WHY ARE THERE 2 DEL RIOS? OR 2 ORTONS??????????? 2 KANES WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MASKS???????????????????
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WHY ARE THERE 2 DEL RIOS? OR 2 ORTONS??????????? 2 KANES WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MASKS???????????????????
Serpentine
Banned
I don't see the outrage regarding the 2K roster. I mean, you can play as both faux-Latino-hero Alberto Del Rio, and AGGRESSIVE Alberto Del Rio. Sounds pretty expansive to me!
Professor Beef
Banned
I love how every year, WWE finds some new way to surprise people with their godawful game. And people KEEP. FUCKING. PLAYING. THEM.
No reason to complain at all, ya schmucks.
No reason to complain at all, ya schmucks.
BoboBrazil
Member
There is only 1 HBK and 1 HHH too, unless they are planning the alternate versions to be DLC. Does there really need to be 2 Randy Ortons? 2 Batistas?
The roster thing isn't really a problem that I blame on the game. It just shows how poor WWE's roster is that they've been propping it up for years with legends, and now that they had to do scans, they can't do that for most of them.
With obvious exceptions like The Rock where they had to include him.
With obvious exceptions like The Rock where they had to include him.
BoboBrazil
Member
They actually said they flew to Texas with the motion cap stuff to do Austin, so I have no idea why they wouldn't fly out to Rock's house and do that for him.
Rock is probably a lot busier than ol' Podcast room man.
BoboBrazil
Member
I don't think it's really that hard to schedule a few hours around someone's schedule. Even still, the Rock model should look way better than it does. The included create a wrestler in the game can make a better looking Rock than what they made for the game.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Did Ryusuke Taguchi always have such an ass-based moveset, or is this a recent thing?
Also, Taguchi sucks.
Serpentine
Banned
It's gonna be a HUGE swerve when the new Bullet Club member is revealed to be Michael Elgin
BoboBrazil
Member
Isn't the new Bullet Club member Bulky Ray? There has to be a reason he showed that T-shirt?
spindashing
Banned
Two Del Rios is something I didn't see coming.
I'll never have hype for a wrestling game ever again.
I'll never have hype for a wrestling game ever again.
Professor Beef
Banned
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Hey man, I've been dry since SVR 2011
Word on the dirt sheets is that WWE is looking to do away with the Elimination Chamber PPV, which I get.
It made sense with two titles so could use as a last ditch effort to get your Mania main event set-up, but with one champ and one contender from the Rumble, it serves no purpose
It made sense with two titles so could use as a last ditch effort to get your Mania main event set-up, but with one champ and one contender from the Rumble, it serves no purpose
Terrabyte20xx
Junior Wrestlemania XXX Champion
On one hand it makes sense to move the Chamber away from Mania season, as no one ever believes that the champ would ever lose.
But getting rid of it wholesale? Elimination Chamber was the only gimmick PPV that actually made sense. They really should drop battleground and put Chamber there instead.
BoboBrazil
Member
I was the first tho.
I just had an epiphany...on why WWE is really fucked right now.
There is three guys on the roster that are really the only viable holders for the belt...
John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and Brock Lesnar.
In terms of merch, ticket sales, crowd reaction, these guys "got it" enough to carry the company. One guy should've taken a backseat a long time ago and got others over than himself and half the fans boo him. One guy is out for an injury for god-knows-how-long. One guy doesn't give a fuck about wrestling and doesn't even show up half the time, and is our current champion for some reason.
The Shield (Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns) - All three of these guys have potential to be mega stars, but I honestly feel all of them need some seasoning and some more time on TV as single competitors to really be put in that main event picture.
Bray Wyatt - Needs to be rebuilt from scratch, which I hope WWE does this. Bray Wyatt could've been up there if Cena actually let him go over him in their feud.
Randy Orton - His time in the main event has come and gone. He gets Shield-level reactions at best now and he isn't selling anyone a ticket or drawing any ratings. This is a guy WWE wanted to give the ball to so many times but he was never able to carry it ala Cena has.
Batista - Pretty much gone for movies, and even then he was getting negative reactions when he shouldn't be. Batista actually carried his brand quite well in the RA era, but like Orton his time has come and gone. Plus he's in his 50's...good god.
Rusev - I actually think he has a lot more credibility than most, but we all know Cena is going to beat him and push him down to the midcard.
Dolph Ziggler/Cesaro/Sandow/myfavoritesuperstar.jpg - Any credibility these guys have had in the past has been long and buried by WWE. However I do not think they aren't salvagable, and if WWE can make a lot of money with them they surely will.
Sheamus - He's practically a less over version of Dolph Ziggler. He used to be a part of the upper midcard but his overness has been wanning and the crowd just does not give a fuck about him anymore.
The Miz - Same thing as Sheamus, only in heel mode.
There is three guys on the roster that are really the only viable holders for the belt...
John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and Brock Lesnar.
In terms of merch, ticket sales, crowd reaction, these guys "got it" enough to carry the company. One guy should've taken a backseat a long time ago and got others over than himself and half the fans boo him. One guy is out for an injury for god-knows-how-long. One guy doesn't give a fuck about wrestling and doesn't even show up half the time, and is our current champion for some reason.
The Shield (Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns) - All three of these guys have potential to be mega stars, but I honestly feel all of them need some seasoning and some more time on TV as single competitors to really be put in that main event picture.
Bray Wyatt - Needs to be rebuilt from scratch, which I hope WWE does this. Bray Wyatt could've been up there if Cena actually let him go over him in their feud.
Randy Orton - His time in the main event has come and gone. He gets Shield-level reactions at best now and he isn't selling anyone a ticket or drawing any ratings. This is a guy WWE wanted to give the ball to so many times but he was never able to carry it ala Cena has.
Batista - Pretty much gone for movies, and even then he was getting negative reactions when he shouldn't be. Batista actually carried his brand quite well in the RA era, but like Orton his time has come and gone. Plus he's in his 50's...good god.
Rusev - I actually think he has a lot more credibility than most, but we all know Cena is going to beat him and push him down to the midcard.
Dolph Ziggler/Cesaro/Sandow/myfavoritesuperstar.jpg - Any credibility these guys have had in the past has been long and buried by WWE. However I do not think they aren't salvagable, and if WWE can make a lot of money with them they surely will.
Sheamus - He's practically a less over version of Dolph Ziggler. He used to be a part of the upper midcard but his overness has been wanning and the crowd just does not give a fuck about him anymore.
The Miz - Same thing as Sheamus, only in heel mode.
Dudes have been on the Rusev hype train for months. You do not think he has more credibility than most unless you think he's ready to be the face of the company. It reminds me of the post in the best action movies since 2000 thread where a dude listed The Winter Soldier and then that he knew he was going to get shit for it. Like...what world are you in where you think you're going to get shit for thinking TWS was dope? Especially on GAF, which averages 300 MCU threads per month.
I swear, some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate up hill.
I swear, some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate up hill.
Masquerader
Member
Quick random question: Why did Ric Flair always seem to lose? Every time I ever tuned in, or watched a random video, or whatever, I always thought 'Oh, I wonder how he's gonna get beat this time'. I still love him 'cause he was really charismatic, but it always seemed as though he was never a truly threatening heel.
Ric Flair in his prime aka in the 80's wasn't like that. Later on like his career in WCW then his career in WWE was pretty much him on his way out...which lasted about 20 years, so eh.
Rusev getting fed to Cena will be sad. 
Feed him to someone else who could actually use the victory to get over.
Rusev has beaten:
-Big E
-Jack Swagger
-Mark Henry
...and he's on his way to beating Big Show, and probably Sheamus or whoever the US champ is soon. (Survivor Series?)
The man will have built up a very good amount of credibility by Royal Rumble, and he'll likely go over one or two more name talents between Rumble and Mania 2015. At that point, why not have someone step up who could actually use the victory? How about an NXT talent like Zayn? Or maybe even Cesaro?
Speaking of Cesaro, does anyone honestly see this guy as more than just a strong man with limited mic skills? It was the same deal in ROH. He's desperately needed something, anything, since the Paul Heyman debacle.
Feed him to someone else who could actually use the victory to get over.Rusev has beaten:
-Big E
-Jack Swagger
-Mark Henry
...and he's on his way to beating Big Show, and probably Sheamus or whoever the US champ is soon. (Survivor Series?)
The man will have built up a very good amount of credibility by Royal Rumble, and he'll likely go over one or two more name talents between Rumble and Mania 2015. At that point, why not have someone step up who could actually use the victory? How about an NXT talent like Zayn? Or maybe even Cesaro?
Speaking of Cesaro, does anyone honestly see this guy as more than just a strong man with limited mic skills? It was the same deal in ROH. He's desperately needed something, anything, since the Paul Heyman debacle.
