Ben
@benny5bellys.bsky.social
Mainly watching wrestling until the revolution gets its arse into gear
England's finest building
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
England's finest building
Find me a better description of being sick
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Find me a better description of being sick
"Big Furniture"
‘Every chair you own is a commitment to mediocrity…’ IKEA must be quaking in their flat pack boots.
October 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Big Furniture"
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Now is a moment to reshare this video
June 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Now is a moment to reshare this video
April 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A brilliant thread if you want to despair even more at the incompetence and stupidity of our civic leaders
This week’s planning committee (13th Feb) is a big one - a few major applications, some deferrals coming back and a new chair (not sure why) with some big shoes to fill as the last two have been very capable. So here are a few thoughts. 1/n
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A brilliant thread if you want to despair even more at the incompetence and stupidity of our civic leaders
I have never read anything quite so _French_ in all my life
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 AM
I have never read anything quite so _French_ in all my life
No one on earth screams middle management quite as much as this clueless dickhead
Keir Starmer, "AI is going to be transformative for the better in art, culture, industry, government, public services.. Not ten years but five"
"Getting the balance right between the potential of AI and the protection of copyright"
"Getting the balance right between the potential of AI and the protection of copyright"
December 20, 2024 at 12:07 PM
No one on earth screams middle management quite as much as this clueless dickhead
Rocked around Paris on an unplanned trip and fell in love with this painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
December 13, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Rocked around Paris on an unplanned trip and fell in love with this painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Flying to Paris and there is a lass getting on this plane whose only hand luggage is a 36 pack of walkers and I have never respected someone more in my whole life
December 10, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Flying to Paris and there is a lass getting on this plane whose only hand luggage is a 36 pack of walkers and I have never respected someone more in my whole life
Such a brilliant story this
Steve the Donkeys with the classic "that doesn't work for me brother"
Steve the Donkeys with the classic "that doesn't work for me brother"
Have you ever been to New Cross, SE.London? I've spent a lot of time there. Always had weird vibes. You might think it's because of art students.
Before that?
Jack Wannop founded the New Cross boxing & wrestling club & got his mate Tom to fight a donkey:
grapplingwithhistory.com/2019/02/23/j...
Before that?
Jack Wannop founded the New Cross boxing & wrestling club & got his mate Tom to fight a donkey:
grapplingwithhistory.com/2019/02/23/j...
Poor Steve The Donkey
[This is not Steve. This is a generic Victorian fruit-selling donkey and a lady with fantastic contour that I found on the internet. The image appears in an 1877 book by photographer John Thompson …
grapplingwithhistory.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Such a brilliant story this
Steve the Donkeys with the classic "that doesn't work for me brother"
Steve the Donkeys with the classic "that doesn't work for me brother"
1) Kick out people who are knobheads and ban 'em
2) A primer for any ongoing story lines pre show. Promo video if a promotion can afford it. A simple side of A4 will suffice.
3) If I book seats together, I expect to be able to sit next to my mates without queuing up.
2) A primer for any ongoing story lines pre show. Promo video if a promotion can afford it. A simple side of A4 will suffice.
3) If I book seats together, I expect to be able to sit next to my mates without queuing up.
QUESTION:
What do you think wrestling promotions are missing that you'd like to see/get MORE of, to improve your wrestling attendance experience?
What do you think promotions are relying on too much that you'd like to see LESS of, to improve your wrestling attendance experience?
#WrestleSky 🤼
What do you think wrestling promotions are missing that you'd like to see/get MORE of, to improve your wrestling attendance experience?
What do you think promotions are relying on too much that you'd like to see LESS of, to improve your wrestling attendance experience?
#WrestleSky 🤼
a young girl with a serious look on her face holds her fist up in the air
ALT: a young girl with a serious look on her face holds her fist up in the air
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:45 PM
1) Kick out people who are knobheads and ban 'em
2) A primer for any ongoing story lines pre show. Promo video if a promotion can afford it. A simple side of A4 will suffice.
