In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Double Or Nothing 2026 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Double Or Nothing 2026 by AverageMansReviews

The Men's ROH World Champion Bandido vs. Swerve Strickland [with Prince Nana;] Men's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: could we just make this match outlay competitive, which I am sure they will do this anyway, but I just don't want it to be too one sided, considering we are dealing with the number one guy in ROH right now, so competitive champion strong promotion, squashed champion weak promotion.

Cope and Cage: Adam Copeland and Christian Cage vs. Champs FTR's: Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood [with Stokely] Tag Team Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championships: Tag Team "I Quit" Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championships; If Cage and Cope lose, they must retire as a tag team: they must surely want to pull the trigger on new champions here, as they really want to become champions one last time before Copeland retires.

The Opps' Samoa Joe vs. Will Ospreay; Men's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal Match: I fully expect this to be more about storyline progression with the other members The Opps getting involved with the Death Riders coming down to make the save and to back up Osprey.

The Don Callis Family's: the NJPW World Television Champion Konosuke Takeshita [with Don Callis] vs. The Don Callis Family's: Champ Kazuchika Okada[with Don Callis;] Singles Match for the AEW International Championship: I really do fancy a championship drop here and it would be headline news to come out of this event and for me it would be the match of the night.

Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate's: Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin, and The Elite's: Kenny Omega, "Jungle" Jack Perry, The Young Bucks': Matt & Nick Jackson vs. The Demand's: Ricochet, The G0A's: Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona, The Don Callis Family's: Mark Davis & Andrade El Ídolo [with Don Callis] and The Dogs': Clark Connors & David Finlay [with Gabe Kidd;] Stadium Stampede Match: in a nutshell the Babyface team is going over here, to give this pay-per-view extra enthusiasm throughout the rest of the night

M.I.T's: the ROH Women's World Champion Athena vs. Mina Shirakawa; Women's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal Match: I am hoping and quite certain this will be the match out way; that M.I.T members get involved so Shirakawa doesn't lose clean here, just for the record if the championship was on the line instead I wouldn't mind either opponent losing clean here, but let's give Shirakawa some protection here shall we.

Hikaru Shida vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Kris Statlander the Triangle of Madness': Champ Thekla; Four-Way Match for the AEW Women's World Championship: now on paper this should be the top quality match and it is going to be, but we all know that the stablemates of Thekla; The Sisters Of Saint: Julia Hart & Skye Blue and it is getting on the verge of getting boring now, so if this does come into reality, maybe it is time to move on with the storyline or/and freshen up the storyline a bit.

The Conglomeration's: One-third of the AEW World Trios Champions Kyle O'Reilly  vs. Champ Death Riders': Jon Moxley [with Marina Shafir;] Singles Match for the AEW Continental Championship: on the one hand this match is going to be excellent, but on the other hand I hated, I generally hate it, because I may not be able to read books that well, but I can read wrestling incredibly well, so I can see both stables getting involved throughout, if we were in a cage type of structure I would say 50-50 on either opponent winning is 100% certainty of an excellent match; yes I am fully aware that interference could still be a factor, but at least by booking this stipulation, it says we tried to stop this.

MJF vs. Champ Darby Allin; Title vs. Hair Match for the AEW World Championship: obviously this is going to be an excellent way to close this event, but I stress anything other than a championship retaining here, will tarnish anything but criticism, because this stipulation is widely used as character development for the person that has put their hair on the line, so in a nutshell why stipulate it if you aren't going to use it?

 

 

Calling It Out of: Lack of Preparation for WWE Clash In Italy 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Calling It Out of: Lack of Preparation for WWE Clash In Italy 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV 2026 Linkhttps://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/05/in-depth-predictionsother-elements-for_0906789769.html and Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: John Cena Major Announcement at WWE Backlash 2026 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/05/reactionary-to-wrestling-news-of-john.html

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So this is looking familiar: so we have this event coming up WWE Clash In Italy on Saturday 31/05/2026 and as of this content being first created it is now Saturday 23/05/2026 and yet we have only 3 matches on the card which are as follows; Jade Cargill vs. Champ Rhea Ripley; Singles Match for the Women's World Championship, Walter vs. Champ Cody Rhodes; Singles Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship and  Jacob Fatu vs. Champ Roman Reigns; Tribal Combat for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

I had to points to make; the first is/are we definitely sure that Mr. McMahon isn't still the head of creative? Because I remember when he used to pull this absolute manure... and if you can't remember or were not around back then allow me to remind you... in the later years of his creativity or a dismal creativity he is to run events close to one another, without putting much thought into the second one on in the following days or weekend so hence why I said so this is looking familiar.

