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The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) vs. Gold and Stardust - Kickoff Match

Winners (2 pts): The New Day

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall

Person who gets the winning fall (1 pt): Big E

Person who loses the fall (1 pt): Stardust

United States Champion Rusev vs. Jack Swagger - United States Championship Match

Winner (2 pts): Rusev (crush)

Method of victory (2 pts): Submission

Intercontinental Champion Luke Harper vs. Dolph Ziggler - Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship

Winner (2 pts): Luke Harper

Erick Rowan vs. The Big Show - Stairs Match

Winner (2 pts): Erick Rowan

Write an up to 150 word essay to describe exactly what the fuck is a "Stairs Match" (10 points):

There are three cages, stacked vertically. In the first a normal match takes place in a sub-sized Hell in a Cell. Once the wrestlers get through the trapdoor in the located on the ceiling, they arrive at the second, smaller cell, which continues to be a normal match sans ring. Once someone is Irish Whip-ed through a door located on the side facing the set... stage three begins. There is a walkway around the second cell in stage three, and above it a third very small cell. Inside here rests the titular stairs. The first person to hit the other performer with the stairs and then scale them while they are over the body of the fallen wrestler is the winner. MOTY.

WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and Damien Mizdow vs. The Usos - WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Winners (2 pts): The Miz's's

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall

Person who gets the winning fall (1 pt): Damien Mizdow

Person who takes the fall (1 pt): Jey Uso (I love flipping the coin for Uso matches)

Does Naomi get involved (2 pts): No.

The Ryback vs. Kane - Chairs Match

Winner (2 pts): The Ryback

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall (with chairs!)

Divas Champion Nikki Bella vs. AJ Lee - Divas Championship Match

Winner (2 pts): Nikki Bella

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall

Does Brie Bella get involved? (2 pts): Sure, why not

Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt - Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match

Winner (2 pts): Dean Ambrose

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall

John Cena vs. Seth Rollins - Tables Match - If Cena loses, he will lose his #1 contendership for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Winner (2 pts): John "John Cena" Cena

Does J&J Security get involved? (2 pts): Yes

I think Corey Graves sucked, but it bummed me out to hear the guy has to retire. On the plus side, he was pretty okay on his first night of commentary and is already more managable than Alex Riley.

Also, NXT R Evolution was incredible but everyone already knows that.

As a (near) newbie to NJPW, and as someone who lives in Europe and wants to watch Wrestle Kingdom 9, I have a quandary.

How the hell do I watch it? For other events this year, like the ROH/NJPW show, I could watch it on Ustream but that is now of course gone. How can I legally watch it live? Am I stuck trying to force my way onto NJPW World? Does it take PayPal? Do I have to set a VPN (which I totally DON'T at all pay for in order to get the WWE Network or anything) to Japan? I can't think of any other options. I'd love to watch the English stream but I'm nearly certain it is not available here, and I don't want to watch a bootleg stream. I am delighted to pay NJPW (somehow) for a high-quality stream of their high-quality wrestling.

While I'm sure there are producers who's roles are not particularly key when the game is finished, the publishing aspect is crucial simply considering that Microsoft are funding the game. Left on its on own terms with Square Enix, it is likely this game would not have existed in the first place, or so the story goes.

I like to wait for after Christmas to do mine; gives me more time to play stuff.

Also, GOD DAMNIT KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO. BE FINISHED SO I CAN PUT YOU ON SOME KIND OF LIST. (GOTY 2015).

Every year is relatively good to a certain level. It is the minimum that every year there are a variety of good/fun games to play. This year is no exception, with there being a wide variety of good games across all genres to enjoy. I see some folks in here talk about how awesome RPGs/Japanese games have been this year, great to hear that for a genre that I generally don't care about.

It is just that, there been nothing "stellar". Nothing amazing. Every year you can get, personally, 2-4 games that knock it out of the park. I played a lot of games this year, but that is more of a reflection of my reliance of cheap indies and a mixture of having a lot of time off in college/a job to earn money from. I have a great affection for Shovel Knight, Jazzpunk, Shadow of Mordor, South Park, Far Cry 4, Valiant Hearts, Transistor, Octodad, inFAMOUS SS, Super Time Force, Dark Souls 2... There is a nice stack of games I enjoyed, but nothing I'd qualify as game of the year material. These are great games to place #4 through #10 on my list, but not the top three spots. I love Jazzpunk, my potential GOTY, but it doesn't stack personally with GOTYs of the years past.

Also, a lot of big-budget games have been a mess, which doesn't help.

As someone who has played some of The Crew during its beta a couple weeks back: I disagree, Ubisoft.

Either way, lets hope they keep some of the bugs in the final version:

Raw was fine this week, it was different than usual which is a big plus on my book. HOWEVER, the return of the Anonymous Raw GM and then it breaking down with an evil "laugh" may be the dumbest ending to an episode of Raw that I can think of. So incredibly hokey, even by wrestling standards.

Fandango vs. Mystery Opponent - Singles Match (Exclusively on the Kickoff Show)

Winner (2 pts): Fandango

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall

Predict Fandango's opponent (4 pts): Darren Young?

Team Fox (Alicia Fox, Natalya, Naomi and Emma) vs. Team Paige (Paige, Cameron, Summer Rae and Layla) - Four-on-Four Traditional Survivor Series Match

Winning Team (2 pts): Team Paige

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall

Person who gets the winning fall (1 pt): Paige

Person who takes the fall (1 pt): Alicia Fox

Name the Survivor(s) (2 pts per correct prediction): Paige

Order of eliminations (2 pts per correct prediction): Emma; Cameron, Naomi, Layla, Natalya, Summer Rae, Foxy.

WWE Tag Team Champions Gold & Stardust vs. The Usos vs. The Miz and Damien Mizdow vs. Los Matadores - Fatal-4-Way for the WWE Tag Team Championship

Winning Team (2 pts): The Miz & Mizdow

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall

Person who gets the winning fall (1 pt): The Miz

Person who takes the fall (1 pt): Stardust

Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt - Singles Match

Winner (2 pts): Bray Wyatt

Method of victory (2 pts): Pinfall (via SHENANIGANS)

Do new members of The Wyatt Family debut? (2 pts): Nope.

Divas Champion AJ Lee vs. Nikki Bella - Singles Match for the Divas Championship

Winner (2 pts): AJ Lee

Method of victory (2 pts): Submission

Does Brie Bella factor into the finish? (2 pts): Yep!

Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, The Big Show, Erick Rowan and Ryback) vs. Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Rusev, Mark Henry and Luke Harper) - Five-on-Five Traditional Survivor Series Match

If Team Authority loses, The Authority is ousted from power

If Team Cena loses, Dolph Ziggler, The Big Show, Erick Rowan and Ryback will be fired (John Cena will not be fired)

Winning Team (2 pts): Team Ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeena

Method of victory (2 pts): JOHN CENA Pinfall

Person who gets the winning fall (1 pt): John F'n Cena

Person who takes the fall (1 pt): Seth Rollins

Name the Survivor(s) (2 pts per correct prediction): John Cena

Order of eliminations (2 pts per correct prediction): Harper, Rowen, Big Show, Ziggler, Henry, Kane, Ryback, Rusev, Rollins.

Does J&J Security (Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury) interfere? (2 pts): Nope.

Does Randy Orton interfere? (2 pts): Nope.