Craig Ballantyne
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Craig Ballantyne
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Fan of pro wrestling and other stuff.

Not a fan of Trump & Co.
This picture's insane!

#AEW #WrestleSky 🤼
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Reposted by Craig Ballantyne
Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Moxley quitting twice in consecutive big matches? Beginning to think the man's getting kicked out of The Death Riders soon...

#AEW #WrestleSky 🤼
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Finished binging BoJack Horseman and the last episode had one of my favourite lines from any TV show:

"Sometimes life's a bitch and then you keep on living"

It's just how life is, there's no grand finale to most of your stories. There's just more life, some good and some bad

#BoJackHorseman
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Harley Cameron should be in everything 😂
Thanksgiving! It's that one time of the year that we all Conglomerate with the people we love – and with the people who aren't as easy to love.

Join the AEW family for Thanksgiving Eve #AEWDynamite on TBS and Thanksgiving Day #AEWCollision on TNT, both streaming on HBO Max!
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Didn't even consider this, could even lead to Takeshita v Okada for the title (although I want Tsuji to win at WK)
Things are shaping up nicely.
#NJPW #AEW
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Okada v Tanahashi, one more time! Fitting opponent for Tanahashi's retirement match, and they'll go all out!

#njpw #WrestleSky 🤼
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Tanahashi's tour is so much better than Cena's, here he is teaming with Jun Kasai in FREEDOMS!

#WrestleSky 🤼
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So, Nick Khan is basically saying they've created "scarcity" by decreasing the number of live events and sending a lot of them overseas, so jacking up the ticket prices just makes sense?

It's a business, but they've lost sight of their core audience.

(Quote from Fightful)

#WrestleSky 🤼
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Ishii's out with a dislocated shoulder, that sucks, been enjoying watching him conglomerate in AEW recently

#WrestleSky 🤼
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
SANADA's turned on the burger chain

#njpw 🤼
Picard: there ARE FOUR GUYS! FOUR
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
At a gig, didn't expect Don Callis' theme between acts 😂

#AEW #DonCallis
November 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
With Takeshita likely to turn face shortly, I'm wondering where he turns to for help against the giant Don Callis Family. Definitely Omega, maybe The Conglomeration after Blood & Guts? Or maybe could get help from NJPW

Looking forward to the redemption arc first, though.

#AEW #WrestleSky 🤼
November 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ospreay could be back as soon as January! That seems fast for neck surgery, but looks like he's getting the best treatment

#AEW #WrestleSky 🤼
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Love that Don Callis has two of the best wrestlers on the planet, Takeshita and Okada, in his family, but he's always concentrating on Kyle Fletcher since he's the future G0AT in the group.

Going to be that much better when Fletcher finally turns on him

#WrestleSky 🤼
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
AEW's been able to organically develop to Blood & Guts every year, it's impressive. Helps that they're flexible with the timing too, so it's not likethey're throwing together a big multi-petson match just because it's July

#AEW #WrestleSky 🤼
Blood and Guts is gonna go hard as fuck

Two teams of women who want to kill each other

Two teams of men who want to kill each other

This is gonna be SO F'ING GREAT OMG

#AEWDynamite
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Classic BritWres 🤦‍♂️
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ok, simulator games have gone too far
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
WWE's new faction, The Bill
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Knew it was coming, and I'm glad he's achieved his goal, but sad to see Zozaya going into the developmental for the developmental brand

#WrestleSky 🤼
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
PWInsider are reporting that the word in Mexico is WWE wants to "leverage" Andrade's non-compete to bring him back after firing him.

If true (and I hope it's a big 'if'), that would be insane.

#WrestleSky 🤼
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here's a cheesy motivational poster for you!

#AEW 🤼
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Latest update from Ibushi on Insta. He's in enough pain to be prescribed oxycodone, which must be terrible.

Says Nakazawa and Omega are visiting him regularly. Love the last line (well, the auto-translation):

"For me medicine isn't just strong medicine, but also the kindness of others."

#AEW 🤼
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I think a lot of people need to hear something, and it'll sound crazy, but it's true:

You're allowed to change your mind.

If you find out you're wrong about something, you don't need to double down with mental gymnastics, you can just accept it.

Wild, I know
October 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Gen Alpha: "6,7"
Me, a millennial wrestling fan: "...do, do you mean Aces & 8s?"
October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM