#dumbass ron johnson

[faulentzer]

What qualifies this guy to hold his position in government? In the past 3+ years I have not seen one article that indicates he has any brains at all. Throws out general statements that can’t be supported with facts, sucks up to aspiring despots, hasn’t read the Constitution and if he has he doesn’t understand it, basically demonstrates that he is a dumbass at every opportunity.

[catceleste]

i was about to google the actual height of the doors leading to the senate chamber for the joke, but i thought that particular search query might get me noticed by the feds, especially since it’s march 3rd and march 4th is a big Q anon crazy day....and ron johnson is a shit-for-brains pure dumbass who would estimate that the doors are only barely a mile high, so it all works.

[tomorrowusa]

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) doesn’t seem to care that people think he’s a dumbass, though maybe he should.

Wisconsin cartoonist Joe Heller is comparing Johnson’s loony comments and conspiracy theories to cow poo.

Maybe Johnson will try to sue the cartoon cows the way Devin Nunes did (and lost).

Johnson is up for re-election next year. Wisconsinites will have an opportunity to improve the state’s reputation by putting Ron Johnson out to pasture.

[vastly-fixated-devotee-667]

all right i had this all typed out as an essay but because tumblr can’t automatically save a goddamned draft i’m going to take the lazy way out and just type the majority in lists.

disclaimer: it’s been a hot second since i’ve read the harry potter books so some of my information may be a bit off but i’ll try. i also don’t have all the information on hogwarts mystery because i’ve only gotten to chapter eleven of year five.

so something i love about hogwarts mystery is that it does what jk rowling failed to do in terms of diversity. correct me if i’m wrong, but there’s only four explicitly stated poc characters, all black, and maybe three others that can be deduced as non-white considering last names and all. (and when considering canonical movie appearances, i believe those seven are the only poc characters.)

dean thomas, black — described as being a tall black boy in the books. very little importance in the actual storyline. muggle-born boy who’s really only important because he is muggle-born and that’s the kind of people voldemort wants to get rid of.

angelina johnson, black — described as being a tall black girl in the books. no importance whatsoever. only mentioned because she’s a part of the quidditch team.

kingsley shacklebolt, black — described as being a tall black wizard in the books. biggest importance is probably because it was his patronus who warned the people at the wedding of the death eaters, and also because he assumed the position of minister of magic for a bit.

blaise zabini, black — described as being a tall black boy in the books. literally only mentioned because he occasionally hung out with draco.

cho chang, presumably asian — chinese in the movies, not confirmed in the books. deductibly chinese considering her last name, though that’s conflicting considering her first name is a traditional korean surname. her only real importance is being harry’s first love interest so he wouldnt end up marrying the girl he’s always loved, i guess; i dont know. also the one who a.) in the books, brought the friend who blabbed to umbridge to the da, or b.) in the movies, the one who blabbed to umbridge herself.

parvati and padma patil, presumably indian — indian in the movies, unconfirmed in the books. deductibly indian considering their last name. zero importance throughout the series, aside from when they were harry’s and ron’s dates to the yule ball (but even then, they only were because harry and ron were out of options).

in conclusion, jk rowling’s characters aren’t all white, true, but her non-white characters are either poorly written or have little importance. she had the potential to even cast poc actors as characters, but the majority were white. what all with her big hair, she even had the perfect set up for hermione being black — and with natural hair too! but alas (and don’t get me wrong; i love emma watson), a white actor was cast.

but then you simply have to open your friendships log in hogwarts mystery and there’s diversity all around!!! not even just in race, but religion too!!!

rowan khanna, presumably indian — definitely dark-skinned, deductibly indian from their last name. they’re one of the most main characters and plays the role of mc’s best friend. super smart kid who dreams of being a hogwarts professor! you go, you spunky little indian kid.

andre egwu, black — deductibly nigerian from his last name. not extremely important in the main story line, but plays bigger roles in side quests. and this man is a fashionable athlete! not only is he non-white, but he totally breaks gender roles too!

talbott winger, dark-skinned — it’s hard to tell specifically where his ancestors may be from but he’s for sure dark-skinned. he doesn’t play much of a role in the main storyline, buf he’s vvvv important in two different side quests. he’s also just a very well-written character and it makes me go aldhskehdjnd

jae kim, presumably korean — considering his last name, it’s quite likely he’s korean. he’s fairly important if you choose him to accompany you to knockturn alley. but he’s also important in the sense that he keeps mc company in detention.

badeea ali, presumably arabic — MUSLIM GIRL!!!!!! A HIJABI!!!!!!! AT HOGWARTS!!!!!!!! ALSHSKAJAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im pretty sure she plays a pretty important role later on in year five but i’m not 100% sure on what it is exactly (i at least try to avoid spoilers). but she’s an amazing artist!! her name even means creative!!! i love her

liz tuttle, black — like talbott, im not sure totally where specifically her ancestors are from, but she’s still black. and she’s absolutely incredible. she saves mc’s life when they have a run-in with a chimaera, for one thing. she’s also a vegan activist and i love her for it

diego caplan, presumably spanish? — judging by his first name, it’s likely he has spanish origins, but nevertheless he’s definitely not white. but on top of that, caplan is a jewish last name!! a jewish character, AND a muslim character. i’m in love.

angelica cole, black — gryffindor prefect. quite a bit important if you’re in gryffindor, less important but still so if you’re not in gryffindor and have to sneak into the common room.

madam villanelle, black — worker at flourish & blotts. gave mc information on jacob as well as mundungus fletcher. skilled linguist.

on top of all them, there’s also just a bunch of nameless extras who are non-white. not sure how many extras in harry potter were non-white, but i still thought i’d mention it.

so yeah, here’s my long-ass post that no one will read but ah well.

EDIT: i never actually posted this?? what a dumbass. but ive gotten a lot further in the game now; im just too lazy to fully edit

[cyarskj1899]

We need to beat 3 of these traitors: -

Ron Johnson -

Dr. Mehmet Oz -

Marco Rubio -

J.D. Vance -

Herschel Walker

I don’t wanna hear how you’re tired of voting, honkies. Tough fucking shit. Keep voting. If dumbass Republicans understand the assignment, why can’t you?

Who else is committed to voting blue in November?

I am

[goobra]

i think one of my biggest issues with the last jedi is how much rian johnson completely rewrote beloved characters just to give kyle ron a good character arc/backstory.

luke never would’ve considered killing a child just because he’s possibly being pulled to the dark side. but rian had to write him that way so we feel sorry for kyle.

rey never would’ve been so emotionally committed to such a dumb idea of “saving” kyle ron. but rian needed to make her so foolish so that we could see how dynamic kyle is as a character.

snoke shouldn’t have just been killed off with zero backstory after he was talked up so much in tfa. but rian needed to give kyle vindication and some way to become his own villain and not some pawn.

instead of appropriate character arcs, we got one decent Standard Sympathetic Villain™ but way too many beloved characters (and snoke) had their arcs ruined or straight up erased because of local dumbass rian johnson’s need to make kylo a legitimately interesting character

[saveusfromthefarright]

Ron Johnson Has Lost It. He Claims COVID Could Have Already Been Defeated Except Biden 'Censored' Hydroxychloroquine - PolitiZoom

https://politizoom.com/ron-johnson-has-lost-it-he-claims-covid-could-have-already-been-defeated-except-biden-censored-hydroxychloroquine/

Dumbass

[thoughtsthatstray]

The Night Before Thanksgiving Part 8

This 2020 edition should be fun. 2020 sucks. That’s not news to anyone. It’s much worse for some than it is for me, and I’m sure I’m dealing with worse things than others. That takes me back to the fine line of “It could be better, but it could be worse”. It could always be both. 

