Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that there's bad news in the gaming department as the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI game has been delayed again to November the 19th next year (Well, that is disappointing according to most hardcore fans who follow GTA, but we're a year & 9 days away as of November 10th today until the new release date had been set) instead (It will be over 13 years since GTA V came out back in 2013 (5 years after the most popular & controversial Grand Theft Auto IV hit the shelves way back in 2008 that had received rave reviews about it to critical acclaim) at the time in 2026).
And secondly onto the music related stuff as the reason why I started to rediscover my love of Metallica (Who I was a fan of way back in 2007 along with AC/DC due to me mainly listen to the Rock when I moved here with Dad, his 2nd partner, his 2nd partner's family & Jans (That was before Brian FM arrived back in 2014 where it launched where it is an ad-free radio station that plays mainly rock & 80's music, some rap, & some rave going on here, but it's similar to Chom FM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where they play classic rock there as Rejean told me before last year, as well as Channel X which is the mainstream version of Brian FM, but it broadcasts through to 16 markets such as Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch & Dunedin, but not Whanganui because it's got Brian in it, & Channel X does not have its cult following, compared to Brian FM (By far my fave radio station of the entire planet, but I listen to the rock every Saturday nights (Except on Christmas & New Year period) again is because of the song 'Nothing Else Matters' being always played on Brian meaning that it's by far my favourite Metallica song (It used to be 'Enter Sandman' first, then 'One' & 'Wherever I May Roam') now, but there is a story of me starting to follow my love of Nickelback again despite the hostility between them & the fans (And they're like U2, but they are somehow controversial according to the doco film that was released in 2023 of Hate to Love: Nickelback for which I previously mentioned in my blogs last year), is the song 'How You Remind Me' which is my fave song from the band, but 'Savin' Me' is better, while I like both 'Someday' & Photograph' as the other songs from my favourite rock band from Canada (Compared to U2 being my fave band from Ireland because of my favourite song from the band themselves is 'Beautiful Day', but I like 'Vertigo', 'One', 'The Fly', 'Mysterious Ways' & 'Even Better Than the Real Thing' as well, so that's why I'm also in love of supporting U2, needless to say), especially the Greatest Hits Vol.1 album that I've still got also in my bedroom (And it was after 9/11 that the fans were told to show hostility towards the Canadian rockers, so that's why that they bore hatred towards them when they betrayed at each other).
And thirdly that I used to be a wrestling follower, but somehow I've lost interest on it, mainly due to not playing WWE 2K25 recently, as well as Tiffany 'Tiffy Time' Stratton's utter dominance in the women's division of the WWE had seemed to be unchallenged since a year ago when at that moment, became the WWE Women's champion (In which she is still been as the champ since, following her decisive win against her former friend Nia Jax because of Stratton (Who is WWE's equivalent of AEW's Aussie-Kiwi female champion wrestler Toni Storm (Formerly used to wrestle for the World Wrestling Entertainment), & comes from a bodybuilding background in her home state of Minnesota, so that's why that the current partner of Ludwig Kaiser inspired to become a pro wrestler) successfully initiated her Money in the Bank contract (And countless championships had been defended, including her overwhelmingly dominant victory against wily old veteran Charlotte Flair (Who is in a vendetta with Canadian Chelsea Green & the Secret Hervice consisting of both Alba Fyre (Chelsea's security manager) & Piper Niven (Chelsea's assistant security manager) at WrestleMania XLI in the battle of the blonde bombshells, but a couple of months ago she has hired Stephanie Vanquer to be Tiffy Time's security manager as well as her personal protector in order to take advantage of Tiffany (Who is by far the most overwhelmingly dominant & dangerous female wrestler ever to step into the wrestling ring, compared to Roman Reigns who used to be also by far wrestling's most dangerous & ultra competitive man when he held the Undisputed WWE Championship for 1,316 days, until he lost to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40 last year, but I somehow label Stratton as the female Iron Sheik (Arguably by far the best male villain in WWE history), just like the former New Zealand Prime Minister from back in 2017, until the year before in 2023 of Jacinda Ardern who was once labelled as the female Winston Churchill, & she is way worse than both Michelle McCool & Victoria in terms of being the top villainess in the world of WWE wrestling) whoever she loses in situations like that against most favourable wrestlers, like Giulia for example, even in title matches anytime), & Seth Rollins (Husband of defending Women's Intercontinental champion Becky Lynch (The one who defeated fellow Irishwoman Lyra Valkyria (Who is born on the same year as female Aussie wrestler Rhea 'Mami' Ripley (Who was involved in 2023 where she beat Charlotte Flair for the WWE Smackdown Women's title at Wrestlemania 39 in one of easily, if not the greatest women's wrestling matches of all-time during the Grandest Stage of Them All, compared to the late Hulk Hogan's encounter against also the late Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3 way back in 1987 in one of the greatest matches of all time at the Showcase of the Immortals) way, way back in 1996, & she