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Most people know Jay Reso for his work in WWE as Christian. Over the years, he became a tag team and world champion with the company, and now co-hosts the E&C Pod of Awesomeness with his former tag partner Edge. Additionally, he’s a host and judge of the new History Channel competition series Knight Fight. Although Reso has moved away from in-ring action, he is still a valued voice in the wrestling community.

In 2012, Reso inducted his former partner Adam “Edge” Copeland into the WWE Hall of Fame, which was a fantastic moment. However, seven years later, Reso has yet to be honored with an induction of his own, which has many wondering when it will be his time. “I get asked it a lot,” he told GameSpot while promoting Knight Fight. “I appreciate that people think of me and hold me in that regard. I honestly don’t think about it that much. It’s not going away. It’s gonna be there every single year. I’m sure at some point, my time will come. I don’t think about it; I don’t worry about it too much. But I appreciate people feeling like I should be in there.”

While Reso continues to discuss WWE’s product on his podcast and create programming on the WWE Network–like The Edge And Christian Show That Totally Reeks Of Awesomeness–he’s still in touch with what’s happening with the sports entertainment giant, including the recently announced All Elite Wrestling. “It’s pretty ambitious,” Reso said. “You have guys like Cody and The Young Bucks, and they’ve done some pretty big things–outside the box–here in the last year or so. And yeah, I wish them all the luck. I don’t ever think it’s a bad thing to have a place for performers to go and perform. I wish them all the luck and I hope they do well with it.”

Reso went on to say he’s interested in seeing who Jericho faces. “I think, by far, he’s the, internationally, probably the biggest star on the roster, as far as that goes. So it’d be interesting to see who he gets paired up with off the top.”

You can see more of Reso on Knight Fight, which premieres Wednesday, January 23 at 10 PM ET / PT on the History Channel.

After nearly 12 years of operation, Nintendo will be shutting down the Wii Shop Channel next week. The service will officially be discontinued on January 30, after which point it will no longer be possible to purchase any WiiWare or Virtual Console games from the storefront.

Prior to the Wii Shop Channel’s shutdown, Nintendo removed the ability to purchase Wii Points on the service last March. Unlike the company’s current digital store, the Eshop, the Wii Shop Channel didn’t allow users to buy games directly with real money; rather, they had to first purchase Wii Points with either a credit card or a pre-paid card and redeem those for digital titles.

While it may no longer be possible to add more Wii Points to your balance, you can still spend any remaining points up until the service is discontinued next week. Although many of the Wii Shop’s Virtual Console games would later be released on Wii U and 3DS, the service still has a range of legacy and original titles that haven’t appeared on other Nintendo consoles, making this your last opportunity to stock up while you can.

With the Wii Shop Channel’s shutdown imminent, Nintendo says that any remaining video-on-demand apps for Wii will also be discontinued. It will still be possible to redownload any purchased software and transfer content to Wii U, although Nintendo says these services will likewise be shut down “in the future.” Any unused Wii Points will also vanish. You can read more details about the termination on Nintendo’s website.

While the Wii Shop Channel is notable for being Nintendo’s first mass market attempt at a digital storefront, it will be best remembered for its wonderful music, which will thankfully live on in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate soundtrack.

This week marked the all-new number one issue of Marvel’s latest Guardians Of The Galaxy series–an ongoing comic that has been ominously teased for the past few months by releasing a roster of extremely eclectic heroes as potential candidates for the roster. It’s eclectic even by Guardians’ standards, which is certainly saying something. But with the wait finally over and the truth of the new lineup revealed, the new trajectory for everyone’s favorite rag-tag space heroes has finally been revealed.

Of course, as with most superhero comics, there are some things you should probably be aware of before you pick up this new #1. First, it directly jumps off from the latest crossover event, Infinity Wars–not to be confused with the MCU’s Infinity War, though it did involve Thanos and the Infinity Stones–which means some characters have been shuffled around in major ways. The most obvious of the lot is Gamora, who had a rather disturbing heel turn during the Infinity Wars fiasco as she finally found herself more than fed up with her adopted father’s antics. It’s a bit dicey whether or not she could be called a proper villain right now, but she’s certainly not one of the good guys.

And speaking of that adopted father, Thanos himself is, well, dead–but that’s another semi-complicated thing to understand if you’re making the jump from the movies to the comics. Comics Thanos is obsessed with Death–that is Death with a capital D, the personification of mortality–and his insane universe purging with the Infinity Gauntlet is motivated by his desire to impress her. As such, death (lowercase “d” this time) is a little bit tricky for Thanos, even by comic book standards. During Infinity Wars, he was summerily beheaded, leaving him about as “dead” as any one person could be–but things may not be what they seem.

That’s where the new Guardians come in. Everything kicks off with a massive gathering of cosmic heroes (and villains) to see the Mad Titan’s last will and testament when things go a bit awry.

It’s just turns out that maybe things aren’t so final for him after all, and, for as much as Thanos is in love with Death, he’s more than happy to try and cheat her, too. So that’s really the inciting incident for the formation of the new team–whether they like it or not, Star-Lord and Groot have to join forces with some friends to clean up Thanos’ mess, yet again. Hopefully, it’ll go a little bit smoother than the time Peter faced off against him on the big screen and basically got everyone killed in the process.