A friend mentioned that this night use to be “the biggest party night of the year”. It was. Better than New Year’s Eve more times than not. Back when you are in your 20′s, friends are home from school, or back in town to see the family, and a lot of the popular places were packed. You’d have an old football coach belting out some Bob Seger on a karaoke machine with that long hair flowing and flopping around. You see faces you haven’t seen in years Just a fun night. If you scroll past the “keep reading”, you’ll see I’ve touched on some of this before.

Seeing her say that reminded me of when it was closing time and there wasn’t much of a cab service in my hometown, there wasn’t Uber at that point, so you either drove home a bit drunk (and some did), or you got carted home after someone that was sober went and picked up a parents minivan. Unfortunately there were a few nights that I was the dumbass that was sober and having to pretend I was the school bus driver. Even so, it was still good times. 

Earlier I was listening to a Longmire novel and Craig Johnson as Walt Longmire said the following:

It hit home.I have memories. Everyone has memories but with time some fade. Are the facts 100% crystal clear? No. Did x/y/z happen? I think so. Maybe. No way. Yes it did. Hell if I know. Somewhere in a blended blur of that is the truth. 

I’m sitting here beating on the keyboard trying to make this one a bit longer than last year and half wondering whether tomorrow’s Charlotte Observer is going to have a Thanksgiving column from Ron Green Jr. Last year his father, announced that 2019 would be his last installment, and it was one thing I looked forward to each Thanksgiving. The old man would wax poetically about things he was thankful for, whether it was a rocking chair on the porch with his wife, golfing with old friends, his grandkids,a favorite food or spirit, or a Carolina Panther star like a Christian McCaffrey. Maybe since 2020 is a bit special in the grand scheme of things with everything that is going on, just maybe he backtracks and gives us one more. I hope so. 

I do wonder what the 2020 version would be like. I know the now 58 year old longhaired ball coach who is now bald with a long beard, would likely be at home. No Seger, or “Funky Cold Medina” for him. I know some faces would be missing since they are no longer with us. I’m guessing I would need to be a fly on the wall, because I doubt my many of my friends, or people I know would be there. It would be a younger group.

I’m sorry for sharing some of those boring stories Springsteen pondered in “Glory Days”, but I guess the Boss was right, but so was Henley. “Those days are gone forever” 

Previous installments below:

2013

thoughtsthatstray: Written 11/27/13

The night before Thanksgiving used to be one of my favorite nights of the year. Back in my hometown, it was a night when friends would gather at one of the few watering holes where said friends could share some adult beverages.

We’d usually start off at one place with dinner and beers. Note there was an s on the end of the word beer, but then we’d cross the street to a new place that had karaoke, more BEER, and more old friends. Well, truth be told a few old enemies would pop in here and there.

We’d share some memories, stretch some truths, tell some lies, and it was fun seeing old friends. Of course it was fun seeing old flames too. We’d have a ball, signing each other up for the previously mentioned karaoke and trying to find the most fucked up song or funniest song for them to sing. Oh how I wish it were modern day where every cell phone had a video, because watching an ole ball coach singing “Funky Cold Medina” or “Brickhouse” as his long hair swayed and his hairy little nubby feet attempted a bit of a drunken dance. Oh I’d pay good money to have footage of that, but of course if that were modern day, seeing a coach/teacher slightly intoxicated on youtube or some other form of social media would be grounds for his dismissal which is bullshit, since he was simply an adult having some fun with other adults. Like I said I would pay good money (if I had good money) to see that footage once again.

You’d see faces pop in of people you hadn’t seen since high school, or hadn’t seen in quite some time You’d see a bombshell walk through the door and you are like well I could always see some cuteness in that awkward teen from years ago. Of course at the end of the night you’d have the same two or three guys trying to sneak out on a bar bill. At times you’d have a group of them trying to bribe someone into trying to get on top of the bull in the corral. Yes, an actual bull in an actual corral out in front of the steakhouse. He wasn’t there long, but he was there.

An ex would walk up and whisper in your ear, “I’ve got something to show you”, and you simply respond what’s that? While she says come out here and you walk to the back side of the building and she takes your hand and slides it down her pants and you feel her freshly shaved pussy, which was definitely new. You make plans for Black Friday to spend the day fucking like you used to.

As I said, you hear some old stories, that 55 yard touchdown was up to about 63. You argue about beating a rival 43-34 when some former teammate is swearing on his Momma that it was 43-30. You simply say, look, I know what it was. That is my pin # and has been ever since. You flag down another teammate and he confirms that it was 43-34, and then he gives the other guy a hard time for forgetting it.

At this point you are 15-20 beers into the night and you know you could very well drink another dozen or so if the bar wasn’t closing. You crawl into a minivan which was basically a shuttle service. You drop the old ball coach off at his miniature mansion and tell him to cut his hair. He flips the group off with that stumpy middle finger and then he waves.

You come home, crawl into bed and think about the night. You think about the memories, you think about that freshly shaved pussy.

Oh I sure miss those days.

2014

thoughtsthatstray: Written 11/26/2014

It’s still one of the things I miss about my hometown. I don’t miss much, but I miss my friends, the old haunts, the stories that stretch the truth from time to time.  Someone bringing up a time at party and someone trying to deny it ever happened.   As I said in the original post it was a time for friends to see friends. That is/was one of the beauties about a small town. A part of it you didn’t really respect or understand completely when you were there.

I no longer have ties to my home town other than a few friends, with my parents being gone, and having moved away quite some time ago. A small part of me regrets leaving, but the majority of me is glad that I did.

Memories don’t die, but they sure can fade away.

2015

thoughtsthatstray: Written 11/25/2015

I wouldn’t call it writer’s block, I’d call it just not in the mood to reminisce. With that said, I’ll give it a shot, since this become some annual ritual. I do know I’ll be tracking down the Ron Green(former Charlotte Observer columnist) annual Thanksgiving article tomorrow.

Earlier tonight on the back deck while grilling some burgers I thought of some old friends, some old times. That  made me remember that I have really neglected my YD&B side blog, but that happens.

Thoughts drift back 18-20-22 years. Thoughts drift to better times, happier times. Maybe it was being more carefree, not fully understanding responsibilities. Then it reminded me of a quote from a book I read this year year. “This is Where I Leave You” by Jonathan Tropper, it was made into a movie which was decent, but the book was better as books often are.  I know I shared the quote, but here it is again.

The last time I saw most of my old friends was the summer of 2014 at the funeral of one their father’s. While I sit here typing this, half thankful that I’m not there at the moment, I know it would be like that July night. Wouldn’t miss a beat and it would be like old times. Telling stories, sharing memories, laughing till you are about to choke on a beer. So I’m torn. Part of me wishes I was there instead of typing this, but another part is glad that I’m not.  The dreadfully sad part of it is that is one a handful of times that I’ve actually enjoyed myself.  Past > Present, with the future yet to be in the equation. Really sucks.

It really sucks knowing that the next time I’ll likely see most of them will be at another funeral. But that is how the cookie crumbles at times.  

2016

thoughtsthatstray: Written 11/23/2016

This is the 4th time I’ve sat here on Thanksgiving Eve slapping these keys trying to make sense. 2013, 2014, and 2015 can be found below.

Tonight, I had the opportunity to go back to my home town and hang out with some old friends, but I had to pass. I didn’t trust my car to drive the 30-35 minutes to Statesville to ride the rest of the way with another friend. I don’t trust it to go much further than the short trips that I generally take. It has two issues on it’s to-fix-list. One was quoted out at about 1k(and hopefully will be addressed shortly) the other yet to be determined. I’ve already thrown about 400 at that particular problem and that didn’t fix it. It’s frustrating. But, to be brutally honest, I could have had a 2017 whatever with 17 miles sitting in the drive way and I can’t promise that I would have gone. Well, maybe I wouldn’t be in the same mindset if the 2017 whatever was sitting outside.

