Well, in rugby news such as Sam Whitelock has just announced his retirement from all forms of rugby after the European rugby season ending his quest of answering an S.O.S. call from All Blacks Scott Robertson to become the new All Black captain so happy retirement to him therefor wishing him all the best throughout his career which included 7 Super Rugby titles & both Rugby World Cups in 2011 & 2015 that he had, but continuing on the rugby related news as we head into the sevens kind of stuff that how appropriate that New Zealand has claimed both the women's & men's titles respectively at the final ever Hong Kong sevens event in Hong Kong, China after their wins against the United States in the women's cup final for the Black Ferns Sevens to catch up to our rivals Australia, then France in the men's cup final for the All Blacks Sevens to claim our first win of the SVNS season of 2023-24 since Toulouse last year (And both the Black Ferns sevens (Who went on to still become champions of the women's championship after our victory against traditional Trans-Tasman rivals Australia in the women's Cup final billed as winner takes all, but the men's league championship went to Argentina for the very first time after their win against South Africa by 14 points to 10 after being 10 - 0 down at the break in the fifth-place play-off match with the Argentinian success in sevens rugby had been inspired by their football team's win at the most recent Football World Cup in 2022 led by the incomparable Lionel Messi who currently plys his trade at American soccer club currently competing in Major League Soccer, Inter Miami owned by Englishman David Beckham) & All Black sevens teams are able to repeat the dose at Singapore).
And in the wrestling department as WOW! The story is complete as 'The American Nightmare' of Cody Rhodes (Son of the late 'American Dream' of Dusty Rhodes who got a standing ovation from the crowd following his win against Reigns to claim the title which was the happiest of all endings, but the biggest cheers of the night apart from Rhodes belong to both John Cena & the Undertaker who both made their returns to the WWE) has finally at last, breaking the stranglehold of Roman Reigns (Who was gutted along with his cousin & mentor of the Rock & the rest of his Bloodline stablemates after losing to him therefore ending his tumultous but turbulent reign as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion in which he was always been invincible & it was the one would seemingly never end in terms of wrestling dynasties, 4 years after claiming victory against the late Bray Wyatt & Braun Strowman to become champion at Payback in 2020 which marked the start of the lengthy but prolonged championship reign until his defeat against Rhodes (Who had a pivotal moment of ending The Big Dog's championship reign during that great event) at WM XL which marked the beginning of the end for the utter dominance of 'The Head of the Table') to become the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion in a Bloodline Rules match billed as 'The American Nightmare completes the story' which was set following the Rock & his cousin as well as his protégé Roman Reigns's victory against Rhodes & Seth Rollins (Who appeared in his Shield persona, moments after losing the belt against Drew McIntyre before CM Punk (Who was unable to wrestle at Wrestlemania XL due to a broken arm that he sustained after being attacked by Scotsman Drew McIntyre before the event took place, but was there as a spectator who watched on) intervened by assaulting McIntyre, then all this happened as Damian Priest (The former United States champion who was once known as Senyor Money in the Bank) initiated his Money in the Bank cash in in which he became the new champion in which the WWE universe were shocked about the result, much to the delight of his Judgment Day stablemates of Mexican American 'Dirty' Dominik Mysterio, Irishmen Finn Balor & JD McDonagh & the WWE Women's World Champion at the time of Australian Rhea Ripley who defeated Irishwoman Becky Lynch to successfully defend her championship at the same event a year after beating Charlotte Flair to become the new WWE Women's World Championship compared to the most recent women's Royal Rumble winner Bayley overcoming the challenge against Iyo Sky as she dispatched her former Damage Ctrl stablemate to claim the WWE Women's Championship) in a tag team match during night 1 of the Showcase of the Immortals, at Wrestlemania XL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in one of by far, the most incredible but greatest endings of all time at the Grandest Stage of Them All (There was appearances from Jey Uso who took the beating out of his twin brother Jimmy Uso from the Bloodline (Including Jimmy's reaction when Jey's entrance music theme being played that he was instructed by his Bloodline stablemate of Roman Reigns to go get him before Jey nailed him with a superkick then he used his trademark finisher of the Spear which was inspired by his relative Roman Reigns onto the ledge), then the now recently movie star of John Cena appeared as he took both Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa (Who had a priceless reaction when 'My Time Is Now', AKA the John Cena entrance music theme, was played when Sikoa had his task of wiping Cena (Who was dispatched by coming there to eliminate both Sikoa & Reigns as he is thrusted into the battle of Philadelphia by assisting 'The American Nightmare' from the jaws of defeat as both his friend & ally during Cody Vs Roman II: Decider in Philly) out once & for all, at all costs) out of the equation to level things up although he had to even the playing field odds with his finisher, the Attitude Adjustment, & then all of a