#trevor crist

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I don't know how many people this is going to bother but nicholas galitzine is quite literally how I pictured Trevor Crist.

I truly don't mean to offend. He's just got that face for me, you know?

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Book Review: Corrupt

Devil's Night (Book 1) by Penelope Douglas

Source: Google Images

Erika

I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He is handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

Now, I’ve graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven’t stopped watching Michael. He’s bad, and the dirt I’ve seen isn’t content to stay in my head anymore.

Because he’s finally noticed me.

Michael

Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika.

My brother’s girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven’t had her body, I know that I have her mind. That’s all I really want anyway.

Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college.

In my city.

Unprotected.

The opportunity is too good to be true as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they’re out.

We’ve waited. We’ve been patient. And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.

ISBN: 9781518783876 (2015) | Source: Goodreads

Enjoyable but Also WTF?

Going into this book, I already expected to read some messed up things but I am slightly taken aback that the level of messed up did not reach my expectations? For example, that whole revenge scheme? Taking away everything felt so mild and other than the assault that really disappointed me (in terms of the boys disappointing me), the only thing the boys did that I thought was edging towards evil was that box of remembrance. Maybe because I am a rather sentimental person so I cannot imagine what kind of hell I would rain down if someone destroyed my box of remembrance. Unfortunately, that "act of evil" was not even a planned event, it happened coincidentally just because box was at the wrong place at the wrong time. I would have called that pathetic.

Moving on to the attempted assault, I lost so much respect for Rika, honestly. I knew it was a misunderstanding from a severe lack of communication and so much miscommunication, but her forgiving them for attempting it was just, pathetic. Rika really should have more backbone in this regards and at least get some revenge. Instead, she slept with Michael. Utterly pathetic.

Something else I was not a big fan of. The boys constantly described Rika as fearless and a little screwed up but I don't see that at all. What I saw was a privileged girl with kinks and some amount of guts, that's all. Personally, Alex was a much better badass than Rika. Rika's character arc is something I don't quite like in the female characters I read about.

Corrupt might have been full of flaws but on some level, I enjoyed my reading time with it. Rika's relationship with Michael was boring but I loved reading about Kai. The way Douglas wrote the scenes of Kai with either Rika or Michael were filled with so much tension, it was so fun to read them. I guess that's probably why the threesome was unexpected but I do not mind it.

Oh, before I end this review. Trevor? Man, that boy is one of the most pathetic people I've ever read about.

Rating: ★★★☆☆

P.S.: Do not let my over-usage of pathetic take away the fact that I still ultimately enjoyed the book.

[pro-logue-epi-logue]

I am asking the same question Michael. Why??

[angel-magic]

Corrupt Review

Corrupt: 6/10

When I started the book, it took me a while to get immersed into the plot and world. Michael Crist is a bland character compared to Rika Fane, so seeing her in love with him pained me. The 4 horsemen were unbearable in this first book. They were so entitled and arrogant that I almost stopped reading the book. Also, some of their comments and attitudes were actually disturbing. Damon was disgusting and made bile creep into my throat. In conclusion, I hated most of the characters.

The last part with the boat and Trevor was very unexpected, and not in a good way. What threw me off was Damon helping him with almost killing his friends. I think it was a very unneeded part to the book, yet it added some higher stakes throughout the series. 

Another thing I didn’t like was the age difference between Erika and Michael. During the present events, it was fine since she was over age, but in the flashbacks it was literally illegal. Why would a college student care what a 16 year old is doing with her life?

Now, to the good parts. After reading a few pages, I was interested in these guys. Not because I liked them, but because they were acting so stupid it was funny (especially Michael). The smut was good, if not excellent. It was an interesting dynamic to say the least. Erika Fane is a girlboss that carried her entire relationship. I also liked the friendship between the horsemen. Something about friend groups will always do it for me, even if they’re assholes.

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Naima's thoughts on "Corrupt" By Penelope Douglas (minor spoilers ahead!)

(1) The Plot - (8/10)

Erika Fane has always been in love with her ex-boyfriend's older brother Michael Crist but he's ignored her for years. Now he's back and he has secret plans for her along with his three best friends who were thrown in jail because of her.

This book wasn't what I expected and I mean that in a good and bad way, I started reading cause if the romance but ironically that was one thing I didn't like about this book, but I kept reading and enjoyed it because of everything else, the Horsemen, rika's growth, michael and rika's backstory, the mystery of what happend three yeas ago, it was all so interesting and batshit crazy from start to finish!

(2) The Characters - (9/10)

Erika - Bad ass bitch, but has terrible taste in men.

Michael - Great character, HORRENDOUS boyfriend. I wish the book was written solely from his perspective cause his dynamic with the Horsemen and his backstory were my favorite parts of the book.

Kai - problematic king 💖💖💖 he's so sweet but so fucked up I love it 😁

Will - he made me laugh and I like how he's less sadistic than Damon but still pretty fucked up.

Damon - basically satan but I kinda love him for it lol

Alex - A good friend to Rika and an interesting character all on her own.

Trevor - needs to die in a fire.

