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Time of India
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
How Randy Orton can break John Cena's WWE World Title record
John Cena might have engraved his name into WWE history with a record-breaking 17th world title at WrestleMania 41, but it seems his long-time rival isn't ready to let him ride into retirement unchallenged. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now On RAW after WrestleMania, just as Cena was celebrating his historic win and taunting fans with talks of retirement, RKO outta nowhere silenced the new champion. Randy Orton's return to the title picture was loud, lethal, and left a clear message - the Apex Predator has unfinished business. Randy Orton's championship legacy Randy Orton is already a 14-time WWE World Champion. With Cena now holding the record at 17, the numbers might seem distant, but they're not unreachable - especially with Cena hinting at only 26 more appearances in his farewell tour. Orton's path to the record could be driven by two key factors: WWE's preference for storytelling symmetry, and Orton's revival after a long injury layoff. His recent appearances have shown he's still in top physical condition, and if WWE is booking a redemption arc, putting him back in the title spotlight would make for great television - especially with Cena in heel mode for the first time in over two decades. With WWE Backlash set to take place in Randy Orton's hometown of St. Louis, the storyline writes itself. A championship match between Cena and Orton could not only deliver a nostalgic clash of titans but also possibly mark Orton's 15th world title win - narrowing the gap to just two. Add in another potential run by the end of 2025, possibly at SummerSlam or Survivor Series - and Orton could find himself at 16, tied with Ric Flair. From there, one more world title win would put him on level terms with Cena. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now A WrestleMania 42 main event showdown between Cena and Orton for the record-breaking 18th title could be the climax WWE fans never knew they needed. While Cena may be in his farewell year, Orton has hinted at having more in the tank. If WWE wants to build one final generational arc, Orton is the most credible and compelling challenger to not just face Cena - but surpass him. The record isn't sealed just yet. The Viper is watching, waiting, and could very well strike his way into the record books.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Shocking! 14 time WWE World Champion officially declared a war against John Cena
Image via WWE John Cena came to RAW after WrestleMania 41 to rub it in the face of the fans, but instead fell victim to a surprise attack by a 14-time World Champion. The ending of WrestleMania 41 Night 2 saw a history-making moment as John Cena channeled his inner demon to dethrone Cody Rhodes and become the new Undisputed WWE Champion. However, as he finished his address on the RAW after WrestleMania 41, an iconic rival from his past showed up and made a statement at the expense of the 'Last Real Champion.' John Cena's 17th World Championship address did not end well The RAW after WrestleMania 41 opened with the record-breaking and new Undisputed WWE Champion, John Cena. Cena walked to the ring with much arrogance and was not happy with his introduction. He forced the ring announcer, Mark Shunock, to give him a better introduction. Cena then began his first address as the champion and had a lot to say to the fans. John Cena bragged about how he played the fans and berated them for being heartless. He mentioned how Cody Rhodes was their only hope, but instead, they turned on him. Rhodes was dominated and defeated by John Cena. Cena took this opportunity to take a shot at them and claimed that a functional relationship did not work that way. Furthermore, the 17-time WWE Champion counted down his appearances so far, which came down to 27, following which Cena said that he would be gone. Not only that, Cena planned to take the WWE championship that had been held by legends, like Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Bruno Sammartino, Roman Reigns and many others. However, in the final moments of Cena's address, 14-time WWE Randy Orton appeared and delivered an RKO outtanowhere to the Last Real Champion. WWE's Apex Predator gained a loud pop and stood tall over the fallen champion, holding the Undisputed WWE title high above his head. John Cena and Randy Orton had one of the most historic rivalries in the global juggernaut. With WrestleMania season over and a brand new one ushered in, it seems WWE Universe might be in store to see the iconic foes battle it out one last time. Also read: WWE RAW Results & Highlights (4/21/25): Randy Orton reignites feud with John Cena, Rusev returns, Becky Lynch goes rogue and more
