Eivion

Poor Datto. They finally broke his will to vault clean . Weirdly enough I always had a sneaking suspicion they might actually remove weapon sunsetting, especially after they decided to stop doing it so quickly. We also have powered way beyond those old weapons. It just that Bungie has also increased the difficulty of the game to match. I've gotten rid of plenty, but I always kept the shit I cared most about sentiment wise so I'm good. Does mean I can start using my god roll Gnawing Hunger and Subtle Calamity again. The latter is my highest weapon kills weapon at 11k+. Might break out Oxygen just to see if the perk gives a decent boost to dragonfly. Based on their comments I'm guessing older weapons will be coming back updated as part Onslaught and the BRAVE arsenal in the future. We know they had to cut down from 40 in their original list so they have plenty to still work with. Account wide power is a smart decision for all the crazy people actively running multiple characters. I'm kind of surprised people have missed that Deep Dives and the Coil aren't disappearing with The Final Shape. Makes me curious if all of the Lightfall year sticks around for now.

They are kicking out Vinci opposed to a complete breakup. Presumably we see someone replace Vinci.

That was a good follow up to episode 5. Was kind of surprised to see no Xavier or Storm show up though I suspect things will get worse before that happens.

Huh? Liv is significantly more athletic than Becky.

Women's title match was great. All three busted out some nice action with Roxanne and Tatum having some good character moments along the way. Lyra being pissed trying to take on both was kind of neat to see though once again it felt like she was the one the crowd was least interested in. Glad Roxanne retained. I'm curious to see where things with Tatum go after this. She is a face as far as the crowd is concerned so it would be interesting to see her pushed more for the belt or the incoming NA title. The Family vs. NQCC was good. I especially dug that first third that was pretty rough and felt like guys really trying to beat the crap out of each other. Hopefully we get Tony vs. Dempsey for the Cup soon. Fallon/Jaida was surprising solid and probably Jaida's best showing so far though I'm not sure how much of that is on her vs. Fallon. The Nattie/Lola contract signing was better than expected. Dug the trash talk, and I like Shayna as Lola's training partner. I really hope after the Draft Nattie sticks around NXT. She is far more over here than the main roster and could be valuable as a player/coach. Sol/Blair was a solid plunder match with some neats moments. Disappointed Blair lost, but it was also probably the right decision with how fast Sol is growing. Sol should either be the first NA Women's champ or challenging for the main women's title by the end of Fall. Corbin/King was fine but felt rather tacked on. Probably could have waited until next week. Trick/Ilja was damn good as expected though admittedly not the war they had back in February. Dug how they built the matchup over the night, including having so many former NXT talent show up. It sold it all the more as such a big moment. Not the best special but still good with some solid segments and standout matches in the 6-man tag and both title matches. Will be interesting to see how well Part 2 can hold up next week.

He has been wrestling a few matches each year since 2017 according to cagematch. I assume WWE either let the copyright lapse or his relationship with them is just that good.

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The Priest/Jey segment was alright. I liked mostly for the nding and the general build towards a Judgement Day implosion its continuing. Awesome Truth vs. DIY was good. Curious to see where things go as the post match showed Ciampa overly frustrated with the loss. The Gunther promo was solid. As the New Day vs. Imperium match it led to. Not sure how I feel about the post match with poor Vinci getting beaten and ousted by Kaiser. Mostly I just think Vinci is the better wrestler of the team with Kaiser so I hope this doesn't mean he is gone from WWE though I also don't see him doing much on his own. Hopefully we get a Wolfe return or maybe another Ringkampf member joins Imperium. That Drew/Sheamus segment was good. The digs were perfect, and I liked Sheamus's reactions. Sheamus/Nakamura right after was another solid match. That Gable promo was cold. Hopefully Gable can keep that up as the heel turn continues. Still, I really want him to switch out Otis, Tozawa, and Maxxine for the Creeds. Just feels like a perfect heel stable. Ivy can stay with Maxxine as a face. Andrade/Ricochet vs. Santos/JD built into something good. JD and Santos were a far better team than expected. The Priest attack post match and trash talk to Dom and JD was neat. Dug the backstage segment with all the women that led into the battle royal. Was a nice face moment for Becky and solid build to giving Maxxine a chance to impress in the match. The match itself was pretty solid. I dug a lot of eliminations and thought they did a good job showcasing most of the women involved at some point. The finale with Liv, Becky, and Nia was expected but done well enough. I do wish Liv won, but I assume much of this is to set up a full heel turn for Liv when she finally does take the belt. Right now she doesn't quote have the reasons or ammo for it. Beating Becky down bad for the title will give it to her. I have to admit I would have rather seen Liv win straight up here, but I do think there is a noticeable drop off in how the crowd views the women after Rhea and Becky. This is probably necessary to help Liv step to the next level. No stand out match, but everything here was pretty solid and enjoyable. weakest segment was probably the opening, but everything else did well. Solid show overall though it still suffers from the usual long Raw length.

A pity about Von, but I'm not sure there was much else to do with him in NXT and he didn't offer much for a main roster run. He is solid so I hope he finds something good to do on the indie scene or maybe try to hit up Japan. I somewhat disagree with this. I don't think there would have been anything for Roxanne to do had she been called up last year. All you have to do is see how all of those callups went to figure out where Roxanne would be. She might be better off this year with Rhea out, but I still think she will end up not doing much if she is called up with the Draft.

Seriously? Fuck, now I have to rewatch.

Sure, but he noticeably talked shit about NJPW when the Elite left despite most signs pointing to NJPW giving him and the group a ton of freedom for a good year or two. He noticeably talked shit about WWE when AEW was forming. Then when Cody left AEW he claimed all the anti-WWE stuff was Cody despite it having mostly coming from Omega and Khan back then. Not saying he is wrong, but I think Omega is far more political than he pretends to be. Not talking crap about CM Punk when its been reported everyone but Tony Khan has basically moved on doesn't really say much.

I kind of disagree. Omega tends to noticeably bad mouth or air grievances during political times with his promotions. Not to say he isn't wrong, but the implication he is making without actually saying it is pretty dark and rather shitty of him if not true. It seems off given how many seem to actually like Ogawa, but that doesn't necessarily say much since some predators know how to hide themselves well.

Knight/AJ was solid though I think I liked their WM match more. The introduction of the new tag titles was nice. The new belts look really good. The 4-way right after was clusterfuck in the best of ways. Glad the Profits won. The whole Solo/Heyman/Tama/KO segment was damn good. Solo making moves has been great. I love that his Bloodline is so much more vicious and savage. Will be fun to see how crazy they let it get, especially if Jacob Fatu is actually signed. Carlito/Santos was alright but easily the weakest match tonight. Naomi/Bayley built into something good only to be ruined by Tiffany as it felt like they were reaching a new height. I assume we get a triple threat at Backlash. Pretty solid episode with some worthwhile matches and a standout segment with Solo taking over the Bloodline and a bloody KO.

I mostly feel sorry for Xia Li. I think she had more potential, but the start/stop push of her kept her from really doing much.

I feel like people should be less surprised about that raid date as I want to say they hinted towards it before. I think the final campaign mission won't even launch until the raid is done so there was no chance in hell of them waiting two weekends. Did Whisper solo last night. I think I had a minute or two left on the timer when I was done. I probably would have finished faster had I not been stupid and freed all of the bosses at once like a cocky dumbass. Its nice to finally have it done. Was never able to finish the original since every death kicked you out. Went ahead and rand through some of it again to get the currently available oracles. Now I just need to do a legend run which I'm definitely looking for a fireteam for. I also finally used Whisper for the time. I like it and kind of feel dumb for never really trying it until now.