#wrestlemania 28

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Have some sketches of one of my favourite moments in Wrestlemania. I don't draw big guys very often so I'm planning on sketching a couple more moments as a sort of study.

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CM Punk receives scritches from Chris Jericho after defeating Jericho at WrestleMania 28.

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Wrestlemania Main Event Reviews - Wrestlemania XXVIII

The Rock def. John Cena in 30:35

Once in a lifetime! Machine Gun Kelly, Skylar Grey and P. Diddy sing before Cena comes out and MGK explains what an underdog is for us. Rock comes out following a Flo Rida and Sia performance because of course, and all the backing dancers hold their poses completely as Rock enters which looks very uncomfortable. Cena gets a mixed response but Rock is a hometown boy so they love him even more! They look around Hogan/Rock style and it’s excitable but not quite as palpable.

They lock up and Cena wins the power game to start. Duelling Cena chants and they lock up again, but Rock uses his power this time. Rock sinches in the head lock, goes to work the arm but Cena counters, Rock with a great technical manoeuvre, arm drags and roll up for 2! Great stuff and Cena is shook! Rock is running but Cena hits and arm drag and locks in a grounded headlock. Back and forth and Rock attempts a Sharpshooter but Cena frantically escapes. He reenters the ring but Rock is ready. Cena hits some shoulder barges in the corner and then a clothesline. Rock brings the fight but gets sent over the top rope when Cena ducks with the rope. Cena drops Rock on the barricade and the announce table before taking a breather on the inside. He comes back and hits a kick to the ribs before taking Rock inside for a 2-count. Cena continues to target the ribs and hits a belly-to-belly. Cena is definitely playing a little more heelish here. Cena locks in a bearhug as Rock comes off the ropes which is the best one I’ve seen in all these matches! I mean it’s a bearhug, but it looks like it would hurt isn’t too awkward! Rock fights back and hits a big DDT. Cena lays in some strikes but Rock returns them and runs wild. Spinebuster and attempts the People’s Elbow, but Cena attempts the STF and then he runs wild, hits the Five-Knuckle Shuffle, and looks over confident. I like this parallel and story work!

Attempts the AA but Rock escapes, bad-looking double clothesline and they’re both down. Back and forth between Cena and Rock, Cena counters a taunting punch from Rock into an Attitude Adjustment for a 2-count! Great! Cena lifts Rock up but gets hit with a Rock Bottom out of nowhere! But Cena kicks out! Rock fights Cena in the corner who counters a clothesline into a side slam. Cena goes up top and hits a leg drop to the back of the head for a 2-count! Rock avoids an AA and locks in the Sharpshooter! Cena reaches the rope but Rock locks it in again, Cena gets the ropes again. Rock stalks Cena on the outside and throws him into the steel steps. He slams him off the steps and heads back in, but Cena fights back on the apron, sunset flip, and locks in the STF! Cena pulls him back from the ropes and there’s an arm drop spot but Rock stays conscious and stays in it! He claws to the rope and Cena breaks the hold. Rock hits a Samoan Drop on Cena and they’re both down. Rock and Cena go back and forth, Rock Bottom countered, Attitude Adjustment countered, spinebuster and Rock hits the People’s Elbow for a 2-count! Cena rolls up Rock but he kicks out as the crowd cheers Rock on. Cena catapults Rock into the corner and rolls him up for 2. He carries Rock up and puts him up top, attempts to hit a superplex but Rock shoves him off. He hits a crossbody, Cena rolls through, AA, but Rock kicks out! Cena decides to attempt the People’s Elbow, Rock springs up with the Rock Bottom, and he wins! Great finish! Cena was kind of laughing along as he attempted it, the tonal shift to the finish was great and had good story implications. Rock celebrates as Cena sits dejected on the ramp. 

Pros: Story, parallels, out of nowhere spots, big fight feel, high star power Cons: Slow at points, length

This was a big time match! The story and parallels in the action was really good here, as Cena was overconfident coming in and didn’t take the Rock seriously, with the finish being really great because when Cena took his eye off the ball and when he tried to be the Rock and not John Cena, he fumbled. This match has a lot of star power and there were many great spots! It was a bit long and slow for my liking as it wasn’t as grand as they thought it was, but it was a big deal and had a lot of good in it!

3.5 STARS OUT OF 5

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"I miss you," Conan Gray | Monday Night Raw, June 2nd, 2014 | Wrestlemania 33, 2017 | Monday Night Raw, July 17, 2017 | Summerslam, 2014 | Wrestlemania 31, 2015 | Summerslam, 2017 | Smackdown, September 10, 2021 | Smackdown, January 28, 2022 | Royal Rumble, 2022.

