THE FEAR IS HERE!… And “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt is the new Universal Champion! Now, for a while, for me, The Fiend character has been the most interesting, intriguing and exciting part of WWE in a long time. I was looking forward to this match, and happily I wasn’t disappointed. The match was as interesting and exciting (and insane) as I imagined it would be! As much as I like Seth Rollins, and I do! Its not secret I am a fan of him and have been for a long time,but I think a Championship run for The Fiend was the right call to play, especially right now, and I am looking forward to seeing how creative move forward with The Fiend, his Championship run and most importantly, what and who is next to face him!
As a female wrestling fan, I would be beyond remiss to not mention the history making and lets be honest, in Saudi Arabia, ground breaking match between Natalya and Lacey Evans! As someone who loves Natalya and is a huge Lacey Evans supporter, I feel these two Women were the correct choices for this match to happen with. (Yeah, OK, I am aware that my bias is neon lighted right now, but I truly believe it). This wasn’t just an awesome match, between two highly talented Ladies, but was an incredibly emotional one. Evident for both Women, with the beautifully raw emotional moments after the bell. Bringing home to not just the Women in the industry but fans alike, how far Women have come not just in WWE, but Women in Wrestling, overall. As a lifelong female wrestling fan, it is amazing to see.
Much respect to both Ladies! The level of how much this meant to them was evident and I can not lie, I had more than a tear in my eye at the closing of this match!
Speaking of great matches, I have to say that Cesaro v Mansoor was one of my favourites of the night! Tremendous back and forth and I enjoyed every second of it!
I was surprised at the victory of Tyson Fury over Strowman but that is far from a negative! I get the feeling, with events at the closing of this match, that its not the last we have seen of this feud, and I can’t deny, this, I think, could be quite the positive.
The tag team turmoil match was great, although, I was pulling for The Revival for the win, but hey!, can’t have everything! The Lesnar/ Velasquez, I felt was a little short, and had potential to go longer, but, I feel it was more an avenue for a bigger picture between Mysterio and Lesnar.
on the whole, I enjoyed Crown Jewel but (and here is where the “WWE is the be all and end all” collective gather to give me crap LOL), I did find much of it to be quite predictable. Predictable but enjoyable!
Should Charlotte be added to Rousey V Lynch at Wrestlemania?
Rumours and speculation, ordinarily and as a rule, I don’t post anything about on here. This is mainly because I have never wanted Kryptobexisms to become a “Dirt sheet” or anything resembling one. But today, whilst on social media, I have seen multiple articles stating the latest rumour is Charlotte Flair is to be added to make the Raw Women’s Championship match at this years Wrestlemania, a triple threat.
Now, I want to state, I haven’t watched Raw yet, but I think anyone could see the fact that “The Man” would announce she would choose to face “The baddest woman on the planet” at Wrestlemania. There was always unfinished business with that story-line when Becky Lynch had to be replaced in the original match at Survivor Series with Rousey, by Charlotte Flair, after Nia Jax broke her nose. Ronda V Charlotte was originally rumoured to have been happening at Wrestlemania 35, giving, for me, credence to the rumour that she may well be, being added to the Raw Women’s Championship match, this Sunday.
OK, I know what you’re saying “There is unfinished business with all 3, after a frustrated Charlotte attacking Ronda after their match at Survivor series, then Rousey costing both women their opportunity at winning the Money in the Bank briefcase, ultimately won by Alexa Bliss”. And yes, whilst this is true, Charlotte being added is the furthest scenario from what most fans want to see, myself included.
I also want to make it clear at this point, I have nothing against Charlotte Flair, professionally, or as a performer. She is consistent, athletic and always gives beyond 100%. However, this ideal that she is WWE’s “best” and the Queen of the Women’s division grates on me to a certain extent!
Do not get me wrong! I both appreciate and respect her talent, she is great, BUT in my honest, for me, she isn’t as big a deal as WWE bills her to be, at least not with the WWE fans.
I refuse to take it to a petulant and mindless level of ” Would she be as “pushed” if she had a different last name?, that’s idiotic and I hate when I see people say it! I am a WRESTLING FAN, first and for most and I don’t care what a person’s last name or lineage is! I care about talent, ability and performance, and as I have said, I am not saying she isn’t deserving or hasn’t worked for where she is at and how far she has come, I am NOT a “Charlotte hater”.
