Xyon McKell
@xyonmckell.bsky.social
A riddle wrapped in nerdiness.
Derailments of Thought: personal blog about wrestling, games, books, art, & other randomness.
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Derailments of Thought: personal blog about wrestling, games, books, art, & other randomness.
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Xyon McKell
@xyonmckell.bsky.social
· Nov 19
As a Bluesy intro to my (sporadicly updated) personal blog, here's a thread of spotlight posts: career retrospectives & tributes I've written about/for several amazing women wrestlers over the years including retirements, major career changes, & sadly a few memorials.
Mei Suruga vs AZM stand alone match video premiering now. (This was part of Sakura's great 30th Anniversary show and is easily one of my matches of the year.)
#chocopro #stardom
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#chocopro #stardom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0buP...
#ChocoPro Full Match - AZM vs Mei Suruga at Emi Sakura 30th Anniversary show "Cult Heroine #stardom
YouTube video by ChocoPro wrestling
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November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Mei Suruga vs AZM stand alone match video premiering now. (This was part of Sakura's great 30th Anniversary show and is easily one of my matches of the year.)
#chocopro #stardom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0buP...
#chocopro #stardom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0buP...
Bye Poi to the eyes. Mio's a menace. An awesome menace.
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Bye Poi to the eyes. Mio's a menace. An awesome menace.
Mio and Poi are tearing the house down.
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Mio and Poi are tearing the house down.
Yuu's been having a whole bunch of really fun matches on her retirement road.
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Yuu's been having a whole bunch of really fun matches on her retirement road.
Time for #senjo and Chihiro's 10th Ann show. I was lucky enough to see her vs Sareee live years ago, and I can't wait for tonight's match.
And I am just as psyched to see Dash vs Maria. Whole show's gonna rock.
And I am just as psyched to see Dash vs Maria. Whole show's gonna rock.
November 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Time for #senjo and Chihiro's 10th Ann show. I was lucky enough to see her vs Sareee live years ago, and I can't wait for tonight's match.
And I am just as psyched to see Dash vs Maria. Whole show's gonna rock.
And I am just as psyched to see Dash vs Maria. Whole show's gonna rock.
Shimmer Wrestling was the reason for the first trip I ever took to watch wrestling, and introduced me to a ton of favorites including a number of joshi which would lead to my first trip to Japan and heavily influence my fandom to this day.
Happy 20th Anniversary to a beloved and missed promotion.
Happy 20th Anniversary to a beloved and missed promotion.
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Shimmer Wrestling was the reason for the first trip I ever took to watch wrestling, and introduced me to a ton of favorites including a number of joshi which would lead to my first trip to Japan and heavily influence my fandom to this day.
Happy 20th Anniversary to a beloved and missed promotion.
Happy 20th Anniversary to a beloved and missed promotion.
20 years later my favorite book got a sequel series.
The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn review.
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The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn review.
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The Icarus Plot Review
A pair of former bounty hunters turned planet development surveyors are about to receive a not-so-voluntary job offer to locate a woman named Tera and a fabled project called Icarus. On the plus si…
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November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
20 years later my favorite book got a sequel series.
The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn review.
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The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn review.
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Surprising no one, #ChocoPro's Halloween show was a ridiculous amount of fun.
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ChocoPro 486 Halloween Special Thoughts
November 1, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan ChocoPro 486 Nothing was announced ahead of time, but the Halloween show lineup is pretty standard at this point: an opening match followed by the main event H…
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November 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Surprising no one, #ChocoPro's Halloween show was a ridiculous amount of fun.
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Halloween Rumble show on now. Emi Sakura starting us off fresh off her 30th anniversary show.
#chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTt...
#chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTt...
ChocoPro 486 - Halloween Special Show! 2025/11/1
YouTube video by ChocoPro wrestling
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November 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Halloween Rumble show on now. Emi Sakura starting us off fresh off her 30th anniversary show.
#chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTt...
#chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTt...
