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THE USOS: DAY ONE ISH Jimmy & Jey Uso — The Brothers Who Ruled the Bloodline There are tag teams that become successful because two wrestlers happen to work well together. Then there are tag teams where the partnership feels inevitable. Jimmy and Jey Uso were born into the same family, trained under the same wrestling philosophy, entered WWE together and spent years developing an understanding that could only come from being twins. They didn't merely become partners. They became an extension of one another. The Usos were rhythm. They were movement. They were timing. They were chaos delivered with precision. And eventually, they became something even greater: the foundation of one of the most important factions in modern WWE history. Before Roman Reigns became the "Tribal Chief", before The Bloodline became the dominant force in WWE, before Jey Uso became "Main Event Jey", before the word "YEET" became an arena-wide phenomenon,...

THE AGENTS: SIGN, SIGN, SIGN! SELLING DREAMS, MANIPULATING REALITY AND THE BEAUTIFUL ART OF CLOSING A DEAL An Antakalipa Theatre Review There is something rather extraordinary about watching people do the things you recognise from your own professional life, except that somebody has taken those things, exaggerated them to ridiculous proportions and placed them on a theatre stage for everyone's entertainment. Suddenly, the familiar becomes hilarious. The ordinary becomes absurd. And the things you might ordinarily take seriously become the very things that have you laughing uncontrollably. Welcome to The Agents ! I was at Theatre on the Square for this wonderfully mischievous production, and goodness, what a delightful experience! I genuinely did not want the show to end. I laughed, I recognised situations, I appreciated the cleverness of the writing, and I found myself relating to practically every little trick, tactic and psychological manoeuvre unfolding before me...

SAMI ZAYN The Underdog Who Refused to Stay Down There are wrestlers who look like superheroes. There are wrestlers who look like movie stars. There are wrestlers who walk into WWE already looking like they belong at the top. And then there is Sami Zayn . Sami doesn't look like a traditional WWE superhero. He looks human. He looks like the guy who could be sitting next to you in the crowd. He wears his emotions on his face. He gets angry. He gets nervous. He gets excited. He lies. He manipulates. He panics. He celebrates. He gets knocked down. And somehow— he keeps getting back up. That may be the greatest quality of Sami Zayn. He has spent his entire career being told, directly or indirectly, that there are people ahead of him. Bigger men. More marketable men. More powerful men. More politically connected men. Men who look more like champions. And yet Sami keeps finding a way. He became an NXT Champion. He became an Intercontinental Champion...