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The upcoming Netflix show based on The Witcher is making progress. Writer Lauren S. Hissrich has finished a draft of the script for the pilot, she announced on Twitter this weekend.

“The Witcher pilot is out for notes, and I’m out for the weekend to spend some time with my kids,” Hissirch wrote. “See you bright and early on Monday!”

Hissrich also wrote for Netflix Marvel shows The Defenders and Daredevil, as well as the political TV show The West Wing. In December, it was announced that Hissrich had been hired to work on The Witcher show.

Hissrich is also serving as the Witcher program’s showrunner and executive producer, according to Variety. As of yet, there is no word on who will play main character Geralt or any of the other principal characters. We also don’t know when the show will arrive.

Officially announced in May 2017, the Netflix Witcher show is based on the eight-part novel series written by Andrzej Sapkowski, instead of the games from developer CD Projekt Red. Sapkowski will be working on the English language drama series as a creative consultant.

Netflix is working with Polish company Platige Films on the show. You may not know them by name, but you’re probably familiar with its work. The company produced the stunning Witcher 3 trailer called “The Trail” and also created cinematics for Halo 5: Guardians, among a long list of other projects.

A Polish TV series based on The Witcher aired in 2002, but that has been the only adaptation of the franchise for TV so far. A Witcher movie with some big-name talent behind it was was announced for 2017, but that never happened.

As for the Witcher game series, the newest instalment was 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. No new projects in the series have been announced, and developer CD Projekt Red is now working on the much-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077.

The Raw-brand exclusive PPV Elimination Chamber aired on WWE Network over the weekend, and overall, it was one of the best events WWE has had in recent memory. The show only featured six matches–one of which was on the Kickoff Show–but each contest stood on its own and provided a lot of entertainment. Aside from the traditional men’s Elimination Chamber match, WWE fans also got to see the women in the enclosed structure for the very first time.

In addition, the event featured the Raw contract signing of former UFC star Ronda Rousey, and obviously, that ended with someone getting hurt. The evening was filled with some great and surprising moments which overall, led to a great PPV–minus the finish to the men’s Elimination Chamber match. Here are some of those moments and why we loved them.

If you want to see full results for Elimination Chamber, click here.

GTA Online, the multiplayer mode for GTA V that basically prints money, is still proving to be incredibly popular some four years after it originally launched. Now, it looks like Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two may have further plans for the game.

Earlier this month, Take-Two filed a pair of new trademark applications related to Grand Theft Auto logos, one of which appears to be for GTA Online. The trademark application shows the familiar “G,” “T,” and lowercase “a,” along with an “O” for the first time. Take-Two already holds the trademark for “Grand Theft Auto Online” written out, so this move appears to be Rockstar looking for something shorter, potentially as an option and not a replacement.

The other new trademark filing was for the standard “G,” “T,” and lowecase “a.” Both were initially filed in the first week of February this year. Both were submitted with a “specimen” of the Xbox One edition of Grand Theft Auto V. According to the USPTO, a specimen is “generally what consumers actually see when they are purchasing your goods or services.” The physical edition of GTA V for Xbox One was shown as the specimen, because, according to the USPTO, “a label must be the physical label that is being used on the product or packaging in the marketplace where the goods are actually being sold or transported.”

It is not immediately clear why Rockstar, through its parent company Take-Two, filed for these new trademark applications, or if it means the game’s logo on physical boxes will change going forward. Rockstar is usually very tight-lipped about everything it does, so we wouldn’t expect the company to have a public comment on these new filings. Whatever the case, we have followed up with the company in an attempt to get more details.

GTA Online has been immensely popular following its launch in October 2013 (a month after the main game launched in September that year). Through its microtransactions, the game makes lots and lots of money, and it continues to do so, even multiple years after release. In fact, December 2017 was the game’s biggest month ever in terms of players.

Take-Two’s CEO, Strauss Zelnick, has said GTA Online is like the “gift that keeps on giving” as it relates to the money it brings in from microtransactions. Going forward, Take-Two has said it wants some form of “recurrent consumer spending” in all of its games, so this would presumably include the next instalment in the GTA series.

Take-Two could have filed the trademark applications for Grand Theft Auto Online and GTAO as a means to protect its future interest in using those terms. Considering they are not tied to a number, the terms Grand Theft Auto Online and GTAO could theoretically be used to refer to the online mode for the next GTA title. Also worth noting is that trademark filings are not necessarily an accurate indication of an upcoming product announcement or change.

Development on GTA 6 is reportedly underway now, with the game taking place somewhere in the United States. Of course, Rockstar has not announced the game yet, and this is no surprise, given that Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming this year.

While on the road to Wrestlemania, WWE is making a stop at Elimination Chamber, a yearly event that features a hellish main event consisting of six competitors in an enclosed structure, getting eliminated one by one. 2018’s PPV is the first time the women will have their own Elimination Chamber match, so that means the WWE Universe will get two Chamber contests for the price of one.

In addition, former UFC star Ronda Rousey will be officially signing her WWE Raw contract during the event, so while Elimination Chamber isn’t stacked with matches, there’s still a lot to look forward to. The event will be coming to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, February 28 on PPV and the WWE Network. The show will consist of six matches, one of which will take place on the Kickoff show. You can check out an in-depth look at the match card and our predictions here.

Here’s the card lineup for the event:

• Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. The Miztourage (Kickoff Match)
• The Bar (c) vs. Titus Worldwide (For the Raw Tag Team Championship)
• Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt
• Asuka vs. Nia Jax
• Women’s Elimination Chamber
• Men’s Elimination Chamber

The Kickoff Show starts on the WWE Network at 7PM ET/4PM PT. The actual Elimination Chamber event begins at 8PM ET/5PM PT on the WWE Network and on PPV. Below, you’ll find the winners of each match as it happens.

In case you’re not caught up, don’t worry; we put the final results in spoiler blocks.

Kickoff Show

The Good Brothers vs. The Miztourage

The Good Brothers get the win at 8:52.

Main Card

Women’s Elimination Chamber Match

Mandy Rose eliminated first.

Sonya Deville eliminated.

Mickie James eliminated.

Bayley is eliminated

Bliss pins Banks at 29:36.

The Bar vs. Titus Worldwide (For the Raw Tag Team Championship)

The Bar wins by pin at 10:01.

Asuka vs. Nia Jax

Asuka wins by pin at 8:12.

Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt

Hardy pins Wyatt at 9:56.

Men’s Elimination Chamber

The Miz is eliminated first.

Elias is eliminated.

John Cena is eliminated.

Finn Balor is eliminated.

Seth Rollins is eliminated.

Reigns pins Strowman at 40:08.

That’s all folks.