Cliff Hanger

That is DEFINITELY not what it was like the first year they did it (I don't remember when they started but it was after the PS4 version came out, because I played it the first year they did it.)

Man, I don't like only having one story. Fight Forever had intergender matches but still had a women's story and a men's story. So yeah, right now I think I'm most excited about the Parking Lot of Death and finding out all the new song titles for 2024 debuts, heel turns, etc. The chances of me not buying it at all are zero but I'm kind of thinking about waiting til the Summer PSN sale when the Deluxe and super deluxe versions usually go for half price.

Pitbull 1 or Pitbull 2? (Ducks)

She can make "The Killing Jar" her signature match, a Last Woman Standing inside an airtight clear booth which contains cotton balls soaked in "poison" and you have to win before you run out of air

No full feature or roster list yet, but looking at the packages: 1) Wyatt Sicks will be free to all pre-orders. In the past, the two fancier editions come with it even if you don't pre, but will cost money for standard non-preorders. 2) the Deadman Edition is what has previously been called the Deluxe, with all the same goodies plus an exclusive 1990 Undertaker persona and Brother Love, plus the 1995 mask for your Island avatar 3) the Bloodline Edition will have everything in the Deadman plus action figure persona cards for Roman and Jey, some Island mode cosmetics, and an exclusive (not purchasable separately) Nation of Domination Rock (listed as a separate pack). It also includes a Mania 41 Pack, which will be available separately and include one new superstar TBA and the Mania41 arena, plus high level Faction cards for two main eventers. ETA: more info not from the PSN preorder is up. --Bloodline Showcase will go all the way back to Yokozuna at least --no Iron Survivor or Heritage Cup Rules. But we ARE getting the NXT Parking Lot. And Bloodline Rules, which i don't understand how that's different from a street fight unless you're picking 3 extra guys for one player who are guaranteed to run in and save you. --GM Mode will allow for online play (hopefully both synchronous and "play by mail" modes)

The George Perez Estate?

Every single issue of Boys' Life, the official magazine of the conservative Christian Boy Scouts of America. We should have known something sinister was up.

As the teasers for 2k25 continue to not excite me at all in advance of the full reveal Monday and Tuesday, I am once again missing the fuck out of Rumbleverse, the only battle royale game i ever enjoyed and was good at.

Technos announced a retro package including a few SFC Kunio titles, the Neo Geo Kunio Dodge Ball, and a few arcade games (Combatribes, Shadow Force, Gained, some i forgot.) I'm looking forward to the oden-themed falling block puzzle.

Man, I have bought so many cheap Dynasty Warriors games and the only one I've ever played more than 3 stages of was Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage on PS3. Not sure why I bounce so hard off the formula in every other case or why I still buy every single one I see for under $15.

EDITED: I made a shitty joke that I wish I hadn't. So last night I watched most of the New Texas show from 12/28 on IWTV and it was pretty fun. I knew about half the people from Inspire, and all the new faces were fun and at least competent. My first looks at WWEID "prospects" Cappucino Jones and Zayda Steel gave me broadly positive vibes.

And Shane Douglas's "Perfect Strangers" knockoff was at least A-tier.

The PiP break with Stephanie stomping around backstage sure seemed like it was supposed to have audio. They must have really blown their timing or something. (They also did a full break during the main event, which seemed odd but not unprecedented.)

I only saw Bart once, at a show for a fly-by-night company that did one show in Longview in, I wanna say 98. It was a mix of 80s guys like Roberts and Valentine with DFW indies like Kit Csrson and Khris Germany. They advertised a show every month and a wrestling school coming to town, but never ran the second show. I remember thinking he was fun and I wanted to see more of him.

Well my "no zombie gaming" goal isn't completely hitting, as I played a good 2 hrs of Streets of Rage 4 survival mode yesterday, but I'm nearly to the end of Sonic Generations (beating the last boss, nowhere near Plat) and finished a chapter of IW in under 2 weeks so I'm doing much better already.

Does Battle in the Valley talk go here or somewhere else? Because I am going to remember that ElP/Cobb finish, both for the greatness of Cobb giving Zane Jay the Little Wooden Boy treatment to secure the DCOR non-loss and for how angry the crowd was.

So NTPW's Austin debut on 2/23 and the first Inspire show (EDIT: first show of 2025, not first period or first there) a week later are both at the Empire I am a little worried that two shows in 7 days with a lot of the same talent may fuck over Inspire, but hopefully not. Grabbed a front row ticket for each, which has put me in a position of 5 shows (3 music, 2 wrestling) in two weeks. God help me. Also finally signed up for IWTV so I can see some of the recent NTPW shows and be up on the storylines and major players. Gonna try to finally watch DEAN~! this weekend.

Oh I'm under no delusion that he SHOULD come back, but he had been so insistent that he was coming back when Kenny did made me expect him.

There's a reason it sounds like Final Fantasy; it's by FF14 and 16 composer Masayoshi Soken.

One thing not on the list is Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on 4/24/25.

I was really expecting Ibushi to get the save instead or Will. I am even more convinced than I was a week ago that JJ will win the Owen and then come heartbreakingly close to winning in his title shot but not make it happen.

I can't figure out how to get tweets to embed in posts, but my #1 fave was absolutely not Mad Online about her loss. https://x.com/roxanne_wwe/status/1876844304007577674?t=SctHj4pGUiR8d_dKaYvkWg&s=19 https://x.com/roxanne_wwe/status/1876845207435477429?t=chGdDQ3vv8lAjrfJ1Tl8CA&s=19

I saw that at the grocery store a few times, and every time thought an IPA was a silly choice for someone who clearly prefers Budweiser or Lone Star type fizzy lager. Why would I, an occasional IPA drinker, want to spend more money to get a Stone Cold beer that Stone Cold would hate? Tangential: with the proliferation of hard teas (I swear, Twisted Tea was the only one I saw til like 18 months ago and now it takes up more of the beer aisle at my HEB than seltzer or alcopops like Smirnoff Ice) which wrestler adds their brand to that first?

Sometime recently, without anyone actually noticing, Crunchyroll added both Ashita no Joe/Tomorrow's Joe anime. For the unfamiliar, JOE is a boxing manga written by Tiger Mask co-creator Ikki Kajiwara/Asao Takamori that details the life of a young juvenile delinquent who becomes Japan's greatest boxer. Everything that does "anime" stylized boxing, from Hajime no Ippo to the gym side quest in Lost Judgment, steals from it and Megalobox was a direct 50th anniversary reimagining. Early 70s anime hit different, the art style and pacing take a lot of getting used to, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

Man, Rock ALMOST hit that time cue. Only real surprise on the show was Oba pinning Trick. Perez/Giulia delivered, the main was fun, my only two complaints are that (a) I wish Lexis had won the Cup in a proper Cup match instead of something with no rounds, no seconds and no 2/3 falls and (b) it is always a crime when NQCC's entrance happens during a break.