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𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 - 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝟣𝟩𝘵𝘩, 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟢.

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WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode

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Most Beloved NJPW Wrestler Tournament

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Robert Roode

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Glorious!

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Reports: Former WWE US Champion Expected To Remain Out Of Action For "Quite Some Time"

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Open Match:

James Storm: "I bet you all think you're the toughest sons of bitches in this company... well, think again. My brother Roode and I... we've faced some of the best tag teams on the planet and came out on top! Guys like... Team 3D! Guys like... the Motor City Machine Guns! My brother Roode, he's a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, and we're multi-time TNA World Tag Team Champions, and we're damn proud to say we're one of the greatest tag teams to come out of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling! You wanna come to us expecting an easy fight? Well, SORRY ABOUT YOUR DAMN LUCK!"

Robert Roode: "BEER!"

James Storm: "MONEY!!!"

(Reblog or ask to take on Beer Money!)

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Happy St Andrews Day.

As part of our Patron Saint’s Feast Day the Scottish Saltire is proudly flown and many people add it to their posts on social media to celebrate the day, but how did Scotland adopt the saltire? 

There is no actual date, or in fact nothing in our written history of the time, but legend has it that in  AD 832 the king of the Picts, ‘Aengus MacFergus’, ( Anglified to Angus but some stories say Hungus) with the support of ‘Scots’ from Dalriada, won a great battle against King Athelstane of the Northumbrians. The site of the legendary battle became known as Athelstaneford in present-day East Lothian.

St Andrew visited the Pictish leader in a dream before the battle and told him that victory would be won.  When the battle itself was raging, a miraculous vision of the St Andrew’s Cross was seen shining in the sky, giving a boost to the morale and fighting spirit of his warriors. The result was a victory over the Saxons, and the death of Athelstan. Thus, after this victory, according to the tradition, the Saltire or St Andrew’s Cross became the flag of Scotland, and St Andrew the national patron saint.

While there is no written reference to the battle in Scotland from the period it was said to have taken place, this is not surprising, as it was a time for which we have little or no documentation for anything. The earliest written mention of the Battle of Athelstaneford in Scottish history comes from years later in the newspapers of the day, if you follow my posts then you know I dip into these “Chronicles from time to time, the first one to mention  Athelstaneford is the Scotichronicon, written by the Scottish historian Walter Bower. 

The Scotichronicon has been described by some Scottish historians as a valuable source of historical information, especially for the times that were recent to him or within his own memory. But he also wrote about earlier times, and this included the battle at Athelstaneford.

Bower’s account includes the scene where Aengus MacFergus is visited by St Andrew in a dream before the battle. He was told that the cross of Christ would be carried before him by an angel,  there was no mention of a St Andrew’s Cross in the sky in this version. It was in later accounts, from the 16th centuries onwards, that we have the description of an image of St Andrew’s Cross shining in the sky.

Bower was writing in the early 1400s. The bitter and bloody struggle to retain Scotland’s independence was not just a recent memory but also a current reality for him. Parts of Scotland were still occupied by England, and Bower had been involved in raising the money to release Scotland’s king, James I, from English captivity.

Also, Scotland’s early historical records and documents had been deliberately destroyed during the invasion by the English king Edward I. This was done in part as an attempt to remove historical evidence that Scotland had been an independent kingdom. The idea was simple: take away a nation’s history and you strip it of its identity and justification for its independent existence. The theft of the Stone of Destiny was part of this process,  the Black Rood which was believed to contain a piece of the Cross Jesus was crucified on was also removed, I have covered both these in previous posts.

Part of Bower’s motivation in writing his Scotichronicon was to help restore this stolen history. He was a scholar and a man of the church. In his time, the figure of St Andrew had become a prominent presence in Scottish society.

The greatest church building in the land during his time was the Cathedral of St Andrew, which housed relics of St Andrew himself. It had taken over a hundred years to build and wasn’t formally consecrated until 1318, just four years after Bannockburn. The ceremony of course included Robert the Bruce and at it thanks was given to St Andrew for Scotland’s victory.

Less than 100 years after this, in 1413, the University of St Andrews was established and Walter Bower was one of its first students. By this time, the Cathedral of St Andrew was a place of pilgrimage, with thousands travelling there to venerate the saint’s relics. A pilgrimage route from the south took in the shrine of Our Lady at Whitekirk, not far from the site of the battle, and many pilgrims took a ferry across the Firth from North Berwick, where the ruins and remains of the old St Andrew’s Kirk can still be seen close to the Scottish Seabird Centre.

