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takeovrr-blog · 6 years

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SCARLETT OLIVER, who strongly resembles SANDRA BULLOCK, has made Ceres Centropolis their home. They are a/an 54/UNKNOWN year old HUMAN/EVE and has been in the city for 1 DAY. They have been known to have EVE FROM SUPERNATURAL’S POWERS (will explain more in the intro!). They are known to be LOVING & MATERNAL and CHAOTIC & BITTER. If you’re lucky, you may catch them working at RIVER STYX as a CO-OWNER.

“Your father made you and then abandoned you, so you pray. You see signs where there's nothing. But truth is, your Apocalypse came and went, and you didn't even notice. A mother would never abandon her children like he did. You'll see.”

hey everyone! 10k, here! i know, i know - weird fucking ooc handle, but it’s easy to remember! :) a few of my friends are here and they swore up and down that there are quality writers present. that’s enough to tempt me in and tie me down! i’m excited to be here and i look forward to writing with everyone! now, please read under the cut for more information about mama oliver.

public knowledge:

- scarlett is the mother of indigo, gray, cerulean and goldie oliver. while she loves all of her children, she had no part in naming them - her husband is the one who named all of them. he loves thematic names mostly because he can’t forget them if they all matched. scarlett doesn’t mind, she loves all of her children regardless. in addition to loving all of her children, she loves all of their spouses and significant others - during the holiday seasons, she knits sweaters for each of them and their SOs to wear for family photos!

- her husband, redford, had been one of the reasons why the family has been heavily focused in the military. redford oliver is a well decorated special-forces member and can be regarded as an american hero. although scarlett was not in military herself, she supports them greatly because of her husband and her sons; she’s a proud military mom and makes sure to celebrate her boys’ patriotism and heroism.

- redford passed away a year and a half ago. scarlett, as expected, was immensely distraught about the death of her beloved husband. it took her children a long time to convince her to move from their old west coast home and move into ceres centropolis. unfortunately, under all the circumstances that have evolved, it seems that her boys are scattered through the city and her daughter has finally returned.

- scarlett co-owners river styx with her daughter-in-law, karina hernandez oliver, whom she loves very dearly. scarlett has strong background knowledge of ancient magic, its techniques and properties - this has lead her into being known as “the supreme” for the witches at some point. to be fair, if there was a different rise in power, she would take matters into her own hands and make sure the title stays the same.

- tradition is important to scarlett and she loves making new ones for her family. sweaters during the christmas season, bbqs during the summer and some of those other family tradition. family is the most important to her.

- scarlett swears she has the best chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate in the world. come by around christmas and you’ll get to taste it! her husband used to always compliment her cooking skills, but always seemed to favor desserts more than anything else she’s made.

private information:

- scarlett is the reincarnation of eve, the mother of all and her husband, redford is the reincarnation of adam, the first man. the pair are intertwined in a constant cycle of finding each other, living out their lives to the end and hitting into reincarnation once they die. they are the literal embodiment of the quote: “and i’d choose you; in a hundred life-times, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, i would find you and i’d choose you.” her husband has already crossed over and is on his way to reincarnation. sometimes scarlett outlives him and sometimes, he outlives her; this time she outlives him. she could easily cross over and head into reincarnation, but right now, she wants to make sure her children are alright.

- scarlett has remembered each and every single of her reincarnations. every life that she has lived, she remembers. in this case, she has seen the changes of the world. most people with powers choose to live immortally, but scarlett chooses to be reincarnated; she finds entertainment in getting reincarnated and living life anew.

- scarlett technically predates the creation of the angels (with the exception of the archangels). this means she was born before the creation of hell, humans and demons. her origins overlap with leviathans and some of her first children were the original monsters, alphas and humans. as she predates angels and demons, she has power above them; she has the power to inhibit them from using their powers, if she so chooses to.

- scarlett used to be alright with playing into the balance - humans, mutants, monsters and every other creature to walk the earth could kill, die and survive as long as they keep the balance. she used to be apathetic toward the human race, but as her children have shown great abilities despite being humans this time around, she has developed a soft spot for it.

- scarlett has many children. most of them, she dislikes. however, her current four children are her favorites - her boys and her baby girl are the only children she has loved this much so far. none of them burned down the library of alexandria, after all. additionally, her children in this lifetime actually do love her - that’s all a mother really wants, you know?

powers:

- invulnerability: conventional weapons and most mystic ones did not have any effect on eve.

- advanced biokinesis & conversion: she is able to create new species by mixing the other monster species - this usually through physical contact, a bite, a kiss, or even a gentle touch she apparently needed to perfect this ability when attempting to produce a new kind of monster. through this, she has direct contact with all of her “children”. ++compulsion through her “children”; with this she is able to compel and control her monsters through whatever distance or dimension she is with them. though she rarely uses

- regeneration: she can heal herself from various injuries.

