#c: joe hendry

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Fluffvember 2024

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 #𝟐: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐝. 𝐏𝐚���𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐱 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨

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Alyssa wasn't sure what she hated more in the moment: the blaring bedside alarm that had roused her from a comfortable sleep or the fact that her Joey was so dutiful when it came to getting up with the alarm. His broad arm that had been wrapped around her waist slowly moved away as the bed moved, no longer dipped from the weight of her beau. She let out a little sound as she rolled onto her other side, watching as Joe started to gather his things for the day. "Joey, 'ave ya really got to go?"

The man the world knew as Joe Hendry, her Joey, flashed an apologetic smile as he looked over his bare shoulder at her, "Got a video call with Barrett at ten. I'd like tae get in the gym before then."

Alyssa's lips arranged themselves in a pout, battering her eyelashes in an attempt to sway him into staying in the bed, "Are ya sure ya want tae go tae the gym, Joey? It is awfully comfy in here. The blankets warm."

Joe spun to face her, a movement that would have been followed with a clap had they been on television. It didn't matter how long she had known the brilliant blonde, there would never be a moment that she wasn't enamored with the fact that he was finally hers. Her eyes trailed from his eyes to his well-sculpted and slightly hairy chest, to which Joe gave a fake indignant huff, "My beautiful baby blues are up here, Lys."

She gave a sleepy giggle, snuggling back into the warmth of the black comforter. Her own blonde hair looked like quite the mess, she was sure of it. What wasn't splayed across the ivory pillowcase stuck up from her head in little whisps, "You perv! I wasn't-"

"Ya distinctly were, Stevely," Joe teased, hands now on his hips and a plucky smile upturning his lips, "I should tell Graeme, ya know."

Alyssa rolled her eyes at the mention of her older brother and Joe's best friend, Grado. "Ugh, ya ruined the moment. Poof. It's gone."

Joe sat on the edge of the bed, "Hm. Ya know, this is rather comfy." He bounced a little, giving a gentle chuckle as he did so. The mischievous twinkle in his eyes was enough to make her heart swoon, long before he tossed the blankets back to squirm his way underneath. The duo laid side-by-side for a moment, simply staring into each others eyes. As much as she loved his joking and his sense of humor, sometimes the moments like these were more important. Their foreheads rested against each other and she felt the warm of his breath against her skin.

"Aren't ya glad I convinced ya tae come back tae bed?" Alyssa smiled, closing her eyes as she let herself drift back towards sleep.

"Best decision ya made taeday," Joe agree, pressing a gentle kiss to her lips.

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[miru-has-thoughts]

Wait...oh my gosh

WILL JOE HENDRY DETHRONE ETHAN PAGE?!?!

[magicalbuttertarts]

Smut Prompt List 1 - Now Closed.

I was plentyoffandoms on here before, and deleted that account and all my writing with it.

I am now just writing for wrestlers.

Main Masterlist

Pick a number from one category

The wrestler of your choice.

If you wish for the wrestlers real name to be used or just their wrestling name.

If the reader is m, f, or a member of the lgbtq+. Or if it is another wrestler

Please be 18+

Send to my ASKs.

Once picked, it will be crossed out until I write it & then it will have a link to the story, with the requested ship next to it.

These won't be very long. A few hundred words.

Guidelines are here for my requests, including for this prompt list.

Please let me know if you wish to be added to the tag list for this.

Prompt list is from here

A: Vanilla

Heavy kissing/Heavy Makeout - Judas Icarus x f/Reader

Dryhumping/Clothed sex - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

First Time - Nick Wayne x dom! f/Reader

Oral Sex - Grayson Waller x f/Reader

Sex

Doggy Style - Gabe Kidd x f/Reader

Rimming - Sami x Bottom!Jey

With Toys - Julia Hart x f/Reader

Multiple Partners - The Noise x f/Reader

Trying a new Position - Darius Martin x f/Reader

Anal Sex - Judas Icarus x f/Reader

Phone/Video Sex - Mariah May x f/Reader

Masturbation

Face-Sitting - Sami x Jey

Mutual Masturbation - Judas Icarus x f/Reader

Requester's choice.

B: Romantic

Extensive talking during foreplay/sex - Jey Uso x f/Reader, Dominik Mysterio x f/Reader, Nick Wayne x f/Reader

Body worship - Gabe Kidd x f/Reader, Darius Martin x f/Reader

Suprise visit at job/work/etc - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

Overly romantic gestures. - Matt Jackson x f/Reader

Romantic lighting/decor - Tonga Loa x f/Reader

Romantic music playing during sex

Taking a trip - Damian Priest x f/Reader

Massage

First "I love you" - Grayson Waller x f/Reader

Tantric sex was requested, but can't find it anymore.

Slow sex - JJ Gale x dom! F/Reader

Heavy eye contact - Travis Williams x f/Reader

Spooning - Travis Williams x f/Reader

Hand holding during sex - JJ Gale x dom! F/Reader

Requester's choice - Grayson Waller x f/Reader

C: Goofy

Dared to have sex - Damian Priest x f/Reader

Laughing during sex - Nick Wayne x f/reader

With food - Grayson Waller x f/Reader

In costume

Giggly sex - Orange Cassidy x f/Reader

Comical roleplay

Oral sex under kitchen table - Darius Martin x f/Reader

Failed lap dance/strip tease - Judas Icarus x f/Reader

Watching porn & making fun of the scene - Nick Jackson x f/Reader

Distracting other person with sex - Darius Martin x f/Reader

Ridiculous dirty talk in public - Judas Icarus x f/Reader

Finding out partner writes smut & acts out their favourite story. - Liv Morgan x f/Reader

