October 2, 2024

It's Wednesday and you know what that means...

Today, All Elite Wrestling Dynamite has entered its 5th year as a television show. I watched it for the first 12 months, but I stepped away because the IWC at Twitter cyberbullied me, mocked me and attacked my personal life which lead to my departure from the platform and its toxic fanbase.

In the 5 years AEW became a wrestling product for everyone to enjoy, there were a bunch of mistakes and problems high as a skyscraper. In the 99 problems in AEW video I watched, the two, or maybe 3 problems this brand still have are Tony Khan's "announcements" to hype and geek the fans up. The other problem AEW is having is the toxic fanbase. In the 5 years this product been in existance, AEW has the most toxic fanbase ever. More toxic than WWE, more toxic than TNA and more toxic than Ring of Honor.

The loyal diehards of the IWC will do everything in their power to make it their mission to bully those who try to criticize or disagree with the direction the product is heading, a wrestler's title reign being favored, and they also bully those if they don't understand the product or never seen a wrestling show on TV or in person. After leaving Twitter 4 years ago as of this writing, I had to experience and endure these kind of events being tolerated by those who are responsible for creating a toxic environment in the wrestling community since 2006.

But as of this writing, it's really been 4 years since I left a platform that tolerates cyberbullying and toxicity. It really makes me cry thinking about these things, because Twitter has really dropped the ball on their cyberbullying and safety protocols to prevent people from being harassed and cyberbullied by the aggressors. Sad to say, it continues to drop the ball under a pestulant manchild Elon Musk who just sits on his ass puffing dollar signs from a smoked cigar allowing these events to happen to please himself.

I made a few friends in the wrestling community, but I turned away from them on Twitter and other platforms. Before I left Instagram a year ago, I had to remove and block a toxic wrestling fan who runs the Big Fight Feel channel on YouTube for calling out people who try to criticize MJF's title run. After watching that video, that was it for me. I not only removed and block his Instagram profile, but I blocked his YouTube channel after I was his subscriber for 2 years.

With the airing of AEW Dynamite's 5th year on television as a wrestling show, I've been thinking about whether if I should quit being an AEW follower for real, block the two channels that carried AEW or both. In the end, I had the strength and courage to do both of those things and me doing these wrestling results has been very short but sweet after a couple of weeks, because tomorrow will be the very last time I'm doing the AEW results on the anniversary of my departure from Twitter. Being a part of the IWC can really cost me my mental health, my wellbeing and it also has cost me my peace of mind and I'm afraid to talk to my friends and even my mother about it.

September 30, 2024

Hey y'all, what's going on?

As you can tell by the calendar on my desktop, it says that the month of September is drawing to a close. I'm just happy that the fall season arrived last week where the temps got cooler and the leaves changes color as part of its fall foliage.

I'm getting myself a new phone this week, because the one I currently got just gave up upgrading and updating. We were suppose to take it to Xfinity to get the data and stuff upgraded, but that didn't happen. 

Today's September 30th and it has been 4 years since I've been heavily cyberbullied by the toxic internet wrestling community aka the IWC, because I called out and criticized a vignette that featured ex-AEW wrestler Miro and disgraced recordholder Billy Mitchell. Billy Mitchell, if you remember back in 2018, cheated his way into the record books by using software to get record scores in Donkey Kong. To prove that I've been cyberbullied, here's a screenshot I took on the night I criticized that vignette with Billy Mitchell in it.

This is where this user on Twitter retweeted my post after I stood up to him saying that he's hereby blocked and reported calling me a "clown." Because of his behavior, he would get on anyone and call out anyone who try to criticize anything they see on a wrestling show. That, right there, is grade A tribalism and gatekeeping. I reported the staff on him for this incident, but reporting the user didn't cure the remedy and did not punish the user.

But this is where it gets better from there. I tried to get everyone to hear my side of what happened, but I received little to no feedback or comforting words of support from no one. An AEW fangirl stood by and defended the incident and called me out for standing up to the user after I've been called out and calling me out of my name.  After the cyberbullying I had to endure on Twitter, I was on the verge of breaking down and cried very hard. Then , I had a chance to talk to those who would want to listen after what the aggressor(s) had done to me. I was gonna take a month off at first, but the platform has left me with no other alternative but for me to leave Twitter after 10 months on Saturday, October 3rd, 2020.

However, I gave Twitter a 2nd chance in January of 2021, but the cyberbullying carried on in the hands of a different user with this tweet below.