was the one who lost to Aussie American Nia Jax during the Queen of the Ring crown in 2024 when Nia at that significant moment, had Lyra on the ropes just to beat her & win, then to take that crown as she became Queen of the Ring) to the Women's IC crown, but Becky dissed the late Ozzy Osbourne during a show on Raw that offended the Osbourne family, especially the late Ozzy's wife Sharon & their children of Kelly & Jack) forming the villainous tag team stable of the Vision consisting of him, Bron Breakker (Former Intercontinental champion currently held by Rey's son, 'Dirty' Dominik Mysterio whose hairdo had drawn inspiration from the late 'Latino Heat' of Eddie Guerrero (It's been 20 years since his sudden passing that happened way back in 2005, 20 years! I can't believe it anyway, but his last televised match was against Mr Kennedy for a qualification spot at Survivor Series in which he qualified anyway after Mr Kennedy got disqualified in which the late 'Latino Heat' was always lying, cheating & stealing, but he struck him with a unprotected chair shot to the head which is deemed to be prohibited as of today due to the fact that it's dangerous, before his sudden passing which mourned the wrestling world as there were calls to introduce the talent wellness guidelines being set up by the WWE for which had been successful, & there was a show on Raw after 'Latino Heat' took his own life that Rey Mysterio won against 'HBK' Shawn Michaels (The one who ended Naitch's wrestling career when he beat him at Wrestlemania XXIV way back in 2008 as he famously said to him by uttering the words "I'm sorry, I love you", before he took Charlotte's dad Ric Flair out with his patented Sweet Chin Music finisher, then he won of course with a lateral press) in a one on one singles wrestling match, & he dedicated his victory by paying tribute to his late friend) who is good friends with Dominik's dad ironically) & Bronson Reed (Also a Former Intercontinental champ), but his resurgence to the top began when he beat CM Punk (The one who beat Jey Uso for the title several months ago) for the WWE World Heavyweight crown at Summerslam (That was the night before Cody Rhodes (Who will play United States Air Force pilot Guile in the Street Fighter movie due for release next year as he appears alongside his old rival Roman Reigns as Akuma/Gouki, & Aquaman actor Jason Momoa will play Blanka (There are others portraying their roles such as Noah Centineo as Street Fighter world champion Ken Masters, as well as Andrew Koji as the main protagonist of Street Fighter of Ryu, & Callina Liang as Chun-Li, the Chinese police detective) would finally get his own medicine for vengeance of at last, beating the retirement bound John Cena to regain the Undisputed WWE Championship when Cody famously lost to both Cena & the championship in controversial circumstances at WM XLI), before being ousted by his own tag team stable after both Brekker & Reed betrayed him for not following orders of taking a wrestler down.
And finally that there was once a cricket story about Pakistan's pathway to success in the 1992 men's Cricket World Cup began (Although the Pakistanis did lose their seamer (Or seam bowler I should say) of Waqar Younis with an injury even before the tournament got underway) as they lost their tournament opener against the West Indies before going on to beat Zimbabwe, then they lost 3 on the bounce against England, then rivals India, & the returning South Africa before beating the defending champions & co-hosts at the time Australia to stave themselves from elimination as well as they defeated the co-hosts of New Zealand not once but twice, including the semi that rescued 'Inzy' ul-Haq's performance with the bat that put them through to the final against England (Who would appear in their last final until 2019 in that they won against the Black Caps in a super over which was heartbreaking for our nation once again just like the 2015 defeat against Australia (Who would last appear in the final until 2023 where they won a record 6th men's Cricket World Cup crown where they pulled off the Ahmedabad heist against the hosts at the time of India (Who were shattered by the defeat on their home patch, a year before going on to become champions of the T20 cricket world against South Africa who would gone on to claim the World Test Championship this year (After 27 years where it took so long for them to win an ICC tournament), then the Champions Trophy a year later against us even though we were without our star bowler of Matt Henry who unfortunately got injured in the semifinal win over South Africa) in Ahmedabad in front of 132,000 people as the Aussies managed to silence the Indian fanatics in the crowd) in Melbourne in front of 87,182 people that the Pakistanis (Who obviously ran like cornered tigers during the tournament, & they delivered) won by 22 runs, therefore finally at last won the tournament following a standout player of the match performance from one of the real stars of cricket in the 90's period alongside the late Aussie cricketer Shane Warne of Wasim Akram who was the pick of the Pakistani bowlers with his figures of 3 wickets for 49 runs as well as being handy with the bat when he scored 33 runs of 19 deliveries, as the 1992 final turned out to be captain Imran Khan's perfect send off to his illustrious cricket career, even though with his victory also turned out to be the most satisfying moment of his life as a cricketer according to the Captain Courageous programme that is about the skippers from opposing countries which were successful during their cricket tour to Australia that I saw in Sky Sport.
So that is my 644th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 68th of this year, viva Ukraine.
P.S. So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters
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