Sexting gone wrong - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

Birthday sex - Colten Gunn x f/Reader

Requester's choice

D: Hardcore

Rough sex - Joe Hendry x f/Reader

Cumplay - Darius Martin x f/Reader

Intense roleplay - Tama Tonga x f/Reader

Pegging/strapon

Sloppy, dirty sex - Sami x Bottom!Jey

Jackhammering - Dan Moloney x f/Reader

Breath play - Gabe Kidd x f/Reader, Eddie Kingston x f/Reader

Double Penetration - Roman Reigns x f/Reader x Tama

Spanking - Darius Martin x f/Reader

Fisting - Mariah May x f/Reader

Cock/vagina worship - Damian Priest x f/Reader & Rhea Ripley x f/Reader

Object penetration - Judas Icarus x f/Reader

Squirting - Dan "Drilla" Moloney x f/Reader

Face-fucking - Luke Jacobs x f/Reader

Requester's choice - Gabriel Kidd x f/Reader

E: Kinky

Painplay - Demon Finn Balor x f/Reader

Fetish fulfillment - Darius Martin x f/Reader

Exhibitionism - Sami x Jey

Sensory deprivation - Action Andretti x f/Reader

Extreme bondage - Jey Uso x f/Reader

Dom/Sub - Tama x f/Reader

Play Party -

Knifeplay - Damian Priest x Reader

Humiliation - f/reader x the elite (bucks & kenny)

Orgasm denial - Judas Icarus x f/Reader

Gags - Drew McIntyre x f/Reader

Begging - Sami x Bottom!Jey

Aftercare - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

Safeword used - Dan Moloney x f/Reader

Requester's choice

F: Situational

In elevator - Tama Tonga x f/Reader

At work - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

Knowing someone can hear - Gabe Kidd x f/Reader

At movie theater - Wheeler Yuta x Daniel Garcia

In a restaurant - David Finlay x f/Reader

Against a wall - Grayson Waller x f/Reader

In a car -Darius Martin x f/Reader

Public transport - Anna Jay x f/Reader

Shower sex - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

Outdoors - El Phantasmo x f/Reader

In front of a mirror - Connor Mills x /Reader

On a specific holiday - Tonga Loa x f/Reader

At a partner's parents house - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

In a bath tub - Liv Morgan x f/Reader

Requester's choice - Nick Wayne x f/Reader

[rawsmackdownnxtdivas]

Ethan Page(c) vs Joe Hendry - NXT Title (Trick Williams as Special Guest Referee):NXT No Mercy 9/1/24

[doyouknowthemuffinmaam]

WRESTLEMANIA NIGHT 2 FINAL PREDICTIONS!

Randy Orton (W) vs Kevin Owens Joe Hendry

AJ Styles vs Logan Paul (W)🤢

Sin City Street Fight: Damian Priest vs Drew McIntyre (W)

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez (c) vs Lyra Valkyria & Bayley Becky Lynch (W)

WWE Intercontinental Championship Fatal Way: Dominik Mysterio (W) vs Finn Balor vs Penta vs Bronn Breakker (c)

WWE Women’s World Championship Triple Threat: Iyo Sky (c) (W) vs Rhea Ripley vs Bianca Belair

WWE Undisputed Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs John Cena (W)

Edit: 5/7

[theoriginalmarke]

MOSTLY TRUE MONDAY

Last night I started playing around with Google's AI, Gemini. After half an hour or so I had an outline for my second book done. It wasn't perfect and it made mistakes, but it was helpful bouncing ideas off of.

RIP, Pope Francis. Not a great pope IMO, but a good human and that may be more important.

My Wrestlemania predictions last night were 4-3. Saturday was 7-0, so overall I finished 11-3. Not bad. Iyo retained her title, and Bianca did not turn heel as I expected. Drew beat Damian. Dirty Dom turned on Finn as predicted and won the Intercontinental title.

Randy Orton's opponent was a big surprise, TNA champion Joe Hendry. And then they ruined it by having Orton squash him. It makes WWE look petty. In fact, they were petty. I give them an F.

Valkyria's "surprise" partner was Becky Lynch, and they won the title. Valkyria already holds a singles title, so I don't see what is to be gained by this win. D minus.

Logan Paul beat AJ Styles, and they setup AJ's next feud with Killer Kross. I like Kross. Finally, Cena beat Cody for the world title. Overall, I give Saturday a C Plus, Sunday a C Minus, and overall a C. Kinda disappointing.

Now if you'll excuse me I've got a Monday to do.

I love you, baby. You're always an A Plus to me. MWAH!

Y'all have a great day.

[badgersprite]

My tier list of how much I enjoyed every Wrestlemania match across both nights:

S Tier - Iyo v Rhea v Bianca, Seth v Roman v Punk

A Tier - Bron v Finn v Dominik v Penta, Drew v Priest

B Tier - Charlotte v Tiffany, LA Knight v Jacob Fatu, Jade v Naomi

C Tier - Becky & Lyra v Liv & Raquel, Randy Orton v Joe Hendry, El Grande Americano v Rey Fenix

D Tier - Jey v Gunther, New Day v War Raiders

F Tier - AJ Styles v Logan Paul, Cena v Cody

[incrediblyfastfilms]

INVASION of the BODY SNATCHERS (1978) written by W.D. Richter (from the novel by Jack Finney) produced by Robert Solo directed by Philip Kaufman starring Donald Sutherland Brooke Adams Leonard Nimoy Jeff Goldblum Veronica Cartwright Art Hindle cinematography by Michael Chapman edited by Douglas Stewart music by Danny Zeitlin

JAWS (1975) written by Carl Gottlieb (from the novel by Peter Benchley) produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown directed by Steven Spielberg starring Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfus Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Carl Gottlieb cinematography by Bill Butler edited by Verna Fields music by John Williams

E r a s e r h e a d (1977) written, directed and produced by David Lynch starring Jack Nance Charlotte Stewart Allen Joseph Jeanne Bates Judith Roberts Laurel Near Jack Fisk cinematography by Frederick Elmes Herbert Caldwell edited by David Lynch sound design by Lynch w/ Alan Splet special effects by Lynch w/ Frederick Elmes

P s y c h o (1960) written by Joseph Stefano (from the novel by Robert Bloch) directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins Vera Miles John Gavin Janet Leigh Martin Balsam Simon Oakland cinematography by John L. Russell edited by George Tomasini music by Bernard Hermann

