom and Judgment Day alone. A victory by Liv meant she was an honorary member in Judgment Day. The stakes were high, and the match was vicious. In the end, Liv agreed to leave her little brother and friends alone.

Liv was about to attack Y/N from behind when Rhea's entrance theme music played through the arena. Liv ran towards the other side of the arena. Y/N used the distraction to roll out of the ring. Her right arm was pulled close to her body.

Rey helped his daughter backstage. From the corner of her eye, she saw Finn. His eyes filled with worry. Despite being back on RAW, they still kept their distance. Rey was always watching over her.

Her dad drove her to the hospital. The x-rays confirmed a broken arm while another test proved she had a concussion. The doctors ordered that Y/N stay overnight for testing.

"Finn is asking if he can come see me," Y/N mentioned.

Her dad tensed. "I don't think that's a good idea,"

"Why not? Dad, I love him, and I'm pretty sure he still loves me," she argued.

"You are still young," he scoffed. "You don't know what you want,"

"Dom is already married. You mean he knows what he wants, but I'm too stupid?" Y/N asked.

"That's not what I meant at all. Don't put words in my mouth," he answered.

"Then what is it? I'm your daughter, so Dom can do whatever he wants, but I'll die alone?"

The room fell silent. Her dad was thinking of the next words to say. Rey didn't want to lose her, but this behavior wouldn't get her to stay. "You are just still my little girl in my eyes. My first born. When I held you in my arms, I felt a love I didn't know existed. When I saw you with him, I just went crazy,"

"Dad," she sighed. Her dad was always more on the emotional side. Guilt started to eat at her.

"You've had other boyfriends, but I have seen the way he looks at you. He loves you. This is serious," he pointed out. "I'm sorry for keeping you two apart. Invite him over. I won't stop your relationship any further,"

Finn showed up twenty minutes later. He stopped at the door when he saw Rey. His eyes darted to Y/N in fear. He didn't want to cause any drama.

"It's fine, Finn," she smiled briefly. "He gives us his blessing,"

Rey stood up from his chair. He looked up at Finn. "You take care of my little girl, or I'll take care of you,"

Finn nodded profusely. Rey walked to his daughter and gave her a hug and kiss. He wished her well. The proud father shot Finn one last glare before leaving.

"Well, that was something," Finn chuckled nervously.

Y/N giggled. "I thought he was going to 619 you out of the window,"

Finn smiled and sat on the edge of the bed. He grabbed her good arm and kissed the top of her hand. "You almost look like a real wrestler now,"

"Stick around, and I can teach you a thing or two," Y/N teased.

"Mmm, one of us has a championship belt and no injuries," Finn pointed out and tapped her nose.

"I missed you," Y/N giggled. Finn told her he missed her as well. Her ex leaned in and kissed her.

"Be my girlfriend again. You are all I think about," he confessed. She smiled and nodded. "Great, now move over. You aren't the only one who wrestled tonight. I'm tired too,"

The night was spent with them cuddling in the hospital bed. Her head rested on his chest and shoulder. He drew lines with his finger on her back and arm. Everything felt like it had fallen back into place.

[mrsarcherofinfamy]

Hey are you taking requests right now?

If yes to further that question are you taking requests for Santos Escobar

There is a criminally low amount of content for that man

●Santos Escobar x Reader●

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*Y/N's POV*

Zelina is making her way out to the ring to confront Santos about him turning on Rey and the LWO the week before. She eventually slaps him which he smirks putting his hand on his cheek. I climb out from under the ring, climb into the ring and hit her in the back of the head with a big forearm. I take my sweatshirt off, toss it to the side and look at Santos smirking. I grab Zelina by her hair, pull her up and hit her with a cradle ddt. I stand up, walk over to Santos and put my hand out for him to shake it. He smirks, grabs my face and kisses me infront of everyone revealing me as the new member of LDF and our secret relationship to the world.

[south-of-heaven]

zelina vega x reader where she meets the newest member of the judgement day and falls for her?

New member || Zelina Vega x Reader

Summary: In the midst of their feud against The LWO, The Judgement Day introduce the world to you, their new member. Zelina falls face first.

As you stood there, in the midst of the electrifying chaos that is the wrestling ring, you felt a mixture of nerves and excitement coursing through you. The Judgement Day, a faction you had admired from a distance, had chosen you as their new member, and now you found yourself thrust into the heart of their ongoing feud with the LWO.

As you made your entrance alongside your newfound family, you could feel the intensity in the air. The energy of the crowd was palpable, their cheers and boos blending into a symphony of emotions. But amidst it all, your attention was inexplicably drawn to Zelina Vega.

Zelina stood there, a fiery force to be reckoned with, her eyes locked onto yours as if in a trance. It was as if the chaos around you had faded into the background, leaving only the two of you in the spotlight. Her gaze was intense, captivating, and you couldn't tear your eyes away from hers.

As the match began and the battle unfolded, you could feel Zelina's presence even when she wasn't in the ring. It was like a magnetic pull, a connection that went beyond the rivalry between your factions. Every time your eyes met, a rush of warmth spread through you, and you couldn't help but feel a deepening bond forming between the two of you.

The match raged on, each move and counter executed with precision and skill. But amidst the adrenaline and chaos, you found your thoughts drifting to Zelina. Her determination, her passion, and the way she carried herself in the ring were all so captivating. You were drawn to her like a moth to a flame, unable to resist the pull she exerted on you.

As the final moments of the match approached, you found yourself face to face with Zelina in the ring. Your eyes locked once again, and in that fleeting moment, it was like time stood still. And then, as if by some unspoken agreement, your factions clashed in a whirlwind of chaos, bringing the match to its climactic end.

As the dust settled and the crowd's cheers echoed in the arena, you couldn't ignore the fluttering feeling in your chest. The battle may have ended, but a new journey had just begun. The Judgement Day had welcomed you into their ranks, but you couldn't deny the growing connection you felt with Zelina Vega.

Little did you know that this feud would forge not only alliances but also unexpected feelings. Zelina's intense gaze had caught you, and now, in the aftermath of the battle, you found yourself unable to escape the pull of the emotions that had ignited between you two.

[all-risejd]

I Can’t Do This Anymore

Warnings: The Judgment Day, Kinks (variety), polycule, Axiom did not approve of this, crack, plot what plot, oops, mentions of aftercare, mentions of lube, nudity, anal, awkward situations, mile-high club

1. Prelude - Axiom gets a promotion

Axiom stood stock still staring down at the piece of paper he’d been handed by a member of the Creative team. Shawn AND Hunter wanted to see him. He was either getting fired or an opportunity worth his weight in the division. They were relatively close to the Draft so maybe, maybe, he was getting a call up to Smackdown. That would be nice. He wasn’t sure how he felt about moving away from the friends he did have in NXT but he didn’t want to disappoint anyone. Frowning, he hurried to find the office in the arena. 

Hunter and Shawn were both behind the desk, the pair looked up at him as he entered. “Axiom, glad to see you!” Shawn smiled, “We have a potential career advancement for you.” 

Well, that sounded better, “We want to bring you up to RAW, potentially.” Hunter explained, “We want to start you with a trial run with The Judgment Day.” That was not what he expected, he thought for a moment that Hunter had wanted him to join LWO, which, given his whole masked persona made sense. But nope, it was the Goths. Axiom cocked his head to the side, clearly confused. Hunter chuckled, “I know you were hoping for the LWO, but we think you’d be a great fit in Judgment Day.”

Axiom cocked his head to the side before he nodded his head, “Alright, I uh, ok.” He shrugged, “When do I start?” He asked softly, still a little confused, “And do I need to change my gear?”

Shawn chuckled, “You need to go with black gear, for now, we aren't sure if you will uh, get any TV time, but for the first two weeks we just want you traveling with them.” Shawn cleared his throat as he pushed a folder toward him, “These are the latest spending accounts for The Judgment Day, we know you are good with numbers, so we’d like you to review their spending accounts, and get back to us.” Axiom nodded his head as he took the binder, and headed back out of the office, with the sinking realization that he wasn’t performing tonight. 

2. Axiom reviewing the spending of the group

His first night ‘on the job’ Hunter wanted him to review everything the Judgment Day members bought regularly. He spent a long time highlighting different purchases that he felt were… odd. Thirty-three separate handcuff purchases, nineteen Mami collars, seven industrial bottles of lube, three rather odd industrial chain purchases for seven feet in length, what amounted to seventeen mini-feast in hotel rooms across America, and several purposes from a Leather Dom Shop, that after googling had him panicking about his apparently vanilla lifestyle and sex life. He flicked his gaze upward to see that this was only a monthly total of their accounts. What the hell had he agreed to?

3. Axiom asking about handcuffs

He slid into the outside seat on the flight, and looked between Dominik at the window and Rhea in the middle. “I have counted thirty-three handcuff purchases. I’ve reviewed the footage from recent RAW and SmackDowns, and you’ve only used three sets on television, exactly where are the other thirty.”

Rhea snatched the papers, and pointed at a singular purchase, “Bolt cutters.” She said things like that explained anything. Axiom gave her a long, patient look, she continued on, “We can’t seem to keep up with the keys, so like Dom and I will be… having a night in.” He was so relieved he was wearing a mask he could feel the flush on his cheeks, “And we like to play with the cuffs, but then I… uh, we can't find the keys.” 

“So you cut them off?” Axiom asked.

Damian leaned forward from behind them, “I once had to go to a Harbor Freight in the middle of the night to pick up those bolt cutters, because Rhea had his ass up, shoulders down, hands behind his back, naked, and couldn’t find the keys.” 