My second point is this; man I wasn't joking when I referenced anything to do with the carnival tricks as it relates John Cena announcement, now you may be wondering what does that have to do with here?... Well allow me to tell you this card indeed may indeed look mouth-watering to some, but I can guarantee you know now these championships are changing hands here, so all the WWE are doing are fulfilling a contract; giving its audience and its viewers illusion of possibilities of change, but here is the con this location isn't big enough or they want in it big enough, for a major championship drop or change of hands, they may do it with a tag championship regardless of gender or a mid-card championship regardless of gender, but right here or next weekend I can guarantee you there there isn't going to be a major change out of these championships, because they would rather save that for the next event; Night of Champions Saturday 27/06/2026 and just realising where it is being held I can guarantee you they will hold off on any championship switches, because it will be taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, so if you are going or thinking of going if you just want to go and see some wrestling go-ahead enjoy it wrestling for what it is, but I wouldn't expect too many major surprises.

 

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV 2026 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV 2026 by AverageMansReviews

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The Street Profits': Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford vs. Champs The Vision's: Logan Paul and Austin Theory [with Paul Heyman;] Tag Team Match for the World Tag Team Championship: I have chosen the option I have, simply because WWE would like to control the optics and online traffic this weekend away from AEW, but however having said that though I believe the option I have taken... Hell No! Quite frankly this is just going to be a case of interference on top of interference so every remotely connected to this stable or/and feud will probably be involved... so I asked myself what it is the fudgin' point of this event other than to go up against AEW Double Or Nothing 2026: tomorrow Sunday 24; which AEW will be it WWE hands down looking at this shower of manure.

Jade Cargill, Michin & B-Fab vs. the WWE Women's Champion Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair & Alexa; Six-Woman Tag Team Match: this is just fudgin' pitiful booking, because the losing side are just being jobbed out to take the loss, because the winning side is just so strong that no way in hell are they taking the loss here

The Irresistible Forces': Lash Legend & Nia Jax vs. Champs Paige & Brie Bella; Tag Team Match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship: Wow this manure is getting boring, because to somewhat speed this up; the champions are going to retain here and then the female members of The Judgement Day are going to run down to stand tall at the end of the match/segment and even if I am wrong or right I am past caring anything to do with this situation or/and The Judgement Day in general

Sol Ruca vs. WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch; Singles Match: what is the fudgin' point of this match? So without Ruca can lose again? I really don't get the point of NXT anymore, from this perspective I am very much aware that they used to give the same treatment to those coming up from NXT as in always losing, but I thought that the WWE had learnt not to do this anymore, but obviously I was wrong.

Ethan Page vs. Champ Penta; Singles Match for the WWE Men's Intercontinental Championship: either outcome would be excellent, but I have chosen the one which I feel is more likely and just to finish off this card minus this match is a steaming pile of manure!

 

Rogue Hostage 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Rogue Hostage 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/mental health/immigration/domestic terrorism/religion/rainbow community/disfigurement/cutting/burning/medical/references to child abuse, racism, kamikaze and suicide.

Back from Afghanistan and struggling: briefly; we meet Kyle Snowden [Tyrese Gibson:] he is an ex-Marine that is struggling with PTSD, he has a daughter, an ex-wife, works for Child Protection Services and on top of all that, he still has to deal with his father-in-law or ex-father-in-law and grandfather Congressman Sam Nelson [John Malkovich:] he is a quick rise in the world of politics and he owns the business [which I have completely forgotten what the names was apologies for that and other bits and pieces; it does get mentioned once.] But unknown to them all three members of this family and others are all about to have a really difficult day when these individuals come into this particular shop.

Generally speaking: character developments the storyline/script, framework and pacing; we get some exposition character developments and now and again throughout for our lead role Snowden, the storyline/script and everything else in this section is absolutely fine for a 93 minutes film; so allow me to say this once so I don't have to say it again this project is a paint by numbers project that knows what it is and it sticks to that, but as you will find out that isn't anything to do with the massive problem that this film has.

Action and comedy; they are predominately the kind of things you kind of expect in this environment, but you do have one example to talk about at the very least and is slightly comical; it is where this hench-person goes in for this attack as he is sitting in this mobility scooter; where he will feel he is in the hot seat at some point.

Comedy, Character developments and performances; for some strange reason Congressmen Nelson; on waiting to give his speech he does this very small from out of nowhere little dance; if you catch it; it is amusing and yet again with his character developments are and should have been essentially reliable versions of their character types for this type of project, but the performance levels by the vast majority go from poor to adequate and the only ones that I can say put in a noticeably good performance is Malkovich and/or Michael Jai White as Spike: he is the bodyguard/security to the congressman/this business owner.