A L I E N (1979) written by Dan O'Bannon (story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Sushett) directed by Ridley Scott produced by Gordon Carroll David Giler Walter Hill starring Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver Veronica Cartwright John Hurt Harry Dean Stanton Yaphet Kotto Ian Holm cinematography by Derek Vanlint edited by Terry Rawlings music by Jerry Goldsmith

John Carpenter's The THING (1982) written by Bill Lancaster (from the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell) directed by John Carpenter produced by David Foster Lawrence Turman Wilbur Stark starring Kurt Russell A. Wilford Briley T.K. Carter David Clennon Keith David Richard Dysart Charles Hallahan Peter Maloney Richard Masur Donald Moffat Joel Polis Thomas Waites cinematography by Dean Cundey edited by Todd Ramsay music by Ennio Morricone

The Exorcist (1973) written by William Peter Blatty (from his novel) directed by William Friedkin produced by William Peter Blatty Noel Marshall David Salven starring Ellen Burstyn Max Von Sydow Jason Miller Lee J. Cobb Jack MacGowran Kitty Winn Mercedes McCambridge Linda Blair cinematography by Owen Roizman edited by Norman Gay Evan Lottman music by Jack Nitzche "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield

R e p u l s i o n (1965) written by Roman Polanski Garard Brach screenplay adaptation by David Stone directed by Roman Polanski produced by Gene Gutowski starring Catherine Deneuve Ian Hendry John Fraser Peter Wymark Yvonne Furneaux cinematography by Gilbert Taylor edited by Alastair McIntyre music by Chico Hamilton

THE SHINING (1980) written by Diane Johnson Stanley Kubrick (from the novel by Stephen King) directed by Stanley Kubrick produced by Stanley Kubrick w/ Jan Harlan starring Jack Nicholson Shelley Duvall Danny Lloyd Scatman Crothers Barry Nelson Philip Stone Joe Turkel cinematography by John Alcott edited by Ray Lovejoy music by Wendy Carlos Rachel Elkind

Night of the Living Dead (1968) written by John Russo George A. Romero directed by George A. Romero produced by Karl Hardman Russell Streiner starring Duane Jones Judith O'Dea Karl Hardman Marilyn Eastman Keith Wayne Kyra Schon Judith Ridley cinematography by George A. Romero (uncr.) edited by George A. Romero (uncr.) Hugh Daly

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) written by James V. Hart (from the novel by Bram Stoker) directed by Francis Ford Coppola produced by Francis Ford Coppola Charles Mulvehill Fred Fuchs Michael Apted Robert O'Conner starring Gary Oldman Winona Ryder Anthony Hopkins Keanu Reeves Cary Elwes Richard E. Grant Billy Campbell Sadie Frost Monica Belluci Tom Waits cinematography by Michael Ballhaus edited by Anne Goursaud Glen Scantlebury Nicholas C. Smith music by Wojciech Kilar

TWIN PEAKS fire walk with me (1992) written by David Lynch Robert Engels (from the television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost) directed by David Lynch produced by David Lynch Mark Frost Gregg Fienberg Johanna Ray John Wentworth starring Sheryl Lee Ray Wise Moira Kelly Grace Zabriskie Chris Isaak Kiefer Sutherland David Lynch Miguel Ferrer Harry Dean Stanton David Bowie Michael J. Anderson Frank Silva Al Strobel Jurgen Prochnow Dana Ashbrook James Marshall Frances Bay Catherine E. Coulson Kimberly Ann Cole Walter Olkewicz Lenny Von Dohlen Madchen Amick Peggy Lipton Julee Cruise Kyle Machlachlan cinematography by Ron Garcia edited by Mary Sweeney music by Angelo Badalamenti

Let the Right One In (2008) written by John Ajvide Lyndqvist (from his novel) directed by Tomas Alfredson produced by Frida Asp starring Kare Hedbrant Lina Leandersson Per Ragnar Henrik Dahl Ika Nord cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema edited by Tomas Alfredson Dino Jonsater music by Johan Soderqvist

W A R of the W O R L D S (2005) written by Josh Friedman David Koepp directed by Steven Spielberg produced by Kathleen Kennedy Damian Collier Paula Wagner Colin Wilson starring Tom Cruise Tim Robbins Dakota Fanning Miranda Otto Justin Chatwin Amy Ryan cinematography by Janusz Kaminski edited by Michael Kahn music by John Williams

Hannibal (2001) written by Steve Zaillian David Mamet directed by Ridley Scott produced by Martha De Laurentiis Dino De Laurentiis Ridley Scott starring Anthony Hopkins Julianne Moore Ray Liotta Gary Oldman Frankie Faison Giancarlo Giannini Francesca Neri Zeljko Ivanek Hazelle Goodman cinematography by John Mathieson editing by Pietro Scalia music by Hans Zimmer

The Hunger (1983) written by Ivan Davis Michael Thomas (from the novel by Whitley Strieber) directed by Tony Scott produced by Richard Shepherd starring Catherine Deneuve Susan Sarandon David Bowie Cliff De Young cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt edited by Pamela Power music by Michel Rubini Denny Jaeger

DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) written by Allan Scott Chris Bryant (based on the novella by Daphne Du Maurier) directed by Nicholas Roeg produced by Peter Katz starring Donald Sutherland Julie Christie Hilary Mason Clelia Matania Renato Scarpa cinematography by Anthony Richmond editing by Graeme Clifford music by Pino Donnagio

Prisoners (2013) written by Aaron Guzikowski directed by Denis Villeneuve produced by Broderick Johnson Kira Davis Andrew A. Kosove Adam Kolbrenner starring Jake Gylenhaal Hugh Jackman Maria Bello Viola Davis Melissa Leo Terrence Howard Paul Dano cinematography by Roger Deakins edited by Joel Cox Gary Roach music by Johann Johannsson

The Company of Wolves (1984) written by Neil Jordan Angela Carter (from the short story in Angela Carter's book "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories") directed by Neil Jordan produced by Chris Brown Stephen Woolley starring Sarah Patterson David Warner Angela Lansbury Micha Bergese Stephen Rea cinematography by Bryan Loftus edited by Rodney Holland music by George Fenton

