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Does anyone have a good alternate name for Hell in a Cell?

2024.04.11 09:23 JesusFChrist108 Does anyone have a good alternate name for Hell in a Cell?

I want to introduce a nice and bloody blowoff match in a cage for WCW, one where the winner doesn't win by climbing out of the cage. A match that's one step beyond your usual cage match. Obviously, this would be Hell in a Cell, but for some dumb reason, I just feel "ehh" about using some of their more iconic gimmick match names in another company. If it's generic-ish enough like Elimination Chamber I can ignore myself, but stuff like HIAC, Money in the Bank, the Royal Rumble, etc. will get rebranded. Sometimes I use a lame ass new name like insert promotion or show name Rumble, but others I've had (relatively) cooler ideas like calling MITB the Deus ex Machina Ladder match.
TLDR, I want to steal the HIAC concept for another company but I'm stumped on the rebrand. Anyone willing to share their two cents would be appreciated. The best I've got atm is something with the word Penitentiary or using the name of an actual famous prison like Alcatraz, San Quentin, Sing Sing, or Folsom.
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2023.03.10 22:03 squirrelmegaphone Why are so many prisons built on or near waterfront?

Sing Sing
Rikers
Folsom State Prison
San Quentin
South Carolina Penitentiary (the old one that was demolished in 1999)
Missouri State Penitentiary
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Riverfront State Prison (New Jersey)
There are probably others but this is what I noticed with a cursory search.
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2022.12.25 16:16 autobuzzfeedbot 24 Women From History Who Have Truly Inspiring And Utterly Unforgettable Stories