So as he sat down to write his history of earlier times, he was able to trace this connection to St Andrew, using the limited earlier written accounts, such as those of earlier Chronicler I’ve mentioned before, John Fordun, who lived in the 1300s. While Fordun doesn’t specifically mention the location of Athelstaneford, he records a battle which took place between the Picts led by Aengus and a force from the south led by Athelstan, and said the location of the battle was about two miles from Haddington. The account of St Andrew appearing in a dream to Aengus is also described by Fordun.

This creates a powerful link to the development of the written version of the story. Let’s remember Bower came from what is now East Lothian. Let us also remember that people in the early centuries stored and passed on much of their historical knowledge not in the written word but in memory and handed down oral traditions. People told stories, remembered them and told them to the next generation. Undeniably, some details would be forgotten or changed over time, but the bones of the story would be handed down. And that would include reference to locations of significant events in the local landscape.

Bower will have had access to this rich oral tradition of local stories based on handed-down collective memories of past events, which is perhaps why he was able to name the location. The later writers who added to the story of the battle will likewise have found new sources in the oral tradition to add to the narrative. Even in the 19th century, cartographers mapping the area were able to identify locations traditionally associated with the battle from local people who were custodians of ancestral memory.

This is how the story of the Battle of Athelstaneford and its connection with St Andrew and the Saltire has evolved.

The village is home to the National Flag Heritage Centre which occupies a lectern doocot built in 1583 and rebuilt in 1996. It is at the back of the village church. Today the village is surrounded by farmland and has little in the way of amenities. Tourists can follow the “Saltire Trail”, a road route which passes by various local landmarks and places of historical interest.

Athelstaneford Parish Kirk has a connection with the subject of my post last week, author Nigel Tranter, who was a prominent supporter of the Scottish Flag Trust. He married in the church, and in April 2008 a permanent exhibition of his memorabilia was mounted in the north transept of the church. Items include a copy of Nigel Tranter’s old typewriter, a collection of manuscripts and books, and other personal items. The display was previously at Lennoxlove House, and prior to that at Abbotsford House, the home of Sir Walter Scott.

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GIF Set Masterlist

Main masterlist.

WWE

Roman Reigns

[Leakee] FCW TV. June 5th, 2011. (w/ Big E., Mr. Florida & Titus O'Neill vs. Conor O'Brian, Damien Sandow, Lucky Cannon & Mason Ryan)

[Leakee] FCW TV. October 23rd, 2011. (vs. Ricardo Rodriguez)

[Leakee] FCW TV. January 8th, 2012. (w/ Dean Ambrose vs. Leo Kruger [Adam Rose] & Damien Sandow)

[Leakee] FCW TV. February 12th, 2012. (vs. Leo Kruger [Adam Rose])

[Leakee] FCW TV. May 2nd, 2012 (vs. Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose)

Money in The Bank 2013 (The Shield vs. The Usos)

Monday Night RAW. October 14th, 2013. (w/ Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes & Goldust)

Monday Night RAW. January 6th, 2014 (vs. CM Punk)

Elimination Chamber 2014 (The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family)

Monday Night RAW. March 3rd, 2014. (The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family)

Monday Night RAW. May 12th, 2014 (vs. Batista)

Battleground 2014 (vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Kane)

SummerSlam 2014 ; debut singles match (vs. Randy Orton)

Royal Rumble 2015

Fastlane 2015 (vs. Daniel Bryan)

Monday Night RAW. May 4th, 2015. (w/ Randy Orton vs. The New Day)

SummerSlam 2015 (w/ Dean Ambrose vs. The Wyatt Family)

WrestleMania 32 (vs. Triple H)

Monday Night RAW. July 25th, 2016 (vs. Finn Bálor)

Monday Night RAW. July 25th, 2016. (vs. Chris Jericho vs. Sami Zayn vs. Sheamus)

Payback 2016 (vs. AJ Styles)

Monday Night RAW. November 28th, 2016. (vs. Kevin Owens)

Clash of Champions 2016 (vs. Rusev)

Hell in a Cell 2016 (vs. Rusev)

Royal Rumble 2017 (vs. Kevin Owens)

WrestleMania 33 (vs. The Undertaker)

Great Balls of Fire 2017 (vs. Braun Strowman)

Monday Night RAW. January 29th, 2018. (vs. The Miz)

SummerSlam 2018 (vs. Brock Lesnar)