sudden, the Rock appeared as he is summoned by getting ready to take out John Cena (The one that the Rock who had caused a bit of ruckus to Cena in the past) who proceeded to attack him to save the Bloodline's blushes, but Cena (Who reacted when the Rock's entrance theme played as Cena was like that he was getting ready to face the music, although Cena's fanatics on social media be like "Uh oh, I think we got company Mr HLR! I repeat, we got company!") got clobbered with the Rock Bottom by 'The Final Boss', then it's Rollins who appeared as he tries to take out both Reigns & the Rock with his steel chair but he gets nailed by Roman Reigns's signature Superman Punch, then the Undertaker (Who was fighting on Cody's side whose eyes are like when the man known as 'The Deadman' was preparing to go into battle, even though the Rock's fans on social media be like "Look out Rock, right behind you!") mysteriously appears out of nowhere as he chokeslammed the hell out of the Rock (In which The Undertaker's fans on social media be like "Thank you Taker, god bless you all") before Reigns wishing to choose either Rollins or Rhodes to hit them with a steel chair but he chose Rollins, then he tried to finish off Rhodes with his trademark finisher of the Spear before Cody counters/reverses it with not one, not two but three Cross-Rhodes (AKA the Cross-Rhodes Trinity, but there was exactly no question where the undisputed WWE Universal Championship would be heading? Unless there was a catastrophic setback unlike last year during Cody Vs Roman: Decider in Hollywood, & it wasn't Roman indeed, but comments made on social media that had long since established Cody as the WWE universe wanted to see successfully challenging for the title & if he'd won, there will indeed be a new name on the undisputed WWE Universal crown with the Rhodes name now historically etched in WWE history) before pinning him to make history in which the crowd had gone berserk, ballistic, crazy (Or should I say insane) but nuts as the WWE fans were stoked about the result which was a resounding success compared to last year as Rhodes pulled off a moment inspired by Sami Zayn who overcame the challenge of Gunther (Who was the longest serving Intercontinental Champion, surpassing the Honky Tonk Man compared to Roman Reigns who was indeed the longest serving Undisputed WWE Universal Champion for 1,316 days) to become the new Intercontinental champion + there was Awesome Truth consisting of both the Miz & R-Truth has taken out the Raw Tag Team Championship as well as Logan Paul who defeated both 'The Legend Killer' Randy Orton & Kevin 'KO' Owens to remain the WWE United States Champion & the former United States champion Austin Theory teaming up with Australian Grayson Waller to form A-Town Down Under had claimed the Smackdown Tag Team Championship) since the 'Heist of the Century' when Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to defeat both Brock Lesnar & Reigns at WM 31 in 2015 therefore bouncing back from defeat against Randy Orton earlier, as well as Becky 'The Man' Lynch's glorious win against Charlotte Flair & former MMA star Ronda Rousey to claim both the Raw & Smackdown women's titles at Wrestlemania 35 in 2019 billed as 'Two Belts, One Title' in the historic first ever women's main event at Wrestlemania (And there was a bit of controversy as Lynch reversed Rousey's Piper's Pit submission hold where she rolled her up with a leverage pin, but Rowdy's shoulders went up (Although the ref didn't see it) & if it was a near fall, the championship bout would've continued), then 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin selling his soul to the devil as he was aligned with Mr McMahon by finishing off the Rock as Austin struck Rock by hitting him with a steel chair that the Chairman at the time gave it to his old nemesis 16 times to claim the WWE Championship back in 2001 in a no holds barred match billed as 'Stone Cold's alignment with Mr McMahon' at Wrestlemania X-Seven which was during the great Attitude era that they had, & the late great Ultimate Warrior who upstaged Hulk Hogan by outsmarting him via pinfall to still become the the WWE Intercontinental Champion & therefore at that moment, became the new WWE Champion at Wrestlemania VI in a champion against champion match billed as 'The Ultimate Challenge' when both Hogan & Warrior were the biggest stars in the WWE at the time during the Golden Era of wrestling when the 80's period was done with the Ultmate Warrior taking the lead as the main superstar from Hulk Hogan when the 1990's decade recieved the warmest of welcomes in fine style + there was joy & jubilation throughout the Rhodes camp as there were friends, family, observers & critics who are part of Cody's bandwagon throughout Wrestlemania XL & joined in the post championship match celebrations such as Owens, Zayn, Orton, Rollins, Punk, Cena, Jey, 'The Mega Star' LA Knight, veteran WWE official Charles Robinson, then Brandi (Cody's wife), Cody's mother, Cody's father in law as well as a few of Cody's nephews & nieces & finally Cody's biggest influencer that he had throughout his wrestling career, Triple H (The current chief content officer at WWE as well as a legend & hall of famer when he was part of the D-Generation X tag team stable (And it's been 2 years since his retirement from pro wrestling due to a heart condition which ended his wrestling career in 2022 (In which he opened Wrestlemania 38 with a bang by addressing the WWE universe of welcoming to the Showcase of the Immortals with a one-liner inspired by his father in law, Mr McMahon of saying "Welcome! To Wrestlemania!"), 3 years after his last but most recent wrestling match to date against Batista at WM 35 in a career threatening match in 2019).
