Deep Cut Dave

Just a random place of random stuff, sometimes deep and sometimes not

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Talking 'bout Timely: The Sub-Mariner

First, I found @docgold13's wonderful site and the hero and villain cutouts therein. Makes me wish I had some genuine artistic talent, as I'd have plenty of pinups to go here, but alas.

So, starting here we'll be taking a look at the characters we talked about at the show, maybe with a bit more info.

Namor, the Sub-Mariner

Created by Bill Everett

1st appearance: Motion Pictures Funnies#1

Golden Age appearances: 216

Motion Picture Funnies#1

Marvel Comics/Marvel Mystery Comics#1-91

Human Torch Comics#1-33

Sub-Mariner Comics#1-32

All-Winner Comics 1-19, 21, 23

Blonde Phantom 13-15, 17-22

Kid Komics 4

Captain America Comics 20, 68, 70

All-Select 1-5, 10

Daring Comics 1-12

Comedy Comics 9

Young Men 24-28 (1950’s revival)

Men’s Adventures 28

Obviously if I omitted anything, apologies but that's about as accurate as I could make it.

Alter ego: Namor McKinzie

Born of an Atlantan princess and a human captain, Namor was the child of two worlds. Fighting for and against the surface world equally, Namor was very much a unique figure at Timely. Most of Golden Age heroes tended to be a bit bland, but Namor was arrogant. Hell, he flooded New York City.

During the Golden Age, he was a member of the All-Winners Squad

His powers include underwater breathing, flight, super strength. In the 50's revival, he lost his ankle wings and the ability to fly.

The character was published almost continuously through the Golden Age and very nearly into the Silver Age, so there's not much they haven't told. As far as retcons go, Namor hasn't had too many. They've added powers but the overall character is largely unaltered. The Invaders was probably the biggest retcon, as the actual comics had Namor teaming up with other heroes after the war. He did feature in the first Timely Comics crossover when he fought the Human Torch, so that's a thing.

His Golden Age costume is pretty simple. Black swimming trunks, gold belt with a stylized 'S' on the buckle. Never seen a cosplayer sporting the look but that's understandable. I've yet to see a con that would be cool with a comic accurate Namor costume; plus the ankle wings might be difficult to pull off.

Namor has been voiced by John Vernon, Vic Perrin, William Woodson, James Warwick, Raoul Trujillo, and Michael Adamthwaite. He's been played by Tenoch Huerta Mejia for live action.

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Talking 'bout Timely: Martin Goodman

Figured I'd post and expand my notes. The panel would focus on one person connected to the proto Marvel and four characters and who better to start with than the man at the top?

Martin Goodman (publisher) - Wikipedia

-Martin Goodman (1-18-1908 to 6-6-1992), born Moe Goodman, got his start in the pulp magazine market. With the group Funnies, Inc. behind him, he started Timely Comics.

-1st published work: Western Supernovel Magazine (May 1933)

-Served as publisher from 1939 to 1972, selling the company in 1968

-Seems his main publishing strategy was to take what was popular and flood the market (Tarzan=Ka-Zar, the Saint=the Angel, etc.)

Can't hate the guy too much. He did set the standard for Timely, for good or ill. Founded the Atlas/Seaboard group in the early 70s. Gloriously awful but worth a read.

He seemed fairly hands off in regard to the talent, so that's a plus.

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Osore Theater: Wild Zero

Short version? Had a vision a while ago. Tried to make it a real thing. Was it successful? The five people who stayed seemed to enjoy it.

Sir Morbid Graves welcomed the few, the brave, and the curious to his first appearance and the near silent screening of the 1999 cult classic, Wild Zero.

No segments of anything of note aside from the film.

Will Sir Morbid rise again? Who knows. Maybe next time the audience will be able to hear the film.

Stinger: Ace finding the van and the remains of the drivers

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@airebeam just revealed; still waiting for them to make a Jets helmetbot for me.

[airebeam]

Well, that will be a buy for me. 😆 Although I immediately thought he'd be a Decepticon given the purple color.

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I was going to mention that.

[airebeam]

for Airebeam the toys, how about Big Jim? The first series was mostly a lifestyle theme (sports, driving, etc.). So how about Big Jenni? Different outfits and different things to race. Maybe wrestle a bear?