Extreme Rules 2019 (w/ The Undertaker vs. Drew McIntyre & Shane McMahon)

Clash of Champions 2019 (vs. Erick Rowan)

SmackDown. January 17th, 2020. (vs. Robert Roode)

Royal Rumble 2020

Clash of Champions 2020 (vs. Jey Uso)

TLC 2020 (vs. Kevin Owens)

Survivor Series 2020 (vs. Drew McIntyre)

Royal Rumble 2021 (vs. Kevin Owens)

Money in The Bank 2021 (vs. Edge)

SummerSlam 2021 (vs. John Cena)

Extreme Rules 2021 (vs. "The Demon" Finn Bálor)

Survivor Series 2021 (vs. Big E)

Royal Rumble 2022 (vs. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins)

SummerSlam 2022 (vs. Brock Lesnar)

Clash at the Castle 2022 (vs. Drew McIntyre)

Elimination Chamber 2023 (vs. Sami Zayn) - Part 1 - Part 2

WrestleMania 39 (vs. Cody Rhodes) - Part 1 - Part 2

Bad Blood 2024 (w/ Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu)

Rhea Ripley

NXT UK. July 3rd, 2019. (vs. Piper Niven)

SmackDown. November 22nd, 2019. (vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks)

NXT. December 18th, 2019. (vs. Shayna Baszler)

WWE Worlds Collide 2020 (vs. Toni Storm)

NXT Halloween Havoc 2020 (vs. Raquel Gonzalez [Rodriguez])

WrestleMania 37, Night 2. (vs. Asuka)

Monday Night RAW. March 7th, 2022 (w/Liv Morgan vs. Carmella & Zelina Vega)

Monday Night RAW. May 9th, 2022. (vs. Liv Morgan)

WrestleMania 39 Saturday (vs. Charlotte Flair)

Monday Night RAW. June 19th, 2023. (vs. Natalya)

Payback 2023 (vs. Raquel Rodriguez)

NXT Heatwave 2023 (w/ "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio vs. Lyra Valkyria & Dragon Lee)

Survivor Series: War Games 2023 (vs. Zoey Stark)

Elimination Chamber 2024 (vs. Nia Jax)

WrestleMania XL Saturday (vs. Becky Lynch)

SummerSlam 2024 (vs. Liv Morgan)

Damian Priest

SummerSlam 2021 (vs. Sheamus)

Extreme Rules 2021 (vs. Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy)

Monday Night RAW. April 11th, 2022. (vs. AJ Styles)

Backlash 2023 (vs. Bad Bunny)

Backlash 2024 (vs. Jey Uso)

Monday Night RAW. November 4th, 2024. (vs. "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio vs. Sheamus vs. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins)

Paige/Saraya

NXT. February 27th, 2014. (vs. Emma)

Night of Champions 2014 (vs. AJ Lee vs. Nikki Bella)

Hell in a Cell 2014 (vs. AJ Lee)

Survivor Series 2015 (vs. Charlotte Flair)

IYO Sky/Io Shirai

Mae Young Classic Final, WWE Evolution 2018 (vs. Toni Storm)

NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019 (vs. Candice LeRae)

Shawn Michaels

Survivor Series 1996 (vs. Sycho Sid)

Monday Night RAW. October 20th, 2003 (vs. Goldberg)

WrestleMania 24 (vs. Ric Flair)

WrestleMania 25 (vs. The Undertaker)

Naomi

Elimination Chamber 2017 (vs. Alexa Bliss)

SummerSlam 2017 (vs. Natalya)

Drew McIntyre

TLC 2009 (vs. John Morrison)

Elimination Chamber 2024 (vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. Logan Paul)

WrestleMania XL Sunday (vs. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins)

Bad Blood 2024 (vs. CM Punk)

Liv Morgan

NXT. November 4th & December 2nd, 2015 (vs. Eva Marie / vs. Emma)

NXT. November 16th, 2016 (vs. Peyton Royce)

Elimination Chamber 2023 (vs. Nikki Cross vs. Natalya vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Carmella vs. Asuka)

Elimination Chamber 2024 (vs. Becky Lynch vs. Naomi vs. Bianca Belair vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Raquel Rodriguez)

TV + MOVIES

Homeland (TV) 1x01 - Carrie meets Brody 1x04 - Smile for the cameras

RIK MAYALL

The New Statesman (1987-1992) 1x01 - "Happiness is a Warm Gun" 1x02 - "Passport to Freedom" 1x03 - "Sex is Wrong" 1x04 - "Waste Not, Want Not" 1x05 - "Friends of St. James" 1x06 - "Three Line Whipping"

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Cocky Stud Robert Roode tried bullying his partner. This didn't sit well with Eric Young. To add insult to injury Eric decided to pants Robert during his temper tantrum. He and the whole audience bursted out in laughter at the sight of Robert sporting a stringy little White Thong wedged in his cheeks. Robert Panicked desperately trying to pull up his trunks and cover his bare ass. The audience laughed, Eric and Gail Kim laughed Robert was stunned.