In WCW, Bischoff didn't like him and Hogan was pulling power plays all the time. Macho lost constantly in WCW as well. Once he went back to WWE, he was 53 when he started wrestling again. Even in his prime he had to cheat and lost via DQs a lot. The Horsemen counter acted him not being a threatening heel in the traditional sense. He didn't have to be when he had Arn, Ole, and Tully doing his dirty work.
2K doing god's work this year
For reference
Just Bring it:
HCTP:
SvR 2010:
I like it!
And hey, we have a PPV tomorrow, huh? I'll probably watch. I hope Cena/Orton headlines so I can skip out at the end, though. I mean, even better would be the Bellas and then Cena/Orton to close so I skip out super early...
2K doing god's work this year
For reference
Just Bring it:
HCTP:
SvR 2010:
That is pitiful.
http://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?781281-WWE-2K15-info-on-last-gen-by-people-who-has-the-game-summary-of-what%B4s-being-revealed
So amazing. Things removed from the game for last gen: Story creator, custom music, create a finisher.
Same game play. Outdated attires for all members of Shield, the Bellas, Funkadactyles (both lady teams still together). 3 stages of hell and casket matches are exclusive to Showcase mode. No improvements to CAW. Worst of all, some of Jericho's tats were removed due to copyright.
So amazing. Things removed from the game for last gen: Story creator, custom music, create a finisher.
Same game play. Outdated attires for all members of Shield, the Bellas, Funkadactyles (both lady teams still together). 3 stages of hell and casket matches are exclusive to Showcase mode. No improvements to CAW. Worst of all, some of Jericho's tats were removed due to copyright.
Man, this just made me imagine a triple threat between Ziggler, Cesaro, and Sandow for the Intercontinental Championship...or maybe one day for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. IMO Damien Sandow has the potential to be a main eventer, but for some reason they just haven't put him over.
That is just disgusting. How can they mess up the game that bad? I know their focus is on next-gen, but this doesn't give me any hope. I hope the story creator is in the next-gen version. While it wasn't perfect, I really enjoyed creating stories...also what does this mean for VGCW?
UrbanDandy
Member
Masquerader
Member
Ah. Well, just something I noticed. To the casual observer, it seems that Ric Flair never really lived up to his reputation, which was built up in his prime and sort of forgotten then on. I still watched WCW tapes largely because of his promos, mind.
2K doing god's work this year
For reference
Just Bring it:
HCTP:
SvR 2010:
4 years of regression. Why doesn't he just fire them already?
FallingEdge
Member
In WCW, Bischoff didn't like him and Hogan was pulling power plays all the time. Macho lost constantly in WCW as well. Once he went back to WWE, he was 53 when he started wrestling again. Even in his prime he had to cheat and lost via DQs a lot. The Horsemen counter acted him not being a threatening heel in the traditional sense. He didn't have to be when he had Arn, Ole, and Tully doing his dirty work.
2K doing god's work this year
For reference
Just Bring it:
HCTP:
SvR 2010:
lol looks like Kurt Angle in a Vince costume.
BoboBrazil
Member
Lol you should post that in the game thread. Then the people defending Yukes can say wait until you see the PS4 version, because obviously that is where all of their concentration went.
I got it from the thread. It's already in there.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Custom Music removed. End of an era.
I forgot about this. Yeah, Bischoff hated Flair.
But yeah Flair was past his prime in WCW just like Hogan and Macho and many other guys. That didn't stop any of them from being pushed though.
Masquerader
Member
PS3/Xbox 360 Gameplay
Just posted it in the game thread. I personally think it looks worse than 2K14. Shawn Michaels vs Triple H has never been so dumb looking.
Just posted it in the game thread. I personally think it looks worse than 2K14. Shawn Michaels vs Triple H has never been so dumb looking.
Mr. Enigma
Member
I always wished Ric Flair had jumped back to the WWF in 1998 when he was suing Bischoff. McMahon bringing Flair in to give Stone Cold some real competition would have been great stuff.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Not sure about that. Can't explain why, but I'm just like... nah. How would it be good?
Yeah, Flair wouldn't have fit in at all. He'd probably have a match against Austin, then fall back to the mid-card.
simplythebest
Banned
RR/WM/SS/SSeries/MITB is all you need
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Mojo has been off tv at a lot of the recent Tapings. Sending a message to him. Brah just hasn't improved in ring in a year since his debut.