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Mike “the Ref” Malowany
@miketheref.bsky.social
450 followers 750 following 860 posts
He|Him, video game guy, former wrestling commentator
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TONIGHT!

It's the #AEWDynamite Supershow ahead of #AEWFullGear. The card is absolutely stacked, and we have lots to talk about following the TK chat with Ariel yesterday. Such a great week ahead of us.

Join us. 8 pm ET

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#AEWSky #WrestleSky
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Just a couple hours away!

Join us for #AEWDynamite and Fright Night looks scary good.

Plus we’ll have the #BlueJays game on and keep an eye on the champs

Starting 8 pm ET/6 pm MT tonight

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#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Just a couple hours away!!! Join me tonight on YouTube and twitch for #AEWWrestleDream!!! This card is lining up to be sneaky good, and we might see a man die on live TV!!!! (But still won’t quit)

Starting 7 pm ET/4 pm PT

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#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Tonight… 3 hours of #AEWDynamite as we are days away from #AEWWrestledream.

Join us as we discuss…

🤼‍♂️ Saturday’s Card
🎲 Board Game Cafes
🎮 Best gaming DLC

And more…

Starts 8 pm ET/6 pm MT Wednesday

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#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Reminder folks that #AEWCollision is an hour early tonight, which means tonight’s AEW Sidecast will be an hour early as well.

7 pm ET/5 pm MT

Join us for an early night of wrestling.

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#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
October 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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First day back at work, and I already want to get back on stream with all of you.

Finishing Horizon Forbidden West next week, Mutant Football League the Week after.

Got some great games that I can’t wait to add to stream. What do you want to see?

Twitch.tv/miketheref
October 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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These seats are absolutely great here!!! #TNA #VictoryRoad

#Wrestlesky
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Merch table at TNA Victory Road. Wish there were more than 4 wrestlers shirts. The special one for Henry is cool though

#Wrestlesky
September 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Join me tonight for the Fallout from #AEW All Out, for our weekly Sidecast. Tons of fun and definitely not short on things to talk about.

8 pm ET/5 pm PT

Twitch.tv/miketheref
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#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
September 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Today’s the day!!!

Join me on #twitch and #YouTube as we check out #AEWAllOut from Toronto together!!!

Wrestling is better with friends!!!

Starting 1:45 ET with the Tailgate Brawl!!!

#AEWSky #Wrestlesky

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September 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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TONIGHT!!! #AEW September to Remember from London Ontario 🇨🇦 An absolutely stacked card for a 3-hour show.

Join us for the sidecast, followed by us checking out the latest DLC for RetroMania Wrestling from @RetrosoftStudio.

#twitch --> MiketheRef
#YouTube --> BackbreakerVideo

#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
September 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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SEPTEMBER ON TWITCH

Announced yesterday, we are bringing back some favourites to my #twitch schedule this month.

Along with Horizon and WWE 2k25, we are adding Mutant Football League, RetroMania Wrestling and 2xKO to the show.

Hope you all join us for all the fun.

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September 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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What a night coming up!

🤼‍♀️ #AEWDynamite w/an insane card
🎮 #WWE2K25 myGM w/ @retrohangover.bsky.social @hpcbadguys.bsky.social @pjcdoesthings.bsky.social
AND
📢 A special announcement on this month’s schedule!

Join us!

8 pm ET/6 pm MT

#AEWSky #Wrestlesky

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September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Just under an hour away...

Join us for a crazy afternoon of wrestling with #AEWxNJPWForbiddenDoor. Over 70 wrestlers on the card!

Join us for our sidecast of the show, starting at noon ET on #YouTube & #twitch

#AEWSky #Wrestlesky

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August 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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TONIGHT! Going to be a fun night of #AEWCollison action… followed by our solo myGM run in #WWE2K25

Join us on #twitch and #YouTube

Starts 8 pm ET/6 pm MT

Twitch.tv/miketheref
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#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
August 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Hey everyone, little under the weather tonight, going to tap out on streaming tonight.

Going to try to record an unboxing video for this new 8BitDo Fightpad tomorrow. Thanks to Makeshift Money for the suggestion.

See you all tomorrow.
July 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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How about this one too @pjcdoesthings.bsky.social?
July 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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@pjcdoesthings.bsky.social I think this might interest you.
July 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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TONIGHT, 8 pm ET, let’s have our own little “talky-talk” during our #AEWDynamite Sidecast. It’s #AEWAllInTexas week, & there’s a ton to be excited for.

Then we take a trip to the Backbreaker Fight Club.

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#AEWSky #Wrestlesky
July 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Forgot to send these out last month.

I love picking up art from Gamescom when it comes into town. Truly one of my most fun weekends of the year, just like this one

A lot has changed over the last 5 years, & I hope for the better. Glad that my long Covid is starting to show signs of disappearing.
July 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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We have a JAM-PACKED #twitch schedule this week. I got 5 days off, so let's take advantage.

Check out the schedule, plus we will have River City Girls 2 on the docket as well.

Join us for the fun

#Wrestlesky #AEWSky

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July 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#AEWCollision100 Sidecast on Now!!!

Join us

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#AEWsky #Wrestlesky
July 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:

@walkerpipeguy.bsky.social is joining Backbreaker Gaming as a content contributor.

So happy for this personally. Walker is an amazing guy, and works so hard on all his content.

Check out our formal announcement, along with the new logos for our YouTube channels.
July 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Join me tonight for a hell of a fun night of wrestling!!!

8 pm ET - #AEWGrandSlamMexico Sidecast feat a tremendous card
10:30 pm ET - Online #WWE2K25 myGM Online returns with @hpcbadguys.bsky.social @retrohangover.bsky.social and @pjcdoesthings.bsky.social!

Join us. #AEWSky

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June 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Hey everyone, enjoying #CEO2025 on my last night of mini-vacation. I’ll be back streaming on #twitch Tuesday, as we celebrate 5 years as an affiliate this Saturday.

Here’s this week’s schedule. Follow me to know when I go live instantly.

Twitch.tv/miketheref
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM