J.T.

Yeah, it is unsettling in a good way. I think it is sad and the end of an era, but the move from the Godzlilla, friend of children, look of the 80s to the Godzilla, engine of doom, look of today is going to pay off huge.

When you make something exclusive, you make the means of access seem special. Stacking the NXT roster and treating it like its own fed would add value to The WWE Network. You would feel like you were making an investment in something worth having. If I were the book, you'd never see Finn Balor vs. Nak for the NXT title unless you had a WWE Network subscription. I'd make the pre-match buzz unbearable to resist and I'd never put them on RAW or Smackdown unless it was worth it to cross promote something for the next NXT Takeover.

If those guys showed up on NXT I would never watch RAW or Smackdown again until they showed up on the main roster. Lots of people share my sentiment and I think Vince knows that too. I think the winning move is for Vince to stop thinking of NXT as the FCW feeder league to syndication and think of NXT as the thing that sells subscriptions to WWE Network.

Patch 2.1.0 added four more Dead Ghosts to the moon. I have gotten the first 3. The last one is a bitch. Getting to those ledges with Double Jump sucks, so I may have to use my Titan or my Warlock. It is even worse when you are trying to get the Ghost and you are on a fireteam with tryhard randoms that murder Phoggoth in seconds with Touch of Malice and Sleeper Stimulant.

Happy that Charlotte is finally a heel. She needs to start using her daddy's last name. One day, Dean Ambrose will remember that he can chain wrestle.

Luke Harper needs to see the light and tag with Dean Ambrose and they need to face off against heel Balor and heel Nak. Million Billion Stars and the worst guy in the ring would probably be Ambrose unless he went back to using half of Steve Regals moveset and actually chain wrestled for a change.

New episode of The Expanse should come on tonight on Syfy and that collides with the debut of The Shannara Chronicles on MTV. Part of me wants to watch The Shannara Chronicles on MTV since those novels were part of my child hood. Part of me wonders if The Shannara Chronicles on MTV will really be all that good...

How is Nak going to be working a program opposite of Del Rio? Shouldn't Nak be working in a program with The League of Nations? You'd think that stable would also be a good fit for Anderson but maybe I am being too logical? And ain't Cesaro from Switzerland???????????

The IB was good to me this time around. I got 311 Gauntlets and a 318 ghost shell in my Rank 5 package for my Hunter. I nearly threw a party. I passed my 310 ghost shell on to my Warlock. I also got a 304 helmet as a match reward in a Victory where I completed the last of my Weekly bounties (finally have a 6K+ point match under my belt). I now have more incentive to buy a Dark Zone Revolution cloak from the Speaker when he gets around to selling one again so that I can complete my new Kylo Ren look. I got 5 Wild Hunt medals in 3 matches so now I am 13 of 30 Shadowshot mutikills into my Nightstalker PvP quest. One day I will decide to sacrifice some of my precious DTR Combat Rating and try to get seven headshots in one PvP match with shitty shitty Imprecation.

I am old and dumb and thinking of when DDP tagged with Nash as Vinnie Vegas which is still not the Jersey Triad.

I would find it more disheartening to lose to Koscheck rather than Ellenberger or Story and even Josh is capable of putting your lights out in short order if he decides to show up and fight.

Spring needed to be a little higher on that list and Goodnight Mommy needed to be #1 with it Follows being #2. All of the rest are placed about right. I know it is now en vogue to hate on It Follows since the masses are finally catching up to and gushing over a movie we snobs have known about for ages, but let's not sleep on how good it really is. Best of the 2010's? We'll see.

What my man said. There are no less than six or seven knockout artists in the top ten of the Welterweight division and when they fight each other it goes to decisions, TKOs due to injury, or ref stoppage due to injury. The Top 10 list is full of gatekeepers that won't stay down unless you cripple or kill them. I can't think of too many contenders that did not go through hell in order to earn their title shot. The fact that Robbie is the title holder speaks volumes about how far he's come since his whatever days. This is the most I've seen Lawler give a shit about something in years.

Dear Lord, if there is a worker I like least in the world, it is probably Kevin Nash. I kinda wish the proposed Battle of the Power Bombs between him and Vader would've taken place In WCW so that Vader could've broken him in half. Despite my hate for Kevin Nash, I did think that the Jersey Triad (DDP, Kanyon, Nash) had the potential to be a great heel stable.

I have no idea why people punch Condit in the head when it is well documented that he has a legendary chin. It's like no one has watched tape of his fights. If they did, they would attack Condit's torso and legs since he has had serious knee injuries thanks to the fact that he does not check leg kicks like he should and his takedown defense is rather suspect for a guy who has gotten quite a few wins using a wide variety of submission moves and should be able to handle himself on the ground. I just realized that if this fight wins FoTY, then Lawler will have been the co-winner for three years straight.

I know he was not a performer, but the lack of love for Kosmo Vinyl makes me sad. I also nominate "Ramone" as a collective since every member of the band went along with the gimmick, used Ramone as part of their stage name, and even teased familial relationships.