- enhanced speed & strength

- supernatural concealment: she can hide herself from angels or any other beings that can read her energy levels and strengths.

weaknesses:

- phoenix ash.

- phoenix feathers.

- cursed apples.

#vi.intro #gosh this got super long.#c: scarlett

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SmackDown on Fox Episode #21 SmackDown Episode # 1,070 Glendale, AZ – Gila River Arena 2/21/20 We open the show with a video hyping up Goldberg being on the show tonight and then we go to our intro video and pyro. The announcers then hype up everything happening tonight including a “Symphony of Destruction” match. The Usos come to the ring and talk about how they hated missing last week especially since Miz & Morrison couldn’t keep their names out of their mouth. The Usos say they are here tonight and there is going to be a superkick party and everybody is invited. The New Day comes out and both teams trade compliments. The Usos hope The New Day is keeping the titles warm because after Super Showdown they want to challenge for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. The Miz & John Morrison come out and talk about how perhaps they could become popular if they had a catchy chant like The New Day and The Usos have. Miz talks about how they will be the greatest tag team champions of the 21st century. Dolph Ziggler & Bobby Roode make their way to the ring and then all of the heels surround the ring as the babyfaces are back to back when the heels start to step in the ring the babyfaces move toward them sending the heels back down to the floor as we go to commercial. Match #1: The Usos & The New Day vs The Miz/John Morrison & Bobby Roode/Dolph Ziggler We come back with the match already in progress as Jimmy and Ziggler as the legal men. We get a couple of quick tags by the babyfaces and then all four babyfaces hit running strikes on Ziggler in the corner. Big E becomes the legal man and he sends Ziggler into the corner and then hits a big backdrop on Roode. Big E whips both of the Usos into the corner so they can hit Ziggler with the running hip attack and then The Usos whip Kingston into the corner where he connects with a running dropkick to a seated Ziggler. The Miz & John Morrison run in but are met with uppercuts from The Usos. The babyfaces are in complete control as Kingston signals for the Trouble in Paradise, but Roode distracts the referee which allows Morrison to grab a hold of Kingston and body scissors him over the top and to the floor and then The Miz delivers a big boot to Kingston on the outside. The Miz sends Kingston into the barricade which brings all the babyfaces over so the referee has to try and keep them back while at the same time the heels are putting the boots to Kingston. Miz rolls Kingston back into the ring and goes for a cover but only gets a 2 count. Miz & Morrison hit their catapult backbreaker and slingshot elbow combo move but Kingston still kicks out in time. Morrison tags in Roode who put a boot to the ribs of Kingston and then grounds Kingston with a reverse chin lock. Kingston tries to escape the grasp of Roode so he can make a tag, but Roode rakes the eyes to regain control over Kingston. Roode tags in Ziggler who chokes Kingston with his boot and then distracts the referee so the rest of the heels can get their cheap shots in. Kingston gets a brief hope spot and it looks like he is going to make a tag, but Morrison catches him and sends him back into the heel corner. Morrison sets Kingston on the top and attempts a superplex, but Kingston knocks him down and then attempts to take care of the rest of the heels which allows Morrison to get back to his feet and kick Kingston off the top rope and to the floor as we go to commercial.

We come back from commercial to see Kingston is still getting worked over as he is immediately hit with a dropkick from Ziggler that gets a 2 count. Ziggler sends Kingston hard into the corner before tagging Roode back in and they attempt to double team Kingston only for it to backfire as Kingston backdrops Ziggler to the outside and then hits the mushroom stomp on Roode. Both men are able to make tags which brings in Big E who hits his belly to belly trifecta on The Miz and then he hits him with the big splash only to get a 2 count. Big E sets Miz up for the Big Ending, but Miz slips out only to be thrown over the top rope, but as he is in mid-air Morrison is able to make a tag to become the legal man. Big E attempts to hit the suicide spear, but Morrison connects with a knee that stops Big E in his tracks. Morrison charges at Big E in the corner, but gets caught and slammed to the mat with a uranage that gets a 2 count and then we get the first of a couple of mysterious static cut-ins. Big E looks to make a tag but Roode yanks one of The Usos off the apron and sends him into the steps. Morrison hits a chuck kick on Big E and follows up with a knee to the face and to cap things off he hits a standing shooting star press, but he isn’t able to get a 3 count as Kingston breaks the pin. The Miz comes in and looks to hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Kingston but gets thrown off and then Kingston clotheslines him over the top rope. Kingston looks to go for a dive onto Miz, but as he runs to the ropes Morrison flies in with a springboard tornillo taking down Kingston. We get another tag on both ends as Jey tags himself in and Morrison tags in Roode, Jey backdrops Morrison to the floor and then Roode attempts an O’Connor roll only for Jey to counter into a pinfall attempt of his own that gets a 2 count. Roode and Ziggler hit their Spinebuster and Zig-Zag combo move which gets another 2 count as Jimmy breaks up the pin this time. Jimmy hits superkicks on Ziggler and Miz and then turns around into a Glorious DDT by Roode. Jey attempts the enziguri on Roode but he ducks and then tries for another Glorious DDT, but Jey counters and hits Roode with a superkick and that is enough to get the job done. Winners: The Usos & The New Day via Pinfall Match Rating: **¾ This was a fun match that I feel could be a preview of what we are going to see at WrestleMania as I wouldn’t be surprised if at least three of these teams are in the SmackDown tag title match on the show. I am curious what the static cut-ins are leading to, the most logical explanation would be the debut of Killer Kross if that is indeed what it turns out to be then they really see a lot in him as he would be the first big indy name since AJ Styles to not spend time in NXT. It will also be interesting to see if they pair him up with his wife Scarlett Bordeaux or leave them as separate acts. We cut to the back where Daniel Bryan runs into Drew Gulak who wants to let Bryan know that he has some flaws in his game and wants to help him out. Heath Slater walks up and wants a rematch with Bryan because he wasn’t ready last time. Bryan accepts Slater’s challenge and invites Gulak to join Slater since he has seen all these so-called holes in his game. I am all here for a Drew Gulak and Heath Slater comedy team if they aren’t going to do anything meaningful with Gulak as both men are great at providing non cringe-worthy comedy in wrestling. I would love to see a team where Gulak becomes Slater’s coach and his sole purpose is to teach Slater strategy via PowerPoint presentations so that Slater can finally get back to winning matches so he can provide for his kids. As we come back from break we get a recap of what happened last week with Otis and Mandy. We then cut to the back where Tucker walks up on Mandy and Sonya talking, Tucker is upset by the fact that Mandy hurt Otis and when Mandy tries to explain Tucker cuts her off. Tucker says Otis was so upset that he wouldn’t even leave the hotel tonight. Mandy says that she didn’t invite Ziggler and she didn’t send Otis the text saying she was running late, Tucker isn’t buying what Mandy is saying and tells her that he was a fool to think she ever had good intentions. As Tucker walks off Sonya tells Mandy that Ziggler is more her type anyway. Later in the night, Mandy is waiting for her ride when Dolph Ziggler walks up and says he has a car and she can ride with him, Mandy agrees and leaves with Ziggler. As the camera pans over we see that Otis was standing there the entire time and once again his heart has been broken. These segments did a good job of furthering the story as I like Tucker sticking up for his buddy by confronting Mandy. I think they are wanting the fans to think that Ziggler was the one that sent the text, but I feel like they are setting up a swerve of having it be Sonya that sent the text as this entire time she has been jealous of Otis taking Mandy’s attention away from her. I am starting to wonder if they will finish this story at Elimination Chamber or will they have enough material to extend it out until WrestleMania. We go to Renee Young who will be interviewing Lacey Evans. Lacey says the loss to Bayley at Royal Rumble was a tough loss and what made it even worse was the fact that she lost to a bully like Bayley. Renee then calls Lacey out for calling Bayley and Sasha bullies when she herself was a bully not that long ago and was calling people nasties. Lacey tries to defend the term nasties by saying it could have multiple meanings and sometimes it is used as a term of endearment. Lacey then says Renee is right and admits that she was a bully, but it took her coming to SmackDown and seeing Bayley and Sasha bully the rest of the women’s division and tormenting her daughter before she was able to realize that she had been a bully herself. Lacey says that going forward she is all about change and progress in order to be a better person and this is a new chapter for