#roh 2015

[cowboyshit]

[allelitewrestlings]

[blizzardsuplex]

Oh, wait a second—wait a second, here...

Roderick Strong versus Adam Cole from ROH Reloaded Tour Night 2 (Dearborn), 09/11/2015 [This is only one of like several clips I've been dying to GIF for literal months that I can only do in good conscience now with my shiny HQ copy of this match. You have been warned.]

[pepsi-maxwell]

dalton castle getting his boys back from silas young literally one of the most heartwarming things i've seen in wrestling

[ss-trashboat]

under a week til the njpw halloween show

this has been around seven/eight years in the making fam i'm not emotionally ready for this

[mitchtheficus]

A Golden Lovers Timeline

PART 1: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

The beginning of this story, covering the events leading to their first match and the forming of the Golden Lovers (2006 - 2008)

PART 2: LOVE AND SUCCESS

The Golden Lovers’ adventures in DDT (2009 - 2010)

PART 3: FALLING BEHIND

Their first foray into NJPW, the beginning of the end, and Budokan (2011 - 2012)

PART 4: THE GOLDEN LOVERS ARE NOT OVER

The end of their tag team, and Kenny’s last match in DDT (2013-2014)

PART 5: BETRAYAL

Kenny joins the Bullet Club and breaks Kota’s heart (2015)

PART 6: SEIZE THE THRONE

Kenny gets some new, sadder pants (Jan 2016 - June 2016)

PART 7: AND WAITING FOR HIM

The Pining Chapter (Aug 2016 - Sept 2016)

PART 8: WRESTLE KINGDOM 11

A wild Kota-lookalike in a tiger mask appears! (Oct 2016 - Jan 2017)

PART 9: I NEVER FORGOT ABOUT YOU

Kenny’s slowburn face turn (Feb 2017 - June 2017)

PART 10: RETURN

 Kenny says a lot of things about Kota being back in njpw (June 2017 - July 2017)

PART 11: A MEETING IN A HALLWAY

Kota tries to reach Kenny (July 2017 - Aug 2017)

PART 12: THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

Cody Rhodes enters our story (Dec 2016 - Dec 2017)

PART 13: WRESTLE KINGDOM 12

Kota reclaims the Phoenix Splash (Dec 2017 - Jan 2018)

PART 14: CRISIS

New Years Dash, January 5, 2018

PART 15: REUNION

New Beginning in Sapporo, Jan 27-28, 2018

PART 16: HOMECOMING

Immediate Elite fallout and Golden Comeback Documentary (Jan 2018 - Feb 2018)

PART 17: HONOR RISING

Shit hits the fan (Feb 2018)

PART 18: WHERE WAS HE

Matt Jackson’s Feelings

PART 19: STRONG STYLE EVOLVED

The Saddest Match Ever (Feb 2018 - March 2018)

PART 20: WE CAN’T TRUST THIS GUY

Kenny visits ROH and the bucks see Cody’s true face (March 2018 - April 2018)

PART 21: THIS IS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE

The Lovers spend Wrestlemania Weekend in New Orleans (April 5-7, 2018)

PART 22: REACHING OUT

The bucks try to repair their relationship with Kenny (May 2018 - June 2018)

PART 23: THE POWER OF LOVE

Dominion, June 9, 2018

PART 24: VIDEO GAMES AND THE COW PALACE

The lovers play video games and Cody chooses friendship over power for once (June 2018 - July 2018)

PART 25: MARATHON

Kota fights his way through the G1 (July 2018 - August 2018)

PART 26: TWO PEOPLE THAT SHARE ONE HEART

G1 Climax Semi-finals and Finals (August 10-12, 2018)

PART 27: THE SEA BETWEEN US

The End

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[droptoeholdyourhorses]

The Best Friends Deserve Bester

Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta have been teaming together as The Best Friends since August 2013. In January 2014, they won PWG's Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, becoming number one contenders to the PWG World Tag Team Championship. They lost their subsequent challenge against The Young Bucks at Mystery Vortex II. The only other time Chuck and Trent have competed for those titles was at 2019's Hand of Doom where they lost to The Rascalz. What that means is that out of seven teams who won the PWG DDT4 between 2007 and 2015, The Best Friends are the only ones to have never held the PWG World Tag Team Championship.

Alright, well maybe they had better luck in NJPW. Trent's a four-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Rocky Romero. If Roppongi Vice can succeed, then I'm sure The Best Friends can... come fourth in the B Block in the 2017 World Tag League and finish eighth overall in the 2018 League.

No, that make sense. Best Friends as a team have always been predominantly American based. What about their ROH run in 2017? I know they had a few title matches there.

Loss vs. The Young Bucks in ROH World Tag Team Championship tornado three way match at Best in the World 2017 (also featured War Machine)

Loss vs. Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks in ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship match at Global Wars 2017 Day 3 (teamed with Flip Gordon)

Loss vs. Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks in ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship match on ROH Wrestling Episode #326 (teamed with Rocky Romero)

Loss vs. Motor City Machine Guns in ROH World Tag Team Championship match at Final Battle 2017

Ok, enough messing around. Let's get into the AEW run. Orange Cassidy has done a great job as International Champion. Kris Statlander is enjoying a good reign as TBS Champion. How have Chuck and Trent done?

Win vs. SCU and Private Party at Fyter Fest 2019 to advance to All Out for an opportunity at a first round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament (good start)

Loss vs. Dark Order at All Out 2019 (who needs a first round bye anyway?)

Loss vs. SCU in first round of AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament (ah, that bye would have been handy)

Loss vs. Kenny Omega & Adam Page in a Number One Contender's Fatal Four Way (also featured The Young Bucks and Proud & Powerful) (got four-and-a-half stars from Dave Meltzer)

Loss to The Young Bucks in a Number One Contender's Battle Royal (not gonna list all the other teams)

Win vs. Private Party in a Number One Contender's match at Double Or Nothing 2020 (that's more like it)

Win vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara to remain number one contenders (yes, go on lads!)

Loss vs. Kenny Omega & Adam Page in AEW World Tag Team Championship match on Dynamite: Fyter Fest 2020 Day 1 (ah, damn it)

Loss to FTR in Number One Contender's Gauntlet match (again, not gonna list all the other teams)

Win vs. Proud & Powerful in a Parking Lot Fight (FIVE STARS BAYBEE!)

Loss to reDRagon in a Number One Contender's Battle Royal (AEW love them some battle royals)

Loss to The Young Bucks in a Number One Contender's Casino Tag Team Royale (this was literally the week after the previous battle royal)

Win w/Orange Cassidy vs. The Trustbusters in first round of AEW Trios Championship tournament (ooo, promising)

Loss w/Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Page & Dark Order in semi-final of AEW Trios Championship tournament (never mind, I guess)

Loss w/Orange Cassidy vs. Death Triangle for vacant AEW Trios Championship (can't tell me they shouldn't have won this one given PAC was already All-Atlantic Champion at the time)

Loss w/Orange Cassidy vs. Death Triangle in AEW Trios Championship match (one day lads, one day)

Loss w/Orange Cassidy to AR Fox & Top Flight in $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Battle Royal (we're really taking the piss now with these battle royals)

Loss to Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett in Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal (they were literally the runners up in this one, come on)

Loss w/Orange Cassidy vs. House of Black in AEW Trios Championship match (stop teasing me)

Loss vs. Aussie Open in IWGP Tag Team Championship match (they could have had a Japan run after all)

Loss w/Bandido vs. House of Black in AEW Trios Championship match (Bandido's cool but surely it's gotta be Orange for the eventual trios run)

Loss vs. Aussie Open in ROH World Tag Team Championship Fatal Four Way at ROH Death Before Dishonor 2023 (also featured Lucha Bros and The Kingdom) (another big win coming any day now)

Loss vs. Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli in Parking Lot Brawl (four-and-a-half stars for the Parking Lot sequel)

Win w/Orange Cassidy, Eddie Kingston & Penta vs. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Proud & Powerful in Stadium Stampede at All In 2023 (the biggest of big wins, another four-and-a-half stars)

Loss to Dark Order in ROH Number One Contender's Battle Royal (great way to follow up that momentum after All In)

Loss to The Righteous in ROH Number One Contender's Fatal Four Way (also featured The Hardys and The Kingdom) (again, great follow up)

Obviously there's been more matches in between the ones I highlighted. The Best Friends have had some good moments here and there but overall, it feels like there's been missed opportunities. No follow up after the initial Parking Lot Brawl. No Trios Championship run. Lost in the shuffle again following All In.