This film receives: 2/10, this film is poor; I mean as I have already indicated one way or another; in theory this film should have been in the range of maybe 5/10 or 6/10, but broadly speaking are just that bad; it really does drag the film down a lot

Calling It Out of: WWE's treatment of Asuka as she whines down her full-time career/or retirement in 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Calling It Out of: WWE's treatment of Asuka as she whines down her full-time career/or retirement in 2026 by AverageMansReviews

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Asuka deserved much better treatment that is for damn sure: Right to start off I know she is deemed partly retired at the moment or as of this content being first created and you may be wondering why produce this content now? It is because instead of giving Asuka her moment at Mania 42/2026; which she really deserves, because for me she deserves to be recognised in the same level of Bull Nakano or/and the Great Muta [full disclosure: I have only ever watched bits and pieces of these two individual wrestlers, but based on that and their individual reputations everyone around the world that is in a wrestling knows that whenever they were on the card, they were going to bring it and bring the house down.]

So instead of going with this match Iyo Sky vs. Asuka; Singles Match at Mania where Asuka could have a real sendoff and let's face it this match deserved to be on Mania this year without question, they decided to go with Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar [with Paul Heyman;] Singles Match: retirement angle, which no one either saw coming or and this is the most important thing brought into, because it has always been indicated that Lesnar will be retiring at WWE SummerSlam 2026; but as things are back in reality; just for him to return on Monday 18/05/2026 Raw to continue this feud with Femi until WWE SummerSlam 2026 [Saturday and Sunday at 01 and 02/08/2026:] talk about having a good idea and walking it dry... but then again this is precisely what the WWE do especially nowadays, they have a good idea once in a while and they destroy it by too much exposure or some other means like god-awful manure storytelling.

Now just for the record I am not saying Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar [with Paul Heyman;] Singles Match: doesn't deserve to be at Mania, because it clearly does, I am obviously clearly criticising the kayfabe retirement angle, when we could have given a proper one to someone that deserves it in Asuka; I do feel everyone involved got robbed of this genuine moment, which it has just hit me; if this is the way of the WWE nowadays to create moments, on reflection they really, really fudged up here, I am not saying exploit this moment obviously, but you would think they greatly prefer an authentic genuine moment over a engineered moment... right? ... Well if they had to brain cells to rub together, because they didn't take two minutes to think about it and quite clearly opted for the option that they took.

Whatever Asuka does next good luck; yes she may indeed come back to the WWE, I'm making reference to the end of her full-time in ring career for the WWE, but hopefully see you around soon.

 

 

Average Extra of: Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Entrant Was So Bad by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Entrant Was So Bad by AverageMansReviews

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What the hell was this manure?!: I mean if you haven't heard it, you should take the time to listen to this entry into this year's competition "Look Mum No Computer" sung by Eins, Zwei, Dre: but I should also give you some friendly advice that it will be roughly no more than 4 minutes of your life that you won't to get back.

I mean this was absolute immature hollocks; I mean I know, I know we are probably never going to win the Eurovision Song Contest ever again due to our image on the global stage amongst other things, but could we make this manure respectable I mean Sam Ryder did exceptionally well with his entry in 2022 with "Space Man" where he finished second, just 4 years later we end up bottom with 1 point.If you don't want to take this contest too seriously anymore because of previously already discussed factors then can we please make this respectably amusing; how about a song dedicated to the Full English Breakfast; that would be quintessentially British/United Kingdom, I am not being angry or sore about for the vast majority of the time ending up at the wrong end of this contest, I am simply just talking about the difference between amusingly bad and embarrassingly bad or I mean if you really, really want to have some fun and stick it to a certain element of the UK; they could always get different artists from different backgrounds for examples Jewish or/and Muslim and others and individually give them a line or maybe a little bit more [I am just trying to fit everyone in and yes I did borrow this concept off So Solid Crew; with their anthem of “21 Seconds” released in 2001; where  each member had 21 seconds to contribute to this song hence the title] but I digress in this song in question and they could tell us what being British means to them. I hasten to add if anyone is reading this section in particular allow me to clarify; I am suggesting that if you are born here or maybe made your home here as you have been here long enough; you are British, regardless of religious or ethnic or anything other, so my intention is not to exploit your differences but to highlight that you are British, with the cherry on top of the cake being you get to subliminally raise the middle finger to those that have made it abundantly clear and before I continue this is not me saying it just for the record even know it is in my content; that you are not welcome here, even though the vast majority of us are fully aware without generations of immigrants the United Kingdom would be so screwed of the country on multiple levels; actually I really like this idea, so maybe one year it will come to fruition.

