Well, what's up guys, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whets here (And happy belated 34th birthday to me! 2 days after Dad who just turned 56 (He is 9 years away until retiring from his teaching job, but I'd like to give a gigantic shout out to him for his 56th birthday throughout 2 days ago, & Aunty Tan (Who I have not seen her along with Rejean since 500 days ago which was on the 24th of January last year) over in Quebec, Canada with the now retired Rejean over in Mont Saint-Hilaire for her 57th birthday due on the 10th of June) & you're tuning in into my Kiwiavenger blog, but first & foremost in the gaming stuff that the latest Gran Turismo 7 update features a really cool fictional Formula One car which is inspired by the early 90's (Which took place at the same time that the grunge rock era had been dominated with bands such as Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & Stone Temple Pilots as they took over from glam rock/glam metal before the Britpop takeover in the mid 90's, as well as Pakistan led by the legendary Imran Khan winning the 1992 men's Cricket World Cup against England in the final in front of 87,000 people at the G in Melbourne in which the ODI that has made Wasim Akram for his performances with both the bat & mainly the ball, a year after the Wallabies (Which featured the likes of captain Nick Farr-Jones, David Campese, Phil Kearns, Michael Lynagh, Tim Horan & others who ended the reign of the All Blacks in the semifinal that made Campo as he scored a try then set one up for Horan with a blind, no-look pass in which the game had made David Campese) 1st triumphed at the Rugby World Cup against England in the final at Twickenham in London (And it was during the tournament that Samoa (Who were known as Western Samoa at the time) provided the first biggest boil over of the tournament as they upstaged & mesmerized Wales in a historic upset of the ages during the pool stages) way, way back in 1991, a year after West Germany led by the legendary Lothar Matthaeus triumphed at the Football/Soccer World Cup against Argentina (Who were down to 10 players then 9 after Pedro Monzon & Gustavo Dezotti became the first players in history to be red carded in a World Cup final followed by Frenchman Marcel Desailly also way, way back in 1998, then another Frenchman of Zinedine Zidane way back in 2006 & Dutchman Johnny Heitinga back in 2010 who was the last to be sent off during the FIFA World Cup final) in the final in Rome, Italy way, way back in 1990) & I started to love them not only that by far is my favourite car of the game nonetheless (And I bought 10 of them just in case including the one which features a McLaren inspired livery & other liveries like Leyton House March, Jordan, Ligier & the white & blue livery taken from both the F090/S (They appear in both the American & Japanese versions of Gran Turismo 3) & the Formula Gran Turismo that appeared from Gran Turismo 4, right until Gran Turismo 6), while there has been an update as Aussie video game developer Big Ant Studios announced a release date for the new Rugby 25 game (Even though with the early access version being available since late June last year after years of development in which the game had been delayed for so long) which is due to come out on February 13th this year which is during the Six Nations (Which got underway in which France thrashed the useless Welsh side coached by Warren Gatland whose thinking his coaching job wouldn't last long as I heard a comment from Pops just like Eddie Jones during his disastrous 2nd coaching tenure with the Wallabies in 2023, with a comprehensive shut-out win in a game that was marred by one of the most horrific scenes that they have ever seen in rugby union, in recent memory with French first five Romain Ntamack, sent from the field for a high contact by taking Ben Thomas out of commission (For which I thought the dangerous tackle incident involving Ntamack on Ben Thomas was like deemed to be a terrorist (Well, I thought the word is somehow controversial due to the fact that it's being considered offensive towards people who have Muslim beliefs because it is an Islamophobic slur) act as well as an assassination attempt just like the late Shinzo Abe who was fatally shot in Nara, Japan in 2022 in the hands of a suspected gunman during a speech which triggered a serious incident with Japan who had once been on high alert before, unlike what happens if I die, I would be unable to move by laying motionless & have both of my eyes closed) in which New Zealand referee Paul Williams had given him a card under review before the foul play review officer (FPRO) upgraded it to red indicating that it was a high degree of force, but always prohibited (And to me that the illegal head contact in rugby is like war, but without both firearms & explosives, so they already made it tough of stamping out contact above the sternum from the game altogether with World Rugby currently tackling a problem regarding to illegal, dangerous high tackles in which the war on dangerous head contact is still been declared with many Welsh people are turning away from rugby to play other sports like football (In which the Welsh national football team went to a Football World Cup twice in both 1958 (In which they achieved the best result to date as they appeared in the quarters when they fell short against the eventual champions Brazil which featured the likes of the late young teenage sensation at the time, Pele who passed away in 2022) & the most recent one in 2022 in Qatar where they failed to reach the round of 16 which is the 1st phase of the knockout stages, & the Euros also twice in 2016 (In which they reached the semi which was their best result at the European Football Championship in which they got beaten in the toughest of matches against the eventual champions Portugal led by its world famous ultra rich & wealthy footballer who is in fact a multi-millionaire just like Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic, Cristiano Ronaldo who were competitive throughout the entirety of the 90 minutes from start to finish (And even though the Welsh were missing Aaron Ramsey through suspension due to the accumulation of bookings or cautions should I say in the quarterfinal win against Belgium) & 2020 which was played in 2021 (In which they appeared in the round of 16 in which they went down to eventual semifinalists Denmark) & cricket (Although Welsh players like Robert Croft & Simon Jones for example, are eligible to play for England) because of the players who want to avoid getting a concussion according to the comment that I remember from Carole during our big lunch at her place on the 2nd of February) meaning that Ntamack is expected to be banned for the next game against England at Twickenham, then it was Scotland who had beaten the much improved Italy side before England had led at halftime against the defending champions Ireland, but couldn't cling on right through at the end (Including the English who scored 2 late consolation tries including the last one that they did have the final say (And there was Ollie Lawrence who had a searing break before the try had been scored (And the line breaks in rugby, is like a counter punch in boxing) in order to snatch a defensive losing bonus point) which resulted victory to the Irish who came from behind to kick start their Six Nations championship defence, & to gain payback after losing to them last year therefore the Grand Slam & Triple Crown that eluded the Irish, in the aftermath of a last minute drop goal from England first five Marcus Smith), & right before the new Super Rugby Pacific (In which they have been included in the upcoming Rugby 25 game for which I'll be getting it digitally on both the PS4 & PS5 versions if a physical copy is unavailable) season starts on Valentine's Day.
