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Sam Smith
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Husband 💍 | Features Editor - The Escapist 🎮 | Co-Founder - Wrestlesphere 🤼‍♂️ | Host - GimmeAHullYeah 🤘| BA Hons/NCTJ acred 🎓
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Sam Smith @samsmith-journo.bsky.social · Oct 4
Happy to announce that I’m the new Features Editor for The Escapist! 🎮

PRs and writers can reach me on our website:

www.escapistmagazine.com?utm_source=g...
The Escapist
The Escapist is an outlet dedicated to providing our readers and viewers with smart coverage of video games, casino games, movies, tv shows and everything geek culture.
www.escapistmagazine.com
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Happy to announce that I’m the new Features Editor for The Escapist! 🎮

PRs and writers can reach me on our website:

www.escapistmagazine.com?utm_source=g...
The Escapist
The Escapist is an outlet dedicated to providing our readers and viewers with smart coverage of video games, casino games, movies, tv shows and everything geek culture.
www.escapistmagazine.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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As #Smackdown  is emanating from Europe tomorrow, we’ll be having a special livestream with a very familiar face - and hat. #WWE 😎🤘
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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They’re doing my Old Man Cena theory. Called it. 😎🤘

#EliminationChamber
March 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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New Orleans confirmed for #WrestleMania42! Some of our podcast hosts are already making tentative travel plans! ✈️😎🤘

#HullYeah #WWE #SmackDown
February 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Tonight we’ll be discussing the #Rock’s return to #WWE on #SmackDown. What does this mean for #WrestleMania? 🤔

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The Rock Returns To WWE - WrestleMania 41 Plans Change?
YouTube video by Gimme A Hull Yeah!
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February 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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13 years together, 7 years married today.

Happy anniversary, Jessica Smith ❤️💍
February 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Ey up, as it’s #ValentinesDay  tomorrow (so the lads will be preoccupied 😆), we’ll be doing this week’s Friday Night Features on a Thursday instead.

We’ll be talking #NXTVengenceDay TONIGHT at 8:30pm GMT. See you soon! #WWE #WWENXT  #HullYeah! 🤘
WWE Vengeance Day 2025 Preview | NXT
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February 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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That time TOMTALKSRUBBISH interviewed my wife Jess about what it’s like living with a whimsical geek who also happens to be a video game & wrestling journalist. We also discuss @gimmeahullyeah.bsky.social & Wrestlesphere.😄❤️

Go follow Tom on YouTube:

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Wrestling With Relationships with Sam & Jess Smith @GimmeAHullYeah @thewrestlesphere
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January 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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As a lifelong fan of Anne Rice’s books, this was so much fun to write for Screensphere. Loving Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe on AMC and I hope it continues to expand! #AnneRice #InterviewWithTheVampire #MayfairWitches 🧛

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Anne Rice's Immortal Universe: 7 Supernatural creatures that could show up - Screensphere
Anne Rice's Immortal Universe are home to more than just vampires and witches, here's what other supernatural entities could show up.
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January 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Our Friday Night Features will return this week with a preview of the #RoyalRumble ! See you there! #HullYeah! 😎🤘
January 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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“So what do you do for a living?”

“I’m a video games & wrestling journalist.”

“I mean for your day job?”

“I’m a video games & wrestling journalist.”

“Yes, but how do you pay your mortgage?”

“I’m a video games & wrestling journalist.”

Bewildered stare.

I have this at least once a month. 🫤
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January 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Does anyone else miss summer? 🥶
January 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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A piece I wrote about the #NXTNA crossovers. Seems like a good time to share again 😅 #WWE ❤️ #TNA

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Why the NXT / TNA crossovers are genius - Wrestlesphere
NXTNA is fast becoming one of the most exciting things in wrestling, here's why TNA and NXT are a match made in wrestling heaven.
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January 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Little preview for #KingdomCome2 after playing for some time:

www.dexerto.com/opinion/king...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 avoids a classic sequel mistake - Dexerto
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 omits something that was key to the original in the second game – and its even better for it.
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January 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Xbox Game Pass on Switch 2 would be a total game changer! 🎮

#NintendoSwitch2 #Xbox

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Xbox Game Pass on Switch 2 would be a total game changer - Dexerto
Xbox Game Pass on Switch 2 would be amazing, but it comes with a bittersweet realization about the future of Xbox.
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January 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Worried about backward compatibility on the Nintendo Switch 2? Don’t be! 🎮😎

#NintendoSwitch2

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Why you shouldn’t worry about gaps in Nintendo Switch 2’s backward compatibility - Dexerto
The Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward compatible but not with every game. Here’s why we’re not worrying about it.
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January 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Meet our GAHY podcast hosts! @Dan Hargreaves covers #RAW, Anthony does #AEWDynamite & streams #WWE2K. @domsmith93.bsky.social tracks the #WyattSicks story while @samsmith-journo.bsky.social & Andy do Friday Features, fantasy booking videos & more! #HullYeah! 🤘😄
December 18, 2024 at 8:08 AM