I would totally dominate that brand to the point it would be a totally different toy line, @deepcutdave !

For the first wave, you would have normal Airebeam with her signature cleavage-sprouting v-neck long sleeve white shirt and blue jeans.  It’s the introductory figure, the most inexpensive, and thus the one that appears in more retail places like drug stores, gas stations, and dare I say, dollar stores?  Her action move would be giving squishy hugs.

Dog groomer Airebeam would be adorned in black spandex pants, a short sleeve t-shirt, and tight-fitting dark green apron with a pug companion and grooming table.  Her movement would of course be her kung-fu clipping action. Skinny Dipping Airebeam would have several removable pieces of swimwear like her "Game Over" one-piece, her classic aqua blue bikini, and her red bikini from the Phoebe Cates collection.  Pressing her legs would unleash her hand job move for male friends celebrating birthdays.

Marvel Zombie Airebeam would come with a Marvel Studios t-shirt a size too small, a Marvel Studios logo black ballcap, and more accessories than any other figure in the line that the MRP would make it the most expensive figure in the line.  I still don’t know how the designers made her do the Infinity Gauntlet snap. Due to its extremely risqué nature, you can only get the mail order Metal Bikini Airebeam by sending in 4 UPC symbols from other Airebeam figures (please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.)  It comes with Airebeam wearing a metal bikini, an Ewok companion that can be fastened behind her, and accessories such as a dolphin vibrator, a Ewok spear with a round smooth end on one side, a medical droid mouth gag, and other ‘Did Lucasfilm actually approve these items’ stuff.  I won’t even say what her action movement is with this one. Another limited edition, yet not as controversial, figure you can only get by ordering from certain retailers like Entertainment Earth or FYE would be the MSTDD Airebeam.  She would come with a removable form-fitting pink jumpsuit and her viewing companions K.N.O.B (cousin of Nintendo’s R.O.B.) and Peeker (a camera drone).  Her action would be her avatar’s putting her left hand behind her head as she thrusts her chest outward pose. And to end this on a more wholesome note, wave 1 would conclude with Obsessive Trophy Hunter Airebeam wearing a baggy t-shirt and sweatpants (removable as always), a game controller, a bowl of M&Ms, a 20 once bottle of Cherry Pepsi, and a strategy guide she printed off online at her side to make sure she doesn’t skip any achievements.  Her action would be her powerful ‘throw controller at the screen’ move.

Of course all the add-on packs are fully compatible with every figures such as the “Cosplay Collections 1 - 4” that allows Airebeam to dress up as Lara Croft, Spider-Gwen, Jessica Rabbit, April O’Neil, Tsundae, Bleez, Aayla Secura, and Tifa Lockhart. And that’s just the first set!  The possibilities are endless!  I mean, I didn’t even touch on peanut butter cups, or Gamera, or Riker Hating Airebeam… there’s a plethora of exciting versions we can release for the next 20 or so waves!  We’ll be fricking millionaires! *great big squishy ‘I think we hit the big one but we still need a name’ hugs*

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the second series might inspire too. Big Jim's 2nd series recast him as leader of the P.A.C.K. (professional action crime killers). The dog grooming station can now quick change to a mobile battle fortress. The skinny dipping Jenni can be reissued with a steel hand, etc. Gamer Jenni can throw controllers like boomerangs!

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Wrestling Lookback: WWE Evolve/ID

The last one and a new developmental show for WWE.

2025 saw the debut of WWE Evolve, a sort of AA version of NXT. Only two titles, both of which debuted in 2025.

WWE Evolve Championship: Airing in June, Jackson Drake was crowned the inaugural champ and has been the champ since.

No predictions, at least until I watch more of the series.

WWE Evolve Women's Championship: Kali Armstrong was the first ever champ, but she dropped it to Kendal Grey in October on tape delay.

And now, finally, WWE Independent Development. A sort of traveling title, to be defended in partner promotions. Fairly original at least.

WWE ID Championship: Cappuccino Jones (love the name) was declared the first champ at Game Changer Wrestling: The ID Showcase in August.