4. Axiom asking about Mami collars

He had tried to get Rhea to answer his questions but the woman was infuriatingly good at ducking him, Damian and Dominik had turned out to be openly sexual with no problems, so Axiom opted to go after Finn. “Hey, Irish?” Axiom caught the man by his arm - he hadn’t had a chance to really spend that much time with him. 

“What do ya need, lad?” Finn asked, clearly in a hurry.

“I’ve been going over the reports…” He indicated to the papers in his hands, “In the last thirty days you had to purchase nineteen different collars with MAMI on them?”

Finn gave him a rude look, “Look, buddy, you are welcome here, as you know, but there are some questions you shouldn’t ask-”

“I’ve watched the RAW and SmackDowns…” Axiom started, “And I’ve counted eight possible collars-”

Finn ran a hand down his face, clearly irritated, “Look, she breaks them, ok, either in the ring, or when she and Damian are playing, he tugs on our collars.” Axiom almost asked about the our but decided that he didn’t need that information, “When the letters pop off, it’s cheaper to replace the whole thing then the letters.”

Axiom felt his face flush under his mask, as he thought about his next words, “Ok, thank you… for that, should I be on the lookout for other collar purchases?”

Finn blinked, “No, mine is leather, and Dom’s is a cute little velvet thing. We have bells on ours, not our name.” With that the man turned and stalked away, leaving Axiom awkwardly bouncing from one foot to another. He thought about texting Hunter, because this was maybe getting out of hand - he couldn’t tell if they were being honest or not about these purchases. 

5. Axiom asking about industrial bottles of lube

Hunter had asked him to hurry up with the itemized reports. It was nine in the morning, a perfectly reasonable time to be up and out of bed, he’d knocked on the door multiple times, when no one had answered, he’d opted to go down to the front desk, and based on him being the ‘manager’ of the Judgment Day (at least on paper) he got a room key for the hotel room he thought belonged to Damian.

He should have listened harder, he adjusted his mask, slid the key card into the lock, and pushed the door open - Finn’s back was the first thing he saw, sweaty and muscled, as the man on his knees bounced up and down on Damian’s lap. It took a full minute for Axiom to connect the dots - Finn was riding Damian, the sheets pooled around Finn’s hips, “Fuck.” Damian hissed, as he caught sight of Axiom, pausing his hips, and sighing.

Axiom blinked rapidly, unsure for a moment, “Hey, Damo can I grab the-” Rhea paused as she emerged completely naked from the bathroom, “-lube.” She gazed at Axiom, “Are you joining? Did you invite another boy into the bedroom without asking me?” 

“Nope.” Finn and Damian said at the same time. Rhea shrugged her shoulders, stalked across the room and grabbed one of the seven industrial bottles of lube that Axiom had meant to ask about - there were strawberries and kiwis on the front label. “What are you doing, lad?” Finn asked, curious.

“Mami, I’m colllllld.” Dominik whined from what Axiom assumed was the bathroom.

“I’m coming Dom Dom, Axiom has a question.” Dominik loudly whined, Damian made a motion with his hand indicating that Axiom should ask his question. Rhea shifted her weight, “So?”

“Uh, I don’t need to ask, I can see what you use it for.” With that he quickly retreated, slamming the door, and rushing down the hallway to his own hotel room, he tossed himself into it, locked the door, and threw himself face down on the bed, screaming - why the hell did they all have to be naked and comfortable. 

6. Axiom asking about industrial chains

For once Axiom had managed to be the passenger rider in the ‘travel’ SUV. Finn and Rhea had both flown home to visit family, so right now Axiom was riding with Damian (who was driving) and Dominik who was stretched across the backseat, playing Candy Crush on his phone. “So, you know I’ve been reviewing what you, uh, collectively have been spending money on.” 

“Right.” Damian hummed, “Find something interesting?”

The way he said it made Axiom a bit worried, was there more interesting things in their past? Should he be looking at previous month purchases? What was this man about? He cleared his throat, adjusted his mask, when it had gotten so hot in here, “There were three purchases for industrial strength chains, seven feet in length… ordered over a three week period.”

“One was for hitting my dad, but Bunny got in the way.” Dominik offered, “One was for choking Finn, right Damian?” The man behind the wheel chuckled as he agreed, “And the third one was for tying me to the hotel bed in Vegas…” He offered, unbothered. 

Axiom blinked, “Who tied you to the bed? Was it consensual? And did Finn enjoy the choking?”

“Oh, I asked for her to tie me up, I like when she’s mean.” Dominik said with a shrug.

Damian was contemplative, “Finn couldn’t really complain between my dick down his throat and the chain around his neck…” Axiom promptly slammed his head against the window and let out a painful cry. This was not information he needed, a sufficient ‘bedroom usage and ring usage’ would have been fine. Damian and Dominik were both chuckling so hard he feared for their lives. 

7. Axiom asking about late night food orders - the whole group aftercare

There is no safe time - Axiom has decided - to talk to these sex crazed goths about anything, except on the flights. Even that has to be timed properly, because they disappear in odd intervals in pairs to the bathroom, and Axiom is fairly sure they have so many mile-high club points they could fly for free. Heathens. 

The four were mercifully tired out, so he sprung the next question, leaping half over the first class seats - “What is all the room service for, I just don’t understand!” He demanded. “Seventeen late night feast? You ordered everything, everything, off the menu in seventeen different hotels, at like three in the morning.”

“Aftercare.” Rhea offered, popping a cookie into her mouth - where had she gotten those?

“Aftercare.” He repeated, “Care to elaborate?”

Damian grinned, the grin that turned Axiom’s stomach, “Well after I fuck these three I need a steak and shrimp and a shit ton of fruit. I like whiskey, too, and sometimes some wine. Finn likes to get something hearty like soup, to get his energy back, Dominik is a chocolate fiend, and needs all the desserts, and Rhea likes all the salads and steals my fruits.”

Axiom blinked, “I’m sorry, could you run that back by me again, when you… seventeen nights in the last month you fucked all three of you're stable mates?” He felt his face heating up under his mask.

“Yeah, sometimes we do marathon sex.” Dominik popped a cookie in his mouth and shrugged.

“Marathon.. The other thirteen to fourteen nights what… do you sleep?” Axiom regretted the question as he asked it.

“We rotate.” Damian offered, “Every night I’m not keeping them up all hours of the night, we trade off by drawing our names out of a hat.” 

“A… hat.” Axiom slid back into his seat, his mind trying not to crack open like an egg. It wasn’t safe, he decided, to ask them questions whatsoever. Maybe he should just stop asking, wait for his week to be up, then go back to NXT, that seemed safer - he wasn’t sure if he wanted Damian’s attention on him or his body, the older man had turned to size him up with a crooked smile. “Interesting.” 

8. Axiom walking out of the bathroom only to find a stack of leather clothing, clearly just ordered

It was his last night, thankfully, thankfully, with the group. He had planned to tell Hunter and Shawn that he just couldn’t. He had locked his door, and had considered putting the desk against it - all four of the Judgment Day stable had increased their over the top flirting and touching of him since the discussion of late night orders, he knew for a fact there had been a feast the night before. He wrapped the towel around his waist, made sure his mask was in place - just in case, you could never be too sure - then he stepped out of his bathroom.

Neatly on his bed, wrapped in purple paper with a huge black bow was a gift box. He scanned the room and saw no one, his door was still shut, the curtains still pulled. He made sure the towel was properly around his waist, as he moved closer to the bed. A cute little note was on top:

Axiom, we are so glad you have decided to join us, as a thank you we got you some new duds, and your official scroll with your name on it to be added to our hat rotation, XOXO - TJD.

He dropped the note, letting out a deep shriek, “Noooo.” He wasn’t going to open it, he paced his room, but his curiosity got the best of him. With shaking hands he opened the top, inside was a new gear set which was admittedly nice, below that however, was a leather thong of sorts, with tassels hanging off of it, and additional leather straps, that seemed to do some sort of crossbody design. Under that was a collar with AXIOM embossed on the top, he wasn’t sure what noises he made, but he knew he prayed harder than he’d ever prayed in his life, he packed everything back up in the box, put the letter back, and hurried into his street clothes. He packed up quickly, and headed to check out before the others could miss him.

9. Axiom is done

“I appreciate you thinking about me for RAW or Smackdown, but I can’t do this anymore.” Axiom slammed his fist down on Hunter’s desk, “I can’t stand the thought of seeing one more naked body part, I don’t want to know what they purchase or why, and I don’t want to have to bleach my brian at least once a day to get over the fact that one of them has either overshared or announced a kink that I just can not…” Axiom slammed a bunch of papers down on the table, “They enjoy a strange life and I can’t…”

Hunter gazed down at the papers, “Damnit, I thought you’d like it, now I’m going to have to try JD…” 

Axiom twitched, “How many have you tried to put in the fifth position with the Judgment Day?”

“Oh you're number eleven…” Hunter sighed, “Seriously, I asked them to tone down the sex…”

Axiom opened his mouth, then promptly changed his mind. “I’m going back to NXT, at least I know what to expect in the Hellspace that is our parking lot…” He trailed off, as he slowly backed out of the door, bothered. 

10. Bonus

“Do you think Hunter is going to stop trying, now?” Dom asked, as he cuddled into bed with Rhea, Damian and Finn - the four were watching Lady and the Tramp in matching pajamas, under their black comforter, in the shared hotel room. Rhea had the popcorn balanced on her lap, while Damian was holding Dominik’s cup of milk.