A Quiet Place (2018) written by Bryan Woods Scott Beck John Krasinski directed by John Krasinski produced by Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller starring Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward cinematography by Charlotte Bruus Christensen edited by Christopher Tellefsen music by Marco Beltrami

W O R L D W A R Z (2013) written by Matthew Michael Carnahan Drew Goddard & Damon Lindelof (from the novel novel by Max Brooks) directed by Marc Forster produced by Brad Pitt Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner Ian Bryce starring Brad Pitt Mireille Enos Daniella Kertesz James Badge Dale Peter Capaldi Pierfrancesco Favino Ludi Boeken Matthew Fox Fana Mokoena David Morse cinematography by Ben Seresin edited by Roger Barton Matt Chesse music by Marco Beltrami

LOST H i g h w a y (1997) written by David Lynch Barry Gifford directed by David Lynch produced by Mary Sweeney Tom Sternberg Deepak Nayar starring Bill Pullman Patricia Arquette Balthazar Getty Natasha Gregson Wagner Robert Loggia Robert Blake Michael Massee Jack Nance Henry Rollins Gary Busey cinematography by Peter Deming edited by Mary Sweeney music by Angelo Badalamenti

N e a r D a r k (1987) written by Kathryn Bigelow Eric Red directed by Kathryn Bigelow produced by Edward S. Feldman Steven-Charles Jaffe Charles Meeker starring Adrian Pasdar Jenny Wright Lance Henriksen Bill Paxton Jenette Goldstein Tim Thomerson cinematography by Adam Greenberg edited by Howard Smith music by Tangerine Dream

S e c o n d s (1966) written by Lewis John Carlino (from the novel by David Ely) directed by John Frankenheimer produced by John Frankenheimer Edward Lewis starring Rock Hudson Salome Jens John Randolph Will Geer Jeff Corey Murray Hamilton Frances Reid cinemtography by Tak Fujimoto edited by David Newhouse Ferris Webster music by Jerry Goldsmith

Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979) written by Werner Herzog w/ Tom Shachtman Martje Grohmann directed by Werner Herzog produced by Walter Saxer Werner Herzog Michael Gruskoff starring Klaus Kinski Isabelle Adjani Bruno Ganz Roland Topor Walter Landengast Martje Grohmann cinematography by Jorg Schmidt-Reitwein edited by Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus music by Florian Fricke Popol Vuh

30 DAYS of NIGHT (2007) written by Steve Niles Stuart Beattie Brian Nelson (from the graphic novel by Steve Niles Ben Templesmith) directed by David Slade produced by Sam Raimi Robert Tapert starring Josh Hartnett Melissa George Danny Huston Ben Foster Mark Boone Jr. Amber Sainsbury Megan Franich Manu Bennett cinematography by Jo Willems edited by Art Jones music by Brian Reitzell

f r e a k s (1932) written by Willis Goldbleck Leon Gordon (from the short story "Spurs" by Tod Robbins) directed and produced by Tod Browning starring Wallace Ford Leila Hyams Olga Baclanova Roscoe Ates cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad edited by Basil Wrangell

the M i s t (2007) written and directed by Frank Darabont (from the novella by Stephen King) produced by Frank Darabont Martin Shefer Liz Glotzer starring Thomas Jane Laurie Holden Marcia Gay Hardin Andre Braugher Toby Jones William Sadler Frances Sternhagen Jeffrey DeMunn cinematography by Rohn Schmidt edited by Hunter M. Via music by Mark Isham

Invasion of the BODY SNATCHERS (1956) written by Daniel Mainwaring (from the novel by Jack Finney) directed by Don Siegel produced by Walter Wanger starring Kevin McCarthy Dana Wynter Larry Gates King Donovan Carolyn Jones Jean Willes Ralph Dumke cinematography by Ellsworth Fredericks edited by Robert S. Eisen music by Carmen Dragon

[alamhiganelezen]

Shamagi's Wrestling Corner - NXT No Mercy (2024)

//Sorry for taking so long with this one. I had other things going on. Anyway, enjoy my 2nd installment in this series for what was a very good PPV. My next one will be for AEW All Out (2024).

The NXT x TNA collaboration is the best thing to happen to NXT since the Black-and-Gold era. Getting to see so many talented TNA wrestlers get the spotlight on WWE TV and PLEs (even if it's mostly just NXT) has been an absolute treat and this PLE continued to deliver.

NXT Tag Team Title match: Axiom & Nathan Frazer def. Chase U (Andre Chase & Ridge Holland) (c) - TITLE CHANGE!!! (****)

What better way to open the PLE than with some high flying tag team action. Both teams put on an absolute clinic. Nate and Axiom also get their titles back, and then Ridge Holland turns heel on Chase U to shock the crowd. Not much else to say, really.

Zachary Wentz def. Wes Lee (****1/4)

No title, just a really intense blood feud between two former brothers in arms. The start was a little lackluster, but the rest was essentially a 5 star match to make up for it. They were pounding each other senseless to try and claim superiority and going all out from bell to bell. Then Zach get the assist from Trey Miguel to take the win. I can't wait to see how this feud continues to develop.

NXT Women's North American Title match: Kelani Jordan (c) def. Wendy Choo (**1/2)

The only real stinker on this card. This match could have been a lot better, but it really feels like Wendy Choo is being held back by the character she's playing as she's demonstrated far better in ring ability elsewhere. Instead it felt like Kelani was doing most of the heavy lifting to try and make this match passable. I'd skip this one.

NXT North American Title match: Oba Femi (c) def. Tony D'Angelo (***1/2)

Good effort, Tony. Until now no one had ever kicked out of Oba Femi's powerbomb. But if anything, this only proves that you can delay the inevitable. Oba Femi is an absolute monster and I'd love to see him get a Gunther-like reign with this belt to solidify him in that role. The best part is, he still has a lot of potential to be even better. He'll be tearing it up on the main roster soon enough.

NXT Women's Title match: Roxanne Pérez (c) def. Jaida Parker (****1/2)

My pick for Match of the Night. Roxy continues to put on banger after banger, with this one being one of her best yet. She and Jaida were on the top of their game, and while I honestly would have been fine with Roxy losing I'm glad she retained because we then got to witness the debut of Giulia in WWE! I am so fucking excited for what she's gonna do and I think she'll be the one to dethrone Roxy, most likely as soon as Halloween Havoc. Plus she's half-Doman like me!!! DOMA REPRESENT!