Telegraph
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Apex Predator: This dire vampire drama lacks bite
Down in Southwark, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, they're presenting Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – which is styled as a gender-bending, Gen Z spin on Bram Stoker's vampire classic but has its emphasis, winningly, on pure silliness. Up at Hampstead, by contrast, we're offered something ostensibly meatier to sink our teeth into. John Donnelly's Apex Predator collides the model of a vampire thriller with a domestic drama about a young mother buckling under modern-day stresses. So: genre-bending, then. Initially, we're presented with the portrait of a woman, Mia, who's showing signs of being stuck in a post-natal horror-show: it's not just the anti-social behaviour, especially noisy neighbours upstairs, that is grinding her down, but aside from a hungry babe-in-arms, there's her disturbed 11-year-old son Alfie (facing exclusion for biting another child) and a husband unhelpfully absent working at nights on a police case. The focus at first seems to shift towards Alfie, with his sinister drawings and curious wariness around his mother. But his primary-school teacher, Ana – who has taken him under her wing – leans in, literally, towards Mia, bizarrely offering to breast-feed the baby and proffering coaxing advice: 'Maybe you've just lost touch with the animal part of yourself'. Before you can say 'ouch', a drip-drip gore-fest, primarily at the expense of a rancid male sex that deserves what it gets, is the order of the night. What with the huge success of 2:22 A Ghost Story – not to mention an insatiable public craving for vampire-fodder recently stoked anew by Nosferatu – you can see why Hampstead leapt on a show with a supernatural (and thus commercial) edge. But while Blanche McIntyre's production seduces technically – with some icky sanguivorous flourishes – Donnelly's drama feels curiously de-fanged. The secondary characters are so disposable as barely to warrant attention. And while on paper, he succeeds in drawing us into a twilight world where we, too, are unsure what's in Mia's head and what lies without, in practice, the piece feels like an interesting conceit that hasn't been fully fleshed out. A twisty ending tries to have its cake and eat it, serving both to indicate Mia's maternal distress and re-assert a teasing sense of dark unleashed forces. With short scenes lending the metaphor-laden evening a televisual (yet theatrically cumbersome) choppiness, Sophie Melville turns in quite a flat performance, almost in keeping with Tom Piper's ungainly set with its rising and falling sections of frosted panels and unprepossessing scaffolding. She's more starey than scary, and isn't helped by having to jiggle a plainly fake baby, although her quivering bouts of 'blood lows' are nicely done. The brightest element is Laura Whitmore – the Irish TV presenter and actress – as the predatory primary-teacher with carnal longings and immortal leanings. She has presence, and unmistakable glamour. The piece apparently draws on Donnelly's own grasp of the complex challenges thrown up by the protective urges of parenthood. But given that it's still evidently taking its baby steps, it needed cosseting itself in a less exposed part of the theatrical food chain, ideally in the studio space.
The Guardian
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Apex Predator review – supernatural psychodrama bites off more than it can chew
John Donnelly's new play is perceptive about early parenthood, especially the way a baby's arrival stress-tests your relationship. He particularly captures the strange combination of surety and fragility in which families take shape. Designer Tom Piper has shrunk Hampstead's wide stage and surrounded it by scaffolding to create a sense not just of lives under construction but also the preciousness of a family unit sheltered from danger. Donnelly's drama suggests a kind of 100-minute cortisol release as a mother and father battle with fight or flight responses. But despite the nuanced domestic backdrop, Apex Predator's interwoven supernatural and thriller elements are bloodless, albeit not literally. Mia and Joe live in London with their 11-year-old son, Alfie, and five-month-old Isla. Joe is frequently away for work of a sensitive, classified nature. Mia is driven to despair by sleep deprivation, exacerbated by the noise from upstairs neighbours. To make matters worse, Alfie has been biting other children but his art teacher, Ana, is here to help. Maybe she could give Alfie some extra free-of-charge tuition, take Mia on a boozy night out, perhaps offer her own breast for Isla to suckle? A spoiler is probably required here: this play contains vampires. In between glasses of wine, Ana (played with a