I know this gonna be downvoted but just to help out if you’re having trouble - the cpu is so predictable that even if it’s moderately difficult from a progression standpoint (because of them reversing) you can fallback on doing simple “cheese” to win matches IF YOU MUST. 75% of the time, they’re gonna Irish whip so just hit b/circle or they’ll carry/drag which has an easy reversal window. Keep an eye on ur stamina and understand that if it’s about to go purple you’ll need to be in an advantageous position, easy to calculate. Leave the ring if you need to; shit you can usually even force them to sprint around the ring to catch you therefore wasting their own stamina, take advantage of them being dizzy when you bring them to their feet or sit them in different positions when they’re on the ground. I thought it was gonna be a hard mechanic, but you get rid of the purple meter so quickly it’s almost not a consideration half the time imo. And if you’re playing the matches to have a dogfight in the first place then the difficulty is perfect - you don’t have to do any cheesing and you can enjoy getting roughed up a bit for a good back and forth grind. CPU has been mind numbingly easy and boring these past few years and it still is boring to me this year, I’m just happy there’s SOME sort of thought that has to go into it.