I think Lawler's strikes drew more attention from the judges because they snapped Condit's head and left him a bloody mess, but no judge seemed to give Condit credit for maintaining a high volume of activity and continuing to walk Lawler down in spite of the power punches. I don't think that fighters like Condit get enough credit for having an indestructible chin and I was pleased that the FS1 commentary crew brought that up time and time again as it pertained to the judge's scoring. (i.e. it didn't and it should have been) Both guys fought the fight they intended to so it was a pick 'em brawl for all five rounds and they negated their knockdown by suffering knockdowns. Condit has always been somewhat susceptible to takedowns, so I am not sure why Lawler didn't go to his wrestling more.

There is also a scene where Gibbons is running down the list of agents hunted down via the data dump and Cage is listed as being killed in the field. IIRC, the deleted scene stayed deleted because Diesel always purchases the likeness rights for the characters he plays and did not give permission for Cage's likeness to appear in the movie.

Potential for badass fights? Check, Hot Indian actress? Check. I guess they are going to ignore the events of xXx: State of the Union when they implied that Cage was assassinated. I'd would. Not even Ice Cube could save that movie.

The Expanse is fucking awesome. Everyone should be watching it. As far as Sherlock goes, I loved the new episode only because I've wanted to see BC and MF carry a story set in the traditional period. I love Andrew Scott as Moriarty, but I hate what Gattis and Moffat have done with the character. I have no issue with Scott merely doing his best to play the character as written, but IMO, SACD's Moriarty is not some flamboyant, over the top, personality. Moriarty's strength lies in the fact that he respects the capabilities of his enemies (even if he may not respect the persons themselves) and plans accordingly. Only stupid criminals believe that the police are stupid. Moriarty has contempt for Scotland Yard, but he does not feel he is superior to Scotland Yard. He knows that even a constable such as Lestrade can blunder his way to the truth either by diligence, perseverance, or even pure circumstance. There is a reason why SACD did not fully develop Moriarty's character. The stories are told from Watson's point of view so we only know the things that Watson knows (and those things are colored with Sherlock's personal bias) and it is a poor criminal mastermind that allows his actions, motives, methods, networks, and enterprises to be exposed by the torchlight of law enforcement. I have always found it humorous that the Holmes villain we know the least about is his most famous antagonist. We know more about Irene Adler than we do about James Moriarty, yet people always applaud Scott's portrayal of Moriarty as being the most faithful portrayal to the stories.. People who say that have not read the stories. Their points of reference concerning Moriarty probably come from the Basil Rathbone features.

For those of you in the B'more / DC area. the local PBS station WETA is now showing eps of Luther starting with Season One. It comes on Saturdays @ 8PM EST.

Year starts off with a BOOM~! Fight of the Year nom a mere four days into 2016. What a fucking war! Naturally there will be a rematch because there will be money to be made even though one probably shouldn't happen. Condit fought his heart out but he lost, so he should make way for a new contender, maybe Maia or whomever wins a fight between MacDonald and Woodley. My scorecard had Condit winning that fight. Lawler had the more memorable shots that did the most visible damage but Condit was a busy fighter and I like busy fighters. Condit also has a chin like a rhino, so I felt that the "visible damage" was not a factor because Condit was still walking Lawler down and imposing his will aka this "aggression" thing that is supposed to factor into scoring but rarely does IMO..

Piper said a lot of dumb things that really infuriated me, but I always respected him as a worker. Here is a bit of the match that put him on the map for me.

I take pride in my new found proficiency at being able to quickscope dashing Strikers with Stillpiercer. Also, nothing stops Strikers in their tracks quite llke Smoke Bombs followed up by Vortex Grenades. I have found new PvP life in Sealed Ahamkara Grasps and the Zhalo. The Chain Lightning synergizes well with my Vortex Grenades and Smoke Bombs and the Refill Super & Ammo on Double Kills compliments the Nightmare Fuel perk which gives me bonus ammo when I do melee damage.... which for my Nightstaker is long range Envenomed Smoke Bombs enhanced by the Lockdown perk.

I also completed the 25 kills with my shotty and got a lot of OHKs at point blank range as I should have.. Shottys are not weaker; you just have to be closer and aim for the head. I got a Buckshot Bruiser medal last night in the IB in the alleged post-shotgun nerf, so the rumors of the death of the gauge in PvP are greatly exaggerated and it helps that I have pretty good class / weapon synergy. I run a full AGI Nightstalker (Black Hole, Lockdown) and mop up tethered players after carpet bombing them with Vortex Grenades and Envenomed smoke bombs. The stock Next Big Thing has Battle Runner that buffs my max sprint speed even further after a kill and One Man Army buffs my Melee and Grenade cooldown after a kill. Folks are sleeping on that perk synergy for Next Big Thing. It is great on small maps and IMO it is the new Shot Package / Crowd Control now that movement is debuffed when using shottys. My set-up would be marginally better if I had a Monte Carlo and Plated Ahamkara Grips, but I like my current gear and weapon load-out. Graviton Forfeit gives me free use of Shadestep for quick evasion and that allows me to keep Keen Scout active (enhanced tracker / sneak are great for pre-shooting) and I like using Zhalo because the accuracy buff helps with headshots and the chain lightning splash damage on nearby players sets up my next kill. Getting a Double Down with Zhalo fills my super meter and grants me bonus ammo straight to the magazine so I don't have to reload. Now that ARs don't suck anymore, Zhalo is nearly a perfect PvP auto-rifle.