I feel (and I could be in the minority), the Raw Women’s Championship match should remain Ronda Rousey V Becky Lynch at Wrestlemania, it is WWE’s biggest event of the year, this is when fans want to see the best of the best and hope for THE matches they most want to see and I believe this is it and not for nothing! Rousey was one of WWE’s biggest acquisitions, lets face it, she wasn’t unknown and it was a big deal, she exceeded expectations in her first match at last years Wrestlemania in her tag team match with tag partner, Kurt Angle, against Stephanie McMahon and HHH. Then, Becky Lynch, who isn’t just living up to the moniker of “Straight fire” but is THE women the fans want to see! She is the biggest and hottest female commodity WWE has on both brands. Lynch, who for me, has evolved into a modern day stone cold Steve Austin esque character, is untouchable and the thing that most fans (and myself) are tuning in to see! She is their best, right now and on every level, and I believe this is THE match the WWE Universe wants to see, not a triple threat!
Should Charlotte be added to the Women’s Championship match at Wrestlemania? In my opinion and in this instance, NO! “The Man” and “The baddest woman on the planet” for the Raw Women’s Championship, on the grandest stage of them all, isn’t just going to be good for WWE and demographic relations, but “Best for business!”
WE WANT ROUSEY V LYNCH!!
WWE, Evolved
Women’s Wrestling has come above and beyond the ideals from way back in the day in WWE. From its very foundations and the pioneers, leading the charge to pave the way for the Women we see on WWE programming today. Women like, Mae Young and The Fabulous Moolah, to sensational Sherri and Miss Elizabeth. To Lita, Trish Stratus, Ivory, Jacqueline and Chyna. To Natalya, AJ Lee and Paige, to the present day Ladies of this era of WWE.
Tonight, we saw a culmination.The culmination of years of hard work. Of blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice of all these Women. Culminating in each and every one both, past, present and future, getting their spot, their chance to be centre stage in the first ever Women’s only PPV. Something that in my opinion has been a long time coming and beyond deserved.
As I sat down to watch, I am not going to lie, I felt a touch emotional. To some who won’t “get it”, this will seem daft and misplaced, maybe it is, but, I was the girl who wasn’t a “Girlie” girl. I was the girl who liked Wrestling and that was “Odd”, more so back in the day. I was also an introvert, with no self confidence and fiercley bullied. Wrestling was a means of escapism. It was also an education in knowing its ok to stick up for yourself. Watching strong Women, take no sh*t gave me a strength in a way and I started to stand up for myself and not be afraid to be who I was/am. That was a personal level and then in adult years, as a wrestling blogger, being told that as a female, my opinions and thoughts on Wrestling weren’t just unnecessary but irrelevant. I feel that in extension, Evolution wasn’t just saying that Women can do a PPV but that Women’s opinion on Wrestling is just as relevant as a Man’s opinion and gave me a connective feeling towards the whole evolution ideal.
Tonight, I believe that every single Woman who competed, catapulted themselves and Women’s Wrestling to a whole other level. Evolution was one of the best PPVs WWE has put on this year! And even though, WWE gave these Women the platform to perform, this article is to show appreciation and respect to the Women in the ring. In my opinion, in ring performers can be given all the creative direction, scripts and direction a company can give but without the energy, effort, will and pure passion of any competitor that gets in the ring, it wouldn’t work. The wrestlers are the essence of a great match and that is what we saw tonight from every single Woman participating, it was a true testament to the talent on the WWE/NXT Roster. Each and every Woman proved that there is no place to say Women aren’t as good as the guys. No one can ever say again that the Women can’t say push it to the limit, you only have to have watched the Charlotte Flair/Becky Lynch match to know that is far from the truth. Both Women absolutely SLAYED the night in what I feel was the match of the night. Not an easy call to make, as the rest of the matches were just as great. The Mae Young Classic, alone was a thrill to watch from start to finish. Both, Toni Storm and Io Shirai showing why they will be shining lights in the professional Wrestling world for years to come.
Women’s wrestling has reached a pinnacle, that some very much doubted would happen but it did and the quiet, teenage misfit inside me is smiling, with glazed eyes and saying thank you to every generation! You all did more than you know.
This was beyond progress
This was AWESOME
THIS. WAS. EVOLUTION.
And to quote Beth Phoenix tonight…. “This is Women’s wrestling”
Thank you, Ladies.
A work that doesn’t…
Without bitchiness and with a logical explanation, I don’t believe Renee Young on commentary works. This has nothing to do with the fact her voice is like nails down a chalk board to me and everything to do with the fact, I feel, when announcing, in the more exciting elements in a match, those calling the match NEED to sound excited and most of all passionate, it helps sell the action in the ring. For me, Renee doesn’t have either and it very apparent its a job to her and she doesn’t have the passion of a fan…. Similar could also be said of Corey Graves. As irritating as Cole is, he delivers both elements when he calls a match.
This is, however, my opinion…
Hey all!
To begin with, I must apologise as I was supposed to have posted some recipes last week but life got in the way and I didn’t get round to it.