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Royal Rumble || January 28 - 2023

↳ WrestleMania is about to become #RheaMania!

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Just Friends...?: Imani Cove

Playlist for fic

Name: Imani Cove

Nicknames: Emmi, Mani, Emms

DOB: July 28, 1990

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Born: Houston, TX

Billed from: Houston, TX

Resides: Orlando, FL

Age: 32 (as of 2023)

Ethnicity: Afro-Caribbean (mother is Trinidadian; father's family is from New Orleans)

Height: 5 foot 5

Occupation: Professional Wrestler * actress *

Family:

Grandmother: Evangeline Whitley

Grandfather: Charles Whitley Sr.

Sister: Ariella

Accomplishments:

WWE:

WWE Women's World Champion (1 time, current; won at WrestleMania XL against Rhea Ripley)

NXT Women’s Championship (2 times)

WWE RAW Women’s Championship (5 times)

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship (4 times)

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship (4 times, inaugural) with Bayley (2), Naomi (1), and Rhea Ripley (1)

Women’s Royal Rumble Winner (2024)

Third WWE Women’s Triple Crown Champion

Third WWE Women’s Grand Slam Champion

NXT Year-End Award (1 time)

Match of the Year (2015) vs. Bayley at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn

ESPY Awards:

Best WWE Moment (2021) - Imani Cove and Bianca Belair make history as the first Black Women to main-event WrestleMania

Bumpy Award (4 times)

Tag Team of the Half-Year (2020) – with Bayley

Best Match of the Half-Year

Best Match of the Half-Year (2021) – vs. Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 37

Best Match of the Half-Year (2023) - vs. Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania 39

Best Match of the Half-Year (2024) - vs Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania XL

Little Facts about Imani:

Imani Cove is one of the 4 Horsewomen of the WWE alongside Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, and Bayley.

Imani is a graduate of the Wild Samoans Training Center.

Right now Imani has over 13 tattoos and counting, 13 to symbolize her lucky number. And yes, a good amount of her tattoos were done on Friday the 13th.

Both Imani and her sister Ariella were predominately raised by their paternal grandparents.

Imani, though a social butterfly, tends to keep her private extremely secretive.

Imani has an extensive background in dance and gymnastics.

Imani has a bachelor's degree in Exercise Physiology and is registered as a licensed massage therapist. If she hadn't gone into wrestling, she wanted to become physical therapist for children.

During her early days in FCW and NXT Developmental, Imani played the part of Roman Reigns' manager. When he got called up to the main roster, Imani originally was meant to be called up but at the last minute was told she would be staying behind.

Imani's grandmother Evangeline was terrified learning her baby wanted to be a wrestler, but she agreed to let her train on one condition: that she went to college and get a degree just in case.

In early 2018, Imani suffered a torn ACL while competing against Charlotte Flair during a house show. Her injury forced her to relinquish her Smackdown Women's Championship at the time and miss both WrestleMania 34 & 35. She would make her in-ring return in 2020 at the Royal Rumble in her hometown Houston, TX and be in the final four of the Royal Rumble Match.

A few of Imani's major wrestling influences are Rey Mysterio, Chyna, Lita, The Wild Samoans, Batista, Trish Stratus, Eddie Guerrero, and Shawn Michaels.

Imani reps her hometown teams the Houston Texans and the Houston Astros.

She is very close friends with Rhea Ripley, Zelina Vega, Naomi, Charlotte Flair, Bianca Belair, Bayley, Tamina, and Natalya.

Imani is fluent in three languages: Spanish, French, and German. She knows a little Japanese and is currently learning Italian.

She has an insane sweet tooth. She loves brownies, cakes, and ice cream, especially cookies-and-cream ice cream.

Imani's signature fragrance is a perfume she created at a local shop in New Orleans. It's a blend of vanilla, black orchid, and amber that she pairs with Eos Cashmere Vanilla lotion.

Imani grew up in an affluent musical family. Her grandmother was a jazz singer in New Orleans for 30 years and her grandfather played trumpet for her band (that's how they met).

Imani has three pets: an orange cat named Mushu, a black cat named Binx, and a Staffy named Moose.

The first thing she did with her first big paycheck was pay off her grandparents house in Houston and moved them to Tampa to be close to her.