WWE Women's ID Championship: Kylie Rae was also declared the first Women's ID champ at the same CGW show, but she had to drop it due to maternity leave. Laynie Luck won it in November at Beyond Wrestling's Wrestling Open RI33. Good for her. Can't find any gifs of her, but hopefully we'll have more footage by this time next year.

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Wrestling Lookback: All-Elite Wrestling

Nearing the end and what a year.

AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley was the champ and had a decent run until July, when "Hangman" Adam Page became the champ. Samoa Joe took it in November, but MJF snagged it before the year ended. Overall decent, but I think Joe could have had a longer reign. Can't say I'm impressed with the new design though

Predictions for '26: I'm going with Page, then Darby Allen

AEW Women's World Championship: Mariah May was the headliner, at least the Hollywood Ending and "Timeless" Toni Storm once wore the gold. Kris Stratlander took it in September, much to my shock. Kris is a perfectly decent champ and I've been pleasantly surprised.

Predictions for '26: Toni Storm, naturally, but I think Jamie Hayter will step up.

AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita had a great reign carrying over from 2024, at least until March when Kenny Omega bore the title. Kazuchika Okada in July, which kicked off more drama with one of the below titles.

Predictions for '26: Jack Perry, maybe Orange Cassidy

AEW Continental Championship: Okada was the champ until July, when he merged this title with the International title, thus creating the next title. He kept all the belts until December, when Moxley took this one.

Predictions for '26: Shelton Benjamin, Shane Taylor

And finally, the AEW Unified Championship: Created on July 12 when Okada beat Kenny Omega but when Moxley beat him on December 27 I guess the title evaporated? Haven't heard anything new since then.

AEW National Championship: The title was created until November, but I got to say I love the design. Very old school and Ricochet has proven his worth.

Predictions for '26: Wheeler Yuta, maybe Pac

AEW TNT Championship: Daniel Garcia did pretty good, at least until April. Adam Cole became the guy, at least until the old injury bug struck. Dustin Rhodes stepped in, but Kyle Fletcher won in that same month (July, in case you were wondering). Mark Briscoe became champ in November.

Predictions for '26: Sammy Guevara, maybe Tommy Billington

AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone, still rocking all the other title belts in the world, finally dropped this to Willow Nightingale on almost literally the last minute of 2025.

Predictions for '26: Hyan, Athena

AEW World Tag Team Championship: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) dropped the titles almost at once in January to the Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin), who had a decent run. August would see new champs, Brodido (Brody King and Bandido) but they lost in November to old standbys FTR (Dax Hardwood and Cash Wheeler).

Predictions: I'm going to say FTR keeps it most of the year.

AEW Women's Tag Team Championship: December 10th saw the debut of a new title. One long tournament later, the Babes of Wraith (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron) became the inaugural champs.

Predictions for '26: I'm going to say Toni Storm in some fashion

AEW World Trios Championship: The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Pact) were champs until April. The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata) have been rocking the belts.

Predictions for '26: More thrown together teams.

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Wrestling Lookback: NXT Edition

Winding down the WWE (we should be totally finished this week) with a glance at their development league.

NXT Championship: Trick Williams was the chance but quickly dropped it to Oba Femi, who had a fantastic run until September, when Ricky Saints took the giant down, but Oba crushed him in December...and then promptly dropped the belt and walked off at NXT: New Year's Evil. Hopefully they are planning bigger things.

Predictions for '26: Joe Hendry, Ethan Page

NXT Women's Championship: Roxanne Perez was the first champ of the year, but quickly dropped it to Giulia barely a week into the year. Stephanie Vaquer won it in March and kicked off a great reign before Jacey Jayne took the belt in May. Tatum Paxley won it in October but Jayne won it back after a month.

Predictions for '26: Jordynne Grace, Blake Monroe

NXT North American Championship: Tony D'Angelo first and kept it until March, so good sign for him. Shawn Spears took it then, but Ricky Saints won it in April. Ethan Page won in May and still holds it today, so he must be doing something right.

Predictions for '26: Noam Dar, Uriah Conners

NXT Women's North American Championship: Fallon Hendry only lasted a month into the near year before Stephanie Vaquer. Her rise and run were amazing, at least until April when she gave up the title, which made since due to her also being the NXT Women's Champ. Sol Rucca stepped up but dropped it in Oct. to Blake Monroe. Monroe was supposed to still be champ save for a legendary screw up and now Thea Hail is champ.

