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1 hour ago, Supremo said:

Ive seen Tyson and Austin. I’ve seen the DX tank. I’ve seen the beer bath. I’ve seen Mankind thrown off the Hell in a Cell.

This game needs to put the spotlight on the rare gems of the Attitