Per reports, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell began testimony in Ray Rice’s appeal hearing Wednesday.

Goodell mostly faced questioning from NFLPA lawyer and NFL nemesis Jeffrey Kessler. Although two hours isn’t exactly a long time to testify in a complex legal hearing, we can consider the gauntlet officially thrown.

Nothing has been revealed about what was said during the proceedings, but it will only be a matter of time before information begins to leak, which will undoubtedly start a whirlwind of speculation.

Despite the gag order by the presiding Judge Jones, the information that Goodell even testified was not kept under wraps. The hearing will continue Thursday.