Her favorite two matches of her career are the NXT Iron Woman Match against Bayley & main eventing WrestleMania 37 with Bianca Belair.

Her sister Ariella is 7 years younger than her. Ari is a woman in STEM and is currently studying in South Korea in a program for her masters in biomedical engineering.

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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

[NOW ON WORDPRESS]

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Chapter 28 of Fight Forever, “Last Man Standing,” is a look at Kevin and Sami’s [first] WrestleMania singles match in 2021, their replication of the spot from Battleground, and the weight of character development in that echo.

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Forced To Believe Masterlist

A Dean Ambrose x OC story! The Shield 4th member.

Summary: Taking place during the start of The Shield's debut in 2012, follow Morgan Lopez's career as she becomes a member of The Shield, revamps herself as The Outspoken Diva and makes a name for herself in WWE.

OC Profile of Morgan Lopez

Chapter 1- So, You Wanna Wrestle?

Chapter 2- My WWE Debut

Chapter 3- Fighting Back

Chapter 4- My First Wrestlemania

Chapter 5- Becoming Heel

Chapter 6- Total Divas Season 1 Episode 1

Chapter 7- The Shield's Girl

Chapter 8- Total Divas Season 1 Episode 2

Chapter 9- The Shield Isn't Unstoppable

Chapter 10- Total Divas Season 1 Episode 4

Chapter 11- Justice Continues Being Served

Chapter 12- The Underdog from Philly

Chapter 13- Catching Up Before MITB

Chapter 14- Money In The Bank 2013

Chapter 15- Total Slap!

Chapter 16- Frustration

Chapter 17- Total Divas Season 1 Episode 5

Chapter 18- I Know What I Have To Do

Chapter 19- Do You Know Who I Am!?

Chapter 20- Total Divas Season 1 Episode 6

Chapter 21- Army of One

Chapter 22- Wiping That Smirk Off Your Face

Chapter 23- You Look Like You've Seen A Ghost

Chapter 24- Total Divas Season 1 Episode 7

Chapter 25- Mommy Knows Best

Chapter 26- Revenge Is Sweet

Chapter 27- Total Divas Season 1 Episode 8

Chapter 28- Is That You Being Serious?

Chapter 29- In Due Time

Chapter 30- Trying To Gain Momentum

Chapter 31- The Slammy Awards

Chapter 32- That Was A Miracle

Chapter 33- The Answer Is No

Chapter 34- Tribute To The Troops

Chapter 35- Morgan's Answer

Chapter 36- Move Thief

Chapter 37- Meeting Hot Rod

Chapter 38- Respect

Chapter 39- I Hate Snakes

Chapter 40- If Only You Knew

Chapter 41- Making A Statement

Chapter 42- Yikes

Chapter 43- Sister Abigail

Chapter 44- I Lost Her

Chapter 45- She Belongs To Us Now

Chapter 46- I See What You Want

Chapter 47- Armageddon

Chapter 48- Armageddon Part 2

Chapter 49- That Supernatural Stuff Don't Work

Chapter 50- What Are You Doing!?

Chapter 51- Things Got Personal

Chapter 52- He Kept His Word

Chapter 53- Harley Mode Was Captivating

Chapter 54- Rosa's Mind Games

Chapter 55- Togetherness

Chapter 56- Public Displays of Affection

Chapter 57- The Shield Against The Authority

Chapter 58- Bad News Dinner

Chapter 59- Getting The Upper Hand

Chapter 60- Annihilated

Chapter 61- Catching Up With Old Friends

Chapter 62- Wrestling's Fun

Chapter 63- Get Back Here!

Chapter 64- War

Chapter 65- Trust Is Dead To Us Now

Chapter 66- Confronting The Sellout

Chapter 67- Going Our Separate Ways

Chapter 68- They Can't Control Me

Chapter 69- Clock Is Ticking Morgan

Chapter 70- Outsmarting The Architect

Chapter 71- Closing The Chapter

Chapter 72- I Win (All Hell Breaks Loose)

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Shawn Michaels promises to defeat Razor Ramon at WrestleMania X and become the undisputed WWF Intercontinental Champion. Monday Night Raw February 28, 1994

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Part 1!!

I was thinking about when poor Glenn broke his hand (non graphic) during a match 💔.I believe it was during the Sunday night Heat episode from March 28, 2000 which apparently was shown only internationally, but I swear I have seen when this particular moment happened. :(

He wrote about this moment in his book, but it was when he was coming down from a clothesline and his hand caught on the mat when he tried to roll.