This is where I could easily insert that Jonathan Tropper quote. Maybe it should just be my mantra, but it fits. If I didn’t mention it last year, I would quote it again, but if you read this whole jumbled cluster of letters you’ll see it, or you can click here.

It would have been nice to see them. In this little snippet from last year, I also wrote about the last time I saw them. I could quote that again since that hasn’t changed either. But it would have been nice to sit around with a cold beer or four and catch up, and spend some time with them.

Maybe I’ll wake up one day soon and shake myself out of this funk. I’m picturing a 75lb puppy coming out of a river and drying himself off. Maybe that would work.

I guess when I finish this I’ll sit down and read back through the previous 3 entries and I wish I could say I feel like I’m in a better place, physically, mentally, emotionally, etc, but that would be spitting lies.  

I think at one point I made a post about being thankful for having an imagination but in the end, it might be negative thing. Hard to tell.

The night before Thanksgiving used to be a part of the Holiday festivities. Now it’s just a Wednesday.

2017

thoughtsthatstray: Written 11/22/2017

I’m sitting here typing this, mostly forcing myself to get something down, and It will be shorter than the others. I just have a haunted feeling engulfing my mind after reading through the previous 4 installments. Sitting back with last year’s installment knowing had I made that journey I would have had at least one more night with a good friend who took his life over the summer. That is hard to reconcile. I’m not thinking that the one night would have changed anything. There were a number of other friends at the get together, but selfishly it would have been a night where stories would have been shared. Memories rekindled and shared. …..A moment that is gone, that never was…. kinda reminds me of the Springsteen line:

Again,hard to reconcile and process.

Oh and those Jonathan Tropper quotes still ring true:

2018

thoughtsthatstray: Written  11/21/18

Sitting here beating on this keyboard. Trying to add something to this collection of whatever you call it. It’s hard for my mind not to drift to friends and family that have been lost and that are no longer with us.

I still have some regret about not taking that trip in 2016. Maybe it would have made a difference in the events that happened the following June 1st, but I doubt it. I’m sure we would have told some stories, some lies and stretched the truth like it was an old Stretch Armstrong toy. That is par for the course. The 138 yards rushing against a rival football team stretches to 171. The 51-8 ass beating of the 5th ranked team in the state will stay 51-8 since that is stamped deep in the brain.

I’ll wake up, fix some coffee and locate the annual article of retired Columnist of the Charlotte Observer Ron Green Sr. It’s a bit of a tradition. I’ll try to remember to come back and link it here. Not that anyone will read it.

I still pay to see some of that Karaoke action mentioned in a previous installment. It was better suited for “America’s Funniest Home Videos”, than “Star Search” at least all of that is stamped on the brain too.

The Springsteen line still hits home:

I guess it always will.  

I’ll definitely have to fall asleep to a mindless sitcom tonight. Might have to have some Kenny Powers action.

2019

thoughtsthatstray: Written  11/27/19 

I woke up this morning with a lyric in my head. I couldn’t place it to start with. One of those things that pisses you off because it is on the tip of your tongue but it won’t come to you.  I fixed some coffee, turned the computer on and called on my old friend, Goo-gle, she’s still French and typed it in trying to knock that nugget loose from the back of my mind.

Not placing a lyric from one of my favorite songs. I need to be slapped.

The last few years, I’ve read through the previous entries, this year I simply copied and pasted, then put the images back in, so that everything is complete. I don’t want to read it. If there isn’t a storm hovering, that could easily cause one. It might storm anyway. I’m not even sure why I’m even typing this. Maybe a ritual. Forcing myself to spit something out. Nothing of any worth that is for sure.

Yeah those days are gone forever. That is for sure. At least, well hopefully, I’ll get to search for a Ron Green article (it appears this will be his final one, which simply sucks). Just another thing that will be gone forever.

[xpwewarchive]

XPWEW LOCKDOWN 7 (5-23-2020)

XPWEW LOCKDOWN 7 Date: May 23rd, 2020 Location: Rashid Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Attendance: 38,444 Weather: Sunny near 100 degree temps with lows of 88 Network: FITE TV streaming media $39.99 Running Time: 3 hours & 40 minutes Theme Song(s): "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd, "Come And Get It" by I Prevail

The show starts with a video highlight package of the 6 previous Lockdown events. The footage is narrated by the gravy grizzled voice of Masato Tanaka Clips include: Jake vs Jacques at LD4, Slayer vs Chris Johnson at LD3, Ledge vs The Rock at LD1, Kanye West vs Xtreme Giant LD2, Jake winning the title at LD5, Bryce sitting at the ramp after his loss at LD6

Narration: voiced by Masato Tanaka: Tonight. Lockdown 7. Some rise. Some fall. Man is flawed, Humanity is in peril but when family is all you have. Do you have willpower? Do you have grit? Do you have the energy? How much energy can you tap into to? Make yourself famous. Go big. or Go home.

Shreya Ghoshal performs the “Ishy Bilady” ‘United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 National Anthem to a chorus of huge fireworks of Red, Green and White embracing the colors of the UAE flag as they rain down majestically over Rashid Stadium gleaming in the orange sunset over the water. Huge pyro over the stadium and even fireworks burst at the tallest building in the world the Burj Khalifa as "Lockdown VII" paints the skyline

A video highlight package is played using the theme song “Blinding Lights by The Weekend” as it touches on Jake vs Slayer, Death Machines vs All Man & All Woman, McGraw vs GT, Jacques vs Jordan, Champagne vs Troy, Doxy vs Prisiclla vs Kiera and then lastly the music changes to serious symphony music as it recaps Ruckus vs Golden Bryce and how important this shot at Lockdown redemption is so important for Bryce and how Ruckus coming out of the trap house to the winning the 2020 Xtreme Rumble is just as important”

We are shown the Lockdown 7 stage and a huge pyrotechnic display is set off as we are introduced to our commentary team for tonight dressed ever so dapper. Kaitlyn Khaos and Nick Simmonds are joined by XPWEW Legend Joey Styles as they introduce us to Lockdown 7: The biggest event in XPWEW history!

Leonard McGraw enters (crowd cheers)

Leonard enters first to a great reaction from the Dubai crowd, Leonard aggressively walks out from the curtain to the huge stage and with a cold thousand mile stare peers with intensity looking through the camera at you at home as he makes thundering steps towards the ring. McGraw is all business avoiding contact from the fans reaching for a high five. McGraw steps in the ring and then runs the ropes hard as he waits for the match against GT that he's been salivating over since February when this rivalry began when Garrett and his partner Ethan Bedlam would attempt to break the arm of McGraw so after many games of cat and mouse it comes to a head tonight. Leonard made his Lockdown debut last year in a win over Jacques Dudley

Garrett Thompson enters (crowd boos) Garrett enters with pyro rain effect behind him as he stands still only to bust out with a burst of energy as he knocks the entrance coat off his shoulders to the ground as he makes a intense long walk to the ring for his 4th match in Lockdown history. It was in 2011 he lost a 3 way between Ruckus and Eddie Edwards, 2012 he would lose in the main event between Jake, Slayer & Chris Johnson and just last year him and Eddie Edwards came up short to the legendary team of Takanaka