Reposted by Xyon McKell
#TJPW A funny video of Arisu, Himawari, and Namba trying to get Kira to guess English words. Filmed a while ago for the Queri app.
www.reddit.com/r/teej/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/teej/comme...
From the teej community on Reddit: Queri has officially started their Youtube channel, check out the first video with TJPW!!!
Explore this post and more from the teej community
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October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#TJPW A funny video of Arisu, Himawari, and Namba trying to get Kira to guess English words. Filmed a while ago for the Queri app.
www.reddit.com/r/teej/comme...
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Sakura and Mizuki absolutely tore the house down just a few days before Emi's 30th Anniversary show.
Must watch.
#tjpw #chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRK6...
Must watch.
#tjpw #chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRK6...
ChocoPro 484 - Emi Sakura vs Mizuki! Mei & Akki vs Chie & SOY! Miya vs SOY! 2025/10/27
YouTube video by ChocoPro wrestling
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October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sakura and Mizuki absolutely tore the house down just a few days before Emi's 30th Anniversary show.
Must watch.
#tjpw #chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRK6...
Must watch.
#tjpw #chocopro #aew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRK6...
In NYC the subtlety level always rightfully hovers somewhere around "upside the head."
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In NYC the subtlety level always rightfully hovers somewhere around "upside the head."
Spotlight on a fun trios match on Emi Sakura's road to her 30th Anniversary show.
From SLK's 10th Anniversary show: Sakura, Rina, & Yuna Mizumori vs Riho, Rina, & Ram Kaicho.
#chocopro #aew #stardom
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From SLK's 10th Anniversary show: Sakura, Rina, & Yuna Mizumori vs Riho, Rina, & Ram Kaicho.
#chocopro #aew #stardom
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Match Spotlight: Hina, Sakura, & Mizumori vs Ram, Riho, & Rina
Starlight Kid 10th Anniversary Show – October 20, 2025 Emi Sakura is approaching her 30th Anniversary show and has a number of anticipated matches across several companies in the couple weeks…
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October 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Spotlight on a fun trios match on Emi Sakura's road to her 30th Anniversary show.
From SLK's 10th Anniversary show: Sakura, Rina, & Yuna Mizumori vs Riho, Rina, & Ram Kaicho.
#chocopro #aew #stardom
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From SLK's 10th Anniversary show: Sakura, Rina, & Yuna Mizumori vs Riho, Rina, & Ram Kaicho.
#chocopro #aew #stardom
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In the two weeks going into her 30th Anniversary show Emi Sakura is wrestling on 4+ different promotions, including reuniting with Yunamon, and wrestling against Riho, Ram, Chihiro, Yuu, Mizuki, and so on. And the actual anniversary match isn't announced yet. Incredible.
#chocopro #senjo #tjpw #aew
#chocopro #senjo #tjpw #aew
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy Birthday Asahi 🌅
October 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy Birthday Asahi 🌅
Reposted by Xyon McKell
An overdue look back on our favorite Rat Chaser and a just in time look at one of her compatriots.
Best wishes to both Nao Kakuta and Tae Honma.
#awg #tjpw #本間多恵 #taehonma
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Best wishes to both Nao Kakuta and Tae Honma.
#awg #tjpw #本間多恵 #taehonma
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Retirement Reflections – Nao Kakuta & Tae Honma
A quick look back on some personal highlights of the careers of a couple of fun wrestlers who I’m interestingly mostly familiar with outside of their original promotion. Nao Kakuta In the typ…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
An overdue look back on our favorite Rat Chaser and a just in time look at one of her compatriots.
Best wishes to both Nao Kakuta and Tae Honma.
#awg #tjpw #本間多恵 #taehonma
derailmentsofthought.com/2025/10/12/r...
Best wishes to both Nao Kakuta and Tae Honma.
#awg #tjpw #本間多恵 #taehonma
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Charlotte (Beach) and Chili (the town/avenue, not the food)
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Charlotte (Beach) and Chili (the town/avenue, not the food)