With that tweet I've just read, that was the straw that really broke the camel's back. And finally in July, I left that toxic platform for good. It not only took a toll of my life, but it has taken a toll of my mental health, my wellbeing and it has taken a toll of my personal life the IWC fanbase attacked. If a genie grants me up to 3 wishes in this society, the 1st one on the top of the list would be for everyone to just watch a decent wrestling show on TV or in person without getting themselves involved in the IWC fanbase where there's a lot of tribalism, gatekeeping and immaturity being tolerated.

I watched AEW full-time right up until the cyberbullying took place on Twitter, but I made a decision for me to quit watching AEW or any other wrestling show on TV. Making that decision has been very tough on me then and it's been tough on me now after watching a video by a wrestling fan calling people out for trying to criticize MJF's title reign last year. After I saw that video, I went on Instagram where I removed and blocked that wrestling fan for gatekeeing. In addition, I quit following AEW, because that company has a lot of toxic fanbase who celebrates ignorance.

With that lesson learned the hard way, I'm no longer a wrestling fan full-time after some 27 years. Since then, I'm struggling with my mental health, trying to regain friendships with others and it's something that takes time and it's being done one step at a time.

Always be yourself, always be you 💚

AEW Collision results - September 28, 2024

AEW Collision results - September 28, 2024

Jamie Hayter def. Saraya in a Saraya's Rules match

The Conglomeration def. The Learning Tree in a Tornado Trios match

Brody King def. Action Andretti

Jack Perry def. Minoru Suzuki to retain the TNT Championship

Pac & Blackpool Combat Club def. Komander & Private Party to retain the AEW Trios Championship

Hologram def. The Beast Mortos and Dralistico in a Lucha Libre 3-way match

Adam "Hangman" Page def. Jeff Jarrett in a Lumberjack Strap match

Kazuchika Okada def. Sammy Guevara in an Eliminator match

South Africa Frees Mandela - February 1990

South African Pres. F.W. de Klerk, February 2, that black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela, who had been in prison for treason for 27 years, would soon be freed. In a surprising speech, de Klerk also said his government was lifting its ban on the African National Congress, the principal black organization opposing white minority rule. He also announced legislation of the South African Communist Party and the Pan-African Congress, and the lifting the restrictions on 33 groups and 374 individuals. He said news censorship would end, executions would be suspended, nonviolent political prisoners would be freed, and power-sharing talks with black leaders were on the horizon. Mandela, 71, was released from prison, February 11. His release was hailed around the world. In his first speech, in Cape Town, February 11, he urged that the pressure to be kept on the white government until the apartheid system of racial segregation was destroyed. More than 100,000 people welcomed him home to Soweto, February 13. Up to 20,000 conservative whites protested in Pretoria, February 15, against the legalization of ANC and the freeing of Mandela. In his first trip outside of South Africa since being released, Mandela went to Zambia, February 27, to meet with ANC leaders. He was greeted by official delegations from many countries. Meeting with Pres. George bush in Washington, D.C., February 28, Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi called on the president to lift economic sanctions against South Africa.

Chicago TV Flashback - November 20-21, 1987

WFLD channel 32 TV schedule for Friday, November 20, 1987

Morning

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6a - Defenders of the Earth

6:30a - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

7a - ThunderCats

7:30a - Dennis the Menace

8a - Woody Woodpecker Show

8:30a - My Little Pony 'n' Friends

9a - Happy Days

9:30a - Too Close for Comfort

10a - Donahue (1 hour)

11a - I Love Lucy

11:30a - Mork & Mindy

Afternoon

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Noon - Get Smart

12:30p - Brady Bunch

1p - Munsters

1:30p - Gilligan's Island

2p - Batman

2:30p - Tom and Jerry

3p - The Flintstones

3:30p - Real Ghostbusters

4p - DuckTales

4:30p - Diff'rent Strokes

5p - Gimme a Break!

5:30p - Three's Company

Evening

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6p - Family Ties

6:30p - M*A*S*H

7p - Fox 32 News at 7

7:30p - A Current Affair

8p - Movie 32: Hang 'Em High (2 hours)

10p - Late Show with Arsenio Hall (1 hour)

11p - Fox 32 News at 7 (Rebroadcast)

11:30p - Entertainment Tonight

Midnight - WWF Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour)

Early Saturday, November 21, 1987

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1a - Benny Hill Show

1:30a - Keys to Success

2a - Latenight 32 Movie: Frankenstein (1 hr, 40 min)

3:40a - Latenight 32 Movie: Gamera v. Monster X (1 hr, 25 min)

Chicago TV Flashback - September 16-17, 1984

WMAQ channel 5 TV schedule for Sunday, September 16, 1984

Morning

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6:30a - Kid-A-Littles

7a - Kidding Around

7:30a - Everyman

8a - Friends

8:30a - Gamut

9a - Inside Out

9:30a - Essence

10a - Warner Saunders Show

10:30a - Emphasis '84: Getting Older, Getting Better

11a - Meet the Press

11:30a - Eternal Light (1 hour)