The Best Friends deserve bester.

[cozyaliensuperstar7]

From Luis Martinez to Punisher Martinez to Damian Martinez to Punishment Martinez to Damian Priest 👑

realvitorwyatt:

Damian Priest Evolution (2015-2024) #reels #Evolution #VitorWyatt #Wrestling #WWE #NXT #ROH #TheJudgmentDay #JudgmentDay #DamianPriest #LuisMartínez #DamianMartinez

[oplishin]

shield championship timeline:

there's an interesting factoid going around: Wrestlemania 40 marked the first time since january 2020 (when Mox won the IWGP US title) that none of the members of the shield held a championship. so i decided to make a timeline!!

here's the link to a (somewhat) more readable version.

Red is for Seth, Blue is for Roman, Yellow is for Mox. All championships are included, whether they be the WWE title or *checks notes* the Mr Chainsaw Pro Wrestling World title.

some interesting factoids:

May 5 2014 (Dean Ambrose loses his US title) - March 29 2015 (Seth Rollins cashes in) is the longest stretch they have ever gone without holding a title

Jon Moxley and Tyler Black won the CZW and ROH championships on the same day (Feb 13 2010)

They also both held the Full Impact Pro Title within a year of each other.

[perfectharmonyz]

debuting may 17, 2019 eve is a fictional 5 member girl group under VT entertainment. debuting with immediate success with their single album, RUN2U, eve has faced ups and downs in their career yet with their approach to several different concepts and sounds, eve is considered one of the most influential groups of the 4th generation.

꒰ঌ ☆ ໒꒱

background. born kwon dasom on march seventh 2000, dasom grew up in busan, south korea with her parents and her two younger sisters. dasom and her sister grew up as child actors/models, starring in several commercials and ads for different brands.

as the oldest dasom was expected to be the sole breadwinner for her family and was pulled out of school after elementary school in order to focus on booking jobs. the stress of being responsible for her family causes her to grow extremely distant and resentful towards her family (for obvious reasons).

in 2014 when dasom was scouted by VT entertainment she saw this as her “out” of her current life and in 2 months she was in seoul training. dasom has stated several times during interviews and blogs that she thought training was much easier and more enjoyable for her then acting or modeling, to the shock of members and fans. dasom was chosen as the third member of eve in 2016 and was the first member revealed in november of 2018.

debuting on may 17, 2019, dasom is the leader, lead dancer, and vocalist of eve. due to her visual and “older sister” image dasom is one of the most popular members of eve, having several brand endorsements and viral moments as the groups unofficial visual.

stage name. dasom (dah-sohm)

birth name. kwon dasom

birthday. 03/07/00

height. 167 cm (5’6”)

fc. karina (aespa) (+ roh jeong eui sometimes)

background. born kim jiwoo on september second, 2001, jiwoo grew up in seoul, south korea as an only child with her parents. jiwoo was put into dance classes at the age of 2 and immediately grew an interest in music due to the artists she was exposed to as a dancer. citing boa as her first exposure to kpop and her role model jiwoo started expressing a interest in training at a early age.

in 2013 jiwoo joined pledis entertainment and started training with after school and pristin members. in january of 2015 jiwoo made her first public appearance as a trainee for pledis entertainment with fellow trainees in survival show produce 101. jiwoo was moderately successful in produce 101 finishing rank 24 and returning pack to pledis.

in 2016 jiwoo participated as a member of pledis girlz and was a part of writing pledis girlz pre-debut single “we.” in 2017 she was announced as a member of pristin. she debuted with fellow pristin members on march 21, 2017 and continued to promote as a pristin member for the rest of the year. in january of 2018 it was suddenly announced that jiwoo would be departing from pledis entertainment and would subsequently be removed from pristin.

shortly after leaving pristin jiwoo joined VT entertainment in june of 2018 and was added as the final member of eve. in november of 2018 jiwoo was announced as the final member of eve and faced immediate backlash for leaving pristin to join another group. despite the backlash in may 17, 2019 jiwoo debuted as the main rapper as eve. despite her initial backlash jiwoo is still successful as a member of eve and the resident girl crush of the group.

stage name. jiwoo (jee-woo)

birth name. kim jiwoo

birthday. 09/02/01

height. 165 cm (5’5”)

fc. ryujin (itzy)

background. born aromdee ubon on july twenty sixth 2002, beaux grew up in phuket, thailand with her parents and her older brother. beaux was born with a desire to be the center of attention, she was extremely active in talent competitions and beauty pageants from a young age.

in 2013 at 11 years old, beaux and her mother moved to korea after receiving an offer from yg entertainment after their 2013 open audition in thailand. beaux spent 2 years under yg entertainment and left after the disbandment of pink punk and the preparations for the debut of blackpink.

after leaving yg, beaux went to several auditions for different companies before settling on VT entertainment due to their promise of a “guaranteed debut.” beaux had a incredibly impressive run as a trainee, recording background vocals and vocal guides for several different groups she was seen as VT entertainments main vocalist from the beginning. in 2016 she was chosen as the first member of eve and she was later revealed in november of 2018 and was the second member to be revealed.

debuting may 17, 2019, beaux is the main vocalist and main dancer of eve. beaux is also seen as the unofficial co-leader of eve and is known for her serious demeanor around her members.

stage name. beaux (bow)

birth name. aromdee ubon

birthday. 07/26/02

height. 167 cm (5’6”)

fc. natty (kiof)

background. born im suhye on november twenty second, 2003, suhye grew up in ulsan, south korea with her parents and her younger brothers. suhye grew up around music as both of her parents were involved in their churches choir and encouraged her and her siblings to pick up several different instruments such as guitar and piano.

despite her interest in music suhye showed a extreme interest in sports, with volleyball being her favorite. she played libero for her elementary and middle school teams while preparing to play at a higher level after school. during this time VT entertainment reached out to suhye’s parents after they saw her singing with her churches choir in 2017.

her parents heavily encouraged her to attend the audition and see if it’s something she would enjoy. after being accepted into the company she decided to dedicate herself to her idol training, and left ulsan to move to seoul in late 2017. in 2018 suhye was chosen as the fourth member of eve and was later revealed in november of 2018 as the third member of eve.

debuting on may 17, 2019, suhye is the lead vocalist of eve. due to her short training period suhye’s had several lazy dancing scandals and is often referred to as eve’s weakest link. despite this suhye is fairly well liked due to her variety skills and is still fairly successful as a member of eve.

stage name. suhye (soo-hi)

birth name. im suhye

birthday. 11/22/03

height. 164 cm (5’4”)

fc. kim doah (soloist)

background. born kim eunjin on february eighteenth, 2004, suhye grew up in busan, south korea with her parents and her older brothers and sisters. as the youngest of several siblings, eunjin was often left alone and developed a strong interest in music and song writing.

eunjin started singing the songs she wrote in early elementary school, and was encouraged by her friends to try and audition for a idol company. in 2015 eunjin went to a open audition in seoul, performing one of her original songs.

VT entertainment was impressed by eunjin’s dedication to her craft and she was quickly accepted into training. while training eunjin was encouraged to begin rapping and started writing her own raps shortly after. in 2016 eunjin was chosen as the second member of eve and was later revealed in november of 2018 as the fourth member of eve.

debuting on may 17, 2019, eunjin is the lead rapper and youngest member of eve. eunjin is responsible for the lyrics of several different eve b-sides and helped right several of her and jiwoo’s raps. she’s respected by fans and members for her hardworking personality and her overall dedication to writing for eve.

stage name. eunjin (eu-n-jin)

birth name. kim eunjin

birthday. 02/18/04

height. 167 cm (5’6”)

fc. yunah (illit)

[nextstopwonderland]

Jon Moxley/Bryan Danielson Indie matches/promos timeline

Match: MPW (Max-Pro Wrestling) Rise Up, Chillicothe, OH. (December 5, 2007) Link (Highlights only). Danielson wins by tap out

Bryan does a in-ring promo right before Mox’s dark match during ROH on HDNet #22, Philadelphia, PA. (June 20, 2009) photos.