“I’m sure if he tries it again, we can just get rid of them, like we did the last dozen.” Damian promised, as he chuckled. Finn hummed his agreement, “Think of how upset that poor boy would have been to know that we really order room service every night, just we use our own money half the time.”

[solarsonicsoda]

The Road to... Wrestlemania XL

Part 4: Sami Zayn vs. Gunther, LWO vs. Escobar & Dominik, 6-Way Tag Team Ladder Match, & Damage CTRL vs. Belair, Naomi, & Cargill

On top of the three I have already mentioned, there are four other matches on Wrestlemania XL Saturday!

We have Damage CTRL, who have been running roughshod over the Smackdown Women's Division for the better part of the year. We'll get to the crown jewel of that faction tomorrow, but their three other members are in action on Saturday. The Women's Tag Team Champions, The Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane & Asuka), and Dakota Kai are representing the unit as they take on a trio of popular women's stars.

There's the returning Naomi, who rejoined the WWE in January, and is keen to show-up the unruly faction. There's also Bianca Belair, a multi-time women's champion who has been frequently undone by Damage CTRL. Completing their team is the debuting Jade Cargill. She has wrestled just one WWE match, that being the 2024 Royal Rumble where she made an immediate impression. She's joined Naomi & Belair in their fight against Damage CTRL, so the stage is set for Wrestlemania.

There's also a big 6-team ladder match for both the Raw Tag Team Championships and the Smackdown Tag Team Championships! The Judgment Day have been on top of the tag team division, holding both titles for almost the entirety of the last 9 months. This will prove a challenge for the dark and dominant team of Damien Priest and Finn Balor...

There's the 11-time champions The New Day, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods. The happy-go-lucky team are always favourites to win a big match, having been some of the strongest champions in recent years. The team of #DIY are also in the match. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa have had their ups and downs, but when they're on the same page like they are now they're one of the best teams out there. You can never count out the team of Awesome Truth though, The Miz & R-Truth. The cocky and opinionated Miz will do anything to win, and Truth is entirely unpredictable, whether he means to be or not! He may have extra motivation too, having thought he was in The Judgment Day despite their dislike for him, leading to them feuding with the rapping wrestler.

Smackdown has some hot tag teams also in contention too though! There's the New Catch Republic, the former British Strong Style team of Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne. They challenged for the titles at Elimination Chamber in a losing effort, but these awesome young wrestlers are some of the best in the world and they'll want to get the belts on the second attempt. Lastly, there's also A-Town Down Under, Austin Theory & Grayson Waller. This mouthy and underhanded pair will be keen to win here and laud this accomplishment over the rest of the roster. Who will claim each set of titles in this chaotic matchup?

Speaking of tag teams, we have a tag team matchup between the Latino World Order and the team of Santos Escobar & Dominik Mysterio. When Rey Mysterio revived the LWO name, Santos Escobar was honoured to be a part of such a legendary faction. However, he grew frustrated with the Hall of Famer, and he would shockingly and brutally turn his back on Mysterio with a vicious beatdown. He would bring back his faction Legado del Fantasma with new members Angel Garza and Humberto Carillo, and they have been at loggerheads with the remaining LWO for months. However, when Mysterio & Escobar finally went head-to-head, the masked man's son Dominik, who had long-since distanced himself from his father, helped Escobar cheat a win.

A year after Rey defeated his son at Wrestlemania, a tag match was set up with Santos & Dominik against Rey and the newest member of the LWO, Dragon Lee. Despite the faction containing the tag team of Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro, plus legend Carlito, already in their ranks, Mysterio reached out to his fellow masked man for assistance. Carlito would find Lee injured on Friday Night Smackdown though, and a change had to be made. But in a surprise, Andrade El Idolo, a former rival of Mysterio's, showed up to assist the LWO against Legado del Fantasma and The Judgment Day's Dominik. Andrade would join LWO and be the man to tag with Rey at Wrestlemania.

Will it be the nefarious team of Santos Escobar & Dominik Mysterio?

Or will the veteran Rey Mysterio and his ally Andrade El Idolo come out on top?

And of course, there's the big match for the Intercontinental Championship. Gunther, the big man from Austria, has held the title for a record-breaking 665 days. However, if there's anyone who can defy the odds, it's Sami Zayn. Zayn has gone through a lot in recent years: joining The Bloodline, breaking out of The Bloodline, winning the tag team titles in the main event of Wrestlemania 39 Saturday. He has yet to taste singles gold since he became a fan favourite again, and he is struggling to wear his heart on his sleeve once again to defeat the champion. He was able to win a gauntlet match to earn the opportunity though, despite his previous doubts of how he gets onto the card, and has been working with one of Gunther's biggest rivals throughout his reign, Chad Gable. The former Olympian has been training Zayn on all his experience with Gunther, but only time will tell if he can defeat the leader of Imperium, Gunther.

That's all for Wrestlemania XL Saturday! You can also check out WWE's compilation videos for the ladder match, Rey & Andrade vs. Dom & Santos and Zayn vs. Gunther!

[omegawhiskers]

Smackdown 10/11/23

Heel City

Tonight's Smackdown was a night for the heels.

Kevin Owen's joins the commentary team as he fills in for Corey Graves. Owen's was easily one of the highlights to this show. The stipulation for Owen's to be on commentary is that he can't put his hands on anyone, or else he will be suspended. Yup, Owens will be getting suspended.

LWO came out to the ring. Rey Mysterio recaps the loss to Logan Paul due to the brass knucks. Carlito struts on out and tells Rey that he should blame Santos Escobar because he left the knucks on the side of the side for Paul to use. Escobar leaves due to this false accusation.

Carlito stayed in the ring to wrestle Bobby Lashley. This wasn’t a good match. The focus was on B-Fab backstage watching the show and on Escobar coming back to assist Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde who were getting a beating from The Street Profits. Bobby eventually picked up the win, but Carlito got the post match beating. Escobar stood and watched like a real asshole. Rey came to help, but Escobar claimed that Carlito is not family. This leads to a Escobar going full heel as he and Rey got physical. Escobar crushed Rey's leg between the stairs and ring post. Somewhere Dom is smiling. This segment went on a little too long, but it gets Rey into a new storyline.

Our second main story for the night begins when Bayley comes out and demands an explanation as to why Kairi Sane got involved at Crown Jewel. Bayley's concern is that the last time Kairi was on TV, Bayley gave her a backstage beating. Damage CTRL, with Kairi, come out and they explain they're now stronger with Sane, and thanks to her, Iyo Sky retained the the title. Kairi tries to relieve Bayley's concern as she tells her she respects Bayley. A group hug is initiated, but Bayley is not into it. Despite her refusal, they all hug.

Before Damage CTRL can bask in the power of being a team, Charlotte, Bianca Belair and Asuka arrive to form an alliance against Damage CTRL. A graphic pops up that states tonight will be a 6-Woman Tag Team Match. How was this match announced so fast? This was as bizarre as MJF sending his Facetime conversation with Adam Cole from his phone to the TV monitor in a split second.

Time for a good match as Dragon Lee and Cedric Alexander showcased how much chemistry they have in the ring together. There was an insane spot where Lee was flung overhead and hit the turnbuckle. I replayed that spot like five times. Match of the night.

While I’m not a LA Knight fan, I think this was one of his better segments I’ve seen him in. He basically called Grayson Waller a paedophile which I found quite humorous. Knight is not done with his hunt for the WWE Universal Championship...

The Waller/Knight match was average at best with Knight taking the win. Post match, Kevin Owens would end up attacking Austin Theory and Waller after they tossed an empty bottle of water at Kevin Patrick, and no one disrespects Kevin Patrick. Owens is now off commentary.

The main event wasn't really anything match wise as it was there to set-up Askua joining Damage CTRL. Shotzi did come out to help, but Damage CTRL put the beat down on her as well. I'm guessing this is building to a Woman's WarGames match.

This episode was good, but it was missing some star power. The Bloodline, Logan Paul and John Cena were off the show, with a quick and pointless appearance from from Jimmy Uso backstage. I'm not sure who teams up with Charlotte, Shotzi and Bianca or who the last member for Damage CTRL will be for WarGames. The Smackdown Woman's roster is a bit thin.

[wweassets]

You know; I get why people are mad at judgement day winning the tag titles again. But TBH I’m not because Cody and Jey never really should have won them. But the bigger issues are: 1. The absolute over saturation of judgement day. It’s just bloodline 2.0. Taking up so much time. Minor descention almost every week. Adding a new member to keep things fresh (JD mcdontgoogleme). And eventually they’re going to split and prolong it all more. 2. Jimmy getting involved causing them to loose. Jimmy and Jey NEVER should have split AGAIN with Jimmy going to the bloodline. Because it’s the fucking usos. So we’ll EVENTUALLY GET THEM BACK TOGETHER. So they just should have stayed together. Instead of breaking up. Getting together. And breaking up AGAIN. It was the perfect storyline. Have the usos feud with solo and Roman a little longer until solo eventually leaves. And then Roman is backed into a corner and struggles to keep the title until he dropped it. It feels like it’s a long story for the sake of being long. Soon we’re going to get another secret twin. Or someone coming to life like a soap opera, just for the theatrics and shock value. 3. SPLIT. THE. FUCKING. TAG. TITLES!!!!!! The amount of talent in the division wasted because of this feud is crazy. Imperium, DIY, street profits, alpha academy, new day, Viking raiders (before injury), Indus shur, theory and Waller if they want, LWO, brawling brutes, pretty deadly, gallows and Anderson. That’s 12 teams doing nothing FOR YEARS because of the mess of the tag division and I’m SICK!!! Split the fucking titles right NOW!!!!

we need the tag titles separated sooo bad like why are they still one 😭

[thef1nalb0ss]

Faction Rankings: Week of July 31, 2023- August 6, 2023

10. The O.C.

Karl and Luke were in the middle of a tag team match against Ridge and Butch that spawned as a result of a ringside interaction during Sheamus and LA's match, as the battle royal participants gathered to watch and AJ didn't come alone. That match never finished though, because they were attacked by The Street Profits, who seem to now be with Bobby Lashley. AJ, on the other hand, has a match with Kross this week, and they targeted each other for much of their time in the battle royal. AJ eliminated Kross, and Kross did the same to AJ, causing him to be eliminated even while he was eliminated himself.

9. Diamond Mine

The Creeds are on a vacation...maybe. That totally wasn't a green screen. Anyway, Schism had there interrogation, and after unmasking a couple without finding them and also unmasking Jiro, The Dyad went to unmask who they thought was The Creeds...but they weren't. Instead, The Creeds showed up on the tron to insist they've been on vacation this whole time. Joe ordered every Schism member to find them, although I'm not sure you can bring them back to NXT or anything. This wasn't even the only "Loser leaves NXT" match to have its stipulation broken last week, but I'll get to that later.

8. The Judgement Day

It's been a while since they've been this low on the ranking. Damian and Dom went against Seth and Sami on Monday and lost, and the next day on NXT Dom was challenged by Dragon Lee for the North American Championship, with Rey in Dragon's corner. Finn also once again failed to defeat Seth, even with some attempted help from The Judgement Day. With the look Damian gave Finn after he lost, I'm expecting Finn's place in The Judgement Day to be questioned in the near future.

7. Alpha Academy

Maxxine had her first singles match against Valhalla, where she picked up the win. Chad also had a match with Gunther, where, at first, it was only a five-minute match since Gunther said he could defeat Chad in less than five minutes. He didn't, but he demanded the match go on, and Gunther did end up picking the win then. Chad and Otis also competed in the battle royal, although neither of them won.

6. Meta-Four

So Noam pinned the champion. Sure, it took outside interference and a miscommunication between he and Oro's opponents Wes and Melo, but he still pinned the champion. Of course, Noam is also going around saying he's the Hertiage Cup Champion, and since he's saying he's the champion, he's getting challengers. Tyler returned from a few weeks break and challenged Noam to a Hertiage Cup match, and the match was made official for this week.

5. The Bloodline

Well, Roman retained...but everything else is kind of a mess. Solo still seems unsure about where he lies, seemingly questioning Roman's orders more and more every week. Solo also had only his second pinfall loss on the main roster on Smackdown, when Jey defeated him. Roman likely wouldn't have retained if Jimmy hadn't interfered, but it's unclear whether he was there to help Roman or hurt Jey (or both?).

4. LWO

Rey announced he'll be at NXT this week to be in Dragon Lee's corner for his North American Title match against Dom, and Santos also returned to NXT to team with Tony and Stacks in a win against Gallus. Zelina also won a match against Iyo on Friday, and Santos has his eyes set on his United States Title match this week, especially after he eliminated Austin in the battle royal.

3. The Street Profits and Bobby Lashley

We have a new faction. After talking backstage for a few weeks, The Street Profits and Bobby made their team official. The Street Profits attacked Butch during a match between The O.C. and The Brawling Brutes, and then proceeded to attack The O.C. and Ridge too. As they went to the entrance after the attack, Bobby joined them, confirming that the three of them are now a group.

2. Imperium

Kaiser proved himself by defeating Matt on Monday, and it seems like Vinci will have to prove himself as well. It won't be in the battle royal, though, as they were both eliminated. Gunther did much better at Summerslam, retaining the Intercontinental Championship against Drew. It's just over a month until Gunther becomes the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion ever.

1. Damage CTRL

Iyo Sky is the new WWE Women's Champion after cashing-in on Bianca Belair after the triple threat at Summerslam. Despite a loss the night before and Bayley still dealing with Shotzi, Iyo left Summerslam as a champion. Dakota was there to celebrate, but made it clear during the press conference that it'll still be a while before she can return to in-ring action.

Damage CTRL debuted at Summerslam 2022, and at Summerslam 2023, Iyo Sky walked out as the WWE Women's Champion, with both Bayley and Dakota by her side.

[kumarseo]

Present WWE Famous person responds to a fan attraction to vastly exchange his look after SmackDown

After this night’s WWE SmackDown, LWO member Santos Escobar responded to a fan request that he must put on his former masks once more now that he has joined forces with mythical luchador Rey Mysterio. Santos Escobar debuted in NXT as El Hijo del Fantasma within the NXT Cruiserweight Identify festival. For a time, the 39-year-old all the time honoured his Mexican roots with Lucha Libre…

[madhatterbri]

Finn Balor Fics

All Fell Down - Y/N was in a relationship with Finn Balor. She starts getting closer with Damian Priest. He gets injured, and Finn finds out about their relationship.

Paranoia - Damian convinces the JD that you can't be trusted and you pay for it.

Hands To Myself - They can't keep their hands to themselves.

Demon of Love - They make cheesy Valentines Day cards for each other together with their favorite candy attached.

Beauty and the Demon - The Demon King is left alone with his thoughts.

Storm - Summary: The Demon King is summoned during a thunderstorm.

Friends - Summary: Hi Bri, Can i request a Finn Balor x reader fic?, Finn betrayed his best friend (reader) when he joined the judgement day. Now with tensions rising within the group, he finds himself longing for the woman who he once considered his best friend.

Friends Part 2 -

Summary: Hi Bri i just wanted to ask, would you do a part 2 to Friends (Finn Balor). Like maybe reader was the one who attacked Rhea and injured her as a way to get back at JD but especially Finn.

Jealous -

Summary: Finn catches one of Y/N's coworkers a little too comfortable around her. The Demon in him decides he wants to play.

Unbothered - Summary: Can I please request a Finn Balor x ring announcer/reader fic?, where Finn loves showing off in the ring because he knows the reader is watching him, but she acts like she's unbothered 😉. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Choose You - Summary: A demon king reveals his feelings for Y/N.

Guess Who? - Summary: I say cover her eyes, and she has to guess which one is fucking her. Get it right, sweet reward....get it wrong a punishment. Ooo, like edging her until she is crying or something. Idk

Confrontation - Summary: Can i request a Finn Balor x reader fic please?, Reader caught Finn talking to Liv, so she confronts him, accuses him of cheating and also gives him attitude (Because why not 😉). You can decide on the ending.

Part 2

Baby Duty - Summary: The Demon form of Finn hasn't been a fan of the new baby. With Y/N fast asleep, he finally gets put on baby duty.

Revenge Tour Canceled - Summary: Can I request Fem!reader is Liv’s pupil & #1 fan of the LRT. Reader has been training hard so they can one day be future tag champs, but starts to get ignored after Liv brings in Finn & JD. Tired of being pushed aside she costs Finn/JD their titles to Priest/Dom. Liv goes after reader but is taken down by her pupil. Reader then takes off her Revenge Tour “friendship” bracelet.

Together Again - Summary: Can I make a request for a Finn Balor x Mysterio reader fic? Reader is Dom's older sister, a member of the LWO, and Finn's ex lover. After it was discovered that Finn and the reader were secretly dating each other, she was moved over to Smackdown in order to keep her apart from him. However, she makes a surprise return to Raw a few weeks later and attacks Liv and warns her to leave her brother alone. Reader tries to keep her distance from Finn, but they eventually reunite in an emotional way.

A Demon's Grace -

Summary: I got a humour/fluff idea for Finn/Demon Balor x reader. Demon Balor isn't afraid of anything or anyone EXCEPT Finn and reader's 5 year old daughter who in his own words is "bossy, a know it all, a chatterbox and is a mini version of her mother". The demon and Finn's little girl love to complain about each other to Finn as well 😀. You can choose the little girl's name.

Discipline - can I get a Finn Balor x reader smut. Reader owes R-Truth a favour so she helps him break into the Judgement Day's clubhouse to steal the tag team titles. But they end up getting caught by Finn who later punishes reader. Clearly 18+.

Unwanted Guest - Summary: Demon Finn Balor embarrasses Y/N in front of her landlord.

Surgery - Summary: Finn and Y/N's daughter, Grace, has surgery. The Demon is, well, the Demon.

Unholy - Summary: Maybe a date, a candle lit dinner and Grace goes to Nana and PopPop's (readers parents) and things get ummm passionate quick. Much to Demon's chagrin. 😂 18+.

Monster Under The Bed - Summary: Demon convinces Grace that the noises in her parents' room are the monster under their bed. She notices the marks on her parents and confronts them.

Bully -

Bury Me Alive -

Attack -

Gratitude-

Parent Trap - Part 2

Reward

[stories4africa]

Second Chances at Being…

Dear clock of life

Wait! Please stop for a second. This is not the life I wanted. I see it now. It’s all so clear now. Please quickly go back. Back for a few years, that’s all I’m asking. It’s not too much, right?

What a letter right? If only it was that easy.

Welcome everyone to the LWOS platform. If you’ve viewed any of my social media pages, you’ll know that I am currently surrounded by kids at home. First, it was at my brother’s place and now it’s at my home in Gqebenya. Although I was kicking and screaming at first when the announcement was made that we all had to vacate res and go home, I am now looking at this as a blessing. Maybe the clock has ears after all. I am writing this to tell that I have been given a second chance at a lot of things that I was ready to put on hold. Yes, as messed up as it may sound I was ready to freeze some areas of my life and some people for a couple of years — all for my sanity in my defence — but that’s a story for another day.