The rest of the team has less cinematic baggage to carry. Beta Ray Bill, one of the most eccentric (and beloved) offshoots of the Thor mythology is tagging along with cosmic telepath Moondragon and kree-hybrid Phyla-Vell, who are joined by a newer addition to the Marvel pantheon: Cosmic Ghost Rider, an alternate take on Frank Castle–yes, that Frank Castle–who has all the powers of Ghost Rider and is also based in space. If that all sounds like nonsense to you, think “Deadpool, but different” and you’re most of the way there.

So, yeah, okay, maybe Frank has had his time in the live-action arena on screens both big and small but not this particular version of Frank. You’ve never seen anything like this, we promise.

At the end of the day, Guardians of the Galaxy #1 manages to serve up a surprisingly accessible on-ramp for one of the Marvel universe’s trickiest and most complicated corners by cherry picking just the right of familiarity for new readers and mixing it in with some of the most bonkers deep cuts the cosmic superheroes have to offer. If you’re looking for a way to dive into the deep end and you’re not afraid of having to do a handful of Wikipedia searches for added context, this is the book for you. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 may be in an endless spiral of development controversy, but the dream of the plucky space heroes is alive and well in the comics.

Treyarch has rolled out another update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. This week, the developer brings Gauntlets and new Elixirs for Zombies mode to Xbox One and PC following their release on PS4 last week, while Sony’s console receives a new event and Black Market loot.

On PS4, Treyarch has kicked off a special four-week event stream in the Black Market dubbed Barbarians. As part of this event, the developer has added 25 new tiers of loot below the Operation Absolute Zero stream, meaning players can unlock more loot than usual per tier. Among the new rewards are outfits, gestures, Reactive Camo, and the KAP 45 pistol.

The developer has also introduced a new Featured playlist on all platforms: Chaos Domination. This mode features two teams of six players and three-second zone capture time. Team Tactical Moshpit, Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit, Mercenary Hardcore Moshpit, and Mercenary Capture Moshpit have also been added to the Featured category.

On Xbox One and PC, Gauntlets are now available for Zombies mode. These are 30-round challenges that have unique rules for each round, and players can earn medals and rewards depending on how many rounds they’re able to complete. There are also three new Elixirs, with even more set to arrive in the coming weeks.

Finally, rounding out the update are a handful of improvements and bug fixes across platforms. Among other things, Treyarch has fixed an exploit that allowed players to get a full equipment charge when they switched classes. You can find the full patch notes on Reddit.

Beginning January 23, the Down But Not Out limited-time mode in Blackout will expand to Xbox One and PC, following its debut on PS4 last week. Meanwhile, Black Ops 4’s ongoing free Blackout trial is scheduled to end on January 24.

Every January, the Royal Rumble stands out as one of WWE’s biggest and more important events of the year. It’s the beginning of the road to Wrestlemania and helps to set the tone for how the rest of the year will play out. The annual spectacle has some serious competition this year, though, thanks to NXT. Each time the developmental brand airs one of its TakeOver events on the WWE Network, it has the chance of surpassing the main roster’s product in terms of excitement and quality–and the next event, TakeOver Phoenix, is no different.

This is the third time NXT has presented a TakeOver the night before the Royal Rumble, and with all of the brand’s championship titles on the line, it has the makings of a historic event. Among the high-profile matches on the card is Tommaso Ciampa defending the NXT Championship against Aleister Black, and Bianca Belair attempting to best reigning NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler.

Also in action are Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong of the Undisputed Era, defending their NXT Tag Team Championships against the War Raiders, as well as Johnny Gargano fighting Ricochet for the NXT North American Championship. Interestingly, there are some major names missing from the TakeOver card, including Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle, and Undisputed Era leader Adam Cole. While that might be a hint at their involvement in the Royal Rumble, it’s entirely possible they’ll make some sort of impact during TakeOver.

NXT TakeOver Phoenix airs live on the WWE Network on Saturday, January 26 at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. A kickoff show will begin one hour prior. Make sure to check out the full card for the event below, as well as our predictions for who will walk out of the Royal Rumble victorious.

NXT TakeOver Phoenix Match Card:

• Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Aleister Black — NXT Championship Match
• Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Bianca Belair — NXT Women’s Championship Match
• The Undisputed Era (c) vs. War Raiders — NXT Tag Team Championship Match
• Ricochet (c) vs. Johnny Gargano — NXT North American Championship Match
• Montez Ford vs. Kassius Ohno

The video streaming service Hulu has announced plans to drop the price for its most popular subscription tier. Starting next month the ad-supported basic plan will drop to $6, down from $8. Its other pricing tiers will remain as they currently are.

The Hulu site already lists the new price, so it’ll already be effective for new subscribers. Existing subscribers will see the new price take effect as of February 26. The $6 tier is ad-supported but includes all of Hulu’s on-demand programming from participating channel providers, as well as Hulu’s slate of original content. A separate $12 tier removes the ads, while a significantly higher $45 tier includes live TV and is aimed at competing with cable subscriptions.

This comes just days after Netflix announced that its own plans would be rising in price. The $8 plan, which was comparable to Hulu’s ad-supported plan, will be raised to $9. Netflix’s own most popular tier, which includes higher-quality streaming and device compatibility, rose from $11 to $13, while its 4K Ultra-HD plan went from $14 to $16. Netflix was reportedly planning to use the new prices to reinvest in its original programming.

Hulu’s decision may have had nothing to do with Netflix’s, of course, but it’s a clear sign of different approaches to increasingly fierce competition among streaming services. Each service is balancing the development of original programming with its pricing structures to find an ideal match. Meanwhile both services are set to get more competition soon, with the launch of Disney+.