Referee Johnathan Chambers has been assigned this match

<<Early on before the ring of the bell Garrett hesitates to even step in the ring because of how intense McGraw is acting jumping and running the ropes like a madman. Referee Johnathan Chambers tries to get McGraw to settle down but McGraw runs around him the GT runs around the ring which becomes a chase, they make 2 laps around the ring, McGraw changes direction and then they both run opposite directions in the ring to which McGraw hits Garrett with a classic Lou Thesz Press and gets some closed fists in as the bell rings. The opening contest is underway. Garrett slows the pace with a sleeper hold to which McGraw slams him into each corner turnbuckles which culminates in Thompson catching himself onto the final post and hitting a huge moonsault which McGraw catches the big man mid-air and hits a devastating pile driver that looked quite dangerous. McGraw stomps a mud hole of Garrett in the corner and gives the middle fingers as a huge tribute to someone familiar? Garrett mounts a comeback when he hits a fallaway slam on McGraw that sends him over the top rope. Garrett jumps off the top rope to the floor and connects a double axe handle and eagerness gets the best of him as he attempts it a second time but McGraw catches him with a devastating lariat-o in mid air that damn near takes Garrett's head off. McGraw gets behind GT and lifts him in a Doomsday Device/Electric Chair position, gets a run and go and hoists him into the front row to which Leonard backs up, and gets a run and go off all 3 commentary desks and goes for a Clothesline From Hell over the barricade onto GT standing dazed in the crowd but in a flash Garrett hits "THE GT!!!" Garrett hits the elbow finisher on a raging bull McGraw and is able to drag him over the guardrail and into the ring but it is only good for a 2 count. Garrett hits Wasteland once rolls him up Samoan Drop style by rolling him right up for another and connects against. Attempts a pin-fall but only gets a close 2 count. Garrett feeling desperate goes up top rope for a moonsault and McGraw lying down below moves away in the knick of time to grab both legs quickly and apply a Boston Crab. Garrett fights away the submission but ultimately after McGraw clenches it in for nearly a whole minute, unable to find the ropes Garrett submits>>

1 on 1 M1: Leonard McGraw defeats Garrett Thompson

Video package airs of Jake Awesome's new series "Captain Falcon" with Jaden Smith and Ron Pearlman now streaming on Netflix! Right now!

Backstage, James Westerbeck interviews Ruckus w/ The Set behind him hyping him up and getting him loose and gassing him up for the biggest match of his career tonight. James: Ruckus, tonight is easily the biggest match of your career, How has your game plan altered since The Set will not be allowed at ringside? Ruckus: Are you serious? The Set grabs Westerbeck by the collar and shoves him out Lexoni: What a dumbass nigga Ruckus: I'm a man who stands ten toes down at all times. The Set is the squad but I can handle that pussy ass bitch myself tonight, thank you very much. drops mic

The Devil's Playhouse pay-per-view promo June 28th, 2020 streaming on FITE TV for the low, low price of $19.99 use the promo code DEVIL to get 10 percent off right now

Referee Xavier Beckham has been assigned this next match

Jacques Dudley enters (crowd cheers) (Press box you see his protegé Alveno La Flare watching intently knowing this match could have been his spot however Jacques defeated him for this opportunity two week's ago on Friday Night Pyro)

XPWEW Juniorweight Champion Jordan Oliver enters (crowd boos) (accompanied by The Set: Myron Reed, Kotto Brazil & Chrissy Rivera)

James Westerbeck is set to announce both men's names while they stand across from one another in the ring...

Well. Well. Well. (crowd pops) Joel Gertner enters It is I. Joel, from Shanghai to Dubai the ladies unzip my fly to see my third eye. Last name Rivera. First name Chrissy. Missy do you speak carny? Gizzy on your Knizzys and Gargale Mizzy Lockdown Seven, Jordan Oliver how old are you? Eleven? Yo yo yo Kotto, No homo but you look like bozo had sex with hot cocoa. Joel, all these years later still HARDER than the tree that hit Sonny Bono. but Myron Reed, Can you read? I saw your child on I-G but if you ask me that looks more like Jordan Oliver's seed. The Set wants a rep? Bet? You guys aren't even a threat cause none of you can grow a set. Gertner!

<<bell rings. Jacques and Jordan both high rank skilled in the quick pace, catch-as-catch-can department. Oliver and Dudley is truly a game of the veteran and the young cocky kid as they trade holds, lots of monkey flips, hip tosses and under-throws as the match quickly becomes a game of speed which evolves into a sprint of "can you top this?" offensive display. Ultimately The Set's Myron Reed would make his presence known as he aborts a Jacques 630 splash that could have potentially won the match, moments later when Jacques would have the upper hand he instead opts to crash onto a prone Oliver in the ring, chooses to 630 splash onto all of Reed, Brazil and even Chrissy Rivera outside. Oliver hits a wicked buckle bomb on Jacques on the outside that hits the corner ring post. Oliver then hits a version of the 6-1-9 but Jacques moves and Jordan busts his kneecaps on the steel posts. Myron shoves Jacques's lifeless into the ring, then Myron and Chrissy help Oliver to his feet to avoid a countout, with ref Xavier Beckham distracted Kotto Brazil has possesion of the Juniorweight title and hits Jacques in the back of the head knocking him out but in the corner of his eye Beckham catches the illegal shot and then points his finger at Kotto, Kotto pleads for mercy, Myron and Chrissy jump on the apron also pleading with the ref. After the crowd gets sucked in to the moment, Oliver tries to plead as well. Xavier then rejects THE SET from ringside as they all sigh in anger and hopelessness. Jacques hits a big boot, hits a triangle dropkick on Oliver. Jacques teases going to the top rope. Jacques hits the 630 for the close 2 count. Jacques goes to the apron lunging towards Oliver who hits his finisher "The Clout Cutter" mid kip-up to an amazing pop from the crowd. Oliver hooks the leg with swift speed for the 1-2-3 and STILL the XPWEW Juniorweight Champion: Jordan Oliver because he's young, he's dumb and he reps The Set

XPWEW Juniorweight Championship 1 on 1 M2: Jordan Oliver (c) defeats Jacques Dudley

Myron, Kotto and Chrissy come back and help Oliver up the ramp as he retains. Jordan lifts the title triumphantly as he wins his Lockdown debut

Backstage, All Man and All Woman are doing pre-match workouts like jumping jacks and running in place. All Woman: This is the biggest event of the year and crazy but memorable things will happen tonight All Man: Like us winning the XPWEW Tag Team Championships AND making history by doing it for the first time ever as a man/woman duo All Woman: Well I meant like the weird stuff (Al Snow & Steve Blackman pan into the camera) Al Snow: I have a prediction as AL "The Psychic" Snow ofcourse...Steve..Steve...do the fourth wall thing we rehearsed man that's the punchline Steve Blackman: exhales I'm not dancing to Ke$ha...(looks at camera) winks Al Snow: rubbing magic 8 ball Tonight a woman will win a title typically held by men All Man: Jordan Oliver was already the champion? All Woman: What? All Man: Nevermind, nevermind. Bird chest..thing, I don't nevermind All Man: Al! Do you do questions? Al Snow: Well sure All Man, what is it? All Man: Will I make a Lockdown moment tonight, like a moment that will last forever Al Snow: reading...reading..analyzing....Yes! Yes! All Man tonight will be the best night of your life All Woman: hmmm.... All Man:...well worth a shot

Referee Kevin Madrox is assigned this next match

Troy Clausen enters in a baby blue 2021 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport Car to the song "Bugatti" by Future (smoke pyrotechnics. car drives slow)

Champagne Clausen enters on a camel being walked by two arabian females only wearing underwear and a hajib

Freight Train lags behind and gets a hug from said arabian girls from Champagne's entrance. Champagne rolls his eyes.