#pantsed

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Most Beloved WWE Wrestler Tournament

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Robert Roode

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Fluffbruary 2025 What I Always Should Have Known

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 #𝟏𝟐: 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐱 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 𝟖𝟏𝟔

Those days were long behind them. That's what James Storm had tried to tell himself for years now, since Robert Roode had hung up his own boots to become a backstage employee of the WWE. James himself had long since turned to acting over an in-ring career. Yet here was the irrefutable proof of the days when both men had less gray in their hair and more of a future to their individual names.

And here was, staring Bobby Roode in the face through the mirror of the crowded dive bar. It had been years since the two men had been in any semblance of this position. Bobby was sipping some fruity little cocktail that had twice the alcohol content than the beer he was currently nursing, leaving Bobby's mouth tasting as sweet as whatever fruit the drink was flavored with. Instead of being as partners, hands locked on top of the table before eventually stumbling off into the night and back to the hotel, they were meeting as something else. This time it was as two men who hadn't spoken in years.

Drunkenly, James had swore he was going to fix that.

Pushing himself through the crowded bar, James checked a man with his shoulder before climbing onto the stool next to Bobby, "Well, well, well. Look atcha now, down 'n the dumps."

Bobby's gentle gray eyes glanced up at James, and a few things stood out to the cowboy. Bobby looked harder than he ever had before, grizzled but still incredibly handsome. The cockiness that had always set the money in Beer Money apart was still there, James knew it would never go away, but it wasn't as prominent as it had once been. James recognized the look of broken man when he saw it. It was hard not to recognize a look that met him every time he looked at the mirror. "How longs it been, Storm, and ya still ain't over this? Ya here to gloat? To talk about how good your life is?"

There was a moment between the two as he swished the liquid around in his bottle, a moment of doubt in James' mind. His life going good? The in-ring life he had loved so much was gone, traded these days for small bit parts in movies and television programs. Everything had fallen in around him, the highlight of most days being the few beers at the local dives that created a warmth in his chest. But great? No, no. He couldn't admit to that weakness.

"Fuckin' scuse me?" James snarled, raising an eyebrow at Bobby, "I ain't-"

"Aren't what, James? Sitting miserably in a bar with no one around you? Telling yourself it'll all be alright but going back home and debating if it could all just end-"

"That's what's on yer mind?" James raised an eyebrow in alarm, refusing to acknowledge that he had felt the same way since losing his partner. "Wantin' it t' end?"

Bobby slunk down, his arms leaning against the bar and his head in his hands, "My career on the main roster was a joke, James. I wanted to be in the 'E, wanted to be a star. All I am now is watching others live my dream. Hell, the Machine Guns are there living what I wanted. What we always wanted."

James tired not to chuckle as he scratched his beard, flecked with gray, the feeling all too relatable. All this time he had spent hating Bobby, loathing Bobby, missing Bobby. It had festered into his personal life and chased those he might have loved away. Seeing Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley living the dream that James and Bobby had always tried to manifest was a little frustrating. "Damn Guns. Second best tag team ever to be in TNA. We always belonged in a tag team. Never felt right when I wasn't."

Bobby laughed, a full throated sound that James recognized he missed, "We thrived in a team, James. We thrived together."

James ran a hand through his long brown hair, eyes closed as he tried to focus his mind on something other than the rush of cologne from Bobby. "It's the booze, Bobby. Ya know that. We both know that."

"I haven't had but one, James. Damn it, cowboy, I miss you," Bobby's soft hand reached for his and when it connected, it finally felt as if the world made sense. He wasn't sure if it was because he was touch starved or if Bobby had reached out to touch him because he was the touch starved one. Either way, the two sat like that for what seemed like an eternity.

"Missed you too, rich boy," James realized with a tearful chuckle, "God I missed ya. I missed us. Maybe we can fix this?"

"We can sure as hell try," Bobby squeezed his hand around James, "We can always try."