(3) The Romance - (- 80/10)

RIKA STAND TF UP. She and Michael are THEEEEEE worst couple I have ever read in any novel lmaoooo like....good God Michael treats her like dog shit and she is just endlessly horny for him while the whole time HE PLOTTING HER DAMN KIDNAPPING 😭 Though i like Michael, he is a massive hypocrite always telling Erika "STAND UP FOR YOURSELF! DON'T BE A VICTIM!" but also being EXTREMELY controlling over her. I'm also verrrry uncomfortable at how she is so obedient to a man who treats her like shit. Her character arc is her learning how to stand up for herself but then she'll drop on her knees in a split second cause Michael told her to??? The book tries to make it look like she's making her her choice but BABY GIRL choosing to obey a trash boyfriend is not empowering it means you have no respect for yourself 😭

I honestly wished she chosed Kai, but the next book is about him and another girl so 💔

(4) The smut - (2/10)

*sigh* this is a rough one cause the smut is rather cringey and I CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE HOW AWFUL THE MAIN COUPLE IS their sex scenes aren't bad but when Michael and Rika are thinking horny thoughts about each other I bust out laughing lmao.

Overall, the plot is insane in a great way ;), the characters are great, but the romance made me want to puke 😁

⭐️6/10⭐️

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Book Review: Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas This book was a trainwreck that I could not look away from – and will I be reading the rest of the series? Yes.Rika Fane and Michael Crist have known each other for years – as she had dated Michael’s younger brother Trevor. Rika has always found her boyfriend’s older brother intimidating, and she dreamed to be closer.Soon after their breakup, Rika moves to the city…

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The Maple Run Band at The Fallout Shelter

The audience loved the Maple Run Band

Maple Run Band at The Extended Play Sessions – Fallout Shelter in Norwood, MA. on February 25, 2023.The Vermont-based band has been described as Americana, roots rock, alt-country, 70s rock, twang, jam-band, indie, retro, country-folk, and folk-rock, and features Trevor Crist, Nicole Valcour, Bill Mullins, and John Spencer.The audience was treated to a night of great original music by this…

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[puroresu-musings]

AAW presents “UNSTOPPABLE” held in Chicago, IL on 11/25/17

1. Oi4K (Jake & Dave Crist) vs. Air Buds (Stephen Wolf & Trey Miguel) ***1/4

2. Besties in the World, PACO, & Colt Cabana vs. Connor Braxton, Jake Something, Curt Stallion, & BRUBAKER **1/2

3. Fred Yehi vs. Shane Strickland ***1/2

4. Myron Reed vs. Flip Gordon **3/4

5. WRSTLING (Trevor Lee & David Starr) vs. AR Fox & Eddie Kingston **1/2 

6. Sammy Guevara vs. ACH ***3/4

7. AAW Heritage Championship: Zema Ion vs. Penta El Zero M(c) ****1/4

8. AAW Heavyweight Championship: Jimmy Jacobs vs. Rey Fenix(c) ***3/4

I haven’t seen any AAW in quite some time (I think the last show I watched was Killers Among Us), so this show was the perfect one to get me back into things. It was a really fun card, with nothing approaching a bad match and a whole lot of really good action. Everything on here was enjoyable in its own way, and had the usual white hot Chicago crowd, but my favourite of the night had to be the Heritage Title match between Penta and DJZ. This was just a crazy, 10 minute sprint that, despite its unhinged nature, actually told a good story; DJZ hit a huge dive on Penta as he was making his entrance, and just kept going for risks in an attempt to beat the unbeatable man with Zero Fear. Now, had this gone any longer the 10:12 it did go, it would have been preposterous given what they were doing out there (which included Ion hitting a balcony dive), and for what it was, I thought it was perfect. DJZ dethroned Penta after a springboard DDT off the middle rope as the place went crazy. Also of note was ACH slapping the shit out of the fundamentally loathsome Sammy Guevara en route to victory in a great little hard-hitting and high-flying match, Shane Strickland's win over the debuting Fred Yehi in a very good wrestling contest, the Crist brothers victory in the opener over Wolf and Miguel was admittedly just a series of big moves, but in many ways the perfect opener, and the main event in which AAW Champ Fenix, Thunder Fire Drivered his way to victory over the returning Jimmy Jacobs in another great outing. All in all, I’d say this show is well worth a look if you get the chance.

NDT

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IPL auction: Complete players' list and their base price

The IPL 2018 auction will take place in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28 where a total of 578 players will go under the hammer.

A fierce bidding war is expected as Indian stars Gautam Gambhir, off-spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, mystery spinner Kuldeep Yadav and openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay will be on the franchises’ radar.

The list also includes the overseas players, including Glenn Maxwell, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, Rashid Khan and Eoin Morgan. 

In the 10th season, Mumbai Indians led by Rohit Sharma defeated Pune to lift the IPL trophy for the third time.

The 11th season of the much-awaited Indian Premier League will begin on 6th April 2018.  

The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on April 6 in Mumbai while the first match of the new season will be played at the same venue on April 7.

He further informed that the tournament will continue until May 27 with Mumbai once again hosting the final match.

Here is the complete list of players and their base price.