<<Troy tackles Champagne and rains down punches and applies a rare MMA-esque Rear Naked Choke on Champagne that clearly surprised him but Champagne is able to crawl to the turnbuckle and ram Troy's head into the bottom turnbuckle over and over, undoing the bottom turnbuckle exposing the metal and pressing Troy's face up against it. Champagne then searches for plunder underneath the ring and finds a bag of what is presumably thumb tacks, a cookie sheet, duct tape, a steel chair and a kendo stick. Champagne then whacks Troy over and over with the kendo stick as Freight Train winces outside. "This one is for you!" and Troy hits a low blow. Troy sets up the chair in a sitting position irish-whipping Champagne into it, sitting him on it proper in the corner. Troy then grabs the duct tape and wraps it around Champagne's torso taping him to the chair, Troy let's Freight Train continue to wrap the tape. Freight then grabs a long piece for Champagne's mouth but Troy says to wait and grabs the bag of thumb tacks, shoves the tacks down Champagne's mouth and then tapes over his mouth for a gruesome spot. Champagne then grabs the chair to the middle of the ring. Grabs the cookie sheet and nails him over the head knocking Champagne backwards. Troy then goes to the top rope and makes what appears to be a Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka tribute as he leaps and hits a diving crossbody onto Champagne still taped to the chair, with duct-taped tacks in his mouth. The big crossbody breaks the tape off. Champagne recovers first and yanks the tape off and then walks over the apron and spits the tacks in the face of Freight Train who is temporary blinded by that assault. Champagne whacks Freight Train with the kendo stick in the face that bloodies Train, Champagne punches Train over and over at the commentary table leaving blood all over the Indian announce table. Troy in the background quietly goes to the top rope and does another crossbody, this time from the top rope to the commentary table down below, Champagne runs out the scene quick and Troy crashes and burns and big splashes Freight Train through the table and Joey Styles is going crazy the 65 year old Troy Clausen just took that crazy bump from the top rope down to the Indian commentary desk. Champagne then looks under the ring and finds a table and shoves it in the ring and sets it up. Champagne drags life-less Troy from outside to the ring. and has Troy on his shoulders for The Chardonnay but from the back appears Regina Clausen who makes her first appearance since Champagne shoved her in the Clausen-Mobile back in December and pushed her off the Friday Night Pyro set. She comes in and uses mace and sprays it in Champagne's face, blinded but not downed Champagne snatches her up and hits a spinebuster on her through the table. Troy latches on a sleeper hold from behind, still blinded Champagne tries not to fade away, he blindly reaches for the nearby ropes once he finds them, he grabs a tight grip of the top rope and back kicks Troy right square in the groin. Wiping his eyes from the mace. Champagne does a cocky pin on Troy and gets the 1-2-3. Son outdoes Father in this hardcore war>>

No Holds Barred 1 on 1 M3: Champagne Clausen defeats Troy Clausen

Kaitlyn Khaos, Nick Simmonds and Joey Styles announce that tonight's Lockdown 7 event in Rashid Stadium has brought out 38,444 fans in Dubai. A skyline shot of the city is shown.

Kevin Madrox is assigned this match

The Death Machines enter Joe Gacy and Audrey Carbine walk at different paces because they aren't a well oiled machine of a team quite like they're opponents tonight for the Vacant XPWEW Tag Titles

All Man & All Woman enter in unison with quart cartoons of milk and matching red chain mails as they cheers together and we are introduced to "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner making his first public appearance since his hospitalization last February

<<"Loud" All Woman chants fill the stadium to capacity to start off. Carbine pie faces Woman during a face-off then a fired up and fed-up All Woman fires up which she's really yet to do and the crowd pops because they like seeing Carbine get her butt kicked by a female competitor for a change. All Man big back body drop on Gacy. Gacy tosses Man out of the ring with some help from Carbine. Gacy whips All Man into the steel steps then slams his head repetitively on the remains of the indian commentary desk that was destroyed in the previous match. Carbine sweeps the leg and sambo slams All Man, Woman tries to intervene but Referee Kevin Madrox stops her to keep order. Carbine double suplexes All Man and All Woman and shows off her super human former marine strength. Gacy hits a spinebuster on All Man on the apron and All Man sells it like he just had all the wind knocked out of him when he comically falls off like a 2 x 4 board. Carbine locks in the Art of Ballistics armbar on All Man, Gacy goes to throw a punch, All Man ducks, but Gacy stops before accidentally hitting Carbine. All Man hulks up and hoists up the 300 pounder Gacy with a gordbuster. Carbine locks the figure four leg lock between the turbuckle on All Woman and Madrox tries to break the hold, even threatens to call a DQ. Carbine obliges then kicks All Woman violently in the head after. Carbine chest bumps Gacy as a sign of disrespect. Carbine lands body shots on All Woman and drops her with one to the gut. The crowd is going nuts for this match because they really like All Woman and really detest Carbine. All Woman powers back kicks Carbine and goes for an armbar on her for a change. Carbine knows her hold and how to block it but All Woman adjusts, Carbine then resorts to cheat tactics by raking her eyes to escape. All Woman recovers lands a knee and a DDT on Carbine. She goes for a pin, but only gets a one count. All Man yanks Carbine out of the ring hard. Gacy steps in and makes the save, Gacy and Carbine start to face off, Fans eat it up. Gacy hawks a lougie and spits nastily in Carbine's face and she lands combos beating up Gacy in the corner of the ringside, and then in one shove Gacy pushes her back but All Woman soars through the sky with a whipser in the wind taking out both Death Machines. Back in the ring, All Man lands three amigos on Gacy. Gacy lands a knee strike. All Man uses a trio of german suplexes, Gacy reverses the 4th one hitting his finisher "Chainsaw'd Off" All Man then gets up right after it essentially no selling it and gets Gacy for an ankle lock, Carbine makes the save, Carbine throws a kick All Man catches it and the crowd wants him to clobber her, He puts Carbine in an ankle lock. Gacy shoves All Man out, All Woman jumps on Gacy's back with wild punches and puts Gacy in the "EMMA LOCK!". Carbine goes to save Gacy but All Man dives and grabs her ankle and has her in the ankle lock, Carbine and Gacy reverse the submissions simultaneously and swing All Man and All Woman into each other bumping heads together. Gacy shoves All Man into the chair he wedged between the ropes before this match even started. Carbine irish-whips All Woman into the corner. All Man counters the "Chainsaw'd Off". All Woman counters Carbine's attempt at that finisher as well. Gacy spits the yellow liquid mist but ducking it All Man grabs hold and hits the Almond Joy on Joe Gacy then jumps to his feet to cactus clothesline Audrey Carbine out of the ring as they both tumble outside, All Woman covers Gacy for the 1-2-3 and the NEW XPWEW Tag Team Champions! ALL MAN and ALL WOMAN!!!!!!!! All Man grabs both belts and they both hold them high! All Woman and All Man share a kiss as fireworks display over the stadium>>

Vacant XPWEW Tag Team Championships Tornado Tag Team Match M4: All Man & All Woman (accompanied by Scott Steiner) defeat Death Machines (Joe Gacy & Audrey Carbine)

Backstage, Golden Bryce is holding his newborn child Stefon in a touching moment "I'm gonna make you proud. I'm new to this dad thing and I'm gonna make you proud. Bryce holds the title in his lap and kisses Stefon on the forehead as you hear him recite the Lord's prayer as the camera fades away

Video package of the history and career legacy between Jake Awesome and The Dragonslayer

Referee Johnathan Chambers is assigned this match

Jake Awesome enters (biggest pop of the night)