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 by AverageMansReviews

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/impaling/burning/drugs/animal cruelty/dismemberment/creature creation/decomposing/drowning/disfigurement/medical

The adventure begins: briefly; it is decided that The One Ring that is also named Ring of Power/Master-ring/other names has to be taken to Mount Doom and dropped inside. But Sauron and his forces are the ones mainly looking for the Ring, because with it he can control these other Rings consequently control the world, so it is up to Frodo Baggins [Elijah Wood:] he is a young hobbit from the Shire, that unfortunately inherits this Ring and consequently burden, Samwise Gamgee/Sam [Sean Astin:] he is also a hobbit from the Shire, that overhears this adventure brewing and makes a promise to essentially protect Mr Frodo. Gandalf the Grey [Ian McKellen:] he is a Istari wizard that is the magical member of the fellowship, yes this is who Sam promises, but we have more from the Shire, we have Peregrin/Pippin Took [Billy Boyd:] he is a hobbit and Frodo's cousin and Meriadoc Brandybuck/Merry [Dominic Monaghan:] he is a hobbit and a distant cousin of Frodo; these two now and again bring some comical relief sometimes at the most unwanted of times.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script simultaneous character developments; the storyline/script and character development instantaneously transport its audience from our world into Middle-Earth with this voice-over storyteller exposition character developments from Galadriel [Cate Blanchett:] she is an elf co-leader of Lothlórien alongside her husband Lord Celeborn [Marton Csokas:] he is an elf and I am going to be honest we see him I'm going to say extremely limited like once in this small sequence, but I'm going to cover my back by sticking with extremely limited just in case I have missed something. But I digress; she tells of how things came to be and consequently off the back of this; it sets off this film hitting the ground running; with its framework and pacing being 171 minutes; being upbeat as every minute is meticulously given time to breathe with will fluently excellent as it has to cover a multitude of gear changes for an example; something like peaceful and playful to dramatic and action packed or anything else at a drop of a hat or vice versa.

Art, comedy and action; now it is clear to see that yet again the immaculate attention to detail is with us throughout; be it set designs or the natural locations on our journey or costumes and accessories or the mystical characters or anything else really; they did a phenomenal flawless job of bringing this world to life throughout this trilogy; which in hindsight feeds back into the framework and pacing as we could have multiple characters in this film and in this trilogy at different points different locations and because everything just works smoothly either simultaneously or off one another it doesn't interrupt the flow of the film; we the audience just to get to enjoy these visual locations among many other aspects, components and elements and if you're wondering if the sound of time have taken effect? No if anything they are just getting better with age as they come across as more authentic and no disrespect to those that worked on any level of the artistic side of things; as the landscape of making films change with more up-to-date technology; if they are originally put in on making the film in question as these were they can easily stand the test of time and you get this kind of really excellent balance of ageing technology with authenticity which brings another layer to the artistic outlay on any level of its usage.

So for one example of the comedy would be when we have these two mischievous hobbits in Merry and Pippin or vice versa as they are messing around with these fireworks and for the action obviously I was going to make reference to this one-on-one mystical action sequence for an example; the Grey vs. Saruman the White [Christopher Lee:] he is a wizard The fallen head of the Istari Order and does the bidding of Sauron: we have this epic, but relatively short in its entirety, but still no less important once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and privilege to witness the Grey/McKellen vs. the White/Lee: go one-on-one in this wizards battle: you just have to see it to believe that it actually happened, but in all seriousness; epic one-on-one battle sequence.

Character developments, performances, motion capture and voice performance; at this precise moment they are all fresh clay on a potter’s wheel; yes they may and indeed cover the foundations levels of the character developments; but they also are ready to be moulded by the journey that lays before them over this film and the next two instalments; as throughout this film they all begin to experience things which person moulds them, such as Frodo/Wood is quite quickly understanding the mammoth responsibility which he is carrying as this Ring feeds on the goodness of its holder and replaces it with its own willing to dominate its holder; very much like a worm feasting on a fresh apple not yet picked, the performances reflect these characteristics perfectly as these characters/performances simultaneously grow into one another; in short these characters are these performers and these performers become his characters; they make them their very own, for the motion caption and voice performances likewise they mimic the cast as it relates to outstanding and spot on levels of perfection [as a reference to we get flawless exposition that really does set things up perfectly in one way or another.]

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it just does so much, so much so it does the ground work for basically the next two instalments to work with/off, so obviously if you haven't seen this film yet? I'm really talking to the younger generations or at some point in the future the generations that weren't even born when this first hit our big screens; you definitely need to watch this film once in your lifetime that is sure, because if you don't you will miss out on an era of cinema history and an epic adventure; to be shared with the age-appropriate to begin with family experience. This film has quite a few awards to its name such as 126 Winners which include but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2002 Oscars Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie and Best Makeup Peter Owen Richard Taylor [altogether it has 4 winning Oscars to its name] and this film also has 127 Nominees to its name would also include but not limited to; remaining at this award ceremony/event Best Picture Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh and Best Music, Original Song Enya Nicky Ryan Roma Ryan For the song "May It Be" [altogether this film has 9 Nominees to its name.]