So, I have decided that I not only want to share with you guys my own personal weight loss journey, but I also want to share some of my own, personal recipes. All my recipes will be from my personal weight loss food plan and will aid dieting.
Today I want to share the recipe for my Creamy white sauce. I made this today for my Son and I (it is one of his favourites) and I decided to accompany it with Chicken fillet but it is also really nice with Lamb.
If you do decide to use this recipe, please be mindful that the recipe, which IS written for use in a slow cooker, is based around the size of our slow cooker bowls, I have the Cookware 3 in 1 slow cooker and the cooking bowls are 1.3L. So if your slow cooker is bigger, the recipe will call for a bit of measurement adjustments.
Cooking time…
4 hours on high or 6 hours on low (This is for the 1.3L slow cooker bowls)
For this recipe, you will need…
– 2 Shallots (Cut into chunks)
-1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
-1/2 Teaspoon of Black Pepper
-1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
-1 whole clove of Garlic (Peeled and finely chopped)
– 6g of Ginger (finely chopped)
– 2 Tablespoons of grated parmesan
– 2 Tablespoons of mixed herbs
– 1 Tablespoon of Cornflour
– 1 tablespoon of water
– 200g of Natural Fat Yoghurt (Must be full fat! If you use low fat, the sauce can split whilst cooking and it turns into goop, trust me, I made this mistake!)
Finely chop both the ginger and garlic and set aside. Then chop the Shallots into chunks and add to the ginger and garlic. Place the Natural Fat Yoghurt in a bowl, add the cornflour and mix thoroughly. Add the Parmesan to the mix and stir.
In a separate bowl mix the Black Pepper, Salt and mixed herb together, add the olive oil and tablespoon of water and mix together. Then add to the bowl of Yoghurt, cornflour and Parmesan and mix all together thoroughly. Add the garlic, ginger and shallots to the mix and place into a slow cooker. At this point, I allow this to cook on its own for an hour on high. After an hour, I pre cook whatever I decide to accompany with the sauce, in today’s instance, it was chicken. Which I then added to the cooking sauce and left to cook for 3 more hours on high.
Hope you enjoy it if you try it and if you do, drop me a line and let me know what you think. This recipe and many others will begin to appear on the “The Struggle with “Thin” Facebook dieting and weight loss group. Its a closed group of people just trying to get healthy and lose a few pounds. Come and join us! Hope to see you there!
XOXO
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Apologies…
So, as one of my readers kindly pointed out, the link for the support page didn’t work, I have posted the link for The Struggle with “Thin” page in both the Kryptobexisms Facebook and Twitter pages.
Auti-life
In this section, I will be sharing experiences of being a single parent and carer to a child with Autism. The Good and Bad, as my little dude is mid way in transition from Primary to high school (Not mainstream school). So expect rants about society’s behaviour to people of Autistic Spectrum disorders, minimal to no sleep induced articles and more than likely a few funny stories along the way.
XOXO
Hey All!
On reflection and seeing the response to “A personal note” added with the cathartic feeling I gained from writing and posting that article, it made me come to the decision to take this place in a few different directions, as you may have read in “Moving forward.
In this section, which I have named The Struggle with “Thin”, named as such as I believe that many a weight issue has a psychological element, which can be a “Struggle within” (See what I did there, HAHA!) I know, its lame but what’s in a name?.
In this section, I am going to post healthy recipes and write about my own weight loss story, achievements and slip ups, because, I am only human. This is the section you will see sarcastic comments and hopefully, only the occasional profanity… HAHA!
I have also set up a Facebook support page for any of you guys reading this who are partaking in your own weight loss journey. Kryptobexisms is a support group for people trying to lose weight and get healthy. There you can get support, encouragement when you’re having a hard diet day. There will also be good, healthy recipes posted in there too and can post your own weight loss stories, recipes and achievements.
I know from personal experience, having support in losing weight can be a wonderful and encouraging thing and can make a world of difference to your mental attitude towards it all, especially on those hard diet days.
Hope to see some of you there.
XOXO
Moving forward…
Hey Guys and Girls!!
First of all, I hope you are all doing well and feeling great!
Secondly, I want to take this opportunity to thank all who took the time to message me in regards to the “A personal note” article. It was humbling and absolutely mind-blowing that anything I had written could be seen as inspiring to anyone. The fact that it helped anyone in any way, makes me feel glad that I posted it. Thank you all again. You are amazing!
Thirdly, as you may have already noticed, there have been a few changes here. As I posted on the Kryptobexisms Facebook and Twitter pages, this place will no long be Wrestling exclusive. I will still write about Wrestling, after all, I don’t think this place would be without Wrestle Chat…. Hmm, maybe I might call the wrestling section that… We shall see.
