Jonathan Snowden

Flowers

Neat flowers randomly appeared in the yard.

Well, the purpose of Nielsen ratings is to provide an estimated audience for advertisers. So it wouldn't make sense to include a streamer which has its own ads.

Program cover for Nobuhiko Takada's last match.

New piece of art for the home office.

One of the most successful pro wrestlers of the 1990s and a formative figure in establishing MMA in Japan.

#PRIDEFCBook
#MMA
#Wrestling

Taylor Swift showgirl.

What are your favorites so far?

Listening to it a second time and right now Opalite, Actually Romantic, Cancelled and Wood stand out to me.

#TaylorSwift

Joe did nothing wrong.

#AEW

"I watched Great Sasuke do it and then invented it. Next question."

#wrestling

The People's House Was Built for a Brawl From Andrew Jackson’s inaugural riot to Teddy Roosevelt’s basement dojo, the White House has always been a stage for our most savage instincts.

The People's House Was Built for a Brawl

From Andrew Jackson’s inaugural riot to Teddy Roosevelt’s basement dojo, the White House has always been a stage for our most savage instincts.

#UFC

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They will be used in my PRIDE book. I am thinking about how to offer them with Hybrid Shoot.

Definitely sign up for the Substack. I am not on social media much anymore.

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Why does a refrigerator have a screen? 🤣

Kristina was making fun of me using the word "dames" so now I might have to burn it.

Old timey wrestling crowd.

I interrupted all my current work to write a novel. I'm like halfway done.

It's a noir set in the world of 1940's wrestling.

I just started on a whim and wrote for hours. I have tens of thousands of words and a real clear picture of where I'm going.

No one asked for this.🤣

It's great.

I don't know the answer to the question, but I can say it was tortuous to sit behind someone who was obsessed with getting their sign on TV.

I mean, for most of my career I've worked for big websites that have huge art budgets or deals with photo providers like Getty.

Sourcing individual artists would actually be unusual for most media people.

You seem really unwell.

Who is disparaging artists?

I literally say no AI art.

Are you okay? I mean, beyond being illiterate.

Do you run a wrestling or MMA site that uses art to illustrate your stories or videos?

Which artists do you recommend?

How do you manage costs?

Or do you steal other people's photos and cross your fingers that it will be okay?

The fact that you'd try to use this to dunk rather than recommend an artist says a lot about both you and the community.

I don't use AI art. But it's also not easy to find dependable artists.

He wrote a series of newspaper columns after Gotch's death. I am collecting them.

That was my attempt to recreate an old book cover.

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I'm looking for someone to provide a single illustration for a secret #wrestling book project. In the style of Norman Rockwell. Or at least that old-time vibe.

Please email hybridshootstyle@gmail.com with a quote for the exclusive editorial rights for the image.

No AI generated art.

WWE Vault announcement

Not sure if there are any rasslin fans on here, but WWE Vault has announced they've found a new house show taping from Atlanta.

This is not a drill.

He actually said:

"All I know is we're one of the top sports shows."

The match was the match.

But Ibushi shoot punching the cage to try to get in and help Ospreay was ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#forbiddendoor

Thank God they are starting with Edge. Plenty of time to finish lunch.

Golden Lovers: The Difference in Our Power Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi and a tale of transformation, glory and love

The Golden Lovers appear this afternoon at #AEW ForbiddenDoor

Want to know more about them? I wrote something about their beautiful, complicated history for Hybrid Shoot

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Yeah, couldn't tell

I believe this was Ole Marsh if it's helpful.

Difference in her wrestling is night and day.

Way less stilted.

Way more contact.

Way less confusion and obviously working through the steps in her head.

Huge improvement.

Many know the great Tom Gerbasi from his many years running the #UFC's editorial apparatus. But he's also a long-time #boxing writer and has a new book coming out September 9th.

Tom is a great guy+ this book really looks sharp. Giving me some ideas for an MMA version.