Base Price ₹2,00,00,000

Batsman KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Brendon McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Colin Ingram

Bowler  Josh Hazlewood, Rashid Khan Arman, Karn Sharma, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Mitchell Johnson, Liam Plunkett, Pat Cummins

Wicket Keeper Quinton De Kock, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa

All-Rounder James Faulkner, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Angelo Mathews, David Willey, Corey Anderson, Kedar Jadhav

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Base Price ₹1,50,00,000

Batsman Aaron Finch, Jason Roy, Hashim Amla, Evin Lewis, Travis Head, Shaun Marsh, Michael Klinger, Lendl Simmons, David Miller

Bowler  Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Kyle Abbott, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Nathan Lyon, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat

Wicket Keeper Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Peter Handscomb

All-Rounder Moises Henriques, Ravi Bopara, Jason Holder, Moeen Ali, M.S. Washington Sundar

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Base Price ₹1,00,00,000

Batsman Manish Pandey, Dwayne Smith, Alex Hales

Bowler  Tymal Mills, Andrew Tye, Mohammed Siraj, Adam Zampa, Mohammad Shami, Dale Steyn, Mustafizur Rahman, Samuel Badree, Imran Tahir, Tim Southee, Jason Behrendorff, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Piyush Chawla

Wicket Keeper Parthiv Patel, Wriddhiman Saha, Sanju Samson, Sam Billings   

All-Rounder Daniel Christian, Carlos Brathwaite, Ben Cutting, Jean-Paul Duminy, Shane Watson, Chris Jordan, Tom Curran

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Base Price ₹75,00,000

Batsman Martin Guptill, Darren Bravo, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ross Taylor, Usman Khawaja   

Bowler  Peter Siddle, Jerome Taylor, Lockie Ferguson, Morne Morkel, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Narendra Thakur, Adam Milne, Marchant De Lange   

Wicket Keeper Naman Ojha, Johnson Charles, Luke Ronchi    

All-Rounder Darren Sammy, Colin De Grandhomme, Yusuf Pathan, Adil Rashid, Joe Denly, Samit Patel, Wayne Parnell

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Base Price ₹50,00,000

Batsman Reeza Hendricks, Mandeep Hardev Singh, Anton Devcich, Upul Tharanga, Karun Nair, Billy Stanlake, Joe Burns, Manoj Tiwary, Saurabh Tiwary, Tamim Khan, Aiden Markram, Faiz Fazal, Abhinav Mukund, Venugopal Rao, Dean Elgar, Najibullah Zadran   

Bowler  Ben Laughlin, Ronsford Beaton, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sandeep Sharma, Gulbadin Naib, Ish Sodhi, Duanne Olivier, Michael Beer, Sachithra Senanayaka, Dawlat Zadran, Aaron Phangiso, Beuran Hendricks, Lakshan Sandakan, Aravind Sreenath, Barinder Singh Sran, Sean Abbott, Ben Wheeler, Kesrick Williams, Lungisani Ngidi, Ashoke Dinda, Praveen Kumar, Mujeeb Zadran, Pragyan Ojha, Jhye Richardson, Rahul Sharma, Joel Paris, Varun Aaron, Parvinder Awana, Munaf Patel, Scott Boland, Dushmantha Chameera, Shannon Gabriel, Akila Dhananjaya, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Paterson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Seth Rance, Fawad Ahmed, Tabrez Shamsi, Neil Wagner, Shapoor Zadran, Abhimanyu Mithun, Sheldon Cottrell, Matt Henry, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Manpreet Gony, Pankaj Singh, Sudeep Tyagi   

Wicket Keeper Glenn Phillips, Denesh Ramdin, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Janith Perera, Nicolas Pooran, Alex Carey, Chadwick Walton, Tom Latham, M Shahzad Mohammadi, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Ambati Rayudu   

All-Rounder Gurkeerat Singh Mann, John Hastings, Sikandar Butt, Graeme Cremer, Rishi Dhawan, Solomon Mire, Ryan McLaren, Parveez Rasool, Shabbir Rahaman, Vernon Philander, Abul Raju, Paul Stirling, Malcolm Waller, Dilshan Munaweera, Thisara Perera, Pawan Negi, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ashton Agar, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmat Shah Zarmatai, Dwaine Pretorius, David Wiese, Asela Gunarathna, Dhananjaya Silva, Andile Phehlukwayo, Jonathan Carter, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Santner, Jayant Yadav, Irfan Pathan, Marlon Samuels, Andre Fletcher, Stuart Binny, Hilton Cartwright, Dasun Shanka, Dawid Malan, Farhaan Behardien, Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts, Ashley Nurse, Scott Kuggeleijn, Robbie Frylinck, Wiaan Mulder, Colin Munro, Vaughn Van Jaarsveld, Rayad Emrit, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Isuru Udana

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Base Price ₹40,00,000

Batsman Tom Cooper

Bowler  Thomas Helm, Mitchell Swepson, Shahbaz Nadeem, T Natarajan   

Wicket Keeper Ishan Kishan

All-Rounder Rajat Bhatia, Kevon Cooper, Vijay Shankar, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Michael Neser, Jofra Archer

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Base Price ₹30,00,000

Batsman Suryakumar Yadav, Christiaan Jonker, Vishnu Solanki, Alex Ross, Daniel Hughes   

Bowler  Iqbal Abdullah, Siddarth Kaul, Anureet Singh, Pradeep Sangwan, Basil Thampi, Gurvinder Singh, Aniket Choudhary, Ankit Singh Rajpoot    

