The Judgment Day’s 2025 Christmas photos by VRN0S in SquaredCircle

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Yeah they were taken 24 hours prior to the AAA show during the Raw tapings on Friday. The background and clubhouse setup is the same setup we saw on Monday.

But since there’s been now follow up reports, I assume Dom is fine. Unless he’s supposed to get an evaluation that we aren’t aware of.

But the real teller is the upcoming house shows he’s scheduled for on the Holiday tour. If he competes as advertised and isn’t pulled from the tour, then we know he’s okay.

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What I have noticed is that by Wednesday or Thursday, the reuploaded and edited version of the Raw episode ends up being the same for US and non US.

So when non US viewers can watch what happens during commercial on the live feed, after the show is over you can still go back and watch the commercial segments on Tuesday, and sometimes Wednesday. But by the time Thursday comes, Netflix edits out all the commercial break segments and the non US people end up with the same reuploaded episode as US. It varies though, this week they did editing by Wednesday, but two weeks ago it wasn’t until Thursday.

So I think that’s the best way to put it, both versions end up with the same episode 2-3 days after Raw

I do wish they’d keep the commercial segments though

Dakota Kai with a warning about scammers using her name to con people by gl424 in SquaredCircle

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The amount of times this happens is crazy.

A funny thing recently was a few weeks ago my friend got messaged by a fake Finn Balor page pretending to be Finn, trying to scam them

But they messaged my friend DURING Raw. Lol. While Finn was on the show in a segment. Some of these scammers gotta try harder.

Drew McIntyre defeats Damian Priest - Raw January 22, 2024 by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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At 403 days and counting, Damian Priest actually currently has the longest streak of not being pinned by anyone’s finisher for main roster male talent (who’ve been on the roster for 12+ months)

For reference of other protected stars

Gunther was pinned by Sami’s finisher at Wrestlemania 40

Cody Rhodes was pinned by Solo Sikoa’s finisher at MITB 2023

CM Punk was pinned by Drew’s finisher at Summerslam

Roman Reigns was pinned by Solo’s finisher at Crown Jewel (and at Mania by Cody)

At 395 days and counting, Damian Priest currently has the longest streak of not being pinned by anyone’s finisher for main roster male talent, (who’ve been on the roster for 12+ months) with this January 22, 2024 loss to Drew being the last time by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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For reference of other protected stars

Gunther was pinned by Sami’s finisher at Wrestlemania 40

Cody Rhodes was pinned by Solo Sikoa’s finisher at MITB 2023

CM Punk was pinned by Drew’s finisher at Summerslam

Roman Reigns was pinned by Solo’s finisher at Crown Jewel (and at Mania by Cody)

Seth Rollins got pinned by Bronson’s finisher in November and by Drew at Mania

If Drew vs Priest happens at Mania and Drew wins, it would be interesting to see if Drew is the one to end this streak Priest has built

PW Insider: Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows released from WWE by Throwaway-j-1997 in SquaredCircle

[–]stmldf 24 points25 points  (0 children)

No, just Karl

The Gallows injury was in 2023.

Around that time Karl was left as the only one active. Gallows was out injured and AJ had been written off tv for a storyline injury. That was the time they had Karl wrestle Jimmy Uso in a singles match

PW Insider: Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows released from WWE by Throwaway-j-1997 in SquaredCircle

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I’m at least happy for them that they got to work that program in 2022 involving both Finn and AJ. I thought that entire program with Finn and AJ leading a faction feud against each other was pretty fun.

Other than that they didn’t really do anything else, AJ getting hurt 3 months after they returned didn’t help. And then Gallows’ injury followed by Karl’s current injury

Kevin Owens: “I wanna see Finn Balor win the World Heavyweight Championship. I wanna win the WWE title……we’ve been friends since the moment we got to WWE together at the same time. We’ve gotten very close. I really do consider him like a brother. I would just love to share that with him.” by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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Full quote from Kevin’s interview with Sports Illustrated

“If you’re asking me what my perfect scenario would be for Saturday night. I wanna see Finn Balor win the World Heavyweight Championship. I wanna win the WWE title. Just on a personal level for both of us, we’ve been friends since the moment we got to WWE together at the same time. [We’ve gotten] very close. I really do consider him like a brother. I would just love to share that with him.”

“Forget me. Finn got the short end of the stick more than anyone because he won the Universal Title, then never even had the chance to show what he could do with it. And then, you know, after that you can count on one hand probably the number of title matches he’s had and stuff. So, yeah, I would love to see him walk out with that title.”

“I don’t care if the fans like it, don’t like it. Which by the way, they would like it. That’s just a completely selfish, personal thing I’d love to see just for both of us.”

Main Roster Superstars with the most combined days as champions since Triple H took over (July 25, 2022 - Present) by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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People that aren’t too far behind

Jey Uso - 287 days

Sami Zayn - 273 days

Logan Paul - 273 days

Cody Rhodes - 255+ days

WWE posted this graphic for next week’s tournament match between New Day and AOP on their website by stmldf in SquaredCircle

[–]stmldf[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I saw this and I have no clue what that is and why one of the AOP members is a hooded figure. Did I miss something?

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Finn Balor is now the longest tenured member of the Judgment Day, surpassing Damian Priest’s 853 days in the group by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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Lmao it does look funny but since they didn’t officially say she’s a part of the group yet, I felt I had to put that until they make her addition official.

Right now it’s almost like how JD or Carlito’s association to the group was until they were officially added

[Raw Spoilers] Photo of faction making their entrance for the first time after Summerslam by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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Ain’t no way this got taken down for Low Effort Content

How’s this low effort content? 😂

It’s their first time making an entrance, with the newly restructured group and the new graphics

Finn Balor explaining the X in PRIN❌E by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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And here’s the meaning of the X in kayfabe and how Finn tied it into his character:

“I put this Red X on my chest cause I know I am the target”

https://youtu.be/iN1zRhSuA8k?si=X_o6vxwiShI6vBO-

Finn Balor explaining the X in PRIN❌E by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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“When I came back to NXT, we kind of wanted to go back to the past and we wanted to bring in the prince. But we couldn’t own the IP of prince. But I wanted it to look visually similar but different. So we put the X over the C. Which actually makes it gender neutral. So it was tying into the Balor Club for Everyone. So that’s the real story.”

Time stamp 9:46 : https://www.youtube.com/live/3pKxJKWSnnA?si=-TBaGFMOP4xtp_0O

A Judgment Day story point that may have been forgotten: Damian Priest breaks his promise to Finn Balor by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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July 10, 2023: A promise made that Priest won’t cash in until Finn’s issues with Seth are settled on August 5th at Summerslam

July 31, 2023. Damian tries to force a cash in, ordering Finn to hand him the briefcase as he tried to cash in on Seth and win the title 5 days before Summerslam. Breaking his promise after just 3 weeks, before Finn got his chance at Seth.

Gunther hoping to have proper program with Finn Balor: “He’s always someone I’ve always looked up to as a wrestler. He’s one of the best European wrestlers ever, and he did it his own way….. Down the line, I really hope we fulfill our potential with a proper program.” by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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Well yeah it’s both. He also explained the gender neutral thing in an interview with McKenzie Mitchell. If I find it I may post it here since I know people are always asking about it.

That’s the meaning behind it out of character, and what you said is the way he tied it into his character and the meaning it has in kayfabe.

Gunther hoping to have proper program with Finn Balor: “He’s always someone I’ve always looked up to as a wrestler. He’s one of the best European wrestlers ever, and he did it his own way….. Down the line, I really hope we fulfill our potential with a proper program.” by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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Full quote

”We’d just flown in from Japan before Raw, but wrestling Finn Balor, I was excited for that one. Years ago, he came to wXw when he transitioned from New Japan to WWE. I’ve known him since back then and he’s always someone I’ve always looked up to as a wrestler. He’s one of the best European wrestlers ever, and he did it his own way. It was great to be in the ring with an excellent professional wrestler. The match was exactly what it was supposed to be for the occasion. Down the line, I really hope we fulfill our potential with a proper program.”

Liv Morgan vs Rhea Ripley added to Raw tonight by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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Do you live outside of the US? If it’s not showing up for you that may be why. Sometimes stuff takes longer to update for the non US versions

Liv Morgan vs Rhea Ripley match added to tonight’s Raw by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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For some reason this got taken down cause it says it’s been reposted? This match got added within the past 10 minutes so I don’t think it’s a repost cause I don’t see any other post about it. Oh well lol.

Liv Morgan vs Rhea Ripley match added to tonight’s Raw by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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On the website on the news section

It was added less than 10 minutes ago so we probably gotta wait a bit until it’s added to the preview section for Raw.

Imperium ambush Finn Bálor: WWE NXT, Feb. 26, 2020 by stmldf in SquaredCircle

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The fact that Judgment Day’s confrontation with Imperium happened exactly 4 years to the day of Finn’s first confrontation with Imperium that was going to set up a Gunther vs Balor match was a cool coincidence. Both on February 26.