Anyways, what made me really sad ( and feel sympathy for my fav guy) was that he kept preforming ,albeit very little, when his hand was still healing and he made appearances with his hand in his little cast/wrap. The first televised example of this happened during Wrestlemania 2000 I believe.

Paul is looking sharp in that matching suit !

A scene just so bizarre out of context .

Rikishi celebrating with Too Cool and a chicken mascot , while Kane (Rikishi’s tag team partner) and Paul Bearer stands in the corner.

This gave us Pete Rose Baseball Bat Kane however.

isn’t he a cutie omg ❤️❤️ bless his little heart.

This PPV was absolutely crazy and just had so much stuff going on.

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Kane's warning for facing The Undertaker at WrestleMania: Raw, March 28,...

@bigredsweetiepie I wasn't sure if you had seen this clip from the 2005 storyline of Randy Orton deciding that he wanted to try to break the Undertaker's Wrestlemania winning streak yet but I shared it anyway. I don't know why Kane warned Randy about how difficult that would be but it's still nice that he did that.

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The JerichoPunk timeline (uninformed, unreferenced, according to my memory):

Jericho and Punk have a feud in WWE which like many good feuds is about Punk's alcoholic dad and the *issues*. Jericho repeatedly douses him in alcohol on RAW and on house shows. Punk's sister slaps Jericho. They wanted to have Jericho tattoo his name on Punk in the ring but Vince vetoed it because of the blood and because he's stupid and didn't fucking get it.

Punk defeats Jericho at Wrestlemania 28, by the end of which Jericho gives him "thanks for the good match" scritches. Jericho denies this despite it happening in full view of the camera. We all saw it, Chris.

Punk has a miserable time at WWE working through injuries and a misdiagnosed staph infection which could have killed him.

Punk walks out of RAW and disappears.

WWE fires Punk on his wedding day.

Punk spills the tea about leaving WWE on Colt Cabana's podcast. He also says Chris Jericho is lying to the dirt sheets about him no longer having friends in wrestling and that he simply ignored people who wanted him to be on their podcast for their own agenda and cloud and didn't actually care about him.

Jericho says that wasn't him asking Punk about appearing on his podact and that he has no agenda.

Punk and Colt are sued by one doctor who treated, or rather did not treat, Punk at WWE. Punk and Colt win the case but have a falling out over lawyer fees.

In 2020 Jericho donates $38,360 to Trump's campaign.

In 2021 Jericho's wife is photographed at the Capitol storming.

Punk returns to AEW.

Punk and Jericho are briefly on commentary together. Jericho appears to want to strike up conversations with Punk, who is clearly focused on playing his role as someone actually interested in the Darby/Garcia match he is watching. Jericho mentions being slapped by Punk's sister to both of their amusement.

In an interview Punk mentions that it's so interesting that now that he's in AEW he's working alongside people who could have spoken up for him back when he was being sued by WWE but chose not to.

Rumours about Punk getting Colt Cabana off TV are leaked through Meltzer.

During the All Out 2022 media scrum, an injured Punk burns the barn, right in front of everyone, while the farm owner sits next to him, sheepishly agreeing that it's Punk's right to burn the barn. Then Punk returns to his locker room, where he gets into a physical altercation with the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega over burning the barn. A while later Chris Jericho is sitting next to the farm owner at the media scrum with a strange smile on his lips.

Punk disappears.

Jericho tells Meltzer that on the night of the brawl he called Punk a locker room cancer and, like, was totally there during the brawl out, and basically this story is about him. He also tells Meltzer that he, being the locker room leader, told the boys that survived the barn fire that he'll keep them save from Punk, because he'll make sure Punk never returns.

Chris Jericho wrestles a mystery former Ring of Honor Champion: Surprise, it's Colt Cabana, back on Dynamite!

An internal investigation into the events of the brawl out is made, the results of which have not been shared yet, but the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega are back, Punk is out due to injury, and his attack dog Ace Steel, who was also involved in the brawl, is fired from AEW.

Jericho retweets a clip from his match with Punk at Wrestlemania 28 saying he "always loved working with @CMPunk... [sic]".

Punk posts an ig story, refuting a Meltzer forum post that claims he was being flaky about jobbing for Moxley and ends it by calling Jericho "a liar and a stooge."

Jericho says that it doesn't matter if you don't like someone in the locker room, as long as you can work together.

Scenarios for Punk's return are being discussed and a meeting between Punk and Jericho has supposedly been planned. Rumours have it TK bought them a get along shirt.