sly, icy smile by Laura Whitmore) reveals herself to be a bloodsucker and Mia (the always arresting Sophie Melville) receives her venom. Vampirism is presented as an act of self-fortification to deal with the world's abundant perils, despite the fact that these 'apex predators' are traditionally cursed to a pretty miserable existence. Joe (Bryan Dick) is in fact a very modern sort of vampire hunter: he monitors encrypted online forums visited by deluded souls who believe themselves to be the undead. Reality blurs with nightmare, dark comedy is sometimes awkwardly coupled with horror, and scenes from the couple's flat, the school and the local GP's examination room merge together. Blanche McIntyre's production, despite the screeches of Chris Shutt's sound design, is more bewildering than disturbing. Cutting the interval would help propel the story's descent and Ingrid Mackinnon's movement direction could be heightened in a staging that fails to fuse the play's components as masterfully as the not dissimilar Let the Right One In. Whitmore's vampire has an unvaried uncanniness: there is never the sense of a weary being who has stalked the land for hundreds of years, witnessing London ablaze and watching 'a man called Burbage'. While the hold Ana has over Mia is unconvincing, Donnelly writes snappy, funny dialogue for Mia and Joe, their heated arguments realistically conveyed by Melville and Dick, ever aware that Alfie (played at this performance by Callum Knowelden) is within earshot. The humorous lines given to Leander Deeny, as one of Ana's victims, are less successful. Its scenes of foggy parental psychodrama are similarly vivid to Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's 2021 drama Mum, which also starred Melville. But fundamentally, for Donnelly's ambitious play to succeed, you have to feel swept into its supernatural world and I just didn't bite. At Hampstead theatre, London, until 26 April
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Yahoo
Florida police officer delivers pizza after large gator caught on camera in customer's driveway
A Florida woman was in for a surprise when a police officer ended up delivering her pizza because of an eight-foot alligator hiding out under a vehicle in her driveway. The Bradenton Police Department shared a video of the encounter on X, showing Officer Tolson responding to the call. "Pizza…with a side of gator?" the post read. "Officer Tolson responded to calls about an 8-foot gator in a 55+ community, intercepted a terrified pizza delivery driver, and ensured a hungry customer was fed (and a hungry gator wasn't). All in a day's work!" In shared body camera footage, the police officer can be heard telling a woman who arrived to deliver the pizza to stop because of the large alligator. Florida Authorities In Video Wrangle, Remove Massive Alligator From Pathway Frequented By Schoolchildren The officer suggested the pizza delivery person go around to the back of the house, when she replied, "I'm a little scared." Read On The Fox News App Tolson attempted to reassure the woman that, as long as the alligator stayed underneath the car, she could go around to the back of the home. "Do you want to do it, officer," the woman asked. Florida Man Survives Shark Attack After 'Apex Predator' Pulls Him Underwater, Narrowly Misses Femoral Artery She then handed the pizza to Tolson, along with the receipt, as a neighbor called the woman inside the home who ordered the pizza. During the call, the neighbor told the woman to not come out her front door due to the alligator. Still, the woman opened the door to go outside. Immediately, Tolson told her to not come out because there was an alligator under her car. "Oh my God!" she exclaimed. "My heavens! There's an alligator under my car!" Invasive African Lizard Spotted Moving North In Florida Tolson told the woman to get back inside the house, when she asked about her pizza. "Where's my pizza?" she asked. Tolson told her he would meet her at the back door with the pizza. Then, she said, "Holy s--t!" Once the officer got to the back door, he was met by the woman who had cash in her hand and asked how much she owed. Tolson told the woman he did not know because he was not the delivery person. Florida Man Bitten In 'Extremely Rare' Alligator Attack Has Part Of Arm Amputated "You're a policeman?" she asked in a surprising way. "They called you?" After a brief exchange, the two swapped the pizza for cash, which Tolson said he would give to the delivery driver. Click To Get The Fox News App Before parting ways, the woman said she wanted to grab a picture of the photo. To be on the safe side, the officer took a photo of the giant reptile under the car with her phone before the alligator was taken article source: Florida police officer delivers pizza after large gator caught on camera in customer's driveway
