The Natural

Revenge for WrestleMania XXXIV and dropping the WWE Smackdown Women's Championship to Charlotte Flair earlier in the year.

Rey Mysterio as Joker (2019).

WALTER's elimination was bullshit.

Daniel Bryan's the best.

I thought the show was a mixed bag. Enjoyed The Fiend vs. Daniel Bryan and the traditional Survivor Series elimination matches. Cole/Dunne made Dunne look weak, he couldn't beat someone who was beaten up in the WarGames. Baszler/Lynch/Bayley went on last and it was anticlimactic. This is the fourth Survivor Series since the brand split was reintroduced in 2016. NXT's involvement made it a step up, ditto wrestlers wrestling without having to wear their brand shirts. Only the main eventers were able to do that. However it didn't have a MOTYC like last year (Lesnar/Bryan) and the year before (Lesnar/Styles).

Yes it was.

Bryan, its your fault for not knowing. Lazy fuck.

I think you're right.

A treasure.

In my list of the 40 best Batman books, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) written and drawn by Frank Miller places #5. The best thing about the story is Bruce Wayne at 55 returns as Batman and what that does to Bruce, Gotham City, Harvey Dent, the President of the United States, the Joker and Superman. I've always preferred the smaller scale of the first half: Bruce trying to deny himself that he wants back as Bats, Gotham City's criminality is more violent since his absence and how Harvey Dent is handled. The second part is bigger with fights between the Joker, Superman and a memorable ending. You can't go wrong with either. #1 is the best of the four issues.You can see the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns influence on Batman since it's release. What do you think to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns? Which part do you prefer? One last note, I strongly recommend the animated movie of the same name split into two parts from 2012 and 2013. All involved do a great job particularly the animation resembling the artwork, Peter Weller's Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Emerson as the Joker and Christopher Drake with a very memorable score.

Jokers on those steps.

Jones vs. Gustafsson 1. One of the best MMA fights ever. Gus won that fight.

New Zealand deserves some joy against England this year. I think they'll win the First Test, Day 5 tomorrow.

Winners.

I feel for the wrestlers who wrestled in WarGames and will wrestle at the Survivor Series.

Yep, that's all Deontay Wilder needs. Scary power. 41 wins, 40 by KO.

Watched the Women's WarGames match again and I liked it even more second time round. Great match. MOTN and one of the best bouts this year.

Update before the Survivor Series: 2019 WWE MOTY 1. WALTER vs. Tyler Bate. NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, 31st August. ***** 2. Daniel Bryan vs. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton. WWE Elimination Chamber, 17th February. 3. Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton. WWE Smackdown Live, 12th February. 4. Rhea Ripley/Candace LeRae/Dakota Kai/Tegan Knox vs. Shayna Baszler/Bianca Belair/Kay Lee Ray/Io Shirai. NXT TakeOver: WarGames III, 23rd November. 5. Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston. WWE WrestleMania XXXV, 7th April. 6. Bobby Fish/Kyle O’Reilly vs. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder. WWE NXT TV, 13th November. 7. Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong. WWE NXT TakeOver: XXV, 1st June. 8. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks. WWE Hell in a Cell, 6th October. 9. Ronda Rousey vs. Sasha Banks. WWE Royal Rumble, 27th January. 10. Aleister Black vs. Cesaro. WWE Extreme Rules, 14th July. 2019 WWE TV MOTY 1. WALTER vs. Tyler Bate. NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, 31st August. ***** 2. Rhea Ripley/Candace LeRae/Dakota Kai/Tegan Knox vs. Shayna Baszler/Bianca Belair/Kay Lee Ray/Io Shirai. NXT TakeOver: WarGames III, 23rd November. 3. Bobby Fish/Kyle O’Reilly vs. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder. WWE NXT TV, 13th November. 4. Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong. WWE NXT TakeOver: XXV, 1st June. 5. Roman Reigns vs. Buddy Murphy. WWE Smackdown Live, 13th August. 6. Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade. WWE Smackdown Live, 22nd January. 7. Andrade vs. Rey Mysterio. WWE Smackdown Live, 15th January. 8. Io Shirai vs. Mia Yim. WWE NXT TV, 13th November. 9. The Velveteen Dream vs. Matt Riddle. WWE NXT TakeOver: New York, 5th April. 10. Roderick Strong/Kyle O'Reilly vs. Hanson/Rowe. WWE NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, 26th January.