They both appear on EVOLVE 4; Moxley fighting Brodie Lee and Danielson against Bobby Fish. Union City, NJ. (July 23, 2010). Photos

Match: HWA (Heartland Wrestling Association) Road to Destiny, Norwood, OH (August 2010 - date unclear, most likely August 8, 2010 but web links have it as August 20th). Link Danielson wins by submission

Jon Moxley cuts promo challenging Danielson to Dragon Gate USA match (August 10, 2010) Link

Jon Moxley cuts second promo leading up to DGUSA (early/mid September, 2010) Link

Bryan Danielson is crowned the WWE United States Champion after defeating The Miz (September 19, 2010)

Jon Moxley cuts 3rd promo leading up to DGUSA (September 19, 2010) Link

Jon Moxley faces Jimmy Jacobs, whom he’d also been calling out in some of these promos, at DGUSA Untouchable 2010 in Chicago, IL (September 25, 2010) and wins

Bryan Danielson faces YUMATO (part of Kamikaze USA with Moxley) at DGUSA Untouchable 2010 in Chicago, IL (September 25, 2010) and wins

Jon Moxley cuts promo outside the arena during Way of the Ronin Dragon Gate USA show, assuring John Cena he’ll break Bryan’s arm (September 26, 2010). Link

Match: Dragon Gate USA – Way of the Ronin, Milwaukee, WI (September 26, 2010) Link Danielson wins by tap out

Danielson tweets what a great interview Moxley is (October 1, 2010)

Moxley shoots on how great Danielson is (Audio, November 12, 2010)

Fun facts/notes:

-In two promos leading up to DGUSA, Mox focuses on Bryan’s use of the Lebell Lock, how he’s been “throwing it out left and right”, and saying he “called it” when Danielson uses it as his finisher to win the US Championship. It ends up being the finisher Bryan defeats Mox with at their DGUSA match.

-They would not face each other again until 2011, this time as Dean Ambrose and Daniel Bryan in WWE.

-Under these names they’d go on to have 87 matches with one another between the years of 2011-2015. 80 matches were fought against one another —the majority as part of a tag team, trios or more. 7 of the matches were singles. Link

-They also had one WWE match as a tag team in 2018, as part of a Tribute to the Troops special. Link

-“Daniel Bryan” was the very first person “Dean Ambrose” fought in WWE after being signed to his developmental deal in 2011. They had two back to back house shows in December 2011, in Florida and Long Island, NY. Bryan won both. Clip of the first match. Entrances from the second match. Clip from second match.

-As of March 2012, Dean Ambrose had yet to make his first TV appearance in WWE but Daniel Bryan was singing his praises. (quote and audio post on tumblr)

-They would not face each other in a match as “Jon Moxley” and “Bryan Danielson” again until March 6, 2022.

-Jon Moxley was not incorrect in his February 16, 2022 Dynamite promo when he said he’d never beaten “Bryan Danielson,” despite having wins over “Daniel Bryan” while part of The Shield and beating him once as “Dean Ambrose” in a solo match in 2013 by DQ.

-Mox uses many callbacks from these early promos in his aforementioned Dynamite promo (which I’ve done an edit of here)

-In 2018, Bryan detailed the events of their first meeting, which is near verbatim to Mox’s promo. He says they had “instant chemistry”. Link He also mentioned this in a different interview during 2018. Quote (along with video)

-In his first DGUSA promo Mox says he wants “something more” with Bryan. During the match, after making Danielson bleed, the commentator calls back to that promo and suggests the something more Moxley wanted is blood. In the Dynamite promo Mox says “It just made me want it more” and he ends the promo with “I don’t stand beside no one until I bleed with them first.”

-In their August 2010 match Mox kisses Bryan’s arm. In their September 2010 match, he kisses his mouth. Link

-At DGUSA, the ring apparently disappeared and they had to scrabble to get another one. Mox and Bryan both started getting excited about doing the match without one and even pitched the idea together of how they could do the show instead. Link

-It appears people thought Moxley was referring to their August 2010 match in his February 2022 Dynamite promo (thinking it was their first meeting) and not their 2007 one. I’ve updated the Blackpool Combat Club Wikipedia page to reflect this.