3) If I book seats together, I expect to be able to sit next to my mates without queuing up.
2) A primer for any ongoing story lines pre show. Promo video if a promotion can afford it. A simple side of A4 will suffice.
3) If I book seats together, I expect to be able to sit next to my mates without queuing up.
I read this a month or two ago and would thoroughly recommend it.
Ambitious in its scope for sure but I learned a lot and plenty of dry humour that kept me entertained.
Ambitious in its scope for sure but I learned a lot and plenty of dry humour that kept me entertained.
My book sales have dropped off this month, which finds me in self-promotion mode.
If you haven't already checked out Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling, or if you're after a present for the wrestling fan or niche history fan in your life, here it is:
amzn.eu/d/8lmAoH2
If you haven't already checked out Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling, or if you're after a present for the wrestling fan or niche history fan in your life, here it is:
amzn.eu/d/8lmAoH2
November 25, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I read this a month or two ago and would thoroughly recommend it.
Ambitious in its scope for sure but I learned a lot and plenty of dry humour that kept me entertained.
Ambitious in its scope for sure but I learned a lot and plenty of dry humour that kept me entertained.
This one got censored by bluesky.
I'll live with eager moderation over Nazis anyday though
I'll live with eager moderation over Nazis anyday though
Opening tag with Ryo Inoue/Jumonji Vs Astronauts is a lovely bit of business.
Ryo has had such a good year. He is really starting to put it all together in both his character and in ring work.
youtu.be/HQsIlO6PdEI?...
Ryo has had such a good year. He is really starting to put it all together in both his character and in ring work.
youtu.be/HQsIlO6PdEI?...
2024.10.20プロレスリングBURST「ROCKETDIVE vol.4」佐賀で魅せるプロレス
YouTube video by BURSTchannel
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 4:07 PM
This one got censored by bluesky.
I'll live with eager moderation over Nazis anyday though
I'll live with eager moderation over Nazis anyday though
Opening tag with Ryo Inoue/Jumonji Vs Astronauts is a lovely bit of business.
Ryo has had such a good year. He is really starting to put it all together in both his character and in ring work.
youtu.be/HQsIlO6PdEI?...
Ryo has had such a good year. He is really starting to put it all together in both his character and in ring work.
youtu.be/HQsIlO6PdEI?...
2024.10.20プロレスリングBURST「ROCKETDIVE vol.4」佐賀で魅せるプロレス
YouTube video by BURSTchannel
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Opening tag with Ryo Inoue/Jumonji Vs Astronauts is a lovely bit of business.
Ryo has had such a good year. He is really starting to put it all together in both his character and in ring work.
youtu.be/HQsIlO6PdEI?...
Ryo has had such a good year. He is really starting to put it all together in both his character and in ring work.
youtu.be/HQsIlO6PdEI?...
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this week's column www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...
Sport may be a blunt tool of social change, but it’s time to take a stand against Israel | Jonathan Liew
As the bombardment continues in Gaza, bodies such as Fifa and the IOC have evaded taking a stand. But fans’ solidarity with Palestinians is growing and should not be ignored
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:47 AM
this week's column www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...
I appreciate the Labour Party not hanging about and immediately getting into sleeze scandals.
A Labour MP asked a series of parliamentary questions on Indian interests while failing to declare he had accepted donations worth thousands of pounds from Indian organizations.
Labour MP failed to declare Indian donations in questions to ministers
Navendu Mishra tabled 14 written questions on U.K. relations with India but did not highlight donations, POLITICO scrutiny of parliamentary records shows.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
I appreciate the Labour Party not hanging about and immediately getting into sleeze scandals.
It's the most magical time of the year.
My @ivpvideos.bsky.social sale package dropped through the letter box
My @ivpvideos.bsky.social sale package dropped through the letter box
November 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
It's the most magical time of the year.
My @ivpvideos.bsky.social sale package dropped through the letter box
My @ivpvideos.bsky.social sale package dropped through the letter box
Because I was in awe that anything ever could be as good as what was unfolding before my eyes.