And secondly there has been sombre news in the United States, especially in Washington DC as a American Airlines Eagle plane on a flight from Wichita, Kansas that collided in midair into a Black Hawk helicopter which resulted in 67 fatalities, same as a medical jet in a neighbourhood in Philadelphia that killed 7 of them & setting homes on fire near a really busy mall, so I would like to send thoughts, prayers & condolences go to the victims of the 2 dreadful crash that are happening in this sad but tough time, may you RIP (Rest in peace), but I still have not watched CNN since the US president Donald Trump (Who declares a trade war with Canada & the 2 other countries of China & Mexico, by imposing a tariff which is in effect beginning on February 4th for which I'm sick about him leading his country, he is such a moron that he wants immigrants out with the military being dispatched of sending them out of their country (And I finally watched bits on CNN about seeing Trump on TV, but I can't watch anymore from now on, holy hell, it's too much (Get over it), just because I still can't stand him anymore (Just like Carole who doesn't trust with pro-Trump supporter Elon Musk & his Tesla electric vehicle company that he founded) not only that he is a damn hypocrite & liar with Trump (Who is like the late Richard Nixon with his famous remark "Well, I'm not a crook" about the Watergate scandal that erupted in the US in 1972 which was the most shocking political scandal in American history prior to his resignation in 1974) ordering a war on Panama due to the country that had taken a deal with China but totally infringed American rights of taking back the canal as the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Who is sanctioned by China in 2020 for poor, appalling behaviour on Hong Kong-related problems for clampdowns on political freedom in the region as the latest measure taken by the Trump administration in response to China’s imposition of a controversial national security legislation on Hong Kong) visits Panama in his first overseas trip amid violent protests by protesters who were told by cops who fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse) took office once more.
And thirdly that the new Star Wars: New Jedi Order (Which takes place 15 years after the events of the Rise of Skywalker) were thought that they're going to release it next year, but they might change it to 2027 to coincide within the 50th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie that came out in cinemas in 1977 for which the space opera film series franchise was a global but worldwide phenomenon.
And finally that during our big lunch at Carole's that me & Pops memory is working well since I eat both almonds & coffee is good for both the brain & memory according to a research study (And I have no problems whatsoever because I have not lost everything, but Pops has been taken his memory medication & every time he loses his key, phone or wallet, he always finds them, especially me).
So that is my 597th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 21st of this year, viva Ukraine.
P.S. And there has been news straight out of the WWE Universe (For which I haven't heard the news from the wrestling department for a while) as ex-Intercontinental Champion Jey Uso wins this year's edition of the men's Royal Rumble (Oh yeet!) after he last eliminated the bloke of wily old experienced veteran John Cena (Who embraced Jey (Who had by far, his biggest triumph of his WWE career to date which thrilled him, of course) after the event by gradually appreciating him with respect, but Cena will get his second chance at the next WWE pay per view event which is Elimination Chamber) who dominated the wrestling scene for so long (He even attempted to go for the Attitude Adjustment on the eventual Royal Rumble winner, but Jey (Who had caught 'The Cenation Leader' napping during the Royal Rumble match) managed to counter Cena's trademark finisher as he eliminated him before Jey got excited as he didn't know about the news that he got it as Jey won), but now they'll be a changing of the guard as Jey Uso is being propelled into a main event championship match against either the defending WWE World Heavyweight champion of Austrian wrestler Gunther (For which is Jey's likely opponent, but this is because it's true, as it has been confirmed recently in a championship match billed as GUNTHER VS JEY: DECIDER IN SIN CITY), or the reigning Undisputed WWE Universal Champion of 'The American Nightmare' Cody Rhodes) on the Smackdown show even with the WWE has gone on to move into the subscription service of Netflix since the start of this year), at WrestleMania XLI in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, even though one of his relatives of Rikishi is so proud of Jey's achievements of becoming the 4th different member of the famous Anoa'i wrestling family to dominate the Royal Rumble after the late Yokozuna, the Rock & Roman Reigns according to the voice of WWE, Michael Cole on the Pat McAfee Show that I watched on the 4th of February on one of the ESPN channels, while in basketball as Luka Doncic makes the jump to LA to play for the Los Angeles Lakers (He joins the likes of one of the veteran players of LeBron James seeking for a championship caliber that they haven't won since 2019-20 & are gunning to tie the all-time NBA championships record with the most successful side of the NBA of the defending champs, the Boston Celtics, but I heard reports in Super Rugby Pacific that Ardie Savea's move to Moana Pasifika could even destroy his career just like Doncic who would move to the Lakers from his beloved Dallas Mavericks that he used to play from his rookie season) that shocked the NBA trade deadline (In which many hoops fans think it is a scam move) as he leaves the Dallas Mavericks (Who'll have the services of Anthony 'AD' Davis who had just left the Los Angeles Lakers to join a different, new team) for good.
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