Afternoon

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12:30p - NBC Sports Bowling: Tournament Finals (1 hour)

1:30p - Auto Racing: Mello Yello 300 from Charlotte, North Carolina (1 hour)

2:30p - NFL '84

3p - NBC Sports Football: Houston Oilers v. San Diego Chargers at Jack Murphy Stadium (3 hours)

Evening

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6p - Silver Spoons (3rd season premiere)

6:30p - Punky Brewster (3-part series premiere)

7p - Knight Rider (1 hour)

8p - Miami Vice (2-hour series premiere)

10p - Channel 5 News at 10 (1 hour)

11p - George Michael's Sports Machine

11:30p - Family Feud

Midnight - Mary Tyler Moore Show

12:30a - Bob Newhart Show

Early Monday, September 17, 1984

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1a - Eight Is Enough (1 hour)

2a - Gamut

2:30a - Friends

3a - Emphasis '84: Getting Older, Getting Better

Full boxscore: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198409160sdg.htm

AEW Dynamite results - September 25, 2024

AEW Dynamite results - September 25, 2024

Bryan Danielson def. Nigel McGuinness

HOOK def. Roderick Strong to retain the FTW Championship

Young Bucks def. Will Ospreay & Kyle Fletcher to retain the AEW Tag Team Championship

Mariah May def. Yuka Sakazaki to retain the AEW Women's Championship

Darby Allin def. Jon Moxley to become the #1 contender for the AEW World Championship

Note(s)

With HOOK being the FTW champion, the FTW Championship officially rides off into the sunset after its return 4 years ago.

The Time I... Beat Gauntlet Legends at Aladdin's Castle

It was an average but ordinary late summer day in 1999, I got myself all dressed up in my WWF Headbangers shirt and my usual arcade outfit so I can say goodbye to my mom and I take the bus to and from the Chicago Ridge Mall. I make my usual entrance at Aladdin's Castle as I always do since going there by myself on November 3, 1997. I deposited a couple of $20 bills to get my tokens to play games starting with Galaga which I been doing since 1997. But a voice in my mind telling me to play Gauntlet Legends, because it's the sequel of the popular Gauntlet video game series.

This game has 4 players just like the other Gauntlet arcade games except the console versions since it was manufactured by Tengen and released in July 1988. Gauntlet Legends, is a game where up to 4 players guide and fight their way to finding 12 rune stones hidden somewhere in the fictional world. In this session, I've chosen Warrior, the red player to start the game. In the first loop of the game, I was having a tough time finding the rune stones in just about every round, I couldn't figure out the shortcuts and hidden areas or anything. All I did was to go through the 1st loop hoping I could find all 12 stones halfway through my arcade session about a few hours in.

After completing the 1st loop, the game tells me that I found not that many rune stones in order to beat the game after the final boss. Then comes the 2nd loop and it was definetly crunch time for me, because the onlookers who were there at the arcade were either passing by and playing other arcade games, watching my trying to get all 12 stones in the 2nd loop, or both. Well, it's both. A few number of them watched me play, but maybe one or two of them joined in at one point, but their runs during the 2nd loop I was in didn't last. That night, I finally found the 10th, 11th and 12th rune stones in order to face the final boss and beat him.

I made it to the real final boss after all 12 rune stones are found. And after a total of a record-shattering nine hours, I beat the game just in time because Aladdin's Castle just concluded its business day and the mall itself also concluded its business day as well. This happens to go down as one of the longest-running sessions I ever had playing just one single game and beaten it before closing time.

Match lineup for AEW Collision - September 28, 2024

Match lineup for AEW Collision - September 28, 2024

The Learning Tree v. The Conglomeration in a Tornado match

Jeff Jarrett v. Adam "Hangman" Page in a Lumberjack Strap match

Saraya v. Jamie Hayter in a Saraya's Rules match

Kazuchika Okada v. Sammy Guevara in a Title Eliminator match

Hologram v. Dralistico v. The Beast Mortos in a Lucha Libre 3-Way match

Jack Perry v. TBA in a Open Challenge match for the TNT Championship

AEW Collision results - September 21, 2024

AEW Collision results - September 21, 2024

Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara def. Undisputed Era in a Bunkhouse Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Championship

The Conglomeration & Hologram def. Premier Athletes in a 3-Man Tag Team match

Mariah May def. Lady Frost in a Non-title match

Darby Allin def. Evil Uno

Serena Deeb def. Queen Animata

Roderick Strong, The Beast Mortos, RUSH & Grizzled Young Veterans def. HOOK, FTR and The Outrunners in a 10-man Tag Team match