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What's up everyone?

First, I hope you are all enjoying the Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat series on UnWrest Focus. I know I talked about it for weeks, and I'm glad to have finally been able to get it off the ground and done today. The rebranded Focus is up and running now. And this was the best rivalry to start it off. Check it out if you get a chance. (The 3rd post, WrestleWar 89, has links to the other two.)

Secondly, I'm announcing that I'm doing a second UnWrest Focus over the next few weeks. Courtesy of one of my brothers from another mother (who does an awesome Ric Flair impersonation by the way that could rival Jay Lethal), I will be covering the Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels rivalry from 2008. This will include reviews for their matches at Judgment Day, The Great American Bash 2008, Unforgiven 2008, and No Mercy 2008. I will also attempt to hit the key moments in their rivalry, though I will probably be missing a couple things here or there.

**** Go to twitter.com/cdub1898 if you want to vote for the next rivalry I take a look at. The poll is currently pinned on my page. The options are Cena vs. Punk from 2011 to 2013, Austin vs. Rock (WrestleMania XV, X-Seven, and XIX), Omega vs. Okada (2017-2018), and Sting vs. Vader (1992-1994). "Winner winner, chicken dinner" for whatever gets the most votes. So, if you have a preference, click on the link and vote.****

Next, here's the rundown for what I'm covering this week...

Sunday- NJPW Destruction (Tanahashi vs. Okada)

Monday- (Twitter) Raw Thoughts

Tuesday- (Twitter) SmackDown Live Thoughts

Friday- UnWrest: Weekly TV Thoughts

When I Get Them Done: Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels- UnWrest Focus

Note: I will NOT be covering ROH's Death Before Dishonor. To me, it's a lazily thrown together show, and I'm not spending $20 for a glorified house show. Final Battle will likely get a buy from me.

Finally, I am kicking around doing a DDP Yoga blog update on here daily. I know this is a wrestling review website, but DDP Yoga is about as wrestling related as exercise programs have been. I've done the program before, but I got off of it. I gained a few too many pounds. And I recently made the commitment to buy into the program for a full year to put my $$$ down on getting back in shape. So, if you are interested in seeing that, or if you want me to make a sister blog for DDP Yoga blogs, let me know what you think. I'm looking at starting this in a week.

Hope you are all enjoying the blog. Comment with any ideas or suggestions. Until next time, take care of yourselves and spread some awesomeness.

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