her. Renee asks her what’s next and Lacey says her sights are set on the Elimination Chamber and getting back to the point where she can challenge for the Women’s Championship at WrestleMania. Renee thanks Lacey for taking the time for the interview. The first thing I have to say about this interview is that when Lacey talks in her normal voice as opposed to the character voice of the “Sassy Southern Belle” she is way more engaging and relatable for me personally as I find the southern belle voice to be an over the top caricature of what a woman from the south sounds like. I liked how Renee called Lacey out on her hypocrisy as most of the time when someone turns from heel to babyface their past actions are never brought up or questioned in the way Renee did in this segment, while I thought her defense of using the term “nasties” wasn’t that great I did like her reason as to why she changed her ways as it took someone bullying her and her family before she realized how much of a bully she had been herself. According to what Lacey said in this interview It appears that we for the first time ever we are having three Elimination Chamber matches on the Elimination Chamber card as both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s #1 Contender spots are on the line as is the #1 Contender spot for the Universal Title. Match #2: Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura w/ Sami Zayn vs Elias & Braun Strowman (Symphony of Destruction Match) Elias and Nakamura start out the match and Nakamura wants a test of strength, but when Elias goes to lock up Nakamura takes a cheap shot and then delivers a flurry of forearms. Nakamura runs off the ropes but is met with a back elbow from Elias. Elias takes Nakamura down with a hip toss and then Zayn hands Nakamura a tambourine, but before Nakamura can use it Elias kicks him in the gut and then slams Nakamura’s head on the top turnbuckle while the tambourine was around Nakamura’s neck. Elias starts hitting Nakamura with the tambourine and then hits him with a jumping knee that sends Nakamura out to the floor. Elias goes out and grabs a giant drum but before he can do anything with it Cesaro runs over and grabs it from him, Cesaro then looks to hit Elias with the drum but he gets it taken from him by Strowman who smashes the drum over Cesaro’s head and then knocks him silly with a big right hand. Zayn tries to interfere by hitting Strowman in the back with his ukulele but Strowman doesn’t even flinch. Strowman chases after Zayn and runs right into a guitar shot from Nakamura that takes the big man down as we go to commercial. As we come back from commercial Cesaro has a guitar case in the ring but when he opens it up he pulls out the good ol’ cowbell, Cesaro attempts to hit Elias with it but Elias blocks it and ends up hitting Cesaro with the cowbell. Elias wants to suplex Cesaro from inside the ring to the outside and through a table, but Zayn grabs the leg of Elias and this distraction allows for Cesaro to move out of the way so that Nakamura can hit a running kick that sends Elias off the apron and through the table. Cesaro goes out to grab Elias, but before he can he is run over by a freight train named Braun Strowman. Strowman is in full control as he is throwing both Cesaro and Nakamura all over the place. Strowman is in full control of the match as he chokeslams Cesaro onto the ring apron. Strowman teases picking up a guitar but he looks over and sees the double bass that he brought to the ring with him so he goes over to grab that instead, but once again Zayn gets involved as he smashes a keyboard over Strowman’s back. Zayn grabs the bass and lays it down on the floor and then Cesaro and Nakamura suplex Strowman through it, but somehow Strowman is able to kick out when Cesaro pins him on the floor as falls count anywhere in this match. Elias is now back in the match as he grabs Nakamura and throws him into the barricade and then attempts to hit Nakamura with a tuba, but instead Nakamura nails Elias with the gong mallets that he has turned into nunchucks, Nakamura goes for a second shot with the nunchucks, but Elias ducks only to get blasted with a spinning heel kick and at this point, we see that Elias’s back is bleeding. Nakamura measures Elias as he looks to hit him with the Kinshasa but Elias is able to move out of the way sending Nakamura crashing into the gong knee first. Elias clotheslines Nakamura into the timekeeper area and then blocks a guitar shot attempt from Cesaro before sending him into the ring post and then Elias smashes the guitar over Cesaro’s back. Elias lays Cesaro on one of the tables at ringside and goes up top looking for the elbow drop, but Nakamura grabs his leg momentarily until Strowman comes over and tosses Nakamura over the announce table. Elias sends Cesaro through the table with the elbow drop and immediately after Strowman hits Nakamura with a Powerslam off the announce table and onto the piano at ringside. Strowman pushes Nakamura’s lifeless body off the piano and pins him to pick up the win. Winners: Elias & Braun Strowman via Pinfall Match Rating: *** This was a really fun match. It’s nice and refreshing anytime WWE has a match that doesn’t involve the typical WWE weapons that we see in every no DQ match like the Singapore cane and steel chair. I thought there were some really creative spots with the instruments like using the gong beaters as nunchucks and then having Nakamura crash into the gong with the missed Kinshasa. The powerslam that Strowman hit on Nakamura onto the piano couldn’t have felt great as there was no give in that piano. It’s pretty ironic that Strowman and Elias were teaming up in this match considering they were facing each other in the first Symphony of Destruction match. I think the feud between Strowman and Nakamura is coming to an end as I fully expect him to start feuding with Sheamus as that will most likely be the Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania.

I really don’t see the John Cena vs Elias match rumor being true (even though it would make sense for them to actually have a match against each other given what has happened the last two years at WrestleMania with John Cena interrupting Elias) because it makes zero sense to turn Elias back heel this soon as he is over as a babyface. If John Cena is going to have an actual match at WrestleMania they are going to want him to face someone higher up on the card, I see Cena’s most likely opponents being either Daniel Bryan seeing as Bryan feels like he is in limbo right now with no clear direction as to what he will be doing at WrestleMania or perhaps they want Cena to finally beat Flair’s record so they put him against The Fiend. We go to a video package highlighting the feud between Roman Reigns and King Corbin. We then go backstage where Kayla Braxton interviews King Corbin about his match against Roman Reigns next week. Corbin says he is going to end the whole facade that Roman Reigns is a locker room leader and then says Reigns has never beat him one-on-one and he will beat Roman in Saudi Arabia. Next… We come back from break and it’s time for A Moment of Bliss. Alexa talks about the 2020 Hall of Fame inductees that have been announced so far and then she introduces The Bella Twins as the next inductees into this year’s class. The Bellas talk about how happy and excited they are to be inducted and they thank their Bella Army for getting them there. The Bellas then put over Alexa Bliss, but she turns the attention right back onto them. The Bellas talk about being pregnant only a week apart from each other. Daniel Bryan makes his way to the ring and he is carrying his daughter Birdie before he hands her off to Brie. This was quick and simple just like it needed to be because if you keep The Bellas out there for too long talking about their accomplishments then you run the risk of people in the crowd turning on the segment and booing it, especially since a major part of the WWE audience already don’t care for The Bellas and think it’s a shame that they are going into the Hall of Fame. I am completely fine with The Bellas going into the HOF as they were a major part of the bridge years between Trish and Lita leaving and the Four Horsewomen arriving in NXT. Unlike some of the other women around that time they did work hard to improve despite having no prior wrestling experience before coming into WWE. They should also be credited for bringing in new female fans thanks to their work on Total Divas and Total Bellas as their fans are right up there with the Sasha Stans when it comes to loyal fan bases. Also, fans who have a problem with The Bellas going in should probably just realize that eventually, every woman who made even the least bit of an impact in WWE will end up getting inducted as the pool of eligible women is significantly smaller than that of the men. I thought it was a nice bow on the announcement segment to have Bryan come out right after for his match carrying Birdie as it was a sweet genuine little moment. Match #3: Daniel Bryan vs Heath Slater Slater starts out by talking some trash and then he pushes Bryan a couple of times and then on the third attempt Bryan grabs Slater’s arm and tries to lock in the Yes Lock, but Slater gets to the ropes. Slater gets in control of the match somehow but we miss it as the camera was focussed on the announce table where Drew Gulak is sitting on commentary. Slater goes to work on the leg of Bryan as he slams it down on the apron and then follows up with a chop block. Bryan finally gets enough as he fires back with punches and then he goes for the backflip off the top turnbuckle, but when he lands he tweaks his knee which allows Slater to take advantage and hit a big DDT for a 2 count. Slater goes up top and this causes Gulak to freak out as he yells at Slater to get down, Slater dives off but Bryan moves out of the way. Bryan successfully connects with the Yes Kicks. Bryan goes to hit the running knee, but Slater catches him out of nowhere with a schoolboy roll-up that gets a 2 count. Slater and Bryan both get back to their feet and this time Bryan connects with the running knee to get the win. Winner: Daniel Bryan via Pinfall Match Rating: ** After the match, Bryan keeps looking over at Gulak while he celebrates his win. This match actually went longer than I expected it to as I expected a complete squash, but they actually let Slater get in some offense including that nice schoolboy rollup when Bryan was going for the knee that was completely unexpected. In the end, Bryan comes out with another win over Slater and judging by the post-match we can assume Bryan will face Gulak next week and while I expect it to be a short match like this one it would be nice to see a non-squash match between Gulak and Bryan as I’m sure they could put on one hell of a wrestling clinic. Naomi makes her entrance as we go to commercial. We come back to a Sheamus video where he announces he has entered the Elimination Chamber match. Apollo Crews and Shorty G are in the back talking about Sheamus, Shorty talks about how he is not backing down and neither should Apollo, Apollo tells Shorty he doesn’t need a pep talk and he will handle the Sheamus situation in his own way. Next Match #4: Naomi vs Carmella The women shake hands to start the match, but Naomi uses the handshake to pull Carmella into a side headlock takeover which she hangs onto as she keeps Carmella on the mat. Carmella scissors the head of Naomi only for Naomi to nip up to get out the headscissors and both women are back on their feet. Naomi takes Carmella right back down with another headlock takeover, but Carmella quickly gets to her feet and is able to lock in a side headlock of her own, but Naomi fights out and sends Carmella into the ropes where Carmella comes back with a shoulder block. We get a drop-down and leapfrog spot that ends with Naomi hitting a flying back elbow. Naomi tries for a sliding kick, but Carmella is able to avoid it. It looks like we are going to get a lockup, but there is some miscommunication as Carmella goes low for a single leg takedown, but Naomi doesn’t go down and looks a bit confused so she grabs a front facelock, Naomi tries for a pin out of a backslide but Carmella kicks out.

Carmella sends Naomi into the corner, but Naomi jumps up and mule kicks Carmella across the ring and then hits a clothesline. Naomi hits Carmella with a full nelson bomb and tries to turn her over for a pinfall, but Carmella keeps kicking out. Carmella finally gets back to her feet and even lands a knee to the gut which Naomi no-sells as she sends Carmella into the ropes where Carmella comes back with the Mella-Go-Round flying headscissors. Carmella throws Naomi to the outside and looks for a dive, but is caught with a kick to the head from Naomi instead and this gets a smile from Bayley who is sitting at ringside watching the match as the winner will be facing her at Super Showdown next Thursday. Naomi springboards back into the ring with a crossbody that takes Carmella down long enough for Naomi to get a 2 count. Naomi jumps up to the middle rope, but Bayley jumps up on the apron to distract Naomi long enough for Carmella to get back to her feet and hit a Stratusphere out of the corner for a 2 count. Naomi rolls to the outside to catch a breather and this leads to Bayley coming over to trash talk her which is enough for referee Jessika Carr to throw Bayley out and send her to the back even though Bayley never touched anyone. Carmella dives through the bottom rope with a tope suicida that takes out Naomi as we go to commercial. We come back to Naomi working her way up to her feet and then she hits Carmella with a backbreaker. Naomi hits several kicks to the back of Carmella’s leg and then Naomi hits the rapid-fire kicks until Carmella catches one of them and shoves Naomi down to the mat for a 2 count. Both women start trading forearm strikes and then Naomi tries to slam Carmella, but she counters and takes Naomi down with an Edge O Matic for another 2 count. Naomi pushes Carmella away from her so she can create distance to hit the running sitout jawbreaker and she follows that up by hitting the chuck kick, but she is unable to take advantage as Carmella crawls out of the ring. Naomi dives out onto Carmella with a tornillo. Naomi rolls Carmella back into the ring where she gets a 2 count on a pinfall attempt. Carmella tries to get her whereabouts as she walks over to the corner where she is able to avoid a stinger splash attempt by Naomi. Carmella goes up top and hits a nice crossbody that gets a 2 count. Naomi rolls out to the apron and Carmella tries to suplex her back into the ring, but after seeing that wasn’t going to happen she hangs Naomi’s throat across the top rope, but this fires Naomi up as she lands a kick to the head of Carmella. Naomi hits a sunset flip pin for a 2 count and then Naomi attempts her Slay-O-Mission submission hold but Carmella easily avoids it being locked on. Naomi puts Carmella into position for the split-legged moonsault, but Carmella doesn’t give her a chance as she rolls her up in a schoolgirl pin for a 2 count and this leads to both women trading pinfall combinations until Carmella rolls out of a jackknife pin and locks in the Code of Silence. Naomi struggles for a bit in the hold before she finally gets to the ropes. We get both women dodging kicks until Naomi connects with one of hers to the face of Carmella and then she catches Carmella with the Rear View for a 2 count. Naomi once again goes for the split-legged moonsault, but just like last time Carmella stops her as she pulls Naomi’s leg off the rope and then hits her with a basement superkick for yet another 2 count and at this point, Carmella is questioning what she has to do in order to finish off Naomi. Carmella charges at Naomi in the corner but Naomi gets her feet up and when Carmella pushes them out of the way Naomi nails her with a kick. Naomi goes up top and hits a blockbuster and then she finally hits the split-legged moonsault to get a hard-fought win. Winner: Naomi via Pinfall Match Rating: **½ This match started out really rough as there was some sloppiness but it got better the longer the match went and while I won’t say it was on the same level as last week’s match between Carmella and Bayley it was still a good match. As much as a raved about Carmella last week I felt she was off a bit this week and was the reason for the sloppiness in the beginning stages of the match, however, I will say she made up for not being at the same quality as last week by providing plenty of sideboob during this match lol. I look forward to seeing what Bayley and Naomi can pull off at Super Showdown or at least I look forward to it as much as one can look forward to a match on one of these Saudi shows. I am pretty sure Bayley will retain and then Naomi can be one of the entrants in the SmackDown women Elimination Chamber matches which she may or may not come out on the winning side of depending on Sasha’s condition. After the match, we go to the back outside of Goldberg’s locker room as he will be coming out after the commercial. Goldberg comes to the ring and says it’s good to be back on SmackDown and since he hasn’t been on SmackDown in a while he is going to take his time, but then he immediately calls out The Fiend. Firefly Funhouse pops up and Goldberg says he isn’t here to play games, he is here to take The Fiend’s title. Wyatt introduces Goldberg to his Firefly Funhouse puppets and then threatens Ramblin’ Rabbit with his mallet. Wyatt then says he knows someone who is dying to meet Goldberg. The lights go out and The Fiend shows up behind Goldberg who is expecting him, we get a staredown for a minute and then Goldberg hits The Fiend with a Spear. The Fiend looks like he is going to get back up, but as he gets to his knees the lights go back out and The Fiend has vanished. SmackDown ends with Goldberg in the ring posing for the fans.

