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Has Kevin Nash ever had a match widely considered to be ’great’? He’s been in decent matches, sure, but I can’t think of anything better than that. I wasn’t watching wrestling during his peak years, so theres every chance I’ve missed something.

OK, this is a risky one because the tide could turn pretty quickly, but…Chris Jericho re-signing with AEW has ended up being a good thing. The stuff with Ricochet was crap, and dropping his first name was an odd thing to do, but the Nick Wayne feud alone has made it worthwhile. Without Jericho, I don’t think you get this version of the Nick Wayne character and I think he may well have been floundering. As it is, I reckon we’ll look back at this feud as the moment Wayne truly broke out. He’s elevated absolutely everything in a way I did not think he could. I’d been pretty dismissive of him for the bulk of his career. I was wrong to be. On a related note - this surely has to be the hottest ever contest for the Breakout Star category at the UKFF Awards - you have Wayne, Thekla, Kevin Knight, Oba Femi, Trick Williams, Royce Keyes, Mark Davis, arguably Penta and perhaps even Willow Nightingale given that she finally became an undisputed main event talent for AEW after years of underutilisation.

Exactly what I was about to say, whoever suggested the streamer gimmick is an absolute genius, and Wayne plays it brilliantly. The line about ‘winmaxxing’ made me laugh out loud. I’d honestly consider having him win the Continental Classic. That was probably the best episode of Collision of 2026, and highlights just how mad they were to have waited so long to do another episode at sea. It was so much fun. Getting the National Title off Andrade was a good move, although the right move would have been giving the belt a sea burial. It was nice to see Ciampa celebrate with his daughter though. FTR/MCMG predictably went to a deciding match. I really want to see a best of series at some point that doesn’t make it to a decider. Has that ever happened in any major company? Mercedes confronting Moxley was good, it’s a bot of a shame The Cut were involved, but what can you do? Mercedes being great in ring is no surprise, but her consistency in out-of-ring segments has to be the surprise of 2026 for me given how terrible she was. A shoe-in for female wrestler of the year, surely? This is her best ever year in any company, she’s been outstanding. I hope she retires in AEW, I don’t ever want to see her leave. I don’t have any negatives to the point I was even entertained by a Blake Christian match. A great show.

I’d probably take a chance on them if i was Tony Khan. They weren’t used enough on the main roster to feel tainted, and they seemed to be very good wrestlers on NXT. Given that AEW places more value on tag team wrestling than WWE does and given that both brothers are still pretty young, they might end up being shrewd signings in the longer run.

I'd give A Hat in Time another chance, because that's exactly what that game gives you. Spyro gives you that too, it's not a mad rush to the end; same goes for Yooka Replaylee which, based on your most recent post seems like a perfect match. I'll throw in another game - one that I absolutely adored, and I suspect you will too based on your preferences: Tinykin Don't let the presentation fool you - this is not a Pikmin clone. It does involve little tiny creatures, but you use them to platform, explore and collect things. There aren't any enemies either, so the stakes are very low. But it's so bloody fun, I 100% completed it and went back for a second run, which I also 100% completed.

You're possibly revealing your young age a bit here, as to a certain generation of us, Crash Bandicoot is pretty iconic! The Crash Bandicoot collection is well worth your money though, it's cheap these days and CB2 and 3 have aged very well, in my opinion. Anyway, some other recommendations for you... Spyro Reignited Trilogy If you're not enormously familiar with Crash, I imagine you're not particularly familiar with another unofficial Playstation mascot in Spyro the Dragon. The Spyro trilogy has remakes of the original 3 Spyro games, it's cheap and is on PS5. I suspect you'd enjoy it. A Hat in Time One of the most creative non-Nintendo platformers I've played. Every level is different, with different activities and themes - in one you're investigating a murder mystery, another is a bit more horror-themed (which I know you're not keen on - but it's more Disney horror than anything too traumatising). Again, this is pretty cheap these days so I'd recommend giving it a try. Rayman Legends A remake is out next month, but honestly, although there's extra content it feels like one of the more unnecessary remakes - Legends is cheap these days, although it's a 2D platformer it's incredibly creative and fun, with beautiful visuals and a great soundtrack. Some of the levels are pretty tough, but there's great fun to be had here. Yooka Replaylee The original Yooka Laylee was a flawed game, but this fixes all of the issues of the original, adding several major improvements that just make it a blast to play through. The missions are varied, the characters are fun to control and it looks lovely too. New Super Lucky's Tale Talking of games that were fixed, New Super Lucky's Tale is an improved version of the frankly broken Super Lucky's Tale. Essentially, it's the same game but fixed. And fuck, it's great. It's very reminiscent of a Gamecube-era platformer, and it's cheery, silly fun. I loved it. Mr Sleepy Man Another one that feels plucked right out of the Gamecube-era. It has a very strange sense of humour - a bit Rick and Morty-esque - and it's one of the weirder games that I'm recommending, but once again, it's just a whole load of fun. I absolutely breezed through it and was left wanting more in the best possible way. It's creative and very enjoyable. And it was made by one person!

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Plus, if you really had to politicise this, the only honest way to do that would be to hold to account the people who defended him after the allegations emerged - the far right and religious right; his left wing audience ditched him when it became clear he wasn't what he claimed to be and he knew he had to - quite literally - sing from another hymn sheet.

He definitely deserves to win 'funniest moment' at least, but like Toni Storm a few years back, he's so consistently hilarious that there's no obvious stand out moment - "Okada in general" is my pick this year. Although he's a heel, he brings me so much joy every time he's on screen. He's great.

I'm still to receive my copy, but I can't wait to get going with it. Every review has made me feel more and more excited, and seeing people on here love it has only amplified that.

I'm rammed with the flu or covid or something, so I struggled to muster the motivation to watch Dynamite until this morning. I said repeatedly how much I dislike Blood and Guts and Wargames-style matches. Again and again. ...but I actually really liked this show. The Women's Blood and Guts match was the better of the two by far, and it's a shame that Skye Blue has no charisma whatsoever because in wild brawls, she feels like a star in the making. Harley Cameron looks better and better every time she's in the ring, I'd have no issues whatsoever with them revisiting her previous feud with Mercedes - the original was a real high point of Mone's earlier days in AEW, back when she was having great matches but terrible out-of-ring segments. But fuck, she should be inspiration for Skye Blue; she's shown that you don't always have to be a personality vacuum even if you were once exactly that. Megan Bayne was also really good, and although he can be a bit weird around her, Foley was bang on when he said that was quite possibly a career making performance for her. I really want to see her wrestle Mercedes. Thekla was as good as ever, but I do think they need to turn her babyface. Not that she's stale as a heel, it just feels like the right move. When your World Champion is a heel, a main event babyface trio of Toni Storm, Willow and Thekla is a spectacularly good place to be. I'm still crossing my fingers that they'll be adding Bayley to the mix, but my guess is she's probably resigned with WWE at this point. As for the men's match, I didn't mind the ending in the sense that it's clearly leading towards something between Copeland and Ospreay. I love the idea of one final heel run from Copeland, before an even bigger piece of shit - Christian Cage - returns to stop him in his tracks. I'd also have no objection whatsoever to them putting the title on Kyle Fletcher at Full Gear. It would be one hell of a shocking move, but not one that I would see as a negative. There was something about him in the final moments of that match (and the post match) - it just felt like everything had finally come together with him, and he had the presence of someone who could actually be your World Champion. It's definitely going to happen one day and I don't mind at all if that day is November 14th. In other news, I still hate Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly. Ditch 'em, Orange.

I cant wait to play this with my daughter for the first time, I really hope she at least comes close to feeling the same sense of wonder that I did when i first played it.

I really wish I cared about this style of match. It's a rare week where I'm not even slightly buzzing for Dynamite and AEW. I'm not sure I've ever properly enjoyed a War Games-style match. That opening portion where there can't be an outcome is so boring to me, just drama-free. They can do the wildest of wild spots during that time, but I don't feel invested. The other thing is, with two Blood and Guts matches to roll through, I'm hoping we don't get much of a pause in the build for Full Gear, which I've enjoyed - I want to see more than a quick segment hyping the trios match and also more from Mercedes/Shafir, which has been absolutely electric so far. But hey, not everything AEW (or any wrestling company) does has to be for me. I imagine a lot of people are far more excited about this than I am, and with Full Gear looking like it'll be another home run, I can hardly complain.

I (justificably) gush about @FLips brilliant gaming posts all of the time, but @Jazzy G's gaming posts are fast catching up as some of my favourites on the forum. Really brilliant stuff. Bit of a blast from the past for me this week, as I've been playing Wiz 'n' Liz on the Mega Drive. There's nothing quite like it even now, you frantically run around catching 'wabbits' who turn into letters allowing you to spell words, as you compete with a timer (it's also bags of fun in multiplayer mode) - it's better just seeing it really to get a grasp as to what it is, but I'd love to see someone bring this gem back. I could have posted this in the retro gaming thread, but it's not the only game I've been playing... Is it Super Meat Boy? Celeste? Nope, it's Love, Eternal and in spite of being comparable to those two games in some ways, it's a very unique beast. It's a horror game and an ultra-hard platformer all rolled into one. The narrative is really strong, and it's a weird game in that it's short, but I suspect a lot of people will never finish it and find out how the story ends because of its difficulty. That's a shame too, I thought it was excellent. I do like this kind of platformer anyway, but the story alone is good enough to stand by itself, without any of the gameplay. It's cheap, so worth a try if you like that kind of thing.

You know how some people suggested Kenny Omega should have retired after the Will Ospreay match at All In as he'd never top it? Well, this guy applied that logic here, and never returned to the store. What a way to go out, 20-years later and I'm still talking about it.