Predictions for '26: Blake Monroe, Kelani Jordan

NXT Heritage Cup: Lexis King was champ until April when Noam Dar snagged the trophy. He might have been champ to this day until he dropped it thanks to injuries in June. Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo won it that same month.

Predictions for '26: Oba Femi, Malik Blade

NXT Tag Team Championship: Nathan Frazier and Axiom were champs until April, before Hank and Tank stepped up. DarkState (Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin) won it in August. The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) won their first NXT titles but lost them later that same month to DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shuggars, as Lennox left).

Predictions for '26: Another thrown together team

WWE Speed Championship: Dragon Lee (on RAW at the time) was the champ but dropped it to El Granade Americano in May. While it would remain on RAW for a time, it officially moved to NXT in November when Jasper Troy won.

WWE Women's Speed Championship: Candice LaRae was the champ, and thus this being a SMACKDOWN title, but it was quickly moved to NXT in April when Sol Rucca won. She had to drop it October and a new champ wasn't crowned until November, so not seeing a lot of faith being put in this belt. Fallon Henley is currently the belt until someone remembers it.

No predictions for either belt, as I'm not sure they will be here by December.

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Wrestling Lookback: Raw Edition

Hopefully less depressing than the NWA.

World Heavyweight Championship: Actually had a good back and forth this year. Gunther started the year off strong and kept the belt until April. Jey Uso snagged it but honestly he came across more as a transitional champ at best as Gunther won it back in June. CM Punk finally stepped up and won in August almost to lose it almost instantly to Seth Rollins. Rollins finally started to settle into his role when his shoulder got messed up and Punk won it back.

Predictions for '26: I'd say Gunther then maybe Rollins again.

Women's World Championship: Liv Morgan rang in the new year and that was about it, as Rhea Ripley snatched the gold away on January 6th. Iyo Sky won it in March, then Naomi in July. She had to give up the belt, although this was more due to pregnancy than a shoulder injury. Stephanie Vaquer got it in September and has been doing pretty good so far.

Predictions for '26: I think she retains for most of the year, but Nikki Bella might have a run with it for a bit.

WWE Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker was the champ but overall disappointing reign. Dominik Mystero, however, stepped up and snagged it proper heel like in a four way match. John Cena won it as part of his retirement tour, but Dominik got it back before the year was over.

Predictions for '26: I'm saying Dirty Dom probably trades the belt back and forth, maybe with Sami Zayn

WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship: Brand new belt! Lyra Valkyria was the first ever champ, but she dropped it to Becky Lynch in June. I honestly thought she was going to be the new into 2026 until Maxxine Dupri stepped up and won it in November. Rather shocked at that.

Predictions for '26: Nattie Neidhart, maybe Bayley

World Tag Team Championship: The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) were first champs of the year before the old standbys the New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) had another run. The Judgement Day (Finn Balor and JD McDonagh) were a surprise candidate before AJ Styles and Dragon Lee really surprised me. Honestly thought they'd be champs into the new year before the Usos won it almost at the last minute.

Predictions for '26: I'll go with the Judgement Day and another thrown together team.

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship: Despite being unbranded, these belts spent the majority of their time on RAW. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez entered the new year. Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyrie snagged it from them before dropping it back to the champs a day later. Liv got taken out by the injury bug, so Raquel had to team with Roxxane Perez. The only SMACKDOWN champs were Alexa Bliss and Charolette Flair but they couldn't hold on as the Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) made their return to the title scene.

Predictions for '26: I think the champs retain for most of the year.

WWE Speed Championship: This officially went from RAW to NXT, so I'll include it in that lookback.

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Wrestling Lookback: National Wrestling Alliance

Honestly shocked this group is still kicking about. I mean, TNA has the reputation for never dying but they've never really been off the air (at least not for too long). I figured I put them in the rotation this year, but I wouldn't count on them being here all the time.

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship: One of the oldest belt in the biz, from Ric Flair to Terry Funk to Thom Latiner, who then dropped it at the 77th Anniversary Show to Silas Mason.

Not a single gif of Mister Mason. Not a good sign.