Wicket Keeper Ben McDermott  

All-Rounder Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Roshon Primus   

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Base Price ₹20,00,000

Batsman Manprit Juneja, Mayank Siddana, Armaan Jaffer, Shivam Chauhan, Sachin Baby, Prithvi Shaw, Ankeet Bawane, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Virat Singh, Marcus Harris, Ricky Bhui, Rassie Van der Dussen, Rajesh Bishnoi Sr, Paras Dogra, D.B Ravi Teja, Paul Valthaty, Amandeep Khare, Rinku Singh, Tanmay Agarwal, Ankit Lamba, Sarthak Ranjan, Priyank Panchal, Pratham Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Manjot Kalra, Anmolpreet Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sharad Lumba, Shubham Singh Rohilla, Himanshu Rana, Akshath Reddy, R Samarth, Mohammed Asaduddin, Abhinav Manohar, Rohan Marwaha, Rajat Patidar, Yash Sehrawat, Ravi Chauhan, Samit Gohil, Ramandeep Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Jiwanjot Singh Chauhan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Chirag Gandhi, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Manan Vohra, Mayank Agarwal, Unmukt Chand       Bowler  Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Junior Dala, Karan Thakur, Anurag Verma, Lizaad Williams, Tanveer Ulhaq, Kushang Patel, Shelly Shaurya, A. Aswin Crist, Aaron Summers, Royston Dias, Kartik Tyagi, Tejas Singh Baroka, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Rahul Shukla, Bhargav Bhatt, Shadab Jakati, Sarabjit Ladda, Pravin Tambe, Ben Dwarshuis, Ajit Chahal, Deepak Chaudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Domnic Joseph Muthuswamy, Babasafi Pathan, Monu Singh, Pradeep Thippeswamy, Kuldip Yadav, Krishnappa Gowtham, K.C. Cariappa, Mihir Hirwani, Akshay Wakhare, Manjeetkumar Chaudhary, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lukman Iqbal Meriwala, Navdeep Saini, Vikas Tokas, Yuvraj Chudasama, Rahul Chahar, Ronit More, Veer Pratap Singh, Varun Khanna, Pawan Suyal, Sandeep Warrier, J Suchith, Ashish Hooda, R. Sai Kishore, Rahil S Shah, Harmeet Singh, Ishwar Chaudhary, Parikshit Valsangkar, Avesh Khan, Amit Mishra, Cheepurupalli Stephen, Rajwinder Singh, Shubek Gill, Vinay Choudhary, Mayank Markande, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Ankit Soni, Lalit Yadav, Pardeep Sahu, Chama Milind, Umar Nazir Mir, Yarra Raj, Oshane Thomas, Athisayaraj V, Zeeshan Ansari, Siddharth Desai, Jiyas K, Alexandar Rama Doss, Nathu Singh, M. Ashwin, Shivil Kaushik, Baltej Dhanda, Armaan Jain, Mohsin Khan, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Arothe, Asif K M, Ravi Kiran Majeti, Ishan Porel, Aditya Thakare, Sandeep Lamichhane, Subodh Bhati, Mohan Prasath, Abhishek Sakuja, Javed Khan, Ashok Sandhu, Tushar Deshpande, Sayan Ghosh, Jaskaran Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajneesh Gurbani  

Wicket Keeper

Ankush Bains, C.M. Gautam, Aditya Tare, N Jagadeesan, Nikhil Shankar Naik, Smit Patel, K.B Arun Karthik, Kona Srikar Bharat, Shreevats Goswami, Mahesh Rawat, Gitansh Khera, Jitesh Sharma, Vishnu Vinod, Sheldon Jackson, Kedar Devdhar, Prashant Chopra, Anuj Rawat, Harvik Desai, Anmol Malhotra, Dhruv Raval, Rohith Ravikumar, Mohammad Nazim Siddiqui, Mayank Sidhu, Sandeep Kumar Tomar, Sadiq Hassan Kirmani, Jaskaranvir Singh Sohi, Abhishek Gupta, Hamza Tariq, Rahul Yadav, Kyle Mayers    