NXT Title match: Ethan Page (c) def. Joe Hendry (special guest referee: Trick Williams) (****)

I'm gonna be honest: this would have been 5 stars if Joe Hendry won. That said, I did go into this match expecting him to lose as he's a TNA wrestler and there's no way WWE would have allowed a non-WWE wrestler to take one of their titles. Still, there was one reason I was invested in this match as much as I was: BELIEF! The whole crowd was behind Joe Hendry. They were singing his theme, they were chanting "We believe!" the whole time, and Joe absolutely fed off of their energy the whole match. He is legitimately the most over babyface in wrestling right now and to have Ego retain feels like a huge missed opportunity. Not to mention the ending kinda fell flat, with Trick Williams (playing the role of guest referee) stopping the count of the backup ref to bail out Joe only to count the pinfall to 3 when Ethan Page hit Ego's Edge for the win. Regardless, this match was really fun to watch and I pray Joe Hendry wins the big one, at least in TNA.

Overall rating: ***3/4

Unfortunately Kelani vs. Wendy was bad enough to drag this show below a 4 star rating, but the rest of the card was so good that it only just barely missed the cut. The tag team match, Zach vs. Wes, and Roxy vs. Jaida are all certified bangers, and while it could have been a lot more the main event ultimately delivered.

Now, sing it with me one more time:

SAY HIS NAME AND HE APPEARS

I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY

I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY

CAUSE THEY LOVE HIM IN LIMSA AND ISHGARD AND ALA MHIGO

TULIYOLLAL, THAVNAIR AND SHARLAYAN AND WACHUNPELO

THEY SAY "I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY

I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY"

WAVE YOUR HANDS FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND SAY

"I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY

AND JOE HENDRY IS THE PRESTIGIOUS ONE!"

//I really need to make Shamagi do Joe Hendry gposes

[euripidesredux]

Extended credits for Museum at Tomorrow episode 5

Below the cut are all of the folks who I used (and asked to be credited) for recordings in Museum at Tomorrow episode 5- specifically, the "This is not for You" recordings.

(The list was too long for podcast episode descriptions)

These recordings were mixed into the soundscape of the show, heavily processed- so you may or may not be able to pick out your voice. Each unique recording is preserved as rhythem, timber, and shape within the episode.

Thank you for your work in creating the canvas of this piece.

Kate Bullen

K R Forsyth

Vega Jacobsen

Charlie

Rovi

Grace Gamble 

Wesley Lee Balete

Charlie Sloykowski

JC Hendry

Courtney Brothers

Arabella McDonald

Hanc Finestra

Katie H

Galacticguppy 

Beck Smith

GreenHeronHive

Micheal Vee

Mira Singer

Laurent J.L. Hall

Carley Mothersell

woaaah

cmt

November_Clouds

Elliott Neptune

Enrica Jossi

Ace

Jahan Shah 

Morgan Galagher

Niall LG

  Bates

Caroline Mincks

Daniel Kurtz

AJ Fidalgo

Tani

Shura

Zedek H

Halebop

Malia Northstar

Greg Ruddick

Solstice Hannan

Jessamy Thomison 

Cassie A.

Rachel Spokony

miss mr meow

Arti Richardson

Mattie J.

Geddy Cary-Avery,

 Ophelia Cary-Avery

Sophie Kaplan

X Speaks

Devin

Craux

Cap

Joe R

Ray Goldberg

Mog

The Marble System

Tina Case

Kate Bullen

Marionette

LD

Maddy Searle

Remi P

Meg Taylor

Beth

Evan Tess Murray

Amanda Jones

Amanda Ehrhardt

Nathan Fisentzou-Haji-Leonti

Johanna Andersson

Tess Huth

@faeriebullshit

Olivia Lion

Ange

Bridget M. Mueting

Wil Williams

Katie Utke

aceofgames

Savy Stay

Graham Rowat

Meredith

spaceacebreakface 

Molly Walsh

Belinda Parker

Erin Celovsky

liz

Caden Osojnak

Danniac 

Ray Schrader

Atlas Byrd

AJ. S.

JayseHasNoGrace

Fay Blackmore

Sharon Peterson

Katharina Abschlag 

Izzy

Ace Tayloe

kat B

Siz Hart

moth

Kathryn Cox

G. Honnigford

Pine Gonzalez

sisyphus

Essay

artie eigengrau

Rook Davis

Izzi Mata

grayson

Tamara Jones

Willow

G.F.

Leigh sharpe

Zelda MacFarland

Arkyn Wolf

Elany

Elaine Wiley

Mary Lewis-Phillipps

Claudia Elvidge

Kei Burke

Katie Vargas

Karleen Preator

Alicia Babich

Jonathan Sciance

Étoile

Hayden Laver

Barrett Vann

S Kramer

Maya Hiers-Lairson

judas

Archer Hickerson

Malinda

Nicole Liang

LF Haye

Louis Carroll

Stefanie K.

Autumn Wang 

jayvin

Badger Merriweather

Aiden

Sender Paulson

vexxervee

Rob Weiner

Peril

Lotte Schmidt 

fynn

Lor

Josie D. 

Jaryn Tyson

Common Blue Icarus

resplendeo

Claire Alpern

skelejor

Matt Weiss

M Zemlock

Kay Eileen

Callisto Holmes

Rhys

Noah Quinn

Sarah Elizabeth

Willow Belden

Amanda McCormack

Esrah Del Carlo

sunny

the Hartmans

Lee Ann Eden

Bob Proctor

Clueless

deda eliensis

Ohallo

Tara Schile

Marzi 

Flameheart Dryad

Sarah Lambrix 

JB Segal 

Ellis C

Ash

Autumn

Jaime Tamar

Haze Peers

Moose

Erin Bevan

Luci Tomich

Bryn

Michael W.