So what’s this second chance all about? Well, I had another ‘lightbulb moment’ hey. If you do not get it, let’s quickly backtrack a bit. You can check out my previous ‘lightbulb moment’ in the post titled:

Lightbulb moments during the lockdown: Unlocking the past

Cool beans, so let’s get back to my current topic.

Having all these children around me has opened my eyes to a lot of things, but most importantly they have managed to break down some hard stone walls built around my heart. A special thank you must go to Lucendo Hala (6) and Ziva Kasolo (4), my wonderful nieces, for working wonders within me. Come on Vee, get to it already, what wonders have they worked?

Simply put, these two girls have reminded me how to BE. Yes, how to unapologetically be. They have revived the child in me. Not childishness, but the pure child-like nature. Both of them are outspoken, energetic and fun individuals who freely dance, sing or tell stories to entertain themselves. Trust me, these two can play alone for a good hour and not be bothered by the absence of their siblings or friends. I sometimes listen to their stories or questions they ask and admire the unboxed imagination they have. Apart from that, these two freely give so much love and light up the rooms they are in.

Ziva, in particular, has forced me to deal with some personal monsters through her touch. She is one of the most affectionate little girls I know who just loves to hug and affirm her love. Touch. Well, that is one of the areas I have struggled with from childhood. At one point, I used to joke and say that deep down, I am one of the most affectionate people you’ll find, however, I was reserving all of that touching for marriage and stuff. Truth be told though, it was all an excuse. You do not need marriage to be affectionate, because you can be affectionate with family members and friends. So why couldn’t I be affectionate with them then?

To be honest, I was fighting myself on this. I wanted to love and be affectionate, but earlier on in my life, I worked hard not to show emotion. I felt I needed to be strong. There was a rough patch in our family at some point and being like this made sense at the time, at least to me.

Being strong was a survival tactic I adopted. As a child, I made vows like “I will never cry or break down in front of anyone” or “No one will ever see me hurting. I will fix it alone.” Such meant that I always had this strong-person mask on. With time, it shifted from just being a mask and turned into a wall. A solid brick wall around my heart.

Somehow being strong quickly translated to showing little affection, especially through touch. I did not enjoy hugging people, although I did it. Some times my body would become tense. Thankfully though, meeting God at a young age greatly helped with this Through Jesus, daily I learnt how to be more receptive of love. Spending time with my brother’s family also helped. But then I went to high school and boarding school, where I could be on my own. From there came university, where once again I could be on my own for long stretches at a time. So once again, the brick wall was rising. Believe me, I love people, but I sometimes struggle with expressing myself, especially through touch.

So with Ziva constantly coming to my room during this lockdown to hug me with a wide smile on her face, something is breaking. One brick at a time, the wall is coming down. With her “Momvo can I sleep in your room?” something is being renewed. When I look into her eyes and see the love that shines through them, something in me is coming back to life. It’s all calling out to a deep longing in me that I buried with a lot of bricks.

“Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 18:3

Guess what? The transformation is happening right here and right now. Through the little ones around me, I am being given a second chance to be that child again. Yes, the child-like nature is being restored. I am being God’s child again. I am dancing, singing, dreaming and trusting again. Sure, the clock of life has not taken me back to 1998 or 2000, but what’s happening right now is close enough. The final story before I go is one of my father. The clock has answered him too.

This week Altas (my nephew) was being naughty so my dad gave him a hiding. And man did the boy cry, but after some time my dad picked him up again, wiped his tears, hugged him and told him how much he loves him and how the two of them are close and get each other. To someone else, this might not be a surprise, but for a person who grew up with the same man as a hardcore man, who never willingly hugged me or told me he loves me and was physically abusive towards my mother at a point, this is a different story.

Don’t get me wrong, I know my dad loves me. We are pretty close now, but watching him with his grandkids is like watching a movie tilted second chances. It’s like he got a mirror showing him his faults and the things he missed out on as a parent and is now working hard not to repeat those mistakes.

I don’t know what life is like for you but I want you to remember that “For all the living there is hope.” Ecclesiastes 9:4

So, live my sister or brother. Love, laugh, cry, forgive and pursue all your dreams. Believe in the goodness of life again.

I am Nomvo Faith Kasolo, but you can also call me Vee and this is my story.

This is one of my favourite pictures with Ziva (right) and Altas (left) and my dad.

[consequencesofargentdawn]

Ardent Meltdown

A thank you to this contributor for sharing some more insights into the mentality of the average a ACU/PCU leader having a temper tantrum against his own former guild members before he decided to rip part of the guild off and storm off to make his own PCU loyalist guild.

As previously covered Vitsaus of the Ardent Pursuit, formerly of the Light Watch Order, allowed the ACU to bully their way into spaces, make other players feel uncomfortable then attempted to do their tried and tested "forced consequences" upon those that didn't agree with them, which involved blatant attempts to force a player to let their character be killed and then shaming said players and continual harassing of them when they did not respond to "/e lol kills badrp".

As you can all see here dear readers, Vitsaus went into a state of mass 4chan-tier hysteria, letting the "stoic" "witty" and "cool" ACU mask drop. The issue however is for the ACU it's never "Just RPing" It never has been "Just RPing" and has demonstrably been shown. Their entire organisation was made as a vanity project by an authoritarian loving pervert who wanted to control all aspects of RP that people did. The ACU have never been civil to people who disagree with them, they have bullied, harassed, used homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs without recourse from their higher ups (many of which actively support said sentiments). We can agree the rank and file members may be completely ignorant to the bad behavior of their officers but ignorance does not excuse such things. Perhaps Vitsaus, you should step outside, touch some grass and consider why the ACU is not the all perfect utopia you all like to parrot and see it for its flawed nature that promotes elitism, exclusionary, discriminatory practices and operates on cult like mentalities.

This all came about because LWO did not want to associate with the ACU, which all players are freely allowed to do. Perroy (though less so these days) and his cabal love to tout that "you don't pay my sub, i can do what i want", the same applies to other players as well. The ACU do not pay for these players subscriptions and thus have no control over what they want to do or don't want to do. Besides that the ACU have no qualms aligning with those who further their goals and casually discard them when no longer useful.

As the contributor rightfully states, paranoia rules in these fascist-minded circles. CoAD has been providing for a number of years now the information that the likes of the ACU and other authoritarian loving groups would love to hide away and not have brought to the front and exposed to the greater community. The people of our server should not be mocked or harassed for seeking out information from all sources and then make an educated decision whether or not they wish to associate themselves and their with the ACU. "Something Perroy said five years ago." As Vitsaus repeats like an obedient cockatiel is a complete dismissal and nullification of the genuine harm and distress the ACU and its member guilds have done to players over the years. Only once they acknowledge that they are just as flawed as any group or individual they attack and harass can they move forward from this.

And for all his posturing, Vitsaus' attempt to create an ACU brand guild out of the Argent Crusade niche of RP has completely failed. Like the majority of fringe ACU guilds, most have fallen into dormancy or outright collapsed in recent months. Project Odin has found that they can hardly scrape twenty members up on their best of days, mostly from the Grim Gest and Highblood Myrmidons on Horde and Stormwind City Sentry on Alliance. Perhaps it would be best in the long term now to just drop the whole elitist, cult like tag on your guilds and loosely associate rather than maintaining purity tests that strangle your diminishing playerbase.

Finally our contributor asks regarding the ACU's move to Final Fantasy XIV. From what our sources have told us they are entirely divided across several regions, making a unified attempt to controlling roleplay there being impossible. Not to mention the standard RP for this game is not the sort they would engage in anyway. That said if any good readers have information about these members floating around there, that would be appreciated. None of our team members currently play the game - so unlike the situation with Elder Scrolls Online, we can only function on a second hand basis.

[all-risejd]

Puppy Heaven [All Doms Go To Heaven]

Warnings: Puppy Play, if you squint it’s an orgy but not really?, subspace, anal, painting people with cum?, Roman and Damian are both doms?, awkward situations, Paul Heyman is a literal saint, and power play. 

Roman Reigns had heard things about how The Judgment Day operated. You didn’t make it this far in pro-wrestling without either realizing how heavily fetishized the subculture was or succumbing to your innermost desires. He also knew well the rumors and startling whispers that circled Damian Priest - so when Paul brought up the tentative partnership Roman hadn’t been sure it was a good idea. They were selling very different versions of the family. But, as always The Wise Man had his points, and so Roman had begrudgingly accepted his logic. Solo massacred Rey Mysterio and the Judgment Day men were doing well against Sami, KO, and Riddle until the LWO got involved - it took too long for the twins and Solo to intercede on behalf of the Judgment Day. But Roman had noticed that Solo was particularly protective of Dom while all four factions were in the ring. 

It had reminded Roman that there was life after the Judgment Day and the youngest two members were nuclear levels of heat. Perhaps they could be his future enforcers. The thought made him smile, even as Paul slid back into the room, dressed in his suit as usual, “My tribal chief, Priest, has requested a change of venue. Something about Dominik not being in a good headspace for public consumption. They’ve asked if we would mind meeting them at their rental house.” That was another thing Roman had noticed, The Judgment Day no longer lived hotel to hotel. They got short term rental properties from city to city. He’d tried to ask Hunter about it but the man had just dismissed him with a ‘Dominik needs them’. Like that explained everything. What was so special about Dominik Mysterio?

Curiosity peaked, Roman hummed, “That sounds agreeable, ask if we need to bring anything with us.” He preferred to be a good house guest even if he was going to somewhere he was sure was a den of sins. Paul typed away at his phone for a few minutes, then hummed, before he looked back up at Roman, “Well?”