All-Rounder

Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Jaydev Shah, Shashank Singh, Manzoor Dar, Aman Khan, Diwesh Pathania, Shamss Mulani, Salman Nizar, Dafedar, Khizar Anwar, Mandeep Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Sidhant Dobal, Vinod Kumar C.V., Thomas Kaber, Midhun S, Akhil Arvind Herwadkar, Shamar Springer, Ashok Menaria, Jack Wildermuth, Odean Smith, Yogesh Nagar, Milind Kumar, Shubham Agrawal, Akshdeep Nath, Yomahesh Kumar, Vivek Singh, Mohammed Bilal, Arun Chaprana, Rajat Paliwal, Abhimanyu Rana, Sarang Rawat, Fabid, Farook Ahmed, Arjun Sharma, Shreyas Gopal, Akash Sudan, Sandeep Bavanaka, Karan Kaila, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Gaurav Gambir, Ankit Kaushik, Patrick Kruger, Sohraab Dhaliwal, Aditya Sarvate, Amish Sidhu, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Vignesh Moorthy, Arjun Nair, Kanishk Seth, Shivam Dubey, Hanuma Vihari, Puneet Datey, Ninad Rathva, Siddhant Sharma, Mrinank Singh, Manan Sharma, Chintan Gaja, Amit Mishra, Jalaj Saxena, Bipul Sharma, Shreekant Wagh, Syed, Mehdi Hasan, Harshal Patel, Sumit Ruikar, Ashish Reddy, Kuldeep Hooda, Shaurya Sanandia, Vaibhav Rawal, Pankaj Jaswal, Anustup Majumdar, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Himmat Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Chris Green, Ryan Ninan, Rohan Prem, Rahul Tewatia, Puneed Datey, R. Sanjay Yadav, Imtiaz Ahmed, Atit Sheth, Dinesh Salunkhe, Pavan Deshpande, Shivam Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Indrajith Baba, Jatin Saxena, Shivam Mavi, Sagar Trivedi, Amit Verma, Akash Parkar, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Akash Bhandari, Pratyush Singh, Ankit Sharma, Anirudha Ashok Joshi, Saurabh Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Kunal Chandela, Aamir Gani, Pulkit Narang, Riyan Parag, Karanveer Singh, Sumeet Verma, Cameron Gannon, Akshay Karnewar, Tajinder Dhillon, Govinda Poddar, Rajesh Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Antony Dhas, Kishore Pramod Kamath, Nikhil Gangta, Jay Gokul Bista, Sumanth Bodapati, Mahipal Lomror, Deepak Punia, Mayank Dagar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Darcy Short, Baba Aparajith, Abhishek Sharma, Milind Tandon.

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I always found it so random when Trevor interacted with Emmy. He definitely had ulterior motives.

Yeah exactly, but what was his plan with her...

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PWG Pushin' Forward Back Match Ratings:

Sammy Guevara vs Rey Horus ***3/4 Young Bucks vs Unbreakable F'n Machines **** Keith Lee vs Trent? vs Lio Rush ****1/4 Sami Callihan vs Dezmond Xavier vs Jake Crist vs Dave Crist ***3/4 Ricochet vs Trevor Lee ***3/4 Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Chuck Taylor *****

Show Rating: 9/10

One of the top tier PWG shows of all time. Contender for one of the best shows of the entire year. Possibly the greatest PWG match of all time. Pushin' Forward Back is a fantastic wrestling show. The diversity in the styles of matches, the amount of matches and the time they were given all helped make the show. I really loved that there were only six matches. It gave matches the time to breathe and tell a story, rather than a bunch of getting shit in and going home. Going singles, tag, three-way, four-way, to kick off the show was so smart because it made everything feel fresh. The main event was one of the absolute best matches of the year. The ONE downfall of the show was the lack of guest commentators. Excalibur is great but guests can help bring more color to the matches. If there was better commentary I surly would have given this show the full 10.

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IMPACT Wrestling Results – Last Stop Before Homecoming

IMPACT Wrestling Results – Last Stop Before Homecoming

This is the final stop before Homecoming, LIVE January 6th on pay-per-view!

QUICK RESULTS:

Rich Swann, Willie Mack & The Rascalz (Trey, Wentz & Dez) def. Ethan Page, Matt Sydal & oVe (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist & Dave Crist) – Ten Man Tag Team Match

Fallah Bahh & KM def. Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju & Raj Singh) w/ Gama Singh

Dark Allie w/ Su Yung def. Kiera Hogan

Killer Kross def. Trevor Lee

Lucha…

[enbywrestlingfan]

PWG Nice Boys (Don’t Play Rock and Roll) Match Ratings and Thoughts

Brian Cage vs. Keith Lee vs. Sami Callihan 3.75/5 (***) - Crazy spotfest with two men that are 250+ (and Sami Callihan). There was dives, power moves, crazy near falls, and just a lot of fun to be had. Keith Lee had a fantastic PWG debut with this one, and BRIAN CAGE WON A MATCH IN PWG WITH THE FALCONS ARROW. THAT WAS HUGE!

OI4K (Dave Crist & Jake Crist) vs. The Chosen Bros (Jeff Cobb & Matthew Riddle) 3.5/5 (*** 1/2) - The PWG tag division is stacked right now, and teams like Chosen Bros and OI4K are a good reason why. Just a great tag match from great teams made of great wrestlers.

Lio Rush vs. Trevor Lee 2.75/5 (** 3/4) - This is the match you'd expect from these two in PWG. Fast paced, lots of spots, and fun to watch. Wasn't too invested this one though. The singles matches on this show were the weak points.

Dezmond Xavier vs. Shane Strickland 2.25/5 (** 1/4) - A double PWG debut, with both men giving a good showing, but like I said, singles matches were the weak points of this show, but this wasn't a good match for me. Both men are talented, but had a generic flippy guy match here. Wasn't a fan and couldn't get invested in this match at all.

Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) vs. The Leaders Of The New School (Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr.) 4.75/5 (**** 3/4) - Just a fantastic tag match. The Leaders Of The New School are a fantastic heel tag team, and Best Friends are a fantastic face tag team. LoTNS beat down Trent, Chuck made the hot tag, and they beat down him too, but Best Friends never quit. It was awesome. Wasn't a spot fest, just a well paced tag match that told a great story with four great wrestlers.

PWG Tag Team Title Three Way Match The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs. Penta el 0M & Rey Fenix 4.5/5 (**** 1/2) - A PWG spotfest in it's purest form, and it was awesome. There was dives, gimmick infringement, a frantic pace, and so many spots. Just a batshit crazy main event, and one that kept me watching closely until the end.