Kim Fukawa

Amy Strieter

Petra Hall

Mal

Charlie Rayshich

Susan Weiner

Everett Blackthorne

Vergess

Tor

ArionWind

M. Alti

N. B. Green

Aiden Nicholson

Jacky Rubou

Nura Lawrence

Gwen Clancy

Ollie M.

Caroline

Duo

Iris

ML Beck

Ray Makowski

Eljay Rich

MV8

Michelle Pigott

Rachel Pfennigwerth

Janika

Jamie Gump

Mason J Miller

Ella Watts

Cole

Mady Oswald

Valerie "ShinyHappyGoth" Kaplan

Anne Baird

Emily Ricotta

el-draco-bizarro

Ansel Burch

Nathan Sowell

LM Heß

Cy

Richard Peers

[diskaywrites]

𝑰 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑻𝒐 𝑩𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒚 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒕 #𝟏𝟐: 𝑵𝒐 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑱𝒐𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒚 𝒙 𝑨𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 (𝑶𝑪) 𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑶𝒇: 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐, 𝑾𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕, 𝑰𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝑨𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒚 (𝑶𝑪) 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒏

.✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽

"You're staring again," Grado chuckled as he sat at one of the tables with his younger sister Alyssa, playfully waggling his eyebrows at her. Alyssa felt a blush come to her cheeks as she ducked her head, pushing a bit of food around her plate with her plastic spork. She knew he wasn't lying. For the second time in their pre-show conversation, Alyssa's attention had been pulled to the couple across the room.

Well, the male member of the couple across the room.

Who could blame Alyssa when the man was as handsome as Joe Hendry? If you asked Alyssa, she'd tell you that his looks weren't what she had first fallen in love with. It wasn't his perfectly styled brown hair or the mischievous light that shone in his gentle brown eyes. It wasn't his toned body with just enough baby fat to look less intimidating. No, Alyssa had fallen in love with the way Joe seemed to never be bothered by those around him. Alyssa had fallen in love with Joe's sense of humor, his command of both room and ring with nothing but effortless charisma.

The only problem was the company he chose to keep.

The Prestigious One had aligned himself with current Defiant general manager Wade Barrett and his muse Isadora Ainsley. Even before Mr. Barrett had become the general manager, Isadora Ainsley had been a thorn in Alyssa's side. The woman who called herself The Black Rose had decided Alyssa was an easy target long before, stated with the black rose Alyssa had found on her desk in the Anti-Fun Police Headquarters. The roses had always signified who was next in Isadora's line of sight. Alyss had always assumed that Isadora would come for her in the ring.

Instead it seemed as if Isadora had decided to start with Alyssa's heart.

"Stop, Graeme," Alyssa muttered as she looked up, "you know he-"

"I know Joseph better'n you do, Lys. Hell, I know Joe better'n Joe knows Joe," Grado scoffed around a mouthful of crisps, "This? This is a phase. For both Is and Joe."

"Yeah, well, she-" Alyssa shook her head, unable to continue her statement, "I don't think it's a phase. He looks happy."

Grado turned to look over his shoulder, observing Isadora and Joe. The red headed woman ran a hand through Joe's brown hair, while Joe seemed to look upset about something. In fact, they both looked rather uncomfortable. Joe pushed himself away from the table and stormed out of the room. Grado turned back around with a raised eyebrow, "You sure about that? Cause that don't seem happy."

Alyssa chewed on her lower pink painted lip for a moment, but when Grado didn't stop looking at her so expectantly, she let out a deep sigh and grabbed her officers cap off of the table. Putting it on top of her golden bun, Alyssa slipped out into the hallway after Joe. She found him in a back hall, pacing back and forth. "Well. Ya don't look like you're having fun," she teased as she leaned against the wall.

Joe stopped his pacing, a soft smile crossing his lips as he held his hands up in a placating manner, "Woah, woah, officer! Nothin' to take me in over!"

"Nah, nah," she waved him off with a chuckle, "no worries about that. I saw ya in catering. You...uh...you're not having fun at all."

Joe let out a slow breath, leaning against the wall next to her, "She wanted me to deliver a black rose to...well it don't matter, does it? She wanted me to deliver a black rose to someone who don't deserve it."

"Why do you work for her, Joey? Why do you..." Alyssa let out a soft sigh, "you can do better than her. You 𝒂𝒓𝒆 better than her!"

Joe looked as if he wanted to say something, but he shook his head and decided against it, "I love her. I do. I get roped into her and Barrett being...well...themselves. I have so much to prove to the world. They help me do that."

Alyssa couldn't argue that face. With the help of Wade Barrett as the face behind Defiant, Joe had started this road to being prestigious. "You could do that on your own. They ain't the Prestigious Ones, are they? That's all you."

"They give me the platform," Joe corrected, pushing off the wall to fully face Alyssa, "without them to believe in me...I..."

"Don't ya dare say what I think you're about to say, Joseph Hendry," Alyssa protested, standing firm, "don't you dare. You've been friends with Grads, with me, for long enough to know the truth. 𝑰 believe in you! More than anything! 𝑰 l-"

"Joe?" came the seductive croon from down the hall. Alyssa cursed the other woman's appearance under her breath, though she was thankful Isadora didn't come any closer.

Joe sighed deeply, running a hand over the back of his neck, "I...I have to go, Lys..."

"Consider what I said, Joey," she pleaded, moving a gentle hand to his arm.

Joe took her free hand, giving it a tight squeeze before leaning down to press a kiss to her cheek. "I will, Lys. I will."

Alyssa felt her skin redden, the warmth from the butterflies in her stomach spreading throughout her entire soul as she watched him walk away. Had he heard what she was going to say? Did he realize exactly how she felt about him? She pressed one hand to where Joe had kissed her, the other pressed to her rapidly beating heart. It didn't matter if Joe did know, not really.

She would always believe in her friend.

[unlikelywrestlingfan]

Elle's Last Minute Emergence 2023 Wishes and Predictions!

You ready to Own the Night?

Knockouts World Title Match: Trinity (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo: Want: I would love to see Trinity retain! She just got the title and as fab as Deonna is, I want a nice long reign for Trin. Prediction: Trinity didn't just bean Deonna last time, she made Deonna tap. I think she retains.

