Ramblings of an Englishman

Spoilers for Mortal Kombat 1 I’ve always had a respect for some of the ways Mortal Kombat (MK) has gone about its work. Not many other studios could have a roster where half the characters are pallet swapped versions of each other and it ending up being one of the top fighting game franchises in history. With an interesting group of characters they have now had to reboot their universe twice first with MK9 and now again with the new MK1. Comparing MK1 to the storyline of MK9 through to the previous game in 11 I found myself loving this one so much more and wanted to go over some of the reasons why I felt this story has me interested in the future. Liu Kang Isn’t a Dumbass Let’s start with an easy one. You could argue the main character of the past few games has been Raiden. The plot is focused around him in large parts and he seems to be the driving force in a lot do conflict and resolution. However, the key part is conflict as he always seemed to be the one who causes it. MK9 he sends...

What a difference a week makes. After the spectacle of All In the past week has seen CM Punk fired and a the chaos left in his path not overly clear but every story seemingly making it worse. I may cover CM Punk in a separate post but it certainly is a big talking point. One thing I will say on All Out is it is in a terrible place, right after All In it has a real lack of build. I won't be covering the lack of build for these matches as it has been weak with two PPVs in a week and the card overall is the weakest for an AEW PPV so let's see how it delivers on the night.  The Buy In Over Budget Battle Royale Man what a waste of Hangman in this and not having a singles match. At least he won so that's something. A standard battle royale there's not really much to add to this, good to see Kyle Fletcher make it far in as he is someone I feel  Athena, Mercedes Martinez, and Diamante vs. Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale, and Skye Blue Athena is great one of the best parts of R...