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FInally started getting focus packages and eventually an engram from tonight's earlier Focus Activity. Hopefully that means they fixed whatever was wrong.

Saw that as well. nolan and co. basically treated it as if they were writing Fallout 5. I'm guessing depending on the quality and reactions from the audience Bethesda might actually make it canon.

The Logan Paul opening was some solid heeling though I wish that partnership was just bs story. The Orton/KO vs. Theory/Waller tag right after was fun. With that ending its looking like a triple threat opposed to just Orton/Paul. A part of me is disappointed since I prefer singles, but I'm also happy that Owens is getting something with some meat to it for Wrestlemania. Lashley/Kross was solid, but Kross continues to be a guy that just does not me in all that much. The DQ finish was predictable, but I did enjoy the post match fight between the factions. Guessing Wrestlemania is a 6-man tag or 8-person mixed tag with a stip. Wondering what happened of Lashley get cut the way he did. Tha Bayley interview was ok and a nice segway into Naomi and Bianca discussing Bayley's situation and action from the past 2 years. Naomi wanting to help feels right. Was pleased to see Bianca rightfully feeling Bayley deserves all of it. Will be interesting to see where things go. Tiffany/Mia was a nice showcase for Stratton though shorter than I would have liked. Wish this and Lashley/Kross switched lengths. Dragon/Garza was nice though I feel Lee should have lost the match. It never does the heel group any favors when they lose a match with the advantage. Legado needs more momentum. Final segment with Roman, Rock, Cody, and Seth was honestly better than expected. Seth's insults earlier on Raw may have sucked, but they stuck with the audience and Seth actually got in good moment with the Rock by being the one to accept the challenge. Rock final comment was a tremendous low blow and Cody's response was perfect. Match wise this left something to be desired. Nothing was bad, but there was no real standout either. Segment wise the show did a better job of delivering with that final segment being on of the better ones in this Bloodline/Rock vs. Cody/Seth feud. Solid show.

That disappoints me. I enjoyed the Class focus. Been disappointed it hasn't been like that with Nightfalls.

Surprised at how good it looks. Looks like the NCR got hit hard in the time between New Vegas and the series.

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The absolute slaughters I keep getting in Supremacy are annoying the hell out of me, but at the same time I can't help but be somewhat ok with it with how far ahead Hunters are. Also that Focus package system is clearly broken as I have yet to get even one engram despite being Hunter and playing the activity multiple times.

I got them last night. The Prophecy Strand pulse is quite nice in PvP. I picked up the RL to finish up as a craftable and Auto-rifle just to have at least one more red border weapon to aim for when I finally muster the courage/energy to at least do the Kali fight of Last Wish. I'm happy they are switching them out daily again. Hopefully some of the other old nightfalls are used as well.

If you want to do the top 10 scoring then I suggest using Fireteam Finder or an LFG. I don't see it being an easy via normal matchmaking as a lot of people are just trying to get things dones. How did Inverted Spire pop up? I thought it the GG Nightfall was Europa for the week.

Yeah Gambit being a part of this with class vs. class matchmaking in the current D2 climate was not the best of ideas. Maybe had they done it last year and added new maps, but right now, yeah, they won't get many playing.

Only a day in so things could easily change given we have three weeks of this to go. As a Hunter I hope it doesn't, but we shall see.

Her gimmick is her crazed, obsessive devotion to Lyra.

Dijak/Gacy was fun. Surprised to see Dijak win again though Gacy is probably fine with it given his current gimmick. Wolf Dogs vs. Chase U was good as expected. Chase and DUke have been one of NXT's better teams the past year or two while Bron and Corbin seem to only get better as a team each match. Spears's squash was interesting as a character moment. Same with the post match attack from Holland. I kind of like the idea of a corrupting figure in NXT. Not sure if Spears is the guy for the job, but he is doing ok so far. Lyra/Tatum vs. Kabuki Warriors was good. Was nice seeing Asuka, Kairi, Tatum work a slower pace and get to showcase more of what they are capable of. The post match attack from Roxanne cemented her heel turn. I still think its the wrong direction to go as I don't think Lyra has enough to her as a personality to get cheered over Roxanne, but maybe a smarkier crowd will give her better reactions at Stand and Deliver. Blair/Fallon was nice while it lasted. Biggest thing here was the finish with Sol Ruca's return. Would have preferred Blair won and was attacked post match. The NQCC announcing their intentions for the tag titles and to basically treat everything with Freebird rules was neat to hear. Was even nice to see Regal interact with him. Loved the smirk he had when Charlie claimed he would defend the Heritage Cup better than Regal could have. Will be interesting to see how much Regal interacts with his son and the rest of NQCC. Arianna Grace's segment with Ava and Gigi to set up next week's match was fun. Grace continues to be one of the small joys that always perks up my mood in NXT. She is all character, and I'm totally fine with that. Hope she wins as I feel like her trying to change Gigi can lead to see fun dumb moments. Melo/Tony was good. Trick's post match attack was expected and welcomed. Solid show with some nice matches and segments. Stand & Deliver is taking decent shape with the tag tourney for the nxt title shot, Ilja/Tony set, and Trick/Melo and Lyra/Roxanne getting strong builds for the show.