This was an OK final build for their match at Super Showdown, but nothing too spectacular. At this point anytime Goldberg comes to the ring without being knocked loopy because of him headbutting a door is a good night for him. Why was Wyatt acting like he didn’t know who Goldberg was when he clearly knew who Goldberg was during their first promo a few weeks ago when Goldberg was via satellite. I really hope this match at Super Showdown is a Goldberg style match that is quick because if this match goes longer than five minutes it has the potential to become the worst match of the year. This week’s episode was better than most mainly because we didn’t spend a big chunk of time devoted to the Reigns vs Corbin feud which is very refreshing. I thought it was as good of a go-home show as you could expect for a Saudi show. That’s it for this week but I’ll be back next week where we get the fall out of Super Showdown and the two-week build for Elimination Chamber begins. We also get the big return of John Cena where I’m sure his WrestleMania feud will begin so I expect that to be a big part of my review next week. Until next week see ya later loyal readers.

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These Dog-Days of summer are a good time to hit the cineplexes. Milk Duds, Goobers, a tub of “buttery” popcorn, and a bottomless iced cold drink, a chaise lounge experience in posh [anti-bedbug] leather seats, and A/C. What more can you ask for? And, unlike most summer Augusts, there’s much to shout about at cineplexes.

The days are long, and some of the best films are short. The studios aren’t waiting for late October roll-out of prestige films. They’re putting them out weekend after weekend – often with three/four openings on a Friday. Some making a big impact at box offices are indies. There’s comedy, drama, romance, murder, Superhero thrills, war-zone chaos, one determined dude on a snowmobile, and a new action goddess. Oscar-nominee Taylor Sheridan (Deputy Chief David Hale, TVs Sons of Anarchy; Danny Boyd, Veronica Mars) of Hell or High Water fame has sneaked in with the season’s sleeper, crime thriller Wind River, which he wrote. Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner is letter perfect as rough and tumble game tracker of mountain lions and coyotes who prey on livestock on a remote Utah Native American reservation. He’s also no slouch on snowmobiles! Already in the stark winter of their discontent, the poor natives are devastated by a second murder of a young woman, found viciously beaten and raped multiple times. This is not savory going — especially when Renner is called upon to assist urban (Las Vegas via Ft. Lauderdale) FBI Agent Elizabeth Olsen (Captain America: Civil War’s Scarlett Witch). We’ve seen directors handle flashbacks many ways, but Sheridan, no slack when it comes to inventiveness, introduces a new and seamless approach. The estimable Oscar nominee Graham Greene is featured as the girl’s father. In a brief but memorable seduction scene, HOHW’s Gil Birmingham – showing different sides of himself, will have a lot of audience members swooning.

In the U.S., a child goes missing every 40 seconds. You never think it’ll happen to you. Until it does. In Kidnap (Aviron/Di Bonaventura Pictures), when mom, Oscar winner Halle Berry, returning to the big screen after three years, catches a glimpse of the abductors speeding away, she begins a high-speed pursuit across Louisiana highways, byways, and bayous, overcoming obstacle after obstacle. The nappers messed with the wrong mom! TV veteran, 10-year-old Sage Correa delivers a masterful performance during the marathon chase that had to be shot with great care. Pay no attention to the red herons, as they don’t deliver pay dirt. The only delivering is done by indefatigable Halle Berry. The ending is powerful, but, on second thought, it would’ve been interesting to have another motive behind the kidnap other than the crackers out for ransom, that include long-time character actress Chris McGinn – move over (Misery’s) Kathy Bates!

There’s another Man in Black and, alas, he’s not Johnny Cash. The mind of Stephen King has no limits when it comes pulp fiction, but his works have proved to be a mixed bag when brought to the screen. Nikolaj Arcel’s brave attempt to adapt his seven novels and a short story published over 30 years [with homages to Robert Browning, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Sergio Leone] in Dark Tower (Columbia Pictures) falls into that category. It’s a box office champ, but no critics’ darling. However, who needs critics? Idris Elba is the last gunfighter in an alternate land out to keep the world from colliding; and Matthew McConaughey is evil incarnate as the Man in Black, with whom he’s locked in eternal battle.