It was the emotion and exhaustion of the wrestlers as they left everything in the ring, not so much as to win but to not lose.
It was the emotion and exhaustion of the wrestlers as they left everything in the ring, not so much as to win but to not lose.
In the spirit of furthering understanding.
🤼 people on this place - without saying what it is, why is your favourite match your favourite match?
Do that whole quote thread thing if you want, they're fun rabbit holes to chase.
🤼 people on this place - without saying what it is, why is your favourite match your favourite match?
Do that whole quote thread thing if you want, they're fun rabbit holes to chase.
November 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Because I was in awe that anything ever could be as good as what was unfolding before my eyes.
It was the emotion and exhaustion of the wrestlers as they left everything in the ring, not so much as to win but to not lose.
It was the emotion and exhaustion of the wrestlers as they left everything in the ring, not so much as to win but to not lose.
Once made George Galloway a cup of tea.
Emergency Questions
20. What is your most mundane celebrity encounter?
I once saw Eve Myles browsing the CD racks in HMV. There is literally no more to that story.
20. What is your most mundane celebrity encounter?
I once saw Eve Myles browsing the CD racks in HMV. There is literally no more to that story.
November 14, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Once made George Galloway a cup of tea.
Do you like weird small room puro?
Do you like chains instead of ropes?
Do you like a gravely voiced American bloke doing commentary for reasons lost on me?
How about fellas beating the shit out of each other?
The main event of this rocks.
youtu.be/dCkb-5mpA7E?...
Do you like chains instead of ropes?
Do you like a gravely voiced American bloke doing commentary for reasons lost on me?
How about fellas beating the shit out of each other?
The main event of this rocks.
youtu.be/dCkb-5mpA7E?...
EXIT 183 FINAL EPISODE 2
YouTube video by ron sullivan
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Do you like weird small room puro?
Do you like chains instead of ropes?
Do you like a gravely voiced American bloke doing commentary for reasons lost on me?
How about fellas beating the shit out of each other?
The main event of this rocks.
youtu.be/dCkb-5mpA7E?...
Do you like chains instead of ropes?
Do you like a gravely voiced American bloke doing commentary for reasons lost on me?
How about fellas beating the shit out of each other?
The main event of this rocks.
youtu.be/dCkb-5mpA7E?...
Watched a Moonlight Darkness Scramble Death Match as I didn't know what one was.
Turns out moonlight is turning off the lights so you can't see fuck all but glow stick wearing refs fall over and occasionally a guy running around with a chainsaw to a background sounds of weapons being used
5*
Turns out moonlight is turning off the lights so you can't see fuck all but glow stick wearing refs fall over and occasionally a guy running around with a chainsaw to a background sounds of weapons being used
5*
November 12, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Watched a Moonlight Darkness Scramble Death Match as I didn't know what one was.
Turns out moonlight is turning off the lights so you can't see fuck all but glow stick wearing refs fall over and occasionally a guy running around with a chainsaw to a background sounds of weapons being used
5*
Turns out moonlight is turning off the lights so you can't see fuck all but glow stick wearing refs fall over and occasionally a guy running around with a chainsaw to a background sounds of weapons being used
5*
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Johnny Somali, the nuisance streamer who travels the world committing the most culturally offensive felonies he can for views, is now in Korea. Mock-assaulting memorials to sex crime victims, Actual-harassing women, spraying rotten fish juice on subway strangers.
And he is absolutely screwed.
🧵
And he is absolutely screwed.
🧵
November 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Johnny Somali, the nuisance streamer who travels the world committing the most culturally offensive felonies he can for views, is now in Korea. Mock-assaulting memorials to sex crime victims, Actual-harassing women, spraying rotten fish juice on subway strangers.
And he is absolutely screwed.
🧵
And he is absolutely screwed.
🧵
My current Mount Rushmore of pro wrestlers.
Daisuke Ikeda x4
Daisuke Ikeda x4
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
My current Mount Rushmore of pro wrestlers.
Daisuke Ikeda x4
Daisuke Ikeda x4