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Iyo Sky vs. Rhea Ripley, Evolution 7/13/2025 Iyo Sky vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair, WrestleMania 4/20/2025 Jey Uso vs. Gunther, Raw 6/09/2025 Jey Uso vs. Cody Rhodes, Raw 6/23/2025 Iyo Sky vs. Rhea Ripley, Raw 3/03/2025 Lyra Valkyria vs. Becky Lynch vs. Bayley, Evolution 7/13/2025 Lyra Valkyria vs. Becky Lynch, Money in the Bank 6/07/2025 Lyra Valkyria vs. Bayley, Raw 7/14/2025 Lyra Valkyria vs. Becky Lynch, Backlash 5/10/2025 Jordynne Grace vs. Giulia, NXT 5/06/2025 Could name a bunch of other stuff after no. 6, but Lyra has had a stupidly good past 2-3 months. Honestly, the women in general have been killing it this year even when their booking is off. There have been plenty of good matches from the men, but the women have been more memorable to me.

Only done the first mission so far along with looking through the gear to collect and whatnot. The changes are not super jarring outside of maybe the Portal stuff which is fine, just different. I do miss my old big damage numbers though everything is still comparable in terms of actual percentages. Its nice to have a class item with actual stats. It automatically adds another 40-50 points to you armors stats compared to the old gear. Was also nice to have feel like I needed to desperately switch my armor and mods around as the changes to your normal stats wasn't massive. Same when messing with your subclass fragments. The matterspark can be fun though its not always the easiest to manage movement wise. Doesn't seem to offer much combat wise at base level. Some things aren't as intuitive as normal like you being able to walk through Eliksni boss shields in the big boss fight of the first mission. They looked the same old so I was running around like a moron for 5 minutes unsure of how to take them down. Might be a bug, but it looks like all dungeons are free now or maybe just tied properly to paid expansions as I can seemingly access Ghosts of the Deep and Warlord's Ruin despite never buying the key. That was not the case outside of Rite of Nine as of yesterday. The first mission leaves much of the story still at a big mystery, The Kepler social space is interesting as its in the open and surrounded by enemies. Don't see any named characters beyond Lodi yet though you can seemingly talk to a few randoms who i think will give hints towards missions. I like what I have seen so far. Edit: Forgot to mention that I did notice that masterworking costs seems decently lower though I suspect they will go up higher based on tiers. Upgrading gear power now just eats 1 enhancement core opposed to upgrade module.

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Opening with Naomi, Rhea, and Io to set up the triple threat was nothing special but still nice to see. This version of Naomi carries herself so well despite being a cackling villain. Kabuki Warriors vs. Raquel/Roxanne was solid. Would have preferred Kairi and Asuka won, but I'm good with Judgement Day cheating here. They also probably need it more wit Raquel and Roxanne as a new team. Hopefully they pop up in NXT and Smackdown to create some decent rivalries. Bayley/Lyra was great. Dug the action. Dug the tension. And I dug how each of the falls played out a bit more exciting than the last. Its been good seeing Lyra come more and more into her own since this story started post Mania. Hopefully she get s a stip like this against Becky and wins the belt back at Summerslam. Becky/Bayley can still happen afterward. The backstage segment with Dom and AJ had me chucking. These interactions the past few weeks have been dumb in the best of ways. Nikki/Chelsea was solid aside from Nikki trying her old spine destroying finish at the end. Guessing old habits kicked in. Was nice to see Stephanie make the save post match. Bron vs. Penta vs. Knight vs. Jey vs. Punk was good. WWE tends to gauntlet matches well so I was happy with how this one played out, particularly with them waiting for Bronson to pounce. Bron/Knight was probably the best of rounds here though I still dug Bron/Jey and Bron/Punk. The post match beatdown that led to the save by Roman was an awesome surprise. Not sure if the crowd knew he was there already or just felt like making the call, but I loved how it played out. That pop was massive. Normally I would complain about only 4 matches, but when one of them is longer gauntlet match I feel some leeway is allowed. Beyond that the wrestling here was just pretty solid-good. Bayle/Lyra was MOTN for me and really delivered though the gauntlet wasn't super far behind. Beyond that I'm digging where the stories are going and how the card for Summerslam is building. Rollins's injury got a quick and solid address that will make his return and cash in a decent surprise whenever I happens, legit hurt or not. Good show and follow up to this past weekends events.

Pretty sure the ships that fucked Cassian's planet over were specifically Republic so yeah the dark shit started long before the Empire. Some of it was lack of oversite, and some was specifically about whoever was allied with Republic, regardless of right and wrong. There is a reason the Separatists became a thing.

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To be fair part of the assumption when Naomi won MITB is that they would head the direction of Naomi vs. Bianca.

Becky vs. Bayley vs. Lyra was pretty darn good. Dug the action and tension. Was also nice to see the crowd into all three women while still treating Becky like a proper heel. Jacy/Jordynne was good, easily Jacy's best match in WWE. The turn by Blake at the end was interesting. Kind of curious to see where they go with it though it should please those who felt Blake was too disingenuous as potential face. Raquel/Roxanne vs. ZaRuca vs. Kabuki Warriors vs. Charlotte/Alexa was solid. Dug how they gradually built into something more and more chaotic as the match went on. Tiffany/Trish went better than expected with Trish looking pretty decent throughout. Naomi/Jade was an alright plunder match, but I honestly got more from their Wrestlemania match. Bianca in particular didn't really add much to it despite her role as ref. Its a pity as she brought more to the table in the second Rhea/Io match from earlier in the year. The battle royal wasn't particularly bad or good, but I had fun catching it. Was happy to see Lash impress and be part of the final two with Vaquer. Wish Lash won, but Vaquer was the right choice here. Rhea/Io was fantastic. Dug all of the new things they brought to the table and the continued story of Rhea getting frustrated being unable to put Io away. The swerve with Naomi's cash in was not on my bingo card but also kind of neat. It happening just as Rhea is seemingly getting her confidence back after kicking out of Io's best was neat and means that particular story gets to continue while Rhea finally has a new enemy to tunnel vision in on. Thought this was the best show from WWE this weekend. Plenty of good wrestling to go around but the IC and World title matches easily eclipsed anything from NXT and SNME. Rhea/Io is honestly a MOTYC for me rivaling the triple threat they had with Bianca at Wrestlemania. Good show.

If what Craig mentioned about Miro is accurate his issue is more not caring about much beyond the paycheck than anything else.

I was wondering when one of his kids would end up giving wrestling a try. I know he has taken them to shows before.

Orton/Drew was enjoyable and decent build for the Summerslam tag. Jimmy/Solo was pretty solid with some nice action and good energy form the crowd. Post match with Jacob coming for revenge was fun. Dug the Jade/Naomi brawl and Bianca as guest ref announcement. Seth/Knight was going pretty well until Seth's injury forced a quick finish. Always a shame to see someone hurt though I suppose they have time to wait given MITB. Gunther/Goldberg honestly overdelivered for me. Thought it ended up pretty fun. Goldberg was sold well as a beast and Gunther had some decent heeling from beginning to end with his actions and reactions. Goldberg doing the sleeper job was a nice surprise as well. I'm curious if this was the plan or a quick change after Seth's injury. Honestly I'm kind of pleased with how it turned out either way. Its nice to see Gunther get a big win like this and Goldberg get in a retirement moment in front of his city. I only wish the weird ass late commercial break didn't happen. Thought this ended up an enjoyable show. Everything was solid-good and we got a nice final touch for Evolution build that I wasn't expecting.