[allelitewrestlings]

Adam Page disrespects the code of honor ROH x NJPW: War Of The Worlds 2015

[blizzardsuplex]

All prowres GIFmakers know intimately that 99% of the time wrestling footage labeled "720p" and "1080p" is as much of a lie as Adam Cole being 6 feet tall. How pixelated things can get haunts me.

[pepsi-maxwell]

the fact that nobody brings up ach when they talk about asses of wrestling is a travesty

[stagemoment]

Romeo & Juliet，Matthew Ball，Yasmine Naghdi，ROH，2015 Photographer ：Alice Pennefather

[oceana-official]

( 🐬 ) . . . — ELEANOR SAGE PARKER, better known as SAGE, is a korean-american artist under BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT. she's the first member announced of OCEANA, as a LEADER, LEAD VOCALIST & SUB RAPPER.

in the group's story line, she is the oldest and FIRST PRINCESS in the kingdom of oceana.

( ⚓ ) . . . — BASICS !

BIRTH NAME : eleanor sage parker

KOREAN NAME : han seulgi ( hangul: 한슬기 )

NICKNAMES : gigi, park, ele, green, sagie

BIRTHDAY : 8 june, 2000

BIRTH PLACE : colomar, france

ZODIAC SIGN : gemini

NATIONALITY : french

ETHNICITY : korean

FAMILY : mother and father, one older brother,( 1997 ), one younger brother ( 2004 )

LANGUAGES : korean (native), english (100%), french (85%), japanese (75%)

( 🐚 ) . . . — BODY !

HEIGHT : 167 cm (5’5″)

BLOOD TYPE : O+

BODY MODIFICATION : earlobe piercings on both ears, three tattoos on her arms.

FACE CLAIM : roh yoonseo ( actress )

( 🦭 ) . . . — PERSONALITY !

STRENGTHS : kind, empathetic, compassionate, intelligent

FLAWS : perfectionist, stubborn, impatient, overthinking, self doubt

( 🪸 ) . . . — MEMBER'S INFO. !

STAGE NAME : SAGE

AGENCIES : bighit Entertainment ( 2015 - now )

TRAINING PERIOD : 2 years and 6 months

GROUP : ØCEANA ( 2017 - now )

POSITION(S) : leader, lead dancer, sub rapper, sub vocalist

INDIVIDUAL FANDOM : garden(s)

REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI : 🐬

( 🦀 ) . . . — MISC. TRIVIA !

since sage is the oldest of the five, she naturally tends to act as a motherly figure to the other girls. She often checks on the members to see how they're doing and takes care of them when things are well.

she is known to have a strong intuition and often times, her gut feeling and her intuition turns out to be true.

sage is also a great actor. she made her acting debut in the Korean drama our blues as a character and captured the hearts of many. she has also since then acted in a Korean movie named 20th century girl as the second female lead and in the kdrama crash course in romance as the main female lead's daughter.

she is the type of person who would drop anything and everything for the people she loves. she is said to be one of the many social butterflies in the kpop industry as her friends list is too long.

originally born in the picturesque town of colomar, the parker-han family has moved a several of times and sage has lived in a lot of places that she hopes to visit one day. currently her family lives in the Scottish highlands living a peaceful life with sage in Seoul.

true to her name, eleanor is a true nature lover. she tries to be in nature as much as possible and it's quite easy to spot her on a walk outside on the days where she doesn't have any schedule.

eleanor is also known for her creative ability and her beautiful paintings. after much pressure from fans, she has a seperate instagram page just for her art. rumours say that she and hyunjin of straykids talk for hours long about art.

when oceana did live in the dorms, she used to have a seperate room whereas the other members shared it with eachother. this was the outcome of a intense game of rock paper scissors. the groups go-to decision maker is the said game. now all the five girls live in their own in their apartments but are within 30min distance within eachother.

© layout heavily inspired by @hvurglass 's, @saesvns and @n-vrld 's aesthetic, all the rights goes to mona and matty !! ♡♡