{"id":35839,"date":"2026-01-01T11:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cherryblade.co.uk\/?p=35839"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:00:40","slug":"welcome-to-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cherryblade.co.uk\/?p=35839","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player wp-block-video aligncenter wp-block-jetpack-videopress--has-max-width\" style=\"max-width: 352px;\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='421' height='750' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/SPVD3ffv?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;persistVolume=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t<figcaption><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p><br>So yes, I&#8217;m not dead. I was just enjoying my 2025, and yes, it was mental, expensive, but most of all fun, and if anyone had told me in 2024 I&#8217;d be doing all of this, I&#8217;d have been like WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT you on about. I&#8217;m not saying any of this to boast either. A lot of things have happened in my life, and last year reminded me that I&#8217;m still on the right path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So The Things I Got Up To Last Year Were<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>31st March &#8211; John Cena&#8217;s last Monday night Raw in London<br>22nd May &#8211; Kyle Tension tour in Liverpool<br>26th August &#8211; WWE Supershow in Manchester<br>17th December &#8211; AEW Holiday Bash taping in Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, I saw Holly Johnson live in Liverpool a few weeks after Kyle, but didn&#8217;t have any photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Granted, I did book the Kylie and Holly Johnson in 2024, and yes, I did get back into Pro wrestling in a big way last year, and I have to say I&#8217;m so happy I did <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> So Pro Wrestling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So WWE being put on Netflix has been awesome for me. I&#8217;ve always known about it and remember learning about it as a kid in the late to early 90&#8217;s, and then watching it late nights on TV when I was dealing with mental ill health, which included insomnia. I think out of everything I saw, though,h the AEW taping for the Holiday Bash shows was amazing. 4 hours of GREAT wrestling. That&#8217;s not to say I didn&#8217;t enjoy the WWE stuff. Seeing my favourite luchador, Penta, doing his thing was brilliant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll be going to many live events this year as I need to save money. WWE are coming to the UK this month, but nowhere near me, and to be quite honest didn&#8217;t really want to travel around the country in January, knowing how the weather could be. If anything, I&#8217;D LOVE to see some more AEW, if not in London, then when they come back to Manchester. That was the first time I had gone to the COOP live arena as well,l and I have to say I was very impressed. I don&#8217;t like the way Ticketmaster wouldn&#8217;t allow me to get a single seat if there were only two left, though (Yes, I do things solo), but I actually got a decent floor seat and loved every moment of it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So This Website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So as you can see, I&#8217;m currently and finally sorting this website out. My dream is to have it as my collectables website and do some videos since I pay for Jetpack for that feature. I will definitely not leave it for a whole year. I&#8217;ll definitely get things sorted out and get recording some stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2026 is going to be an interesting year for sure. I just hope the momentum of how good last year was spills over into 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, until the next time<br>X0X0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So yes, I&#8217;m not dead. 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