No predictions either.

NWA World Women's Championship: Also quite the history, from Fabulous Moolah to Fabulous Moolah, back to Moolah again. Kenzie Paige did a fine job, but dropped it to Natalia Markova, also at the 77th Anniversary.

NWA National Heavyweight Championship: Always had a soft spot for this belt. Mims was the guy for most '25 but Mike Mondo snagged at, you guessed it, the 77th Anniversary Show

No gifs of him either

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Always thought the name junior heavyweight was a bit funny. Jumbo shrimp, etc. This is also a bit awkward, as Alex Taylor was the champ through the year, but lost it to Spencer Slade at Samhain 3 but that hasn't aired yet and I've no idea when it will.

Only gifs that pop up are either Teen Titans or Criminal Minds. Not doing good I have to say.

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship: A regional title is old school enough, although Jeremiah Plunkett has held the title so long I'm starting to think they forgot about it.

NWA World Television Championship: Another belt I've always had some fondness for. I loved the sideplates with the channel logos. Carons Bartholomew Drake was the champ until March when he tried to cash in a title shot. Bryan Idol picked it up.

NO gifs for a TV champ. I'm sure there's something to said about that.

NWA World Women's Television Championship: Big Mama rang in the new year, but Tiffany Nieves was the champ for the rest.

NWA World Tag Team Championship: Knox and Murdoch were the champs that saw 2025 come in but the Immortals (Kratos and Odinson) rang in the new year.

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship: Kenzie Page and Big Mama were top of the heap at the start of the year, but come Hard Times V TVMA (Tiffany Nieves and Valentina Rossi) now wear the gold

NWA United States Tag Team Championship: Because they clearly needed another tag team title? The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) were the main champs but they lost them to the Southern Six (Kerry Morton and Alex Taylor), who might have stayed champs a bit longer if not for Taylor not being medically cleared, so Morton lost them to the Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant)

And last but not least, and a title that even Wikipedia won't acknowledge

NWA Texas Championship: Izzy James is the only man who is defending it but given the lack of mentioning in anywhere, I'm not too confident about it lasting.

The belt itself is also worth mentioning, because I've seen some Texas themed title belt and this is the sorriest looking one of the bunch. I mean they at least have the word 'Texas' on it and there's a star, but that's about it. Looks more like the art deco title

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Wrestling Lookback: Ring of Honor

Might as well put them in the regular rotation. Since I don't follow ROH quite as much as the other promotions, I'll skip the predictions this time.

ROH World Championship: Quite surprised at this one. Chris Jericho brought the gold into 2025 but lost it in April to Bandido, who wears it even now

ROH Women's Championship: Athena was the sole title bearer this year. Been the champ since 2022, so good for her.

ROH World Television Championship: Kommander kicked off twenty five, but Nick Wayne took the strap in April. Looks to be hanging on to it too.

ROH Women's World Television Championship: Bit of an odd journey this time. Red Velvet was the champ at the start but the old injury bug took her down. Mina Shirakawa became the interim champ in July but dropped the belt to Mercedes Mone in October, who then became the proper champ again in November, who dropped it back to Red Velvet in December. Seems like they could have just used one person to keep the belt warm but what do I know?

ROH Pure Championship: Only one champ this year, Lee Moriarty. Hopefully he'll move higher up the card.

ROH Women's Pure Championship: Introduced on December 5th, so barely counting as a 2025 lookback. Deonna Purrazzo is the inaugural champ. Nice to see her with some gold.

ROH World Tag Team Championship: Bit of saga here. 2025 saw the Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara) enter as champs but Dustin had to take leave for knee surgery. The team of La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush and Guevara) won in August. Except they had to give those up when Rush needed knee surgery. The team reformed and won the belts back in December with Sammy now partnered with the Beast Mortos. I suppose the lesson here is don't team with Sammy?

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Much the same as the last entry, 2025 saw the Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes, Marhsall and Ross Von Erich) begin as champs but giving them up due to Dustin's knees. The new champs were quickly crowned in August, with Shane Taylor Productions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, and Capt. Shawn Dean) stepping up.

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Wrestling Lookback: Smackdown Edition

We'll get to Raw on Monday, but for now we'll look at the last WWE show on the USA Network.

Undisputed WWE Championship: Pretty solid scene this year. We started off with Cody Rhodes, who was champ until April when John Cena began his retirement tour and dropped it back to Cody in August. Decent reigns for both of them

Predictions for '26: Gunther, maybe Seth Rollins

WWE's Women's Championship: Nia Jax was the 2025 champ, but quickly dropped it to Tiffany Stratton. Rather surprised by her, but she lost to Jade Cargil in November. Jade always worked better as a heel I think.

Predictions for '26: Becky Lynch, Asuka, maybe Statton again

WWE United States Championship: Bit of a choice this year. Shinsuke Nakamura kicked off the year as champ, but LA Knight won it in March. Jacob Fatu snagged it in April but Solo Sika won it in June. Sami Zayn had the most promise in August but lost it in October to Ilja Dragunov, who in turn lost it to Carmelo Hayes.

Predictions for '26: I'd like this say Hayes carries it to June but at this point, I think they'll just slingshot it to anyone in the back. LA Knight gets to be one of those people at least.

WWE Women's United States Championship: Chelsea Green started this year as champ and absolutely killed it. Zelina Vega won it in April, but Giulia won it in June, but Green won it back in November.

Predictions for '26: Got to say, Green in growing one me. Honestly? Kinda of hoping she retains for the rest of the year.

WWE Tag Team Championship: #DIY started off 2025 but the Street Profits took the belts in March. The Wyatt Sicks [Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis] won it in July. Rather shocked they still use the Wyatt family but they just aren't as weird as the first group.

Predictions for '26: Probably another thrown together team

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Wrestling Lookback: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Slight shuffle, but since this is the first Thursday of the year, I figure we'd open up with the title scene of the AXS and future AMC bound belts.

TNA World Championship: Nic Nemeth kicked off 2025 as the champ, continuing his streak right up until mid-January, when Joe Hendry was finally given the chance to be champ. A few months too late, one might argue, but better late than never.

Trick Williams won in May and on a NXT PPV to boot. Oh yeah, WWE and TNA working together. Who saw that coming? Mike Santana brought the gold back but TNA legend Frankie Kazarian snagged it in November.

Predictions for '26: I'm going to saw Oba Femi then Nick Nemeth again

TNA X Division Championship: Moose continued his reign, only losing it to Leon Slater in July. Slater is also an NXT guy, so yes, it is weird seeing him with the belt.

Predictions for '26: I think Slater retains for most of the year, but I think it will be another NXT guy to win it.

TNA Knockouts Championship: Masha Slamovich stayed the champ well into July, so good job. Jacey Jayne took the gold and became the first performer to hold gold in BOTH TNA and WWE. Subsequent champs didn't quite the reach the same lofty heights. Jayne dropped the belt to Ash by Elegance in August, who in turn vacated the belt in September. Kelani Jordan stepped up but lost it in November to Lei Ying Lee (who lost to Jordon in September). So it seems a bit muddled but hopefully Lee will bring some stability to the division.

Predictions for '26: As despicable as she is, I'll say Tessa Blanchard.

TNA World Tag Team Championship: We began with the Hardys, who lost them in April to the Nemeths who traded them back to the Hardys in July. Rather surprised at that.

Predictions for '26: The Hardys will keep them until they formerly retire and then a new thrown together team with get them.

TNA Knockouts World Teag Team Championship: We started with Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat) who only kept the belts until March, when the Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance, Heather by Elegance, and M by Elegance) took it and used the Freebird Rule to keep it. The IIsnpiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay) took it in September.

Predictions: I think Lee and McKay will probably keep them and trade them back and forth with a new team.

Sadly we saw the end of two belt and the introduction of a new one.

First, the International Heavyweight Championship. Technically PCO was the champ at the start of the but the belt was formerly deactivated on January 19 although I believe it might be still defended on the independent scene.

The next belt to be put in storage was the TNA Digital Media Championship. PCO was the champ coming into 2025 but after his contract expired, Steph de Lander claimed rights to it. It was formerly retired in April (with the show being taped in March.

September 30, 2021 to March 29, 2025

TNA International Championship: But in April we got a NEW title and a new champ. Steve Maclin was the first, but he dropped it in September to Frankie Kazarian but won it back in October. In turn he lost it to Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo in December. We'll just have to wait and see how this new belt stacks up. Going by TNA's history, not too well.

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It’s dangerous to go alone; take this handy(?) flowchart!

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Didn't get tagged in one but been a bit since I did one of these

GET  TO  KNOW  YOUR  MUTUALS  ! RULES:  answer  and  tag  six  people  you  want  to  know  better  !

FAVORITE  COLOUR: Black, Blue, & Pink

LAST  SONG: Orville Peck's cover of Fancy

CURRENTLY  READING: Hollyberry Homicide by Sharon Farrow

CURRENTLY  WATCHING: been flipping back & forth between Diagnosis Murder, Murder She Wrote, Wipeout, & Supermarket Sweep

CURRENTLY  CRAVING: cheesecake with cherries on top

Tagging: @nautiscarader @noblesnook @airebeam @billythsquid @mbutchin @otjoku

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GET  TO  KNOW  YOUR  MUTUALS ! (Rules:  Answer  and  tag  six  people  you  want  to  know  better!)

FAVORITE  COLOR:  Roseate, the color of my lipstick.

LAST  SONG: That I listened to? "Lay All Your Love on Me" by ABBA when I was working out at the gym.

CURRENTLY  READING: "The Wager" by David Grann CURRENTLY  WATCHING: "Task", "Only Murders in the Building", "Star Wars: Visions", "Reacher"

CURRENTLY  CRAVING: Got to be honest... I'm craving Mini Donuts from the State Fair.

Tagging: Any and everybody. I don't discriminate. :)

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Ok, think I did this wrong the first time.

Favorite Color: Blue

Last Song: "Sunday Girl" by Blondie

Currently Reading: "The Disaster Artist" by Greg Sestero

Currently Watching: "Mystery Science Theater 3000"

Currently craving: Cook-Out's milkshake

Tagging: @nitpickrider, @ilovemesomevincentprice and anybody else who I missed

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Didn't get tagged in one but been a bit since I did one of these

GET  TO  KNOW  YOUR  MUTUALS  ! RULES:  answer  and  tag  six  people  you  want  to  know  better  !

FAVORITE  COLOUR: Black, Blue, & Pink

LAST  SONG: Orville Peck's cover of Fancy

CURRENTLY  READING: Hollyberry Homicide by Sharon Farrow

CURRENTLY  WATCHING: been flipping back & forth between Diagnosis Murder, Murder She Wrote, Wipeout, & Supermarket Sweep

CURRENTLY  CRAVING: cheesecake with cherries on top

Tagging: @nautiscarader @noblesnook @airebeam @billythsquid @mbutchin @otjoku

[airebeam]

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CURRENTLY  READING: "The Wager" by David Grann CURRENTLY  WATCHING: "Task", "Only Murders in the Building", "Star Wars: Visions", "Reacher"

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[annotated-dc]

James Gunn (@jamesgunn.bsky.social)

You asked for it, you got it. Here’s the full mural honoring the History of Metahumans in the DCU adorning the Hall of Justice in #Superman.

YEAH, LET'S GO!

(Left to Right)

Madame Xanadu, Silent Knight, Exoristos (the Amazon from Demon Knights), Black Pirate, Miss Liberty, Max Mercury, Super-Chief, El Diablo, an unclear boxing man, a plane that could be Enemy Ace or Balloon Buster, the Ghost of Flanders, the Sandman, Amazing Man, Zatara...

Liberty Bell, Bulletman, Max Mercury again (he travels through time), Bulletgirl, TNT, Dan the Dyna-Mite, Phantom Lady, Atomic Knight, Freedom Beast, Wildcat, Vibe, Gunfire and... Maxwell Lord.

It kind of seems like it's divided roughly into eras and later decades once it gets to the 1900s, which seems to potentially suggest that Wildcat was around in the 1970s or something? Huh.

Someone has pointed out that there's actually a surprising amount of Starman characters here, which would be neat if that was made into a show. :)

Wasn't expecting Exoristos to be there, which I think could imply she could be in the Paradise Lost, as that's reportedly taking place centuries in the past?

[deepcutdave]

I think the boxing guy could be Iron Munro or maybe Hugo Danner