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Mercedes Mone

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MERCEDES MONÉ — SASHA BANKS THE BOSS. THE CEO. THE BLUEPRINT. There are very few women in professional wrestling who can genuinely say they helped change the business. Mercedes Moné can. Long before she became the CEO, before the international championships, before Japan, before AEW, before she walked into Wembley Stadium as AEW Women's World Champion, there was Sasha Banks. The Boss. The woman with the sunglasses, the extravagant gear, the confidence, the swagger and the unmistakable belief that she was destined for greatness. Sasha Banks was not simply part of the Women's Revolution. She was one of the women who helped lead it. Alongside Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Bayley, she helped transform the perception of what women's wrestling could be. They were not simply performers filling a women's division. They were wrestlers who could headline shows, carry rivalries, sell championships, deliver long-form storytelling and produce matches that bec...
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Jade Cargill

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Jade Cargill: The Storm There are wrestlers who look like athletes. There are wrestlers who look like movie stars. There are wrestlers who look like superheroes. And then there is Jade Cargill. Jade does not look like she was designed for ordinary professional wrestling. She looks like she was designed for mythology. The physique. The height. The shoulders. The power. The confidence. The hair. The presentation. The entrance. The attitude. Everything about Jade Cargill says that she is supposed to be standing somewhere important. She walks into an arena and immediately looks like somebody who should have a championship around her waist. She looks like the final boss. She looks like the superhero. She looks like the villain in the superhero movie. She looks like the woman who walks through the smoke while everybody else gets out of the way. And then the music hits. The Storm has arrived. Jaded. 2. 3. The Look Professional wrestling i...
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Bianca Belair

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Bianca Belair: The EST of WWE There are wrestlers who walk into WWE and immediately look like they belong. There are wrestlers who become stars because the audience decides they are stars. And then there is Bianca Belair. Bianca Belair did not simply arrive in WWE. She arrived with an identity already built into her bones. She was athleticism with personality. Power with glamour. Confidence with a smile. Strength with rhythm. She could run, lift, jump, pose, talk, wrestle and entertain, and somehow all of it felt like the same person. The EST of WWE was not merely a nickname. It became a philosophy. The strongest. The fastest. The toughest. The roughest. The quickest. The best. Bianca would eventually turn those superlatives into one of the most recognizable identities in modern women's wrestling. And then there was the ponytail. That extraordinary braid became almost another appendage, a weapon, a visual trademark and one of the most recognizable pieces ...
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Alice in Wonderland

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND — A WONDERLAND OF COLOUR, CHAOS AND THEATRE MAGIC Janice Honeyman's Pantomime | Joburg Theatre Oh, what a wonderful world it is when theatre allows us to be children again! There is something rather special about pantomime. It is theatrical mischief in its most beautiful form. It is a celebration of imagination, a feast of colour, an invitation to laughter and an opportunity to temporarily abandon the seriousness of everyday life. It is theatre that does not apologise for being extravagant, eccentric, ridiculous or delightfully over the top. And when Janice Honeyman is at the helm, you know you are in very capable hands. I was at the Joburg Theatre for the opening of Janice Honeyman's Alice in Wonderland , and ladies and gentlemen, this is the Panto! What an absolute spectacle. Bright colours, infectious enthusiasm, beautiful singing, energetic choreography, eccentric characters, hilarious South African references and an abundance of theatric...
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