J'Von/Jasper was good, easily the best match Jasper has had so far. Still, you could see some occasional off moments and it still feels too early for Jasper to be working PLEs. He does quite exude that level of confidence yet compared to guys like Oba and J'Von when they first hit PLEs. Sol/Izzi was good. Dug Sol hitting the Sol Snatcher on off the ropes opposed to the corner. Makes it just a little less contrived. Page/Ricky was pretty good. Dug the use of plunder with plenty of spots that made me wince. Was also nice to see them fight backstage for a good portion of the match and make sure it didn't end in the ring. I only wish the Jasper interference played more into the finish to protect Ricky. Still, the man took a lot before he went down. Oba/Yoshiki delivered even with the Briggs aspect bringing it down a pinch. Hopefully if/when they run it back they get an even bigger crowd to impress. Jordynne/Blake vs. Jacy/Fallon getting the main event spot was not on my bingo card. Thought they built into something nice here with Blake getting in a solid debut though her striking was lighter than expected. While I understand Blake is technically the biggest star in NXT I do have question giving this the main event spot as it does not necessarily reflect well on the rest of the NXT roster. It also just felt off a its a tv main getting the top billing for a PLE. Still have to admit Blake is definitely over with the NXT crowd so I can understand wanting to keep her presented as that big a star. Other than complaints about match placement and some preferences in booking I though this was a good show. Nothing was blow away, but every match was good and worth a watch. Ricky/Ethan or Oba/Yoshiki was probably MOTN for me.

I would agree if someone kicked out of it. Everyone bought it as the finish and booed Raquel for screwing Sol over. I'm fine with decent heel heat being gathered in a match like this. Sol ain't moving up from NXT soon so she didn't need the actual win here. It was just enough for her to not take the actual loss.

Opening was ok as a setup for the Jimmy/Knight vs. Solo/jC main event. Alexa vs. Kairi vs. Roxanne vs. Sol was fun. Thought everyone looked decent here for the most part with Sol Ruca getting in a nice showcase. Street Profits vs. Gacy/Lumis built into something good. Kind of sad to see the Profits second reign end like this, but they really messed the when and how of them getting the belts back. Hopefully Gacy and Lumis can keep p as solid team and get a good reign in. Would be nice if this could lead to a full revitalization of the tag division. The teams are good, but they have overplayed this long feud with the whole division. Skipped the Jelly Roll/Logan Paul stuff. Don't have a big problem with celeb stuff for big shows. This just doesn't interest me though I hope it goes well. Black/Truth was decent while it lasted. The post match stuff leading into Black confrontation with Priest backstage was nice. Its good to see Black's character seeing some direction. Skipped the Tiffany/Trish interview. Knight/Jimmy vs. Solo/JC was solid. Dug the post match with Jimmy being chased by the MFTs and Knight going down via Bron/Bronson. Nothing amazing here but a decent-solid go home show for the weekend. Would have preferred one mor ematch though what we got was generally solid all around. Tag titles match was probably MOTN though I enjoyed the 4-way the most. Was nice to see Sol impress in a bigger setting.

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Ricky vs. Vanity Project was good. Dug the action and eliminations. Tavion/Charlie was pretty solid. The towel thrown ending was unexpected but also kind of neat with Tavion unable to counter Charlie's various submissions. Hendy/Santana vs. High Ryze was decent. Post match beatdown was nice to see. Kind of digging Trick with High Ryze. Lainey/Kelani was a decent showcase for Reid, and the finish form Kelani was impressive even if not hit clean. Was happy to see thea on the attack post match. Dug the video with Mutoh and NOAH wrestlers cheering on Inamura. Hank & Tank vs. Spears/Niko built into something solid. Skipped the women's summit outside of seeing what names Ava announced for the battle royal. Nothing super standout though everything was at least solid. The final bits of build for GAB came along nicely here alongside what NXt is offering for Evolution. I wish the ending was something more interesting though it was nice to see it be Evolution focused.

Pity about the robbery but at least none of them were there. Read a nice article from Charlotte. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/charlotte-flair-wwe-wrestling

The build to this show annoys me as the card is actually pretty solid and should deliver, but its also clear the only match they likely had planned prior was the IC title match and NXT women's title match. The rest feels thrown together. I'm curious how much Liv's injury threw things off. Seems clear the plan was for her and Raquel to defend against the Bellas, but I kind of suspect that was also supposed to intersect with other stories going on.