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AAW: Art, Wisdom and Other Things Randy Doesn't Understand

I think it is difficult to argue the statement that All American Wrestling provides Chicago with the best wrestling. It does not have the perceived outlaw persona of Freelance Wrestling or Resistance Pro, and that is because it does not need it. You buy a ticket, and you are rewarded with the best wrestling showcase the region has to offer.

AAW currently seems to have an over abundance of riches. It may sound foolish to say there is a downside to showing off the best, but the promotion seems to lack identity. The best wrestlers will inevitably get signed to exclusive deals. When that happens, the most talented members of the undercard should be expected to step up to fill the vacant roles. Unless you can just find main eventers from other territories which is what the promotion that developed Tyler Black is ironically doing.

AAW feels like a YouTube Wormhole that you can check out in person, instead of a team you come to cheer on. As pro-wrestling's premier Cubs fan, I loved cheering on the team for 36 years as they developed into world champions. There were times that I wished ownership would just buy a title, but if that occurred, I would then be bitching about any time they did not win a title. That would make me a Yankee fan who is not from the five boroughs. To those fans, they are not your team.

Who can stand someone who does not think you need to work to win? As a jaded Gen-Xer, that may come across as a implied question about the younger generation, but the wrestling audience right now are millennials. AAW seems to have their fingers on the pulse of the audience, and the dollar makes anything tolerable.

Art is either a luxury or a gamble, and taste determines what you want. I am always trying to create, and the money I spent on failing to produce my motion picture "Main Event of the Dead (I am willing to send out treatments of the zom-com pro-wrestling screenplay by e-mailing russthebus07@gmail.com)" shows that I like to gamble. This may leave me predisposed to be frustrated at the lack of AAW creative direction. But, the less work you put into make money, the wiser you are. So perhaps you can argue that RPW and FLW may provide better wrestling, but Danny Daniels and AAW demonstrate the wisest wrestling.

The Card:

Paco defeated Connor Braxton.

Jake Crist picks up the win from Myron Reed, Laredo Kid and Joey Janella. With all of the dives, did the AAW faithful catch all at least four Ace Crushers.

Trevor Lee steals one from Colt Cabana. I feel when you face Cabana, you should not focus on your own comedy style. Lee should have been bringing out his X-Division stuff for his opponent to work against. That brings out the best in Cabana.

Davey Vega & Alex Daniels score the fall against Detective Dan Barry & Lt. Bill Carr, and Trey Miguel & Stephen Wolf. This is where the show started to feel redundant. The crowd may have been thinking the same since "...Dive" was the only chant they brought to this match.

Keith Lee earns the hard fought win over Donovan Dijak. This match completed the Rip Roger's Indy Equation. If "Both These Guys" and "Fight Forever" were not shouted in the first four match were expressed here. It is just proof that AAW's booking is superb. Lee vs. Dijak was 20 minutes of showing how bumps are overrated. I need to rewatch Lance Storm and Jerry Lynn. Did Dijak have to suffer so many chops to get away from flat backs?

Michael Elgin teaches Former World Champion FKA Jack Swagger what the indies are all about. This match shows why all Indy shows need an intermission. Elgin is awesome which makes up for Swagger being behind the Indy curve. Better placement of the bout could have hid this better from the audience. If Swagger goes to NJPW and catches up with the style, WWE will regret how they let a wrestler with a football player structure leave the company.

AR Fox and Rey Fenix retain the AAW Tag Team Championship from Lio Rush and Shane Strickland's challenge. I think this could have been the main event instead of another one of Sami Callahan's brawls. If I was able to get away from the hospitality business more often, I might see that Callahan fighting a challenger all over the venue is not the only main event AAW has to offer.

This was Rush's debut, so I understand his team not getting the win, but I am getting worn out seeing how the luchadors from Lucha Underground will not take falls. Bringing in a gearless Juventud Guerrera to do the favor for the holder of the "Bestest in the World" does not shake this vibe. But the money that Penta and Fenix bring to the promotion may be why every AAW show is otherwise loaded. I do not think I can win an argument of wisdom versus art.

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MozCon 2018: The Initial Agenda

Posted by Trevor-Klein

With just over three months until MozCon 2018, we're getting a great picture of what this year's show will be like, and we can't wait to share some of the details with you today.

We've got 21 speakers lined up (and will be launching our Community Speaker process soon — stay tuned for more details on how to make your pitch!). You'll see some familiar faces, and some who'll be on the MozCon stage for the first time, with topics ranging from the evolution of searcher intent to the increasing importance of local SEO, and from navigating bureaucracy for buy-in to cutting the noise out of your reporting.

Topic details and the final agenda are still in the works, but we're excited enough about the conversations we've had with speakers that we wanted to give you a sneak peek. We hope to see you in Seattle this July 9–11!

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The Speakers

Here's a look at who you'll see on stage this year, along with some of the topics we've already worked out:

Jono Alderson

Mad Scientist, Yoast

The Democratization of SEO

Jono will explore how much time and money we collectively burn by fixing the same kinds of basic, "binary," well-defined things over and over again (e.g., meta tags, 404s, URLs, etc), when we could be teaching others throughout our organizations not to break them in the first place.