  1. Julia "Butterfly" Hill is an environmental activist who lived in a tree for 738 days to protest the clearing of ecologically significant forests. After a near-fatal car crash in 1996, Hill began to reconsider what mattered to her, and found herself drawn to environmental causes. When she learned about the ways the Pacific Lumber Company's practices were damaging the environment, Hill decided to stage a protest.
  2. You might know her as Madame Tussaud, but Marie Grosholtz was the woman behind those iconic wax figures. Grosholtz was born in France in 1761, where she developed an interest in wax figures. She worked as an apprentice under Philippe Curtius, a Swiss master of wax anatomy. Under his guidance, Grosholtz began not only making casts of internal body parts but also modeled the outward appearances of public figures.
  3. Barbara Jordan was both one of the first Black women and the first LGBTQ+ woman in Congress. Jordan became close with President Lyndon B. Johnson, who appointed her to key positions in Congress and placed her on the House Judiciary Committee. During President Nixon's impeachment trial, Jordan memorably delivered the opening statement, during which she emphasized the way Black Americans were not initially included in the "We the people" statement and were still fighting for equality. This passionate speech led her to become the first Black woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention.
  4. Frances Perkins became the first female Secretary of Labor after witnessing the horrors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Perkins was having tea with friends in New York City when she heard sirens. She followed them to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, where she witnessed dozens of women jumping out of the building to escape the fire. Soon after, Perkins became dedicated to labor causes, and was hired as the executive secretary of a citizen's safety committee on the recommendation of President Theodore Roosevelt.
  5. Millvina Dean was the youngest survivor of the Titanic and ended up being the last living survivor of the tragedy before her death in 2009. Dean was just 9 weeks old when the Titanic sunk in 1912. Legend has it that Dean's mother and older brother got a lifeboat and waited for the infant to be lowered down to them in a canvas mailbag. Dean's father stayed behind and did not survive. When the story about Dean's survival broke, she became a pint-sized celebrity. After landing in America, Dean's mother decided she would return to England with her children.
  6. You probably knew Josephine Baker was an Old Hollywood legend, but did you also know she was a spy for the French Resistance during World War II? Baker, whose parents were also performers, made a name for herself as a dancer in vaudeville shows. She moved to New York City and was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, until she headed to Paris, where her fame exploded. By the time World War II dawned, Baker had decided she wanted to take part in the war effort, and served as a French spy.
  7. Charlotte Cushman was a 19th-century theater icon who challenged gender roles. As a young woman, Cushman trained for the opera after being encouraged by her mother, and went on to star in several operas before her singing voice began to deteriorate. Cushman decided to turn to traditional stage acting, where she began playing men in Shakespearean plays, including Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet in Hamlet.
  8. Chien-Shiung Wu, who was believed to be the only Chinese person to be part of the Manhattan Project, was known for disproving a law of nature that had previously been believed for decades. Wu worked as a senior scientist on the development of the atom bomb in the 1940s and developed a process for uranium enrichment. She also was known for developing improved Geiger counters, which were instrumental in detecting radiation levels.
  9. Before the 1950s, most TV programming for children was strictly for entertainment and didn't have much, if any, educational value. In 1952, TV execs sought to change this and asked Frances Horwich, a teacher who had been known for supervising the development of preschools in Chicago following the Great Depression, to host Ding Dong School, a show designed to both educate and entertain. The first episode of the show aired in Chicago in October 1952, and soon the network was flooded with letters about how much their children loved the show. Within months, NBC decided to broadcast Ding Dong School all over the country.
  10. Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to be elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and the first woman to serve as the leader of a major Native tribe. Under her leadership, the tribe experienced unprecedented growth. Mankiller was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, which is the capital of the Cherokee Nation, but moved to San Francisco with her family after her father was offered a job as part of a government effort to relocate Native Americans, which she described as her "own personal Trail of Tears." Mankiller became involved in activism when a group of Native Americans took over the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island to demonstrate the suffering of their people.
  11. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Prior to Switzer, no woman had ever signed up for the marathon, even though there was no official rule preventing her from racing. She used the name “K. V. Switzer" when registering and was given an official race number and bib. When entering, Switzer said she had never intended to make a political statement, and instead was just hoping to tackle one of the world's most famous races.
  12. Daisy Bates was one of the people who led the charge to integrate schools during the civil rights movement. When Bates was 3 years old, her mother was killed by three white men in a racially motivated incident. As Bates grew up and understood the situation, she vowed to devote her life to racial justice. After getting married, Bates and her husband settled in Little Rock, Arkansas, where they started one of the only Black newspapers devoted to the civil rights movement. She also worked closely with the NAACP, and eventually gained notoriety for her work when she became president of the organization's Arkansas chapter.
  13. Rose Cleveland was the first LGBTQ+ First Lady. Rose served as First Lady during her brother Grover Cleveland's presidency because he was unmarried. During the time period, unmarried presidents had to select a female relative to fill in as First Lady. Rose, who was an author and teacher, provided a well-respected counter to her brother's often debaucherous ways. Rose left the White House in 1886 after Grover married Frances Folsom, his 21-year-old ward. During the winter of 1890, she met Evangeline Simpson.
  14. Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Nyad began competitively swimming at age 10. After graduating from college in 1973, Nyad set several marathon swimming records, completing the 22-mile Bay of Naples race in eight hours and 11 minutes in 1974, and conquering a 28-mile swim around Manhattan in seven hours and 57 minutes, beating the previous record by nearly an hour. In 1979, Nyad swam 102 miles from North Bimini to Juno Beach, Florida, in 27 hours and 30 minutes, which was the longest ocean swim on record at the time.
  15. Rigoberta Menchú is a Guatemalan human rights activist who won a Nobel Prize for her work defending Indigenous rights in her country. Menchú was raised Kʼicheʼ, which is a branch of the Mayan people. As a child, she worked on the family's farm before becoming interested in social issues through the Catholic Church. While Menchú was becoming a key player in the fight for women's rights, a guerrilla organization established itself in her town. Her family was soon accused of taking part in guerrilla activities, and her father was jailed. Upon his release, he joined the Committee of the Peasant Union, known as CUC. Menchú followed in his footsteps and joined in 1979.
  16. Althea Gibson paved the way for Black athletes in the tennis world. She was born in Harlem, and the police would block off streets in her neighborhood to allow children to play sports, which is where she began playing paddle tennis. By the time she was 12, Gibson had won a citywide paddle tennis tournament. After this feat, local musician Buddy Walker, who also worked with the Police Athletic League, took notice of Gibson's talents and introduced her to traditional tennis. Her neighbors even raised money so Gibson could enter tournaments, where she quickly began dominating her competition in the local and regional circuits.
  17. If you're an American who loves Chinese food, then you probably owe Joyce Chen a big thank you. Chen was a Chinese chef who revolutionized Chinese food in America during the 1960s. Born and raised in Shanghai, Chen and her husband fled China in 1949 as the Communist regime took hold. They ended up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1955, Chen made egg rolls for a fair at her son's school. The egg rolls were a massive hit and sold out. Although Chen's children have admitted that the egg rolls she made were nothing like the traditional Chinese version, Chen knew the perfect way to cater them to American taste buds.
  18. Amelia Boynton Robinson made history when she became the first Black woman in the state of Alabama to run for Congress and then helped organize the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama. As a child in Savannah, Georgia, Robinson helped her mother, who was a strong advocate for women's suffrage, knock on doors to inform women of their right to vote. After she got married, she traveled with her husband around the South, where they encouraged Black farmers to gain financial, educational, and political independence. By the mid-1930s, Robinson and her husband were heavily involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a nonviolent group that advocated for civil rights.
  19. In 1851, Monemia McKoy, a slave in North Carolina, gave birth to twins that she named Millie and Christine. The twins were conjoined, connected at their lower spine. By the time they were 2 years old, the girls had been taken from Monemia and sold to various fairs and "freak shows," which took them all over the United States and Canada. Doctors around the country examined them before they were sold to prove that they weren't fraudulently claiming that they were conjoined. At some point during their early childhood, the girls were sold to someone in England and were sent overseas to perform.
  20. Christa McAuliffe was a teacher chosen to be the first private American citizen to reach space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space program. The Teacher in Space project was announced in 1984 by Ronald Reagan, who invited teachers across the country to apply to be the first civilian in space. In return, the teacher would teach a lesson from space, then would recount their experiences to students around the country. McAuliffe was selected out of over 11,000 applicants. Barbara Morgan was named her backup. On January 28, 1986, McAuliffe boarded the Challenger space shuttle, which exploded shortly after its launch, killing seven astronauts. The disaster negatively affected NASA's public reputation and put all space missions to a halt for two and a half years.
  21. Naomi Parker Fraley was the inspiration for the iconic Rosie the Riveter posters that became a symbol for women who worked in factories during World War II. The poster was originally displayed in Westinghouse Electric Corporation plants in 1943. It actually was not intended to be seen by the public, and instead was part of a campaign to deter absenteeism from the women working in the plant. In the 1980s, the poster resurfaced and soon became an icon for feminism. Soon, the Rosie the Riveter moniker became associated with the poster. During this time, several women came forward claiming they were the inspiration behind the image.
  22. Alice Coachman was the first Black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal. Coachman was born in Georgia. While she displayed athletic talent from a young age, Coachman's father discouraged her from playing sports because it wasn't seen as a feminine pursuit at the time. By the time Coachman was in fifth grade, her teachers encouraged her to take up competitive running. Coachman was unable to practice at any local training facilities because they were segregated, and instead had to create her own training program. Her talent caught the eye of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and she transferred to the historically Black school to train.
  23. Effa Manley broke barriers in the sports world by becoming the first female owner of a professional sports team. Manley, who grew up in Philadelphia, moved to New York City, where she frequently attended Yankees games. During this time, Manley was involved in social causes and picketed in a campaign for local businesses to hire Black workers. In 1932, Manley attended a World Series game at Yankee Stadium, where she met her husband, Abe, who was well known in the baseball industry.
  24. And finally, Maya Lin was the Yale architecture student who created the winning design for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial in Washington, DC. Lin's parents had both fled China during the Communist takeover in the 1940s and met once they moved to America. They raised Lin and her brother in Athens, Ohio, where they both worked as professors at Ohio University. Lin eventually headed to Yale to study architecture. She designed a blueprint for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial as part of a class project. Lin eventually decided to submit her project to the design competition, where it beat out 1,200 other entries. She was just 21 years old.
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2018.07.03 20:45 guanaco55 Johnny Cash revival band brings Folsom Prison Blues to Oregon State Penitentiary

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2018.07.03 20:44 guanaco55 Johnny Cash revival band brings Folsom Prison Blues to Oregon State Penitentiary

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2018.01.12 18:08 guanaco55 The Story of Johnny Cash’s Unlikely Collaboration with a Folsom Inmate -- The night before Johnny Cash’s legendary Jan. 13, 1968 appearance at Folsom Prison, a prison minister handed him a recording of inmate Glen Sherley’s song inspired by the penitentiary’s imposing granite chapel.

The Story of Johnny Cash’s Unlikely Collaboration with a Folsom Inmate -- The night before Johnny Cash’s legendary Jan. 13, 1968 appearance at Folsom Prison, a prison minister handed him a recording of inmate Glen Sherley’s song inspired by the penitentiary’s imposing granite chapel. submitted by guanaco55 to JohnnyCash [link] [comments]


2018.01.12 18:06 guanaco55 The Story of Johnny Cash’s Unlikely Collaboration with a Folsom Inmate -- The night before Johnny Cash’s legendary Jan. 13, 1968 appearance at Folsom Prison, a prison minister handed him a recording of inmate Glen Sherley’s song inspired by the penitentiary’s imposing granite chapel.

The Story of Johnny Cash’s Unlikely Collaboration with a Folsom Inmate -- The night before Johnny Cash’s legendary Jan. 13, 1968 appearance at Folsom Prison, a prison minister handed him a recording of inmate Glen Sherley’s song inspired by the penitentiary’s imposing granite chapel. submitted by guanaco55 to California [link] [comments]


2017.10.24 02:37 prospectiveprisoner Am I good enough to get into prison??

Hey i've been considering my options for after i graduate HS and i think prison is the most appealing to me. But idk if im good enough to get in. Can you guys please chance me??
Stats:
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My dream prisons are Folsom State Prison, Attica Penitentiary, and Rikers Island. Do you think i have a shot???
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2014.11.10 20:49 JakeTamu17 ELI5:Why would many older bands/performers go to prisons and do shows?

I don't hear about it so much anymore, but listening to older musicians sometimes their most famous live albums and performances are performed in a prison. Examples: Johnny Cash (Live at Folsom Prison), BB King (Live at Cook County Jail), Jerry Garcia Band (Live at Oregon State Penitentiary). Kinda curious as to why they would perform in a Prison in the first place and not a better venue.
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2013.01.15 00:48 Killemnotsosoftly If you could relive any performance from any point in history, what would it be?

Mine would definitely have to be Johnny Cash, at the San Quentin Penitentiary, although just as an onlooker... not an inmate... folsom prison blues
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