8 Man Tag Team War: Time Machine & Josh Alexander vs. Bully Ray, Moose, Brian Myers, & Lio Rush Want: T I M E M A C H I N E and Josh also Prediction: The heelsTM taking this one would make sense to build story stuff, especially drama between Sabin and Lio.

Back to School Match: Frankie Kazarian vs. Eddie Edwards Want: If Frankie does not win this match I will be so so mad Prediction: Frankie.

Men's World Tag Team Title Match: Subculture (c) vs. The Rascalz Want: SUBCULTURE Prediction: I think Subculture retains with an assist from ABC taking revenge on the Rascalz

Sanada vs. Jake Something (non title match): Want: No hate to Something, but I'd like Sanada to win. Prediction: Actual Nooj World Champ Sanada has to win here, right? It would be very surprising to me if he didn't.

No DQ: Deaner vs. Eric Young Want: GO EY Prediction: I think Deaner will destroy his past...kill it if he has to (again)

Knockouts Tag Team Title Match: MK Ultra (c) vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans vs. The Coven vs. Death Dollz Want: I want MK Ultra to retain but I wouldn't hate Gisele & Evans or Death Dollz getting the titles. Prediction: I think MK Ultra will retain.

Digital Media Championship Match: Kenny King (c) vs. Johnny Swinger Want: Okay I'm a lil torn here because I like Kenny King but Swinger winning would be so funny. Prediction: ........Kenny King.

The Good Hands vs. Joe Hendry & Yuya Uemura Want: I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY! HE'S YUYA UEMURA! GO THEM! Prediction: Joe and Yuya, to build momentum for them as a tag team.

Alan Angels vs. Mike Bailey Want: Speedbean! Prediction: Bailey, his win/loss is more protected than Angels

[todaynewtrendingnews]

Final Betting Odds for WWE NXT Battleground 2025

WWE NXT Battleground is expected to be one of the most exciting shows of the year. It will happen on May 25, 2025, at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. The event has a strong lineup of matches, and now the final betting odds are out, giving fans a hint at who might win. TNA World Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs. Trick Williams Joe Hendry is set to defend his TNA World Title against Trick…

[d2kvirus]

21/2/25 Fact or Fiction

Statement #1: Jey Uso’s Royal Rumble win is in the Nakamura / Del Rio / Sheamus / Edge B-level category. FACT - Is he going to be challenging Cody at WM? No? Then by that definition alone he's going for the Opening Match Title, aka the Night One Title

Statement #2: You have watched a WWE PPV / PLE from a private corporate box. FICTION - Closest I've ever been to a private box is sitting in the press box of the local magistrate court. Got a pretty good show that day, mind...

Statement #3: Charlotte was the right call to be the first woman to win 2 Rumbles. FICTION - So much for that NEW ERA, eh? Then again, let's not pretend that Black & Gold NXT isn't where Charlotte began being an overpushed bore with zero character or anything

Statement #4: Kevin Owens losing ANOTHER title match at the Rumble was really uncool, even if the match was good. FACT - Owens has had a lopsided win/loss rate in title matches ever since he was fed to Goldberg, and it's certainly starting to get to the point where his being announced as a challenger is a borderline spoiler alert, which just plain sucks given he'd be money with the belt

Statement #5: The Berzerker really should have won at least one Rumble. FICTION - The obvious issue is that, once he got to the main event of WrestleMania, he'd have won the headliner...by count out, which would be such a wet fart booking-wise the crowd would simply shrug and file out of the arena in silence

Statement #6: John Cena will ultimately be remembered as a movie star like The Rock rather than a generational WWE superstar like Hogan or Austin. FICTION - Cena's been in wrestling far longer than he's been in movies, which is the exact opposite of The Rock, so he's going to have to be in films for like thirty years to address that, which pretty much guarantees he'll forever be seen as a wrestler-turned actor while The Rock is seen as...well I won't say "actor", that would imply he has the range to play a second persona

Statement #7: You believe in Joe Hendry… to win the WWE Title one day. FICTION - Do I think he deserves a shot? Absolutely. Do I think he will get it? Let's be honest: Hendry's Scottish, which means the big one will forever be just out of his reach, because fate loves to kick the Scots when they're up, down, or somewhere inbetween

Statement #8: Here’s a great idea for a Rumble match innovation: once a wrestler is eliminated, they can stay around the outside of the ring and if they can somehow pull someone out of the ring then they can take their spot. FICTION - That's an idea that Vince Russo would think is golden...which is also a fine suggestion for what sort of shower should be taken on that suggestion

Statement #9: Pro-wrestling basically peaked with Mini Mankind, Mini Vader and Mini Goldust. FICTION - Wee-LC or GTFO

Statement #10: The run of creative Rumble endings stopped after the 2004 match (except for the 2011 Santino fake-out) and from now on all we’re ever generally going to get again are these one-on-one superstar showdown deals. FICTION - Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, may I direct your attention to the 2018 Rumble where the final six was played as What Vince Wants (Reigns, Cena, Orton) vs What Philadelphia Wants (Nakamura, Balor, Mysterio) and when it got to the final four it turned into Vince (Reigns, Cena) vs NXT (Nakamura, Balor)

Statement #11: Since both of them have a had a pretty dull year, Roman Reigns probably shouldn’t have lost the WWE Title to Cody Rhodes at Wrestlemania last year. FACT- He should've dropped the title to Cody at WM two years ago. The final year of Roman's Reign of Terror was so padded it was impossible to give a shit about anything as it was obvious they were giving Cody a second WrestleMania go-round. And Sami was still the more logical choice to beat him, anyway

Statement #12: You have seen the future, and its name is Dominick Mysterio. FICTION - Working on the basis Dominik's character isn't going to have any major changes, that says he won't be the future - because his title reign would get boring pretty quickly

Statement #13: If the Hulk Hogan who won the 1990 and 1991 Rumbles was in a modern one, he would easily throw all the small-sized superstars of today over the top. FICTION - He'd have been barred from competing due to having radioactive piss. What a shame...

Statement #14: More people would have cared about like a Maven vs. The Boogeyman match at the 2025 Royal Rumble than that 2/3 Falls Motor City Machine Guns vs. DIY match. FICTION - Have we really gotten to the point that we've forgotten that The Boogeyman stopped being entertaining the moment the bell rang? Also, your MCMG slander will not stand here

Statement #15: Main event-ing the Saturday show is not really main event-ing Wrestlemania. FACT - While on a technicality people can say they headlined WrestleMania, the reality is that there's only one WrestleMania headliner match every year - and it's the title match that's been the focus of their booking for months if not the entire year not just of the programming, but also the one that's front and centre of the PR campaign

Statement #16: You don’t recognize Hacksaw Jim Duggan or Braun Strowman as real Royal Rumble winners. FICTION - Duggan counts. He's been a surprise Rumble entrant entirely because he counts

Statement #17: You wouldn’t have cheered so hard for Knockouts Mickie James and Jordynne Grace entering previous Rumbles if you knew that it would lead to TNA officially becoming a seeder system for the WWE. FACT - If I could find an Evolve fan and gauge their opinion on half their roster being announced for the Cruiserweight Classic to compare I would...but has anyone ever met an Evolve fan in the wild?

Statement #18: It’s never gonna happen for the Street Profits like it did for the Usos. FACT - Not least because I can remember the names of both Usos, but with the Street Prophets I seem to be incapable of remembering both their names at the same time

Statement #19: Starting with 5~10 wrestlers in the ring would be a good innovation to liven up the Rumble. FICTION - The Rumble works best when the various stories slowly unfold, for example in 2001 we managed to have several stories unfold within the first ten entrants: Jeff Hardy at No1 and then Matt Hardy at No3 that had them team up to eliminate Bull Buchannan (and later Faarooq), Matt and Jeff fighting each other, Drew Carey's appearance and faceoff with Kane, Al Snow attacking Raven when he took a powder to continue their feud, the Hardcore division run the Rumble for a bit prior to Kane going Beast Mode. If you had the same Rumble open with five or ten wrestlers it just wouldn't have worked that way

Statement #20: A random mid-carder or a “jobber” will never win a Rumble. FICTION - Albert Del Rio won one, the biggest one fact, and he put the "mid" into midcard

Statement #21: Despite her size, Roxanne Perez will be a successful star on the WWE main roster. FACT - I merely need to point to Alexa Bliss' success, as she's just as tiny as Rosanne Perez and she was second only to Charlotte for a while...in the ways that can be construed as both a good and a bad thing?

Statement #22: Despite her size, Lash Legend will NOT be a successful star on the WWE main roster. FACT - While she's shed the deserved criticism that she was receiving 2-3 years ago, I still can't see her breaking into the group of favourites at the head of the division such as your Horsewomen, Rhea or Belair - but crucially also can't see her breaking into the pack just behind them who get a fair shake such as Iyo, Kairi or Chelsea. In other words she's going to be somewhere between Piper Niven and Zoey Stark

Statement #23: I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, the women’s Royal Rumble match only needs to have 20 entrants. FICTION - While the first couple definitely felt like they were trying to find anyone they handed their belongings to in a garbage bag in the previous 5-10 years to fill out the pool, these days they can fill out the thirty spots with little to no problem

Statement #24: Logan Paul will win the 2026 men’s Royal Rumble match. FICTION - Hopefully he'll be unable to perform due to the fallout of his crypto scam/feeding children lead/the after effects of his long-awaited boxing match against a combine harvester/the revolution having him pretty high up the list of who should be against the wall

Statement #25: Liv Morgan will win the 2026 women’s Royal Rumble match. FICTION - One thing I've noticed with the booking of the women's Rumble is there's only three people who are ever likely to win it: one of the first three entrants, a surprise entrant, or...Charlotte fucking Flair. For the former we have Bianca Belair in 2021 from No3, Rhea Ripley in 2023 from No1, and Bayley in 2024 from No3, while for surprise entrants we have Becky Lynch in 2019 and Ronda Rousey in 2022. Why do I bring this up? Easy: if Liv Morgan enters at No4, she's not winning

Statement #26: You will watch both the new WWE Evolve show and the LFG reality competition show. FICTION - Wasn't the complaint (one of the complaints, anyway...) from 7-8 years ago that it was becoming exhausting trying to actually keep up with all the content WWE was pumping out at the time, which had people legit choosing which of raw or SmackDown to drop from their watching habits? No idea why that suddenly popped into my head...

Statement #27: HHH’s booking is super boring. FACT - Watching somebody pushing their favourites gets boring a lot quicker when PPV cards are pared down to just the five matches most months, and that's before the identikit builds for programs, i.e. all of Cody's seem to be about Dusty and/or him leaving "The Other Place", all of Punk's seem to be about how nobody backstage likes him, all of Charlotte's being about there being a title match going free that weekend...

Statement #28: John Cena is a really nice guy who should have a really nice ending to a really nice career. FACT - ...although I'm going to play with the definition of nice ending as I don't feel that it should be winning a title and then hanging it up, instead it should be a match where the fanbase who has had time to miss what Cena can do with the right opponent and can give him the send-off that he's earned, and that's a sendoff that can be given since we're far removed from the days of CENAWINSLOL

Statement #29: CM Punk will face Stone Cold Steve Austin at Wrestlemania one day. FICTION - It's as much a pipedream as expecting a Punk feud to not be weeks of "Nobody backstage likes you" and other variations of doing that internet shit on TV that Punk suddenly doesn't seem to have an issue with...

Statement #30: You kinda forgot about AEW. FICTION - Literally watching Grand Slam after I post this, damning indictment on ITVX's upload schedule which this sentence may be seen to be...

[jtmarx]

So Joe Hendry just called out John Cena for a TNA title match. And honestly? Cena breaking Flair's title record with the TNA title would a) give Vinny Mac a heart attack on the spot, b) it lets Cena beat the record without injecting him into and messing up all the stories WWE is telling, and c) just be a cool way to show appreciation for a guy who's done so much good for the world.

Plus, how crazy would it be for John Cena to be introduced as the TNA champ