As long as we "own" technical SEO, there's no reason (for example) for the average developer to learn it or care — so they keep making the same mistakes. We proclaim that others are doing things wrong, but by doing so we only reinforce the line between our skills and theirs.

We need to start giving away bits of the SEO discipline, and technical SEO is probably the easiest thing for us to stop owning.

In his talk, he'll push for more democratization, education, collaboration, and investment in open source projects so we can fix things once, rather than a million times.

Stephanie Briggs

Partner, Briggsby

Search-Driven Content Strategy

Google's improvements in understanding language and search intent have changed how and why content ranks. As a result, many SEOs are chasing rankings that Google has already decided are hopeless.

Stephanie will cover how this should impact the way you write and optimize content for search, and will help you identify the right content opportunities. She'll teach you how to persuade organizations to invest in content, and will share examples of strategies and tactics she has used to grow content programs by millions of visits.

Rob Bucci

CEO, STAT Search Analytics

"Near me" or Far: How Google May Be Deciding Your Local Intent for You

In August 2017, Google stated that local searches without the "near me" modifier had grown by 150% and that searchers were beginning to drop geo-modifiers — like zip code and neighborhood — from local queries altogether. But does Google still know what searchers are after?

For example: the query [best breakfast places] suggests that quality takes top priority; [breakfast places near me] indicates that close proximity is essential; and [breakfast places in Seattle] seems to cast a city-wide net; while [breakfast places] is largely ambiguous.

By comparing non-geo-modified keywords against those modified with the prepositional phrases "near me" and "in [city name]" and qualifiers like “best,” we hope to understand how Google interprets different levels of local intent and uncover patterns in the types of SERPs produced.

With a better understanding of how local SERPs behave, SEOs can refine keyword lists, tailor content, and build targeted campaigns accordingly.

Neil Crist

VP of Product, Moz

The Local Sweet Spot: Automation Isn't Enough

Some practitioners of local SEO swear by manual curation, claiming that automation skips over the most important parts. Some swear the exact opposite. The real answer, especially when you're working at enterprise scale, is a sweet spot in the middle.

In this talk, Neil will show you where that spot is, why different verticals require different work, and some original research that reveals which of those verticals are most stable.

Dana DiTomaso

President and Partner, Kick Point

Traffic vs. Signal

With an ever-increasing slate of options in tools like Google Tag Manager and Google Data Studio, marketers of all stripes are falling prey to the habit of "I'll collect this data because maybe I'll need it eventually," when in reality it's creating a lot of noise for zero signal.

We're still approaching our metrics from the organization's perspective, and not from the customer's perspective. Why, for example, are we not reporting on (or even thinking about, really) how quickly a customer can do what they need to do? Why are we still fixated on pageviews? In this talk, Dana will focus our attention on what really matters.

Rand Fishkin

Founder, SparkToro, Moz, & Inbound.org

A man who needs no introduction to MozCon, we're thrilled to announce that Rand will be back on stage this year after founding his new company, SparkToro. Topic development for his talk is in the works; check back for more information!

Oli Gardner

Co-Founder, Unbounce

Content Marketing Is Broken and Only Your M.O.M. Can Save You

Traditional content marketing focuses on educational value at the expense of product value, which is a broken and outdated way of thinking. We all need to sell a product, and our visitors all need a product to improve their lives, but we're so afraid of being seen as salesy that somehow we got lost, and we forgot why our content even exists.

We need our M.O.M.s!

No, he isn't talking about your actual mother. He's talking about your Marketing Optimization Map — your guide to exploring the nuances of optimized content marketing through a product-focused lens.

In this session you'll learn:

Data and lessons learned from his biggest ever content marketing experiment, and how those lessons have changed his approach to content

A context-to-content-to-conversion strategy for big content that converts

Advanced methods for creating "choose your own adventure" navigational experiences to build event-based behavioral profiles of your visitors (using GTM and GA)

Innovative ways to productize and market the technology you already have, with use cases your customers had never considered

Casie Gillette

Senior Director, Digital Marketing, KoMarketing

The Problem with Content & Other Things We Don't Want to Admit

Everyone thinks they need content but they don't think about why they need it or what they actually need to create. As a result, we are overwhelmed with poor quality content and marketers are struggling to prove the value.

In this session, we'll look at some of the key challenges facing marketers today and how a data-driven strategy can help us make better decisions.

Emily Grossman

Mobile Product Marketer & App Strategist

What All Marketers Can Do about Site Speed

At this point, we should all have some idea of how important site speed is to our performance in search. The mobile-first index underscored that fact yet again. It isn't always easy for marketers to know where to start improving their site's speed, though, and a lot of folks mistakenly believe they need developers for most of those improvements. Emily will clear that up with an actionable tour of just how much impact our own work can have on getting our sites to load quickly enough for today's standards.

Russ Jones

Principal Search Scientist, Moz

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Russ is our principal search scientist here at Moz. After a decade as CTO of an agency, he joined Moz to focus on what he's most interested in: research and development, primarily related to keyword and link data. He's responsible for many of our most forward-looking techniques.

At MozCon this year, he's looking to focus on cutting through bad metrics with far better metrics, exploring the hidden assumptions and errors in things our industry regularly reports, showing us all how we can paint a more accurate picture of what's going on.