Saw the thing about one of Sting's sons being a Destiny player elsewhere. That is kind of neat. The PvP changes are noticeable though not terrible outside of something like Supremacy where I think people can get their abilities back faster than normal. One thing GG made so obvious last year and continues to do this year is the absolute bullshit that is whatever balance tuning they have for classes as Titans and Warlocks get their abilities back a lot faster and are noticeably stronger than Hunters in PvP. The lack of matched mobility in particular is still such tremendous bullshit that continues to astonish me at how Bungie has been ok with this for years now. Some of the PvP sandbox changes feel like they affected PvE as well with less forgiveness for making crits. Not a big deal with how powerful players are but it wasn't mentioned it would be affecting us in PvE as well. The hoverboard is neat though I'm not exactly someone who can take full advantage of it.

Seth is lame, but he has entered that weird space where he can strangely afford to be. He will never match well with the Rock. He just isn't on that level as a talker in general. He was always the worst of the Shield in that regard. But he also won't be so badly destroyed he can never rise again as his fans are his fans at this point. All he has to do is mention his song and the fans will sing.

The Seth/Cody segment was fine. It did its job well enough hough Seth came off rather lame in his attacks on the Rock. Cody came off better, but it probably helps that Cody gives off a slightly more mature feel than both Seth and Rock. Gunther/Dom was insanely fun for me. Dom kept flying way too close to the sun and was murdered for it multiple times. Gunther being an automatic face to the crowd simply due to Dom being in the ring was great to see. KC Squared vs. Shayna/Zoey was an ok showcase for the KCs and set up for Kabuki Warriors defending against Shayna and Zoy next week. Becky/Nia was pretty good once again even with another screwy finish via Liv interference. The finish made sense given Becky's similar interference last week. It worked though it would be nice to see one of these end clean or at least properly. Another good performance from Nia. She has surprisingly been delivering this run. Will be interesting to see if they try to find her and Liv a spot on Wrestlemania with how much they have been kept in the loop post EC. Feels like both are continuing to build decent momentum even with their losses. Andrade/Crews was an ok squash and showcase for Andrade. Priest/Balor vs. Kaiser/Vinci built into something good. Was particularly interesting to see the crowd starting from a point of confusion at who to cheer for to being completely behind Judgement Day as the match went on. Good victory for Priest and Balor. Sami/Ivar was the fine match one would expect between them. The two have good chemistry and got the crowd into the match a good deal. Was good to seeing Sami get the win to continue his momentum build for Wrestlemania. Still not sure what he ends up with as I'm not convinced anyone but Gable should be facing Gunther there. Was amusing to see Valhalla give the antlers to Cole. Jey/Drew was good though had the predictable ending we've come to expect. Still made for some nice drama with the Bloodline and Drew broughts things back to himself with the final attack on Seth. Quite a few good matches worth watching here and some solid segments building to Wrestlemania and beyond. Was nice to see the women get some extra attention. Segments like backstage scene with all the Raw women's tag teams was decent and something that should happen more often to further flesh out personalities. Also dug the post match scene with Becky and Liv to build their match for next week. Pretty solid show. Raw length is the only thign really keeping me from calling it good. Really hope they end the third hour when the Netflix move happens next year.

Pretty Deadly, Axiom, Fyre/Ray, and Frazer were moved over to the main NXT before NXT UK died. Don't recall release news for any of those names. Dar in particular I think may have just been injured.

Who was signed back immediately? Pretty sure they just never actually released everyone as there were plans for the NXT Europe expansion that never happened. The point was more that Mariah wasn't really someone anyone was looking at while Schala was there. It was her Stardom run that got her noticed. I would be surprised if she wasn't at least looked at last year, if not given an offer.

NXT UK was dead by the time Mariah went to Stardom.

That Rock promo was great, even better than the first one he did a few weeks back and set up the Night 1 tag perfectly. Happy they gave the match some stakes as well. Roman's part at the end was perfect in both aligning the Rock fully yet also setting a good breaking point for both if/when things go wrong at Wrestlemania and Cody wins. Naomi/Tiffany was fun and a nice showcase for Naomi. Bayley/Dakota vs. Kabuki Warriors was the setup everyone knew was coming but was also completely necessary and well done. DC needed a win over Bayley to get some extra cred going into Wrestlemania. This was the biggest and best response the group has had in months. The backstage staredown with Jade was interesting. Curious to see if that is a post Wrestlemania thing or if Jade maybe teams with some other Smackdown women to take on Asuka, Kairi, and Dakota at Wrestlemania. Carlito/Santos was decent and a good return for Rey. The win over Santos makes sense though I have to admit I was hoping Santos would win to set up a Wrestlemania match between him and Rey. Who knows, maybe we get a big mixed tag though that feels more like where things are heading Final Testament and Lashley/Profits/B-Fab. Orton/Theory was fun, especially with Owen's reactions on commentary and how everyone played with them. Nothing special match wise though nothing bad either. This felt more like a show for building angles for Wrestlemania and maybe even post-Mania. As much as I wish there was a standout match it was still pretty fun.

They have appeared in segments and Zelina's matches.

Have to admit those updates for Guardian Games sound pretty good all around. The hoverboard is a particularly neat addition.

I mostly remember him from Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

I feel like they won't go the multiman match way other than maybe to decide who challenges Gunther. Right now they are just putting forward multiple names to keep people guessing.