Slayer enters (huge pop) accompanied by Rosemary

<<During the introductions. Rosemary is setting up tables wildy outside each side of the ring. She sets up 4 tables. As soon as the word "Slayer" exits the lips of ring announcer James Westerbeck, Jake Awesome big boots the mush of Slayer and this bout is on! Bell rings! Awesome then hits the Awesome Bomb and goes for the pin and gets a 1 count! And in the first 3 seconds of the match Awesome has hit his finish on Slayer and after what Rosemary, Lotus and Slayer have put him through the last 3 weeks and really what Slayer has endured him with is a career of hell. Unsuccessful of the pin but Awesome doesn't waste any time grabbing Slayer by the hair and sling him with ease of the top rope and slings him dangerously right into a table Rosemary set up moments ago. Awesome goes outside the ring, shoves Slayer in and picks him for a gorilla press and turns him mid air and again Slayer crashes through a second table merely a minute into the contest. Awesome throws him back in the ring yet again lifting Slayer on the turnbuckle and hits a stalling suplex for 30 seconds holding Slayer for about 30 seconds then slowly falling back and Slayer flips on the Superplex with velocity. Awesome kips up and The Mammoth is unhinged but as soon as he turns around Slayer pops right up and gets right in his face because Slayer will not give up! Not when the lights shine bright. Jake presses a middle finger up to Slayer's forehad to which Slayer does the same right back, Slayer and Jake trade punches until Slayer backs up hitting the ropes, Jake goes for a clothesline, Slayer ducks, still running, Slayer ducks the elbow, Slayer hits the ropes again and head-scissors hurracanranna takes Jake down as he rolls outside, Slayer gets a run and go hits a dive through the ropes, goes back in dives to the oustide again, goes inside for another dive this time Awesome grabs him mid air in Bomb position but Slayer counters it with another hurracanranna. Slayer goes to the apron, climbs to the nearest top rope and a senton connects, Jake is laid out. Rosemary then pulls multiple chairs out from under the ring and throws chairs ontop of Jake until he is buried in lie 9 chairs. Slayer gets a running go and just flings himself over the ropes onto the chairs with Awesome underneath which really hurt Slayer more I guess. Slayer then grabs each chair one by one hitting awesome over the back eight times and then throws the chair Sabu style hitting Awesome it the face, Awesome falls back into the barricade, to which Rosemary come over and gets up in Awesome's face dripping her bloody lip on him to which Awesome shoves her from his face, Slayer grabs Awesome throws him on the apron. Slayer ascends the top rope and hits a 450 splash to Jake on the hardest part of the ring. Jake rolls to the middle of the ring, Slayer follows and applies the Indian Death lock, rare move but Jake is selling it as Slayer applies the pressure on the long legs of 'The Mammoth'. Jake eventually counters with his legs pushing Slayer "sparta" style kick into the turnbuckle and Slayer bounces back collapsing like a rap doll. Jake gets his hands on the rope to get back to his feet but Rosemary sneaks up and bites Jake's hand and will not let go, Jake's hand is now bloody from Rosemary's bite. Slayer goes to dropkick Jake's back, Jake dodges and the kick hits Rosemary and she falls flat back onto the floor of chairs from earlier. Jake kicks Slayer out the way, Jake gets a running go, then goes for a Suicide Dive onto Rosemary who moves and Jake lands crooked onto the pile of chairs and a "You Fucked Up" chant erupts. Rosemary then applies a camel clutch to Awesome who then carries Rosemary on his back as he gets up on the apron, Slayer off the top rope, flips over Awesome standing on the apron, yanks Rosemary off him now inadvertently Slayer is holding Rosemary in a standing power-bomb position, he turns around and Awesome runs off the apron and hits a doomsday device on Rosemary that Slayer was accidentally holding her up for, Awesome decks Rosemary clean off Slayer's shoulders. Crowd pops huge and we get a "This Is Awesome" chant. Slayer then goes to grab Jake, Jake then scoops up Slayer like a child, runs him to the ramp and chucks him onto the last glass panel of the ramp on the way to the ring and just chucks him and drops Slayer and the loud thud of Slayer's weight cracks the glass leaving it shattered and cracked but not broken through. Jake goes into the ring, awaiting Slayer to stand up. Awesome going for the patented Suicide Dive he connects and him and Slayer crash through the glass that was already weakened by that last spot. Awesome and Slayer fall into the cracking glass panel and now the are both drenched but the water at that spot of the ramp is probably only 1 foot deep at best. Just enough to wet the hair, Slayer has blood on his back, Awesome has a cut on his forehead and a trickle of blood running down his right arm. They both stagger into the ring. They both use each other as crutches to stand up. They trade punches. Jake wins that war after the 3rd blow. Jake then applies the Helm Sharpshooter on Slayer for the first time ever! Slayer is locked in his own hold. Slayer finds the rope and Jake breaks the hold. Lotus runs down the ramp. Lotus enters the ring but Jake sees her coming and picks her up and teases the Awesome Bomb, Rosemary jumps in and he sandwiches them together and hits the double awesome bomb. Slayer gets up and stumbles back into the scenario and Awesome kicks him and hits the Awesome Bomb for the 1-2-3 and the NEW XPWEW International Champion is 'The Mammoth' Jake Awesome!

XPWEW International Championship 1 on 1 M5: Jake Awesome defeats Slayer (c)

Jake Awesome is now a grand slam champion! Jake celebrates by grabbing the microphone "Dubai. I've wrestled all over the world but you guys made it special. This International title is for you! The fans! The international fans! I love you (crowd pops)

Lockdown 8 promo video package reveals that next year Saturday May 22nd, 2021 for the first time ever XPWEW will host any event from the most famous arena in the world: Madison Square Garden! New York City hosts Lockdown 8 - 05-22-21. The theme song is playing is I Like It by Grand Puba “And ya say New York City?”

Referee Sandy Mongeau has been assigned this next match!

Doxy Deity enters

Kiera Hogan enters accompanied by 911 Brian Lee (green flames pyro)

XPWEW World Women's Champion Priscilla Kelly enters (turnbuckle pyro is very Kane-esque)

<<Priscilla spin kicks Kiera and Doxy, Kiera and Doxy get technical bridging each other for backside pins trading counters until Priscilla breaks it up with a rolling thunder. Priscilla grabs Doxy and Doxy turns it into and Undertaker old school attack, Kiera double sunset flip on both competitors neither pin works out, Priscilla throws Doxy to the outside, Kiera grabs hold of Priscilla with a "PTO". Doxy hits a superkick to Kiera right on the chin. then Doxy tunes up the band for Priscilla but Kelly twists the foot into an enzuguri spin kick counter taking Doxy to the outside, Priscilla gets a running start and hits a topae sucicida onto Priscilla and still lands on her feet because she's extremely agile. Kiera gets on the top rope and hits a Twisted Bliss from the top to the outside but crashes and burs landing on the hard ground. Brian Lee checks out her leg and knee that made a dangerous thud on the landing. Doxy and Priscilla battle in the ring, Doxy goes for the Mexican power bomb three times and gets a near two count. Priscilla knees Doxy in the back and hits a back cracker. Priscilla and Doxy trade punches on the top rope, Doxy flips Priscilla off her back landing in the ring reluctantly Priscilla lands on her feet then pushes Doxy's bum and Doxy falls off the top rope onto Brian Lee making him a non-factor if only for the moment. Kiera recovers and goes for a roll-up, Priscilla kicks out then grabs Kiera's wig off of her head and shoves the wig down her tights and hits Kiera with 'Murder She Wrote' (Double Arm Facebuster) for the 1-2-3. And STILL the XPWEW World Women's Champion: Priscilla Kelly>>

XPWEW World Women's Championship Triple Threat Match M6: Priscilla Kelly (c) defeats Kiera Hogan & Doxy Deity

Highlight video package highlighting the rough upbringing and insane life of crime and a tale of street life of Ruckus to his 2020 Xtreme Rumble match win last month sealing his fate for the Lockdown Seven main event. Pans into a highlight package of Golden Bryce's quick rise to superstardom, becoming a grand-slam champion in under a year and ultimately losing last year at Lockdown Six to Jake Awesome and how tonight is a redemption story, Then a video package of Ruckus stealing Bryce's air jordan shoes and burning them, Bryce: I have to work, fight and claw for every breath and step here. Ruckus: You wouldn't last a day in my hood. I don't want that belt. I want the money that you are a making and I'm not

Eerie scary hymn music. plays

Jordan Oliver, Myron Reed, Kotto Brazil, Siaka Lexoni, Chrissy Rivera, and Ruckus' 7 kids ranging from ages 20-6 walk out all holding flaming wooden sticks. They stand 6 on each side.

The 4 Dancing Pallbearers enter with a casket perched on their shoulders and they spin around slowly to the music and then they stand still.

-They all throw their flaming sticks into a pile creating a large flame

Thunder bolt pyrotechnic explodes

(Bankroll by Lil Boosie blares) (crowd pops)

Dancing pallbearers flawlessly dance with the casket doing several dance moves with the coffin then gently place the casket on the ground and Ruckus' youngest son opens the casket and Ruckus hops out with all the swagger in the world and hypes himself up walking confidently to the ring.

Ruckus enters (huge pop) The Set and Ruckus' kids walk to the back

crowd cheers even after Ruckus' music ends leaving nothing but pure cheers from the crowd

Lone drummer bangs his drum and behind him another drummer, another drummer, another drummer, they all open up and we are shown 4 very talented dancers and marching band from Alcorn College perform a rendition of "Guwop Home" by Gucci Mane in march form with the "Dega Diamonds" dance troupe in full as Golden Bryce enters at the crushendo of the song

Referee Kevin Madrox has been assigned this contest

<<Golden Bryce holds the title up and Ruckus smirks at him and grabs the title and throws it on the floor. Bryce decks him and the bell rings. Bryce punches Ruckus with strikes in the corner and then hits the 10 punch spot but only gets to about 4 when Ruckus reverses it effortlessly into a Tarantula submission reminiscent of Tajiri. Ruckus breaks the hold to hit a classic drive-by dropkick that damn near took Bryce's head off. Ruckus runs back and goes for a Stinger Splash in the corner and Bryce reverses with the Book-End like Booker T slamming Ruckus down with authority. Bryce slaps his chest hyping himself up and steps on Ruckus' back showing a darker side that Masato Tanaka urged he needed to bring out to defeat a guy like Ruckus. Bryce scoops up Ruckus with ease and hangs him upside-down for the tree of woe. Bryce then gets a running start from the opposite corner runs steps on the bottom rope for elevation and drops a vicious elbow drop on Ruckus who is hung up in the corner. Bryce drags him over for the pin and Ruckus kicks out at one. Ruckus does a roll up of his own and Bryce kicks out quickly. Bryce head butts Ruckus and Ruckus knees Bryce in the groin. Joey Styles points out it was the very same kick in the groin move from Jake one year ago that costed Golden Bryce that Lockdown win, kept him from truly capturing that career defining Lockdown moment and three-hundred and sixty-five days later Bryce is looking to capture that moment. Bryce powders to the outside to regain composure and take a breath. Ruckus runs through the bottom rope and hits a tornado DDT on Bryce and capitalizes in his moment of leisure. Bryce gets up on the apron and attempts a heart attack but Ruckus connects a pin-point perfect drop kick knocking Bryce right back down to the outside. Ruckus hits a corkscrew over the ropes landing on Bryce on the outside and Ruckus is making this look easy. Ruckus kicks Bryce on the head mockingly then shoves him back inside. Ruckus took a little too much time getting up and Bryce on the inside grabs Ruckus on apron. Bryce jerks Ruckus up and over the ropes then picks him up for an T-Bone Suplex much like Shelton Benjamin! Bryce then foot chokes Ruckus in the corner and grabs both his feet and pulls him to the middle of the ring and applies the Golden Cloverleaf and Bryce has it cinched in and Ruckus is in the middle of the canvas. Ruckus can't out power Bryce but he eventually crawls the rope and Referee Kevin Madrox counts 1-2-3-4-5 and Bryce still doesn't break the hold so Referee Kevin Madrox grabs Golden Bryce and forcefully yanks the champion off of Ruckus thus giving him the use of this brief advantage to hit the bankroll out of seemingly no energy but Ruckus is slow to get the fall he gets a very close 2 count but Bryce gets his shoulder up. Bryce irish-whips Ruckus into the ropes, Ruckus stops himself, Bryce gets down thinking Ruckus is gonna jump over but where he stopped himself veteran instinct savviness from Ruckus pays off when he applies "The Gangsta Stretch" submission hold and Bryce is able to out-power him and kick Ruckus back knocking him back into the ropes: Ruckus does an Ambrose like rebound off the middle rope and comes right back with a laser sharp dropkick to a sitting Golden Bryce and goes for the pin and only gets a one count. Ruckus tries to get up, Bryce grabs him by his overalls and hits the Dominator much like Bobby Lashley. A downed Ruckus swings at Bryce and misses wildly. Bryce yanks up Ruckus to his feet and hits The World's Strongest Slam for a two count. Bryce looks flustered that Ruckus keeps kicking out of these high powered maneuvers. Bryce hits a deep corner suplex on Ruckus and Ruckus' legs bounce off the bottom rope looks like a bad landing. Bryce goes for a belly-to-belly, Ruckus goes for a elbow shot, Bryce ducks it presses Ruckus forward into the ropes, Ruckus rolls backwards, Bryce counters the roll up with a heavy german suplex into a bridge pin that Ruckus counters with elusiveness sliding out of the ring avoiding Bryce's grip, Ruckus falls off the apron onto the floor like a sack of potatoes. both men endure a 7 count as they are both down on the mat, Bryce still down but Ruckus climbs to the top rope Bryce gets up to his feet quickly and hits the Goldrush Destroyer onto the top turnbuckle. Golden Bryce hits "Done Deal" on Ruckus and gets a 1-2- NO!!!!! Ruckus kicks out! Bryce then irish whips Ruckus and hits the Low Down courtesy of D'Lo and the pin combo only gets a two but Bryce isn't phased, he gets up quick and takes down both straps of his Black Panther singlet and lies in wait for the 6 Rings spear. Ruckus prone in the corner slowly gets up and Bryce goes for it, Ruckus leap frogs, Bryce misses but then Bryce turns around quick and goes for what appears to be an Awesome Bomb but Ruckus counters by hitting The Bankroll out of nowhere and Ruckus makes the cover for the 1-2 and Bryce kicks out. Ruckus hits the Razzle Dazzle and Bryce hulks up and Ruckus hits the Scissor Kick and does a sweet little break dance move to regain his upward mobility (not the spin-a-roonie though). Bryce rolls under the apron and tries to get up to his feet using the ropes, Ruckus gets a run and pushes Bryce and he goes diving onto the English commentary table and rolling all the way over it onto Kaitlyn, Nick and Joey but they all move safely in time, despite the big crash the table doesn't break. Ruckus goes outside, sits Bryce on the table flat. Ruckus then gets on the apron and without looking back hits a asai moonsault onto Bryce and the table DOES NOT BREAK, they just roll off to the back end. Ruckus and Bryce both crawl into the ring moments later after being sprawled out on the floor. Ruckus gets in first and crawls to the opposite end of the ring, Bryce slowly creeps behind him, Ruckus tries to do a quick Bankroll, he rolls off Bryce's sweaty back, Bryce looks for a samoan drop, Ruckus rolls right back off, bounces back off the second rope and hits a Bankroll off the 2nd rope, easily move of the night and pins Bryce but Bryce is able to get his arm on the bottom rope, If that rope was not there then Ruckus would have won this contest. Ruckus is tired and so is Bryce but Bryce uses the bottom rope and clings to it, pulling himself to the closest corner and Ruckus lays on him basically and when Bryce is in the corner Ruckus chops him slowly just once to the WOOOOOOOOs of the crowd. Bryce slowly slugs him back, Bryce slowly irish whips Ruckus hard into the opposing corner, Ruckus like Ric Flair hits the buckles upside down, brings himself right back up and Bryce picks up Ruckus for the Goldrush Destroyer, Ruckus lands on his feet then vaults up and over at an angle hits The Bankroll for the 1-2-3 and the NEW XPWEW World Heavyweight Champion is Ruckus!!!!

