I always like to have fun outside the political world.
I fell in love with wrestling when I was in middle school and I’ve been following ever since. I remember like it was yesterday watching an entire episode of Monday night Raw in May 2009 and I’ve been following it since. Jeff Hardy was my favorite wrestler at the time. Now it’s The Miz.
MEETING WRESTLERS: Over the years I’ve met guys like Rey Mysterio, Rhea Ripley, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Natalya, Joe Hendry, Hulk Hogan, The Miz, Alundra Blayze, Tiffany Stratton, Bayley, King Kong Bundy, Bob Backlund, Indy wrestlers and many more.
Meeting professional wrestlers means so much because they’ve entertained me so much. The wrestlers that I really want to meet are John Cena, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Cody Rhodes, Asuka, Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, The Undertaker, Ric Flair. But mostly Jeff Hardy because he was favorite WWE Superstar when I got into wrestling.
WHAT IS PRO WRESTLING: Professional wrestling is combat sports, intense choreography, stunt work, comedy, storytelling and its true performance art.
The risk and sacrifice that these wrestlers take to entertain millions and make fans happy. They put their lives on the line every week for this sport. It is scripted, but people who claim it’s fake are wrong. I’ve seen many injuries, marks, and bruises. That ring is not a trampoline there is plywood under the mat, the same plywood where you can get from Lowe’s or Home Depot. The weapons that they use like a kendo stick or a steel chair are not props as in a movie but real steel and wood.
GOING TO A WRESTLING SHOW: I’ll never forget when I attended my first wrestling show. It was a WWE non-televised event on February 14, 2010 at the Wells Fargo Center. It was the coolest experience ever. But later that same year, I attended my first televised event of Monday Night Raw on June 28th. Just being there on TV and hearing the loud Pyro was insane. I’ve been to 31 WWE events and a few Indie wrestling shows. So I think I’ve been to 40 Wrestling shows total.
Raws, Smackdowns, NXTs, WWE premium live event events, NWA, Monster factory pro wrestling. What makes it better is that I attended my first Wrestlemania last year. I have photos of all the events I’ve been to over the years.
MY WRESTLEMANIA EXPERIENCE: I’ll never forget when I found out that Wrestlemania was coming to Philadelphia. It was July 28, 2022 and I was scrolling through Facebook and when I saw it. I immediately lost it and shared it with so many people. I had to double check and it was legit. Never in a million years I thought this would happen so soon.
Wrestlemania is the Super Bowl of WWE. It doesn’t matter what city they’re in. They take over and fans from all over the world come to get their Wrestlemania experience. I’ve met people from the UK, Europe, Australia, and Bangladesh.
I attended WWE World at the Pennsylvania convention center. The experience was so fun seeing all the memorabilia from WWE’s archive and what made it better was The Rock showed up.
WRESTLING IS POPULAR: For years I’ve heard that pro wrestling is for kids, a redneck sport, a man’s soap opera. That IS NOT true. It’s popular all over the world places like Japan, the UK, Europe, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Women love it just as much as the men. There’s people older than me that have been fans since the old school era.
What I don’t understand is the ones who say it’s for kids still get excited for Disney movies. Like if the new Toy Story 5 came out all the adults would shove the kids out the way.
WRESTLING COMPANIES: If you never watched wrestling a day in your life the first company that comes to your mind is WWE. In reality, there’s so many other companies out there and you don’t have to watch WWE to be a wrestling fan. There’s TNA, AEW, ROH, New Japan Pro Wrestling, WOW Women of Wrestling, MLW, NWA and many indy wrestling companies.
I think it’s good for fans to watch these shows besides the WWE because you’ll learn how other companies do things and you’ll learn new talent. There were some wrestlers I knew about before they came to the WWE you’ll feel a true fan.
I was bullied a lot growing up for my love for professional wrestling, but that negativity didn’t stop me at all. It just made me love it even more and I’m still a fan to this day. It’s a part of me. It’s helped me during bad days, it’s something that’s always put a smile on my face. I’m happy that I was able to tell my story.