And in motor racing related news such as regining 3 time world champion Max Verstappen (Who bounced back after getting a DNF in Australia after 3 laps in which his championship lead had been drastically reduced going into the Japanese Grand Prix) returns to winning ways in Japan after having a pole to win moment with his constructor he races for of Red Bull securing a 1 - 2 finish with Verstappen back on the top step ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez then Verstappen's closest challenger Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari rounded out the podium in which the Grand Prix was marred by a red flag in the opening lap in which Alex Albon (Williams) & Daniel Ricciardo (RB) were involved in a wreck as chaos ensured after both taking each other out as they suffer DNFs, while continuing on to a different story in the Supercars Championship such as defending series champ Brodie Kostecki returning to the fold after missing both races in Bathurst & Melbourne as he is tipped to replace Todd Hazelwood (Who filled in for Kostecki for the 1st 2 rounds of the season in both Bathurst & Melbourne, but former Erebus Motorsport turned Triple Eight Race Engineering (The most successful team in terms of the Supercars Championship during recent times) driver Will Brown (The bloke who took over Shane van Gisbergen's race seat since SVG left the Supercars Championship last year to compete in NASCAR) is now surprisingly the points leader going into the next event in Taupo, New Zealand in a circuit owned by TQ of Scotsman Tony Quinn, while behind Brown in terms of points is his teammate Broc Feeney also in Triple Eight) going into the New Zealand round (Which returns after a 1 year absence with Pukekohe last hosting it in 2022, but Kostecki has chosen to race car 1 as he follows in the footsteps of Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Jamie Whincup, Josef Newgarden & Simon Pagenaud compared to Valentino Rossi, Sir Lewis Hamilton, Shane van Gisbergen, Scott McLaughlin, Ott Tanak, Alex Palou, Will Power & Kalle Rovanpera chosen to keep their permanent number for their title defences instead of running car 1 which is usually reserved for the champion) of the Supercars Championship held in Taupo for the first time at the former A1GP venue of Taupo International Motorsport Park (Formerly Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park) with 5 Kiwis competing in their home patch such as former Toyota Racing Series champion Matt Payne, one half of the most recent Bathurst 1000 winner & Payne's teammate at Grove Racing Richie Stanaway, BJR's Andre Heimgartner, former Porsche Carrera Cup competitor as well as factory Porsche driver Jaxon Evans & Walkinshaw Andretti United's young Kiwi charger Ryan Wood.
And finally that my dear half-brother Jansen (Who I saw him on the 7th of April, but I haven't seen him for 2 years because the last time I saw him was in 2022) finally getting Pops old truck that he know longer uses but Jans got home safe as his truck was dirty so he cleaned it according to the picture that I saw on Dad's phone at The Cobb on the 8th of April, but he has back pain whilst trying to lift a fridge & he hasn't been at work lately.
So that is my 545th blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 21st of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.
P.S. And my 33rd birthday is just around the corner in 5 days time on the 7th of June (For which I feel like a young kid during Christmas time) which is 2 days after Dad's & 3 days before Aunty Tan's so wish me luck (And my birthday on June 7th is my fave time of the year along with Christmas day on the 25th of December (And a shout out to both Dad who had his 55th & Aunty Tan who had her 56th so best wishes to all of them).
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