XPWEW World Heavyweight Title 1 on 1 M7: Ruckus defeats Golden Bryce (c)

Ruckus is so tired and Bryce is so worn out they both just lay there and they do until The Set run down to the ring and help Ruckus up and they put the world title around his waist and Ruckus can barely stand but they carry him up the ramp, Myron, Kotto, Jordan are so hype and Lexoni hugs Ruckus tight as Ruckus becomes a Grandslam champion here tonight at Lockdown. The camera then pans over to Golden Bryce who is staring up at the night Dubai sky as he slowly rolls out of the ring and walks up the ramp with his head down. The camera pans back to Ruckus holding up his first world title as The Set has him standing up right. Huge pyro explodes over Rashid Stadium as Ruckus now raises the belt high and he's being lifted up by his faction: The Set. We see Bryce emotionless walking up the ramp in disbelief. Show ends

[lucasflanagan-blog]

2006's Best Movies (adjusted for time)

And here we are at the end of my trilogy. The deck is stacked against me because we all know the third part of a trilogy is rarely worth the trip. So, folks, listen closely and I'll make you this promise: This is probably not going to be worth it. Carrying on. We're going to take a look back ten years to see how the movies of 2006 have fared. Time is the only real test of quality for movies and every time I do this exercise, I'm surprised to find how my feelings have changed. With that said, these were my top ten movies from 2006: 10 - After The Wedding 9 - Blood Diamond 8 - The Fountain 7 - The Lives Of Others 6 - Brick 5 - The Departed 4 - Letters From Iwo Jima 3 - Exiled 2 - Pan's Labyrinth 1 - Children Of Men First things first, when I took a look back I was stunned by how many great comedies came out in 2006. Obviously many of these movies didn't make my top ten list but they all have grown exponentially in my mind over the past ten years. Grandma's Boy is a dumbass movie but it's also one helluva hilarious dumbass movie. Little Miss Sunshine was a movie originally in consideration for my top ten list in 2006 but I cooled on it quickly. In the years since, I've come to a greater appreciation for this movie. Beerfest is ridiculously quotable and still gets watched on the regular. Borat is not necessarily a movie I look to watch anymore but it's been undeniably influential on comedy as a whole. Also, Mike Judge's Idiocracy is a bit of a mess and more of an interesting curiosity than a great movie but it can also now be called unfortunately prophetic. That leaves one, and it's a big one but we'll hold it for now because it's jumped into my top ten list. On the drama front, I loved Ken Loach's, The Wind That Shakes The Barley. Handsome production with a great performance from Cillian Murphy. Running Scared was a crazy little movie from Wayne Kramer, boasting a frenetic performance from Paul Walker. I'm a sucker for "It happened all in one night" movies and this movie was one of the better attempts I've seen. Lastly, we come to Richard Kelly's, Southland Tales. It's a mess of a movie but also one with some true brilliance hiding underneath. It's a movie crying to be seen at home where it can be more properly digested and deserves a new audience. Now we can move on to my brand new top ten list -- the one time has decreed is the better list. The top three movies have stayed the same while four others have shifted and three have fallen off the list completely. Letters From Iwo Jima, Blood Diamond, and The Fountain are gone -- I just don't care about these movies. They all have great qualities but I can't remember the last time I thought about them, let alone watched them. Here we go. 10 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby This is the most underrated of the Ferrell/McKay movies. I remember thinking it was funny but I'm not into NASCAR at all and thus allowed myself to shutdown to a certain degree -- big mistake. It's easily Ferrell's second best character to date (nobody beats Ron Burgundy) and the rest of the cast is insanely hilarious -- especially Gary Cole as Ricky's long lost father. Classic comedy. 9 - The Departed I'm glad Scorsese finally won his Oscar but he should have won one earlier for any number of better movies. I could talk all day long about Goodfellas vs Dances With Wolves but I'll spare you all the vitriol. In the end, The Departed is awesome and cool but wasn't really close to the legend's best work. 8 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party I've loved this movie for a long time and have no idea how this missed my list ten years ago. This was the first change I made and it was an easy one. The comedy, the music, the social commentary -- it's all amazing. 7 - Casino Royale The second best Bond movie I've ever seen after Skyfall. I was never a big Bond fan but this movie kicked and still kicks all kinds of ass. Anyone who had seen Layer Cake knew Craig was made for the role of Bond and he's never disappointed us. 6 - After The Wedding A small movie with heart to spare. The second movie in a row starring Mads Mikkelsen. This guy is one of the finest actors alive right now and has been for some time now. See this movie if you haven't yet done so. 5 - The Lives Of Others This won the Oscar for best foreign language film and while I still think Pan's Labyrinth is the better movie, there's no denying the power on display here. This is a movie which looked into a dark period of Germany's past and may be more relevant than ever for Americans. 4 - Brick The movie that gave Rian Johnson to the world. This guy is about to unleash Episode VIII on us so let's not forget his earlier movies. This was film noir set in a high school and JGL killed in the lead. I still love this one as much as I did ten years ago. 3 - Exiled Anthony Wong is the shit. Johnnie To is a fucking legend. Hollywood wishes it made action/crime/gangster movies as good as Hong Kong (and Korea and Japan and actually anywhere in Asia). This movie is brilliant. 2 - Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Del Toro is a genius. I whole-heartedly believe this to be the truth. Everything he does is so specific and unlike anything he's ever done prior and also unlike anything we've ever seen before. He's the most unique filmmaker in the world today and this is his masterwork. 1 - Children Of Men Did I just call GDT a genius? Well, the same goes for his compatriot, Alfonso Cuaron. I watch this movie multiple times every year and it still stuns me. There's not a wasted moment in the entire movie. It's as close to perfect as I've seen in as long as I can remember. I don't think there's been a better movie since. I could be wrong. I'm probably wrong. That's it. Time, right? It certainly changes things. I'll be back some time this week with my thoughts on Logan or maybe John Wick: Chapter 2. One or the other. I'll decide later. Until then, love each other.

[tomorrowusa]

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) doesn’t want us to forget that he’s the stupidest member of the US Senate. That’s saying a lot in a chamber which includes the likes of Tom Cotton and James “Snowball Jim” Inhofe.

Johnson does not support any new spending that would add to the federal debt, which is at about $22.8 trillion, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. 

Johnson, like other MAGA zombies in the Senate, voted for the Trump tax breaks for the filthy rich a few years back. In case you’ve forgotten...

Trump tax cut’s big price tag: Huge debt

The biggest problem in the coming decade stems from last year’s tax cut. It is estimated to increase the deficit by more than $2.3 trillion over the decade.

Johnson is a hypocrite as well as a dumbass. He is totally happy raising the national debt to give tax breaks to corporate billionaires but he won’t help his own constituents who are suffering as a result of the economic collapse caused by the mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak by his party’s leader Donald Trump.

Johnson is up for re-election in 2022. Wisconsinites should start looking for a candidate to replace this Senate embarrassment.

[tomorrowusa]

Ron Johnson (R-WI), the dumbest member of the US Senate, has been suspended from YouTube for spreading medical misinformation.

Johnson is still promoting hydroxychloroquine. Fuck, even dumbass Donald Trump gave up on hydroxychloroquine ages ago. 

Johnson made the comments at a Milwaukee Press Club event held earlier this month. He was reportedly suspended from YouTube after uploading clips from the event.

"We removed the video in accordance with our COVID-19 medical misinformation policies, which don’t allow content that encourages people to use Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus," said a spokesperson for YouTube in a written statement.

YouTube's company policy bans any content "that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19." The policy specifically bans videos that recommend Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 unless it includes "context that gives equal or greater weight to countervailing views from local health authorities or to medical or scientific consensus."

Johnson has been a vocal advocate for Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite warnings from the medical community that the drugs are ineffective and could have averse side effects.

Sadly, the suspension only lasts a week. He’ll have to find another outlet to spread quack cures over the next seven days.

Wisconsinites: Johnson is up for re-election in 2022. It’s time to start seriously looking for a viable opponent to Johnson. Defeat Johnson and let Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville assume the distinction of being the dumbest senator.