Anyway, this will mean more content on different subjects and maybe a few laughs… (More than likely you laughing at me, than with me LOL) along the way.
I am excited about the changes and hope you all enjoy them too, and that you guys keep coming back to read more rantings from a mad, mouthpiece like me 🙂
Oh, did you guys see the new logo? ….
Hope you all like it!
XOXO
A personal note…
Although this article is not wrestling related, I feel that it is a relevant subject and I want to address it on a personal level. This is not something I usually do, I am a private person and I don’t open up to many.
I am a plus size Woman. I, as a lot of other plus sized people have felt deeply self-conscious about how I look and have done since a very young age. Even in very young years when I didn’t really have a weight issue.
Last year, I was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy and directly after it, a severe viral infection. Multiple Antibiotics and steroids prescribed to me and feeling wiped out and exhausted as a result of both illness and medication contributed to a huge weight increase. (It’s not the only reason I had weight, as hard as I tried, I never managed to shift the original baby weight I gained having my Son and I tried everything). This weight increase saw me balloon (and I mean BALLOON!) to between the UK sizes 20/24. I gradually got better but as my recovery progressed, my psychological mind-set on my physical appearance and body issues catapulted to an all time high. I closed myself off, wouldn’t go out of the house unless I had no other choice and there was no way in hell I would appear in any pictures.
As you may have already read, I recently attended a Wrestling event and had the opportunity to meet and get a picture with Mia Yim. As I am a huge fan, I decided to get a photo with her and the friend I attended with,all the while, trying not to be over taken by the creeping anxiety of how I would look in the picture. Then I got a notification from said friend who had tagged me in the picture, then I saw it. The usual “S**t!, I look horrific” thoughts began and I just didn’t want anyone to see it…. This was until, unlike the other times, my thought process took me to a place of asking myself why I punish myself and self hate just over the appearance of what, lets face its the outward shell of the person I am.
I mean, Yes, I am a plus sized Woman and No I don’t like it, but in the space of a year of working my ass off after getting better, I have dropped from Sizes 20/24 to Size 16/18.
No personal trainer, just a self devised eating plan and using the little mini Gym set up I have at home and work out DVDs. I used to attend an all female Gym up til I became ill, after that, I didn’t feel confident going). I won’t lie its does get boring and at this present time, I am in a plateau point but it hasn’t made me stop and I will continue to keep up working hard.
After contemplating this and what I have achieved in the space of a year, it lead me to ask myself another question…. After achieving a good weight loss and working so hard, why would I feel self-conscious of sharing a picture of myself meeting someone I respect and that visibly shows how much weight I have lost? And, even though, I know, I am not an idiot, I have a lot more weight to lose, the problem wasn’t in how I feel about my self, but lies more in the attitudes and disrespect from small-minded people.
The “Insta-Trolls”, the Twitter keyboard warriors and idiots of the world who laugh and belittle the efforts of a plus sized person busting their backsides, trying to make positive changes to their health and lives. To these people, I want to ask what is your issue? What is so wrong in YOUR life that you need to belittle people? To go out of your way to try break their spirit, make them feel worthless.! Why mock a plus sized person in a Gym, giving everything they have to make a difference in their lives for the better of their health? You need to take a good, long look at yourselves? You might feel it makes you look superior, big and clever (and masks whatever is missing in your life to make you need the attention), but you are the only one who does. To the rest of the world, capable of showing respect, where it is due to people busting their ass to make positive changes to their health and life, you look like a pathetic, petulant individual, infected with arrogance and ignorance.
To closed-minded to grasp the fact that weight issues can be caused by more than just eating a poor diet. Under active thyroid gland, long-standing injury and like in my case, medication. Google is a great tool, as are Libraries for research and educating yourself when you aren’t riddled with ignorance.
BODY SHAMING IS NOT OK! In any case or aspect. I refuse to allow these people to win, so I posted the pic to my social media accounts.
To all my plus sized people out there, working hard to get fit and healthy to try drop your weight, encountering the arrogant ignorance in the Gym or getting those comments on social media. I AM SO F**KING PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! Take their negativity and let it be your fuel and motivation. After all, the best revenge is success.
Share that selfie and those progress pics. You deserve to be proud of your achievements, big or small!! Throw up that middle finger to the negativity and BE PROUD OF YOU!!
On a personal note, I have allowed myself to let my body issues, lack of confidence and self-conscious mind-set to limit myself and take away from the person I am. I am sure I am not the only one who has. I won’t be allowing it to any longer, I hope none of you do either and if this post has helped or encouraged just one person today, then I am happy.
And in the spirit of not allowing it to anymore away from me…. Here is the picture of myself and my friend meeting Mia Yim.
XOXO
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