Justine Jordan

VP Marketing, Litmus

A veteran of the MozCon stage, Justine is obsessed with helping marketers create, test, and send better email. Named an Email Marketer Thought Leader of the Year, she is strangely passionate about email marketing, hates being called a spammer, and still gets nervous when pressing send.

At MozCon this year, she's looking to cover the importance of engagement with emails in today's world of marketing. With the upcoming arrival of GDPR and the ease with which you can unsubscribe and report spam, it's more important than ever to treat people like people instead of just leads.

Michael King

Managing Director, iPullRank

You Don't Know SEO

Or maybe, "SEO you don't know you don't know." We've all heard people throw jargon around in an effort to sound smart when they clearly don't know what it means, and our industry of SEO is no exception. There are aspects of search that are acknowledged as important, but seldom actually understood. Mike will save us from awkward moments, taking complex topics like the esoteric components of information retrieval and log-file analysis, pairing them with a detailed understanding of technical implementation of common SEO recommendations, and transforming them into tools and insights we wish we'd never neglected.

Cindy Krum

CEO & Founder, MobileMoxie

Mobile-First Indexing or a Whole New Google

The emergence of voice-search and Google Assistant is forcing Google to change its model in search, to favor their own entity understanding or the world, so that questions and queries can be answered in context. Many marketers are struggling to understand how their website and their job as an SEO or SEM will change, as searches focus more on entity-understanding, context and action-oriented interaction. This shift can either provide massive opportunities, or create massive threats to your company and your job — the main determining factor is how you choose to prepare for the change.

Dr. Pete Meyers

Marketing Scientist, Moz

Dr. Peter J. Meyers (AKA "Dr. Pete") is a Marketing Scientist for Seattle-based Moz, where he works with the marketing and data science teams on product research and data-driven content. Guarding the thin line between marketing and data science — which is more like a hallway and pretty wide — he's the architect behind MozCast, the keeper of the Algo History, and watcher of all things Google.

Britney Muller

Senior SEO Scientist, Moz

Britney is Moz's senior SEO scientist. An explorer and investigator at heart, she won't stop digging until she gets to the bottom of some of the most interesting developments in the world of search. You can find her on Whiteboard Friday, and she's currently polishing a new (and dramatically improved!) version of our Beginner's Guide to SEO.

At MozCon this year, she'll show you what she found at the bottom of the rabbit hole to save you the journey.

Lisa Myers

CEO, Verve Search

None of Us Is as Smart as All of Us

Success in SEO, or in any discipline, is frequently reliant on people’s ability to work together. Lisa Myers started Verve Search in 2009, and from the very beginning was convinced of the importance of building a diverse team, then developing and empowering them to find their own solutions.

In this session she’ll share her experiences and offer actionable advice on how to attract, develop and retain the right people in order to build a truly world-class team.

Heather Physioc

Director of Organic Search, VML

Your Red-Tape Toolkit: How to Win Trust and Get Approval for Search Work

Are your search recommendations overlooked and misunderstood? Do you feel like you hit roadblocks at every turn? Are you worried that people don't understand the value of your work? Learn how to navigate corporate bureaucracy and cut through red tape to help clients and colleagues understand your search work — and actually get it implemented. From diagnosing client maturity to communicating where search fits into the big picture, these tools will equip you to overcome obstacles to doing your best work.

Mike Ramsey

President, Nifty Marketing

The Awkward State of Local

You know it exists. You know what a citation is, and have a sense for the importance of accurate listings. But with personalization and localization playing an increasing role in every SERP, local can no longer be seen in its own silo — every search and social marketer should be honing their understanding. For that matter, it's also time for local search marketers to broaden the scope of their work.

Wil Reynolds

Founder & Director of Digital Strategy, Seer Interactive

Excel Is for Rookies: Why Every Search Marketer Needs to Get Strong in BI, ASAP

The analysts are coming for your job, not AI (at least not yet). Analysts stopped using Excel years ago; they use Tableau, Power BI, Looker! They see more data than you, and that is what is going to make them a threat to your job. They might not know search, but they know data. I'll document my obsession with Power BI and the insights I can glean in seconds which is helping every single client at Seer at the speed of light. Search marketers must run to this opportunity, as analysts miss out on the insights because more often than not they use these tools to report. We use them to find insights.

Alexis Sanders

Technical SEO Account Manager, Merkle

Alexis works as a Technical SEO Account Manager at Merkle, ensuring the accuracy, feasibility, and scalability of the agency’s technical recommendations across all verticals. You've likely seen her on the Moz blog, Search Engine Land, OnCrawl, The Raven Blog, and TechnicalSEO.com. She's got a knack for getting the entire industry excited about the more technical aspects of SEO, and if you haven't already, you've got to check out the technical SEO challenge she created at https://TechnicalSEO.expert.

Darren Shaw

Founder, Whitespark

At the forefront of local SEO, Darren is obsessed with knowing all there is to know about local search. He organizes and publishes research initiatives such as the annual Local Search Ranking Factors survey and the Local Search Ecosystem.

At MozCon this year, he'll unveil the newest findings from the Local Search Ranking Factors study, for which he's already noticing significant changes from the last release, letting SEOs of all stripes know how they need to adjust their approach.

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