John Maddening
@johnmaddening.bsky.social
Voice of F1rst Wrestling and various other detritus. Movies, traveling, board games, bicycling, women’s sports, Star Wars & 007. Owns more Lego than most children. 🌎: Saint Paul, Minnesota. https://linktr.ee/johnmaddening
Last Thursday, we kicked off Summer Smash Weekend with F1RST Wrestling: UNLEASHED at the @uptownvfw.org! 🔥
For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.
Our neighbors who normally host NNO aren’t doing it this year. Normally, it’s very plug-and-play, and neighbors just bring food and drinks to share. Not this year, I guess…now what am I going to do with all these donuts?
Being an ally can be hard sometimes. You get yelled at by a LOT of shitheads just for speaking up. But not giving money to hateful people/organizations actively making the lives of those you claim to care most about worse? That's the easiest fucking part of allyship. If you can't give up that...🤷
My store at www.prowrestlingtees.com/johnmaddening has a sale on! Use code SHIRTS20 to save 20% off all t-shirts!
The grift is everywhere. Making money from suckers who want to remove our neighbors. Sick.
I just watched the (2/3) MNGOP Gubernatorial debate on @tptalmanac.bsky.social, and...I don't think Kendall Qualls is that much brighter than Mike Lindell. He knows how to act in public, which is a step up from Pillow Man, but wow.
My pals Paul and John made a fantastic horror movie, and it’s free to stream on Prime Video!
John Gholson@gholson.bsky.social · 3d agoMAN FINDS TAPE is now streaming for free on Prime Video. 📼 ✋ youtu.be/jN9gk6zpf7U?...
WHAT. A. WEEK. Thank you for showing up & showing out, and making #F1RSTWrestling a part of your weekend. ❤️ Thank you to the F1RST Wrestling talent & crew for giving 1000% all year long. ❤️🔥 Special thanks to our amazing hosts @uptownvfw.org, @mallofamerica.bsky.social, & #FirstAvenue! 🙌🏻
Also, I was able to sneak out and see the new Spider-Man movie. It was really good.
The cats allowed me to sleep around 11 hours, which was nice of them.
John Maddening@johnmaddening.bsky.social · 3d ago📆 Four days. 🎪 Three venues. 🎟️ Six shows. 🩸 467 thumbtacks. 🍡 Three kendo sticks. 🚪 Seven doors. 👤 ___ big league wrestlers watching. 🕴️ Former Nickelodeon Teen Choice Award Winner attending. Fifteen total hours of sleep. 🛌 Good night.
The only event other than @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social shows that Cool Kids™️ were allowed to attend yesterday.
Black Hart of Saint Paul@blackhartstp.com · 2d agoYesterday the Dildo Derby raised $900 for Listening House, an absolutely essential resource for our unhoused neighbors. Learn more about them here: www.listeninghouse.org
I dislike this youtuber AI controversy because it means I've had to learn about the existence of a youtuber.
Tomorrow is the last day to file for a special election replacing McConnell in Kentucky, so I expect sometime after Five o' clock tomorrow night he might suddenly pass away due to complications from a fall he suffered some weeks back.
I only went to two and I'm spent. Don't know how you all did it all weekend! Huge shout out to everyone at @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social for pulling this all off. There's nothing like indie wrestling and it is so obvious how much love for it everyone at F1rst has. Had such an amazing time
John Maddening@johnmaddening.bsky.social · 3d ago📆 Four days. 🎪 Three venues. 🎟️ Six shows. 🩸 467 thumbtacks. 🍡 Three kendo sticks. 🚪 Seven doors. 👤 ___ big league wrestlers watching. 🕴️ Former Nickelodeon Teen Choice Award Winner attending. Fifteen total hours of sleep. 🛌 Good night.
📆 Four days. 🎪 Three venues. 🎟️ Six shows. 🩸 467 thumbtacks. 🍡 Three kendo sticks. 🚪 Seven doors. 👤 ___ big league wrestlers watching. 🕴️ Former Nickelodeon Teen Choice Award Winner attending. Fifteen total hours of sleep. 🛌 Good night.
📆 Four days. 🎪 Three venues. 🎟️ Six shows. 🩸 467 thumbtacks. 🍡 Three kendo sticks. 🚪 Seven doors. 👤 ___ big league wrestlers watching. 🕴️ Former Nickelodeon Teen Choice Award Winner attending. Fifteen total hours of sleep. 🛌 Good night.
‘I bought this before he went crazy’ sticker on a 1938 VW Beetle
UPDATE: Lynx fans have got it on lockdown. Also, lots of people carrying trans pride and progress pride flags, including people wearing Fever gear.
John Maddening@johnmaddening.bsky.social · 4d agoThere’s an ̶a̶n̶t̶i̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶ ̶…er, “pro Sophie Cunningham” protest taking place before the Lynx/Indiana WNBA game tomorrow, kitty-corner from where fans will be lining up for our final show of the weekend. I don’t think they know our fans.
Today, we reach the grand finale of Summer Smash Weekend… 💥 GCW vs. F1RST 💥 #FirstAvenue Minneapolis, MN Doors 12PM | Show 1PM LIVE on TrillerTV+ (2PM EST) 🎟️TIX AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR🎟️ P.S. Be sure to represent your home team and wear all your F1RST Wrestling gear!
Thanks! It’s a lot of work behind the scenes, a lot of late nights and early mornings, but the cheers (and boos!) make it all worthwhile!
Tony@tondog.bsky.social · 3d agoY’all have been absolutely crushing it this weekend. Truly fantastic work from everyone involved. I hope you all have a nice long sleep after all this done because you deserve it
Five shows down, one to go! Join us Sunday at First Avenue when your hometown pals at @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social take on GCW! Doors at noon, first bell at 1pm!
If you are from out of town attending your first @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social #wremix show, you are in for a wild ride for the next several hours. Enjoy
It's weird, when you look back on the coverage of Jackie Robinson integrating Major League Baseball, there weren't a lot of these sympathetic pieces about the fans practicing their rights of freedom of speech by screaming the N-word at him. Progress!
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d agoSpeaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn
There’s an ̶a̶n̶t̶i̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶ ̶…er, “pro Sophie Cunningham” protest taking place before the Lynx/Indiana WNBA game tomorrow, kitty-corner from where fans will be lining up for our final show of the weekend. I don’t think they know our fans.
Precisely zero Trump administration officials at tonight’s @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social #WREMIX show. First Avenue. Doors at 9pm. 18+
John Pollock@iamjohnpollock.bsky.social · 4d agoThe Secretary of Education has been spotted at Summerslam