Oscar winning director/and co-producer Kathryn Bigelow proved her mettle with Best Picture The Hurt Locker, and followed with a Best Picture nomination for Zero Dark Thirty. She and ZDT collaborator Mark Boal know a thing or two about war zones. This one is stateside, 1967 Detroit (Annapurna Pictures/M-G-M), where a police raid and a number of murders set off a literal African-American rebellion that set off a night of turbulence that segued into one of the nation’s largest race riots. The film is docudrama realistic, raw, disturbing, engrossing, brutal. A writer aptly summed it up: “The degree of terror and carnage is so strong that ‘based on a true story’ is too tame to do the film justice.” Not for the faint of heart, and in these Dog-Days of summer, certainly not a date movie. There are lessons that should have been learned and weren’t. John Boyega, John Krasinski, Jacob Latimore, Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, and Algee Smith headline a huge cast.

Director Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk (Warner Bros.), a sweeping 70-mm IMAX epic [with the help of CGI] restaging of the 1940 evacuation of more than 300,000 Allied troops [French, British, Belgian, Dutch] in fast retreat from the Western Front at Dunkerque, France. Penned in by the Germans, they’re stranded due to a lack of transport. Fionn Whitehead, in a near silent role, delivers a shattering performance. There’s also Sir Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and, in his acting debut, Harry Styles. Except for Branagh, you may find it hard to spot the others. Olivier, BAFTA, Oscar, and Tony winner Mark Rylance gives a solid performance helming his boat, which joins the civilian watercraft armada aiding the rescue. Though you never see blood, the gore as Germans strafe and use their U-boats in unconscionable torpedo attacks is harrowing– but something’s missing. At 1:45, they’re no humanizing back stories to motivate audiences to care instead of just being blown away. The Dunkirk headlines were instrumental in getting FDR to aid the U.K. to avoid a conditional surrender to Germany.

How does a sweet gal with the name Lorraine become a bad-ass spy? In Atomic Blonde (Focus Features), adapted by Kurt Johnstad from Anthony Johnston’s graphic novel series The Coldest City, illustrated by Sam Hart, Charlize Theron is an agent sent to walled Berlin to retrieve a list of spies destined to fall into the hands of Russia for Britain’s MI6 military intelligence group. It seems like a set-up because she’s a marked woman upon arrival; but like Berry in Kidnap, Lorraine isn’t to be messed with. With almost 90% of the 115 minutes so bloated with mortal combat, karate chops, all manner of guns, and objects for body blows, it begins to get monotonous, sometimes ridiculous, and lacks a core. The story gets muddled with the intro of a lesbian [it appears] French spy, played by Sofia Boutella – but it also gets rather steamy. Numerous flashbacks don’t help the film’s coherence. That said, Theron is, indeed atomic as a spy who doesn’t know when to come in from the cold. Kudos to director and veteran stunt coordinator David Leitch (John Wick), fight coordinator Jon Valera, and crew. Without their precision choreography, bloodied, bruised Theron and cast mates wouldn’t have come out of this alive. James McAvoy co-stars. John Goodman and Toby Jones are featured.

There’s nothing sanitized about the raucous, crass R-rated comedy about female friends bonding, nonetheless is non-stop hilarious [and probably would be just as hilarious with less F-bomb raunch and sexual innuendos and more creative expletives], Girls Trip (Universal), made for $20-mill, rolled in out of the blue and has swept up $86-mill. In addition to stellar performances by Regina Hall and tiny dynamo Jada Pinkett Smith, brilliant comic Tiffany “Shake it ‘til it brakes” Haddish, better known to TV audiences, has had the big-screen break-out role of the year; and the gals have found a new crush in former Off Broadway actor and now hunk Mike “The Arm” Colter (who’s been gym-pumping since his Good Wife Lemond Bishop days).

It’s been a good summer for superheroes. In Spider-Man: Homecoming (Columbia Pictures/Marvel Studios), director Jon Watts does a high dive, forgets the past, and begins anew. Tom Holland (Lost City of Z) soars to new heights in the third reboot of the webby franchise by not taking himself seriously and being adept at slapstick. He’s superbly abetted by Oscar winner Michael Keaton’s intense menace– some of the film’s best moments are when Fresh-faced kid v Grizzled villain, and guest star Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Peter Parker wasn’t alone waking up to the full potential of power. In Wonder Woman [Warner Bros.] Gal Gadot (a prime asset of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) spectacularly segues with gusto from princess of the Amazons to discover her true destiny as guardian of the world. With global grosses in the multimillions, it’s no wonder sequels are in the pipeline.

Ellis Nassour is an Ole Miss alum and noted arts journalist and author who recently donated an ever-growing exhibition of performing arts history to the University of Mississippi. He is the author of the best-selling Patsy Cline biography, Honky Tonk Angel, as well as the hit musical revue, Always, Patsy Cline. He can be reached at [email protected].

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