Tevin Dix and Hulk HoganTevin with The MizWith Rey MysterioWWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze Monday Night Raw in October 2024Tevin with SheamusAt Wrestlemania 40An NXT match at the 2300 arena in 2024
Liberty4all asked in a comment to this article from Feb. 17 “What does the ratio of Left vs Right cases undertaken by (The Institute for Justice ) look like? And who is funding them now? “
First, taking a deep dive into current cases IJ listed; CasesBowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development AgencyThis is an eminent domain case. “Can the government take your property just to hand it over to your business competitor? “ See article for the full explanation.
“First, in May 2023, WCO Moon pounded on the Thomas’ front and back doors, roamed around their yard and took pictures of their cabin, dock, and yard—all without a warrant—on the unfounded belief that Tim had been fishing without a license.”
Lastly, we have Norfolk, VA Camera Surveince“ In 2023, the city installed over 172 cameras around town. These are not your standard traffic cameras. The cameras are strategically placed to capture everybody’s daily travel. They’re straight-up surveillance cameras, set up to watch people 24/7 as they go about their lives. “
Another long-time donor, the late Dr. John B. Wenders He was affiliated with the Commonwealth Foundation, among other conservative groups.
Brian Schar is a lawyer who says “We who fight for liberty are outnumbered and outspent by the multitudinous interests who depend on the state” His position seems libertarian, rather than simply left or right.
God showed his love William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-2-25
Oxa Pxm qjcq wxc prenw db cqn byrarc xo onja: kdc xo yxfna, jwm xo uxen, jwm xo bxkarnch. Crvxcqh
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 John
God showed his love William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-2
Trump 2.0 Is Topic — Gary Heasley of Keystone Town Hall will have Trump 2.0 as his topic at United4Delco’s March 6 meeting, which runs 6 to 8 p.m. at Phoenix Bar and Grill, 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, Pa. 19014.
Heasley also hosts The Conservative Voice which airs noon to 2 p.m., Fridays on WWDB Talk 860
Participants are asked to spend at least $15 in food or drink.
People Who Must Want To Rule William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-1-25
Xlmw mw lsa Ksh wlsaih lmw pszi eqsrk yw: Li wirx lmw sri erh srpc Wsr mrxs xli asvph xlex ai qmklx pmzi xlvsykl lmq. 1 Nslr
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams
Bulwark of continuing liberty William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 3-1
Jason Kelce asked the Haverford Zoning Hearing Board, Feb. 20, for permission to add a fence and remove some slopes at his property on Coopertown Road in Havertown.
The work is part of a project by Kelce and his wife Kylie to build a new home.
Neighbor Wendy De La Rosa expressed concern about the project inundating her property with water runoff.
The project was approved with a condition that runoff not adversely affect neighbors.
Oh, if only a similar concern was shown in Ardmore to Saint Marys Road residents when an addition was built on Chestnut Avenue.
We had become Covid vaccine skeptics and I went so far as to attend the CHD 2023 Conference. It helped that this was in November in Savannah, GA. Any effort to beat back the medical-industrial complex is to be welcomed.
The possibilities of Make America Healthy Again or MAHA were broached by Trump Press Secretary Karoline Levitt after President Trump signed an executive order creating a MAHA commission and directing Bobby Kennedy Jr. “to investigate this chronic crisis plaguing our country and the minds and the bodies of the American people.”
Another possibility is further safety studies of food dyes and other additives.
Of course there are limits to what RFK, Jr. can do. Part of the problem is the multiplicity of Agencies. Tom Scully who worked in the George W. Bush administration a current CMS chart and “there are offices I never heard of when I was there 20 years ago,” .
Another factor is that the HHS Secretary “does make the final decision” on vaccine approvals.
There are some issues that members of the medical community want addressed. Number uno is the ever-rising costs of “maintenance” drugs.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) wants him to address “the prices set by drug companies and misuse of the patent system that blocks market-based competition for more affordable alternatives like generics and biosimilars,” said JC Scott, president and CEO of PCMA.” However is PCMA also part of the problem?
Locally, some of the fear of change comes from CHOP (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
“I think it’s a sad day for America’s children. I think it’s a sad day for public health when someone who is a science denialist, conspiracy theorist, and virulent anti-vaccine activist is [leading] the biggest public health agency in the United States,” says Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP.