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DDT Pro, 2011, Falls Count Anywhere: Sanshiro Takagi uses some cigarette-based offense against El Generico (commentary earnestly explains that "cigarette smoke is very bad for your lungs!")

#sami zayn #el generico #DDT Pro #sanshiro Takagi

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Kevin Owens versus the Bloodline, how it started (2020)/How it's going (2024).

Kevin got involved with the Bloodline WAY before Sami did, he was a thorn in Roman's side for months in 2020-2021, and it all started with a careless quip in catering...

#wwe #kevin owens #jey uso #tama tonga #cw: blood

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I wax a little sardonic about Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis’s feud with Sami in Chapter 25, “Hell (in a Cell)”. All three did the best they could—and admittedly, the couple had a banger of an entrance song, listen to this and curse Def Rebel one more time:

But let’s just say it was not the most compelling of feuds.

In the long run, this time did end up feeding into his character’s development, since his losses are what eventually goaded him into turning heel. I have no idea if that was deliberate or not—the trials of writing about wrestling stories is that sometimes it’s hard to tell what (if anything) was deliberate. Not on Kevin and Sami’s part! Anything they do I assume was mindful and meaningful, as much as possible.

#wwe #sami zayn #kevin owens #zowens #Youtube

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Kevin has some suggestions for the Bloodline's new digs.

#wwe #kevin owens #paul heyman #solo sikoa #jimmy uso

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Kevin takes a moment to clear the table of some unnecessary merch before heading out to the ring.

#wwe #kevin owens

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The Intercontinental champion comes home to Montreal!

#wwe #sami zayn

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This match was a blast--this double german suplex by Kevin Owens was one of many fun moments!

#wwe #kevin owens #aj styles #rey mysterio

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El Generico spent so little time as a heel (about two months out of a ten-year career) that it's a shock to come across a match where he's heeling it up, like this 2006 IWS match against Max Boyer where he adds a dastardly eye rake.

#wwe #sami zayn #el generico #max boyer

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El Generico with some arm-drag-based offense in 2007 against Kevin Steen.

#kevin owens #sami zayn #zowens #kevin steen #el generico #steenerico

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Heyman always knows how to add to a moment, and the way he goes from stunned paralysis to a burst of screaming horror as he realizes the Bloodline is imploding is just... *chef's kiss*

#wwe #paul heyman #solo sikoa #tama tonga #jimmy uso

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Any town that loves tigers is a favorite of the Zoo Enthusiast!

#wwe #kevin owens

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The way Bayley lights up at Naomi's arrival... 😍

#wwe #bayley #naomi #tiffany stratton

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One of the things I'm enjoying while writing Fight Forever is taking the time to think about where Sami and Kevin cross paths when they're NOT feuding, and what that means. Like at the beginning and end of Kevin's Universal title reign, from Chapter 24, "This is Ours."

(I've got slightly longer thoughts up on my Substack!)

#kevin owens #sami zayn #zowens

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The gradual way Drew took his title hits different when you realize that for every second of hesitation, he extended his title reign by a measurable percentage. 😭

#wwe #drew mcintyre

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"Your turn now": My sister started paying attention to wrestling last year, and at one point asked me if it was hard on Kevin, being so totally in Sami's shadow. As a person who loved Sami in 2016-17, this pulled a burst of laughter from me. But she's got a point... Kevin hasn't a singles title in almost 7 years now, the same span of time Sami became Intercontinental champion 4 times. Where is KO going to go from here? Will this latest loss be easier for seeing Sami triumph... or harder?

#wwe #kevin owens #sami zayn #zowens

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Yeah, for a second there my heart was in my mouth. 😱

#wwe #r-truth

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Sami Zayn and Jimmy Uso’s secret handshake: a compilation.