Opening with Seth and company was a good setup for tonight's story of them trying to get all of the group's enemies out of the way before SNME. Loved Bron's taking the mic to talk shit about Sami. Seth and Heyman's reactions were perfect. Kairi/Roxanne had some roughness early on but built into a solid match with some decent interest from the crowd by the end. Was pleased to see Kairi get the win and the post match beating lead to an Asuka save. Its good to see Kabuki Warriors back officially. Sami/Bron was more an angle than match given the pre-match attack by Kross. Honestly all of i and the earlier interview of Sami all came together quite well for a good moment story wise. Becky's segment with Lyra & Bayley ended on a mostly solid note with Lyra coming out on top. I do like how Lyra has been winning the respect of the crowd more and more throughout this story. Don't see Lyra ever hitting Becky or Bayley levels of overness/success, but it does feel like she is in a better spot now than she was as IC champ prior to this feud. Jey/Bronson was another more angle than match situation. Not quite as good as earlier but still solid. EGA/Dragon was a bit rough in early on but good overall. Digging Kaiser in the mask. He wrestles so differently from his norm and Gable's. Will be fun when they have him interact with American Made properly. The hype vids for Nikki Bella, Stephanie Vaquer, and Io/Rhea were all nice. Seth/Penta was good though I was a bit annoyed Seth kicked out of Penta's finish. I get that he has more than one but still. Dug the finish with Seth doing that cheap headbutt o the groin. Reminds me of Roman's cheating where it was so simple yet odd how few have gone for it in the past 3 decades or so. Post match strike from Knight was a nice final bit of build for SNME. Generally not fond of only getting 3 real matches, but I dug the story being told over the night the bs ones and the 3 real matches were all worth catching. Honestly this was a pretty solid episode as a whole.

If Holland is up for the role then I assume its because they are considering the script he wanted that was based around a young James Bond. I think even Holland realizes he is too young looking for traditional Bond.

Watched it last night finally. It was fantastic.

They are running too many big shows in general, but this one really should have been done later and with much more build. I don't blame any of them for not being happy with how things have gone. They have either been set up to fail or the setup for the show itself has just been handled incompetently. Neither is a good thing regardless.

Honestly her mic work wasn't even the issue here. The whole setup was just weak and uninteresting. Tiffany/Trish is not a big dream match of any sort, and Stratton's current most interesting opponents are locked out (Naomi/briefcase, Jade/Summerslam, Bianca/injured). They clearly fucked up up wasting the Last Woman Standing match on last week's episode and even moreso doing Tiffany/Charlotte at Wrestlemania. Neither needed to happen when they did. They went so hard on the core 4-5 teams fighting the past 6-8 months that its honestly dragging down even the newer teams like Fraxiom and I guess Andrade/Fenix.

Opening with Cody, Orton, and Drew was fine as a setup for Drew/Orton but nothing memorable. Enjoyed the setup to Alexa and charlotte teaming. The triple threat tag with Secret Hervice and Mia/B-Fab was fine. Wyatt Sicks vs. Ford/Humberto/Gargano/Sabin was fun. Dug the finish with a scared Gargano running off form the tag as Rowan rose. The Stratton, Stratus, Jade segment was forgettable. Tiffany/Trish should be solid, but its not a match that particularly excites me. I kind of wish they just waited to do the big Nia/Tiffany grudge match. Would have meant more on a big show like Evolution. Conversely doing Jade/Naomi there after letting the fued get cold the past month or two just feels dumb. Fraxiom vs. Andrade/Fenix was good though it feels weird to have Fraxiom take their first loss here instead of a rematch with Street Profits. Jacob/Jimmy vs. Solo/Cobb was solid. Surprised this ended with a clean win for Jacob. Didn't feel necessary given the post match beatdown. As good as it is to see Smackdown back to two hours this was not the best episode. Wasn't bad or anything, but it also wasn't nearing anything memorable despite decent-solid build for various feuds and and Evolution.

Finished the final three episodes over the past two nights. Thought it was a good finale and good overall.