“Priest suggest an open mind and that we wear clothing that’s not itchy or… uncomfortable to rub?”

Roman snorted, “Don’t look so freaked out. You know Priest. He’s probably just being a dramatic Dominant. We can wear soft clothes. He has his reasons.” Roman was a bit more curious about those reasons, now. Roman changed into softer shorts and a henley, before he trailed along behind Paul to the rental SUV with the twins, and eventually Solo followed along behind. Roman smiled as he realized that they had all followed Paul’s request to change into ‘softer’ clothes, all of them except Paul in fact looked like they were headed for a cotton-thread themed workout. The rental SUV posed a bit of a question of seating arrangements, but the twins ended up in the third row of seats, with Solo in the middle, one of the seats laid down, and Roman in the front passenger with Paul driving, as Roman connected the GPS.

“Man, I’m a bit curious to see what the hell they rented.” Came from Jey, “Also, the fact they get to rent houses…” He trailed off, a bit of jealousy leaking into his words.

Jimmy elbowed him, “Dude, Priest is Hunter’s favorite new boy.” Roman huffed, because being Hunter’s favorite anything walked the thin line between getting everything you wanted and having to deal with all the bullshit that went with being someone Hunter thought could handle the extra baggage. 

-/-

The house was not what Roman thought it would be like, it was bright and full of sunshine and flowers. The juxtaposition between the deep black silk like pajamas on Damian’s frame as he opened the door to greet them, and the yellow siding was enough to make Roman do a double take, momentarily concerned he’d stepped into some sort of twilight zone. “Welcome, Bloodline, do come in.” He stepped back in the doorway and ushered them all in, “Finn is making lunch, Rhea and Dom Dom will be down in a few minutes.” Roman waited for Jimmy and Jey to settle on the overstuffed loveseat before he slid into the comfortable looking couch, Paul moved to stand by the fireplace, while Solo found a seat in the recliner. 

Finn emerged from the kitchen in his own black shorts, that looked a lot like workout shorts, holding a tray of sandwiches. He settled them on the middle coffee table and headed back to the kitchen to grab the lemonaid, and several cups, before he dropped onto the arm of the chair that Damian had settled into, “Has Rhea not made it down yet?” 

“No, Dom Dom was having… he was struggling, I assume she will make it down at some point.” Damian shrugged, unbothered, then looked at Paul, “I assume this meeting is about our loss but Solo’s victory?”

Paul started to talk, but Roman cut him off, “I would like to apologize, the Usos and Solo had their orders, and opted not to follow them. I did not want you to take the loss, and I feel that it was our fault.” Roman reached forward and poured himself a glass of lemonade, “Thank you for making us sandwiches and offering us drinks.” He gave the boys a look, which prompted Jimmy, Jey and Solo to each grab a drink and sandwich. “We were a bit confused about the venue change.”

“Sometimes, it’s best for Dom Dom to have a safe space.” Damian offered, he held Roman’s gaze, “As you know we in the Judgment Day have a certain… stigma about our… personal lives.” 

Roman raised his eyebrow, “Is this about the fact that you all four have kinks that fall off the normal BDSM scene?” He offered, he kept his eyes locked on Damian’s, the older man bobbed his head slightly, “It’s fine, whatever is going on with Mysterio is going to be fine.” He said evenly, “We won’t judge, but we do need to decide our next moves when it comes to the Draft and to Backlash.”

“I’ll go get Rhea and Dom Dom.” Finn pushed off the chair arm, Damian patted his side, and Roman watched as he climbed the stairs, clearly worried about the turn of events.

“Can we get some sort of warning?” Jimmy asked, Roman recognized the mild concern in his cousin’s voice.

“Warning?” Damian looked perplexed.

“They want to know what to expect.” Paul sounded a bit like he wanted to know, too.

Damian chuckled, “Dom Dom is a good boy, a sweet puppy, very loving.” He offered, his smile widening. 

Roman felt his eyes widen, that was a pointed statement, and if Damian was suggesting what Roman thought, well, he might just have to spend more time with the purple wearing vigilanties. A creak from the top of the stairs revealed Finn making his way back down, behind him was Rhea in an oversized t-shirt with no visible shorts underneath, “Come on, Dom Dom.” Rhea called, lovingly. 

Roman almost flicked his gaze to his cousins, to watch their expressions, but he wanted to see the full reveal for himself. Dominik, afterall, was the son of a legend, and Roman knew for a fact Rey had no idea about this side of his son. Roman preferred to know what no one else did, and more than that - the fact that the Judgment Day was willing to let him see Dominik in any position other than one of power… well, it spoke volumes of how well they were going to partner, if he played his cards right. 

Behind Rhea, from the top of the stairs, Dominik crawled. His purple and black puphood that resembles more of a hound, with long ears on either side of his head, his naturally long hair was fluffier than normal, and looked soft to touch. Dominik was on his hands and knees, a mesh soft looking purple shirt on his frame, it had been cut into a crop top, with tiny leather shorts on his hips, with a long faux black furry tail, that almost drug the floor as he crawled along.

“Such a good boy.” Roman offered as Dominik made it to the landing, standing between both Finn and Rhea, “Isn’t the puppy so cute, boys?” He turned to give Solo, Jey and Jimmy a pointed stare. He assumed Paul had been in the business long enough to accept that some things just happened. Jey was the first to nod his head, before reaching his palm out and whistling, Dominik turned his head upward, looking at Rhea who made an affirmative noise, the boy crawled across the floor to push his leather snout into Jey’s waiting hands. Roman, internally, sighed in relief. At least one of his cousins understood.

“Can I pet him, too?” Jimmy asked, softly, fingertips already extended and inched forward to touch Dominik.

“Sure.” Rhea offered, “He’s really good.” She promised, “I’m going to get his snack, ok?” She looked at Damian who nodded his head, “Uh, just don’t play rough with him, he doesn’t like his ears or tail pulled, and if you're rubbing his side don’t press too hard on the left side his ribs are bruised from Mania.” 

“Of course.” Roman hummed, “We don’t want to hurt your puppy, do we lads?”

“Nope.” Solo offered, as he too moved to pet Dominik. Roman watched as the three ended up largely in the floor petting Dominik gently, Jey still rubbing his long hair, while Jimmy kept his palm largely trailing up and down Dominik’s spine (Roman would be willing to bet that Jimmy had experience with this, Roman had in fact met Naomi and the woman while crazy really liked cheetah print, and being on her knees). “Good boy, Dom.” Solo patted his head, “I’m going to listen to the meeting, ok?” Dom wagged his butt a little to give the illusion of his tail wagging.

Roman chuckled, as he stretched back out, “Come here, puppy.” He called softly, and watched as Dominik turned his head, snout first, long ears hitting him as he moved, to look at Roman, then he flicked his gaze to Damian.

“Go ahead,” Damian chuckled, “Rhea is making your snack, and we both know Roman is on your couch.”

Roman watched Paul reach out and run his fingers down Dominik’s spine as the boy hurriedly crawled toward Roman and then clambered onto the couch. Once Dominik was next to him, Roman adjusted so Dominik could rest his upper body across his lap, Roman immediately started scratching the boys head, letting his fingers tangle gently in Dominik’s hair. Roman cleared his throat, “What are we thinking about for Backlash? I already know where I am going for the Draft and I assume Rhea is aware?”

Rhea returned, to sit next to Roman, almost too close - he could feel the heat of her body against his side, as she smiled, “I know where I’m going, and where my boys are going. The real question is are they splitting you and Solo from the twins? And can I feed Dom his snack on your lap?” She held up a bowl full of strawberries and fresh cut fruit. 

“Go ahead.” Roman offered, and watched Rhea pull the first strawberry up and maneuver it into his mouth. “Alright, so Backlash?” The planning after that was relatively simple - they knew what was going on Backlash wise, and what they thought the Draft was going to be like for the rest of the crew. 

They’d largely wrapped up when Damian cleared his throat, “Dom Dom probably wants to play.” He checked his watch, “If anyone is interested?” He looked over the group, carefully.

Roman grinned, “I would love to watch you and Dom play, personally.” Then he remembered the room he was in, and looked toward the twins, Jimmy and Jey both were pitched forward, clearly interested in the turn of events, Solo looked like he might bolt, Paul, on the other hand, just shrugged his shoulders, unbothered. 

Damian’s smile stretched uncomfortably large, “Rhea, did Dom Dom get all his snacks?”

“He did.” She confirmed, with a huge smile, “Let me get his blanket.” She stood and handed Finn the bowl that she’d been feeding out of, Roman watched as the man headed back for the kitchen, only to return with a bottle of water, with a straw coming out of the top of it, he helped Dominik get a long drink, then backed off. Rhea returned with a large purple overstuffed blanket that looked soft and comfortable. Damian moved from his chair to kneel on the blanket even as Rhea tugged on Dominik’s ear softly. “Are you ready to play, Dom?” He looked up at her and wagged his butt again. 

Damian patted the blanket, “Come here boy,” Dom climbed down, which allowed Roman to move forward, resting his elbows on his knees, to watch closer. He snickered as Paul moved to drop onto the couch next to him. Finn had taken the seat Damian had vacated, Rhea now that Dominik was comfortably on the blanket, moved to sit on Finn’s lap. 

“What are the rules, can we pet him while you play?” Jey asked, breaking the silence that Roman had been reveling in, as Damain carefully positioned Dominik and ran his fingers over the boys’ long hair and down his back, to drag the palm of his hands over Dominik’s ass. 

That’s when it clicked for Roman, this was never the Judgment Day trying to show how much they trusted the Bloodline, this was them playing with power, showing him they knew who he was, they knew his dark secrets. He’d been caught out and had no Earthly idea how they’d figured out what he wanted most. This was the Judgment Day taunting him, and providing a blackmail avenue for themselves. 

Roman and Jey were the only two to move, both dropping into the floor to rub at Dominik’s shoulders and head, both offering encouragement to the pup. Damian, meanwhile, had pressed his large hands over Dominik’s thighs, and was squeezing them, as the boy squirmed in what Roman assumed was eager anticipation. Rhea and Finn moved to join the pile on the floor, with Rhea carefully unlacing the shorts Dominik had been wearing, Roman watched as they fell away, revealing that the tail was actually a plug, Roman licked his lips, he couldn’t help it. 

Damian waited for Finn to hand him something, then motioned for Roman closer, Jey meanwhile had settled in front of Dom, and was scratching at the base of his ears, where his natural hair overlapped the mask. Few men in life had made Roman jealous, but right now he wanted everything Priest was about to have. Damian nudged Dominik’s knees apart slightly, as Roman watched him gently pull on the base of the furry plug. Dominik let out a keening noise that had Rhea smirking as she bent toward Jey, only to kiss Dominik’s snout and whisper, “Be good for your Master, pupper, and I’ll let you have a special treat after.” That made his tail wag again, and by the look Rhea gave Dominik it was probably something Roman would have been more than interested in too.

Damian, meanwhile, was teasing the plug in and out of Dominik’s stretched hole, tantalizingly slow, slow enough that Roman could feel his mouth watering. Jimmy had moved to join his twin and Rhea, all three were rubbing all over Dominik’s back and stomach. “Ready, puppy?” Damian’s voice was honey, sticky sweet, and it made Roman’s spine tingle with want. He’d sort out his confusion over if he wanted to be Dominik or Damian at this moment, later, the show was about to get good. Damian pushed his own silky pajama pants down, revealing his hard cock. “Wanna be breed so bad, don’t you, pupper.” Damian cooed at him, affectionately. 

Roman, for his own sanity, was not going to wax poetic over Damian’s cock, although it was nice, about the same size as his, but thicker, and quite literally pretty. Instead, he was going to salivate over the glorious image that was Damian slowly inching the plug out of Dominik’s tight little hole. Roman would have savored the moment, maybe teased Dominik with his fingers or his tongue, but Damian did neither, instead he lined his cock up and pressed forward, Dominik whimpered, but seemed to press his hips backward toward Damian. 

“Don’t get impatient, pupper, wouldn’t want you to be a brat.” Roman said, evenly, not even realizing he might have over stepped something, Rhea shot him a look he couldn’t read, before she moved to kiss at Dominick's hips where Damian’s fingers were digging into Dominik’s flesh on the right side, while Finn was doing much the same on the left side. Jimmy and Jey were still rubbing at Dominik’s hair and snout, pressing kisses to his snout, and rubbing their hands over his shoulders and down his arms. Solo had pulled away from the group, with wide eyes and an expression of pure curiosity on his face. Roman spared him a second thought - perhaps Solo wasn’t aware that there was more to life than the vanilla world? 

Shrugging it off, he glanced back at Damian whose hips were now completely flush with Dominik’s ass.  Dominik it seemed, was content to be bred as Damian had suggested, Roman trailed his hand along Dominik’s side careful of his discolored skin from his bruised ribs, he had admittedly thought Dominik was cute for sometime - the boy was built different, and looked like someone worth snuggling up in a blanket and keeping safe and sound. It seemed like The Judgment Day had similar ideas about him. Damian slowly drug himself out of Dominik, only to plow back into the boy. Dominik let out a soft keening noise from the back of his throat, clearly pleased with all the attention he was getting. 

Roman was entranced, as he watched Damian - big, powerful, slightly terrifying but one hundred percent alphamale - fuck in and out of Dominik like it was his professional job. Rhea and Finn were both offering words of encouragement, both to Dominik and Damian, Paul had apparently decided to watch them with the expression of someone who had very little interest in the current proceedings. Dominik was exquisite. A thing of beauty really, all soft skin and smooth lines, his back arched just right and his whines turned more feral and desperate as Damian pushed into him harder, thrusting with enough force the younger man was jolted forward with each snap of Damian’s hips. 

“Rhea.” Damian’s voice held power and control, Roman’s own cock was half-hard and begging for his attention as he watched her shuffle forward to bend under Dominik’s body, Roman tilted down to watch her suck Dominik’s red weeping coco head into her mouth, as Finn’s fist coiled around his balls and tugged. Dominik let out a truly beautiful if not pitiful yelp, “Such a good puppy cumming just when told.” Rhea moved back out from under Dom and presented her open mouth to Damian first who smiled then to Roman, who was surprised to see that she hadn’t swallowed Dominik’s cum, instead she met Finn over the younger boys back in a sloppy kiss, to share his release. 

Damian hadn’t slowed his hips down and with the patient way that Dominik was taking the nearly violent thrust, Roman realized just how often this had to happen. “You can cum on him if you want.” Finn offered, his hand already down his shorts jacking himself off, Rhea had backed off a bit and was rubbing her hand over her upper thighs. Clearly waiting for something. Roman flicked his gaze over his cousins, Jimmy and Jey had apparently already been jacking off as both men gave him guilty looks, Solo however was hard in his shorts but sitting on his hands. Processing more than likely, Roman decided, even as he pushed his shorts down to rest under his balls. 

He didn’t expect Finn to catch his wrist and spit on his hand, but he’d take it - lubrication of any kind seemed idea as he moved to fist his dick at the same speed Damian was brutally fucking into Dominik with. Roman came quicker than he expected, his balls drawing up as Damian let out a growl of sorts and stopped his long thrust only to buck his hips once flush against Dominik’s ass in a sort of up-down motion, the boy had drool running down his snout, and his shoulders were shaking with exhaustion. Roman smiled as his cum splattered against the purple mesh and dark bruises on Dominik’s skin. 

Damian’s hips stilled, it took Roman by surprise how much care Damian put into sliding out of Dominik and pushing the tail plug back in place, the boy seemed to collapse onto the rug so Damian pulled his pants back up and bodily life’s Dominik so he could cradle the boy in the chair with him. Rhea and Finn moved to sit on either arm of the chair, all three petting Dominik’s still quivering form. 

Paul gave them a few minutes before he cleared his throat, “My tribal chief, Mr. Priest, sorry to interrupt more of what I am sure would be fantastic team bonding,” He turned to look at Roman, “But you have a afternoon meeting with Mr. Rhodes and I’m sure you would prefer to wear a suit to that.”

“Of course.” Roman agreed as he shakily stood, “Thank you for having us over and thank you for letting us play,” He rubbed Dominik’s head affectionately, “If you ever need a puppy sitter let us know.” He moved to walk away when Damian handed him a small flash drive. Roman raised an eyebrow at him. 

“It’s a helpful list, for people like us.” Damian said unbothered. “Safe places and rental properties.” Roman accepted the offer, a bit irritated. Obviously the Judgment Day had won this round, in a competition that he hadn’t been aware they were having. 

-/-

It always took Dominik a while to come out of either puppy or subspace but once he did there was a house rule that Damian, Rhea and Finn would explain what happened and how. This time he’d sort of drifted back into awareness with his head between Rhea’s spread thighs licking her beautiful cunt like a starving man. He didn’t mind, not really that was probably one of his favorite places to be, but his hazy memories of his drop always seemed to come back in static after his head started to clear. 

The after-Roman conversation. That’s what he’s going to refer to as the horrible discussion he and Damian had to suffer through after the meeting of the two factions, although Dominik is fairly sure they should have covered a lot more of exactly what they were doing in the before conversation. Damian had explained that the Bloodline were coming to visit them, he’d told Dominik how he thought Roman and at least Jey were inclined as they were (he had taken that to mean into kinks most normal people didn’t talk about) and that they were going to discuss the Draft and Backlash. Dominik hadn’t expected to be used as some sort of power play. 

Admittedly he was flattered that he had power over Roman and his boys at least outside of the ring. He spent most of the afternoon pouting until Rhea inched into bed with him, “We wouldn’t have done anything to hurt you, you know that?” He nodded with his head still under the covers, “Damian would never put us in harms way. Not you and me. He might sacrifice Finn but we are his babies.” She patted her approximation of his head, “You did so good, Dominik and you honestly gave us our first leg up on the Bloodline. All those boys are married and the approximation of perfect households.” Rhea hummed, “You know how much fun we have with Damian, it’s an itch we can’t scratch anywhere else. It’s leverage baby.” She promised as he slowly inched out of the blanket to look at her, “You made us all proud today, and Roman? He wanted to be you.” 

That made the twisted upset inside of Dominik subside. Rhea was right. Damian would never let anything happen to him or Rhea that would hurt them in their careers, physically or emotionally. 

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2018 Curator-in-Residence Program

Residency Session: January – December 2018 Deadline: May 31, 2017

Notifications to all applicants will be made via email by July 15, 2017

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts is now accepting applications from national and international curators for its Curator-in-Residence Program. Beginning January 2018, the successful candidate will participate in a one-year fully subsidized live/work residency as part of the Bemis Center’s acclaimed Artist-in-Residence Program. S/he will originate and present three exhibitions and related public programs inclusive of local and national artists. The Curator-in-Residence will work alongside residency and curatorial staff, and actively contribute to the overall vision of the Bemis Center’s renowned exhibition program.  The Curator-in-Residence will be encouraged to work on independent research and other curatorial projects while in residence.

Competitive applicants will possess a strong knowledge of international contemporary art and a genuine interest in researching and responding to cultural production in Omaha and the region. The Curator-in-Residence is part of the cultural fabric of the city, serving as a professional resource for local artists and arts professionals, and as an ambassador of the Bemis Center in the community. S/he will be an integral member of the Bemis Center’s Artist-in-Residence Program, stimulating intellectual discourse surrounding contemporary art practice through studio visits, knowledge-sharing workshops, and other organized programs with fellow artists-in-residence.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Curator-in-Residence is a full-time temporary position that will work closely with the Exhibitions Program team. S/he will be involved in all curatorial and administrative aspects of organizing three exhibitions over the one-year residency. Exhibitions should be original, conceptually rigorous, and exemplify the true breadth and experimentation currently defining contemporary art. The 2018 exhibition dates are: March 15–May 26, June 28–September 22, and November 29–February 23, 2019.

Duties include, but are not limited to: research, artist and donor relations, exhibition design and installation, writing/editing of scholarly texts and didactics, budgeting, conceptualizing and leading public programs, and exhibition tours.

The Curator-in-Residence studio is for single occupancy only; Bemis Center is unable to accommodate partners, children, and pets at this time.

There are no fees to apply. Submission of applications are only accepted online at bemis.slideroom.com.

Complete details about this opportunity can be found at bemiscenter.org/residency.

About Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Founded in 1981, by artists for artists, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts supports today’s artists through an international artist-in-residence program, temporary exhibitions and commissions, and innovative public programs. Located in the historic Old Market district, the Bemis Center serves a critical role in the presentation and understanding of contemporary art, bridging the community of Omaha to a global discourse surrounding cultural production today.

Eligibility

Residency opportunities are open to national and international arts professionals 21+ years of age, showing a strong professional working history.

Students enrolled in an academic program during the time of requested residency are not eligible to apply.

Bemis Center welcomes internationally based arts professionals to apply. A working knowledge of English is helpful for international artists, as an interpreter will not be provided. Upon notification of acceptance to the residency, the selected individual will be responsible for preparing and submitting the required personal employment visa materials by July 2017. A P-3 visa is recommended. Please visit the USCIS website for more information: www.uscis.gov. The Bemis Center will provide appropriate documentation and materials to supplement the visa application process. Due to the current state of temporary, immigrant travel policies to the United States, we are unable to guarantee approval. A visa does not guarantee entry into the United States. As an international call the Bemis Center strives to support applicants from any country

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and disability. If you have questions about accessibility, please contact the Residency Program Manager, Holly Kranker, at 402.341.7130 x 12 or hollyk@bemiscenter.org.

Qualifications:

●      Master’s degree in curatorial or museum studies, art history, or related field; or five years equivalent professional work experience in the field;

●      A minimum of 1-2 years of curatorial experience in an academic, nonprofit, and/or commercial gallery setting;

●      Strong knowledge of international contemporary art and a keen interest in understanding and working with Omaha’s cultural landscape;

●      Excellent verbal and written communications skills;

●      Creative and strategic thinker with the capacity to take initiative and to work independently as well as a team player in a fun, yet demanding, arts organization;

The ideal candidate will understand and promote the Bemis Center’s mission and, as an ambassador of the organization, perform all Bemis-related duties in a professional, responsible manner.

Fees & Benefits:

Submission of applications are only accepted online at bemis.slideroom.com.

There is no fee to apply.

The selected Curator-in-Residence[Office1]  will receive an annual amount of $36,600, which includes a monthly residency stipend, a travel/research transportation allowance, and a monthly curatorial honorarium*. The selected Curator-in-Residence will be offered a relocation allowance up to $2,000.** The Bemis Center provides free, onsite lodging in a sizable, well-appointed live/work studio with private bath and kitchen including complimentary utilities, laundry, WiFi and free parking. The Curator-in-Residence will work within a fast-paced, team environment with the Bemis Center staff, volunteers, interns, and Board of Directors, and have access to a dedicated gallery: approximately 2,000 square feet; 12 1/2 foot ceilings, and concrete floors.

*Miscellaneous income is subject to reporting on Form 1099.

**Curator-in-Residence will organize personal travel and moving costs to and from Omaha, Nebraska.

Application Review Process:

SlideRoom will confirm receipt of your submitted application. Applications are reviewed by a rotating panel represented by national and regional arts professionals such as artists, curators, academics, and/or critics. The review process will take 6-8 weeks from the application deadline. Notifications to all applicants will be sent via email after the selection panel has made its final decision.

To Apply: bemis.slideroom.com

Residency Session: January–December, 2018

APPLICATION FORM REQUIREMENTS

1.     Personal website

2.     Résumé (pdf)

3.     Cover Letter

A one-page cover letter outlining curatorial interests, professional experience, and what you aim to accomplish in a one-year residency at the Bemis Center.

4. Critical or curatorial writing sample (500 words)

5.     Didactic writing sample for a “general” audience (500 words)

6.     Three professional references

Please provide the name, email, and phone number, as well as your relationship to each. Letters of recommendation are not required. Should the selection panel choose your application, your references will be contacted by the Bemis Center.

7.   Please list the first and last names of up to ten artists that you have directly worked with in the last five years.

Include websites if applicable. Artists may have been involved in recently curated exhibitions, reviews, or essays.

8.   Visual Portfolio: Include five media samples of curated works completed in the last five years. Do not include text-based work or multiple page pdfs as a media sample.

Images should be sized no larger than 5MB each.

Video samples should be sized no larger than 250MB each and five minutes in length or less.

Audio samples should be sized no larger than 30MB each and five minutes in length or less.

Include title, year, location, and pertinent details. Media descriptions may also be included. (100 word max.)

When uploading video or audio files, please use the following formats:

Videos: .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .wmv, .flv, .asf, .mpeg, .mpg, .mkv

Video samples should not exceed five minutes in length, 60Mb

3D Models (embedded): .blend, .3ds, .dae, .obj, .fbx, .dwf, .osg, .osgt, .osgb, .ive, .lwo, .lws, .ply, .wrl, .iv, .shp, .stl, .bvh, .flt, .ac, .x, .dw, .3dc, .geo, .gta, .kmz, .vpk

Audio: .mp3, .wma, .ogg, .flac

Documents (10MB each): .pdf

Notifications to all applicants will be made via email by July 15, 2017.

For more information, contact Holly Kranker, Residency Program Manager, at 402.341.7130 x 12 or hollyk@bemiscenter.org.

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Faction Rankings: Week of July 24, 2023- July 30, 2023

10. Chase U

Thea tried her best, and in her submission match against Tiffany for the NXT Women's Championship, she never tapped out. She did end up losing due to Andre throwing in the towel for her. She seemed upset afterwards, but it remains to be seen whether she was upset because of the loss or upset with Andre for quitting for her (or maybe both).

9. Alpha Academy

Maxxine will have her first singles match this week. Continuing their feud with The Viking Raiders, Maxxine challenged Valhalla to a match, and it was accepted.

8. The Bloodline

Roman was at Smackdown for the second week in a row, and he and Jey had a face-to-face. Later in the night, him and Solo sat ringside during Jey's match against Grayson, and they attacked him afterwards.

Paul's also not carrying around the other two belts anymore. That probably doesn't mean anything, but I wanted to point it out anyway.

7. Imperium

The face-to-face between Gunther and Drew resulted in a match between Drew and Kaiser. Drew ended up getting the win, but when Imperium tried to do a post-match attack, Matt came to help.

6. Meta-Four

So Noam's kind of back to normal...but now he's carrying around a Hertiage Cup that Lash gave him that may or may not be fake. Maybe we can get somebody to test it. Anyway, they had an eight-person tag match at Great American Bash against the other Hertiage Cup Champion Nathan, Dragon, Yulisa and Valentina, which they lost. But hey, at least Noam seems okay now.

5. Diamond Mine

We can pretend all we want but those guys in Schism masks that caused them to lose the six-man tag last week? That's The Creeds. Maybe somebody should tell Ivy.

So, they got some revenge on Schism, and now there's going to be an interrogation of all The Schism members this week where they'll have to take off their masks so they can find out who's the traitor. Ava insists it's not them, but Jagger thinks otherwise. Sorry Ava, I'm on Jagger's side here. It's definitely them.

4. Damage CTRL

Shotzi's still after them, so that's not great. What is great, though, is that Summerslam is coming up, and the Women's Championship Triple Threat could be a good time for Iyo to cash-in. Asuka warned her against it, but I'm not sure that deterred her much, if at all.

3. The Brawling Brutes

So there's a battle royal at Summerslam now, and Sheamus is officially in it. This week, on the Smackdown before Summerslam, Sheamus has a match with the other confirmed battle royal competitor, LA Knight.

2. LWO

Well, Santos is the winner of the United States Championship Invitational and will face Austin for the Championship next week. Unfortunately, the end of the match wasn't really a celebration. Rey appeared to have suffered a concussion during the match, and was deemed unable to compete, making Santos the winner.

1. The Judgement Day

Dominik and Damian both won on Monday, against Sami and Apollo, respectively. The match against Sami was for the North American Championship, which Dominik also successfully defended against Wes and Ali at Great American Bash. Finn and Seth signed their contract for their title match at Summerslam, and afterwards, The Judgement Day attacked Seth and stood tall. Rhea also was scheduled to have a match with Liv, but attacked her before the bell and injured her arm. She also won a match against Lyra in NXT, and afterwards told Lyra to beat Jacy to prove to Rhea that she's right about her. Lyra will get that match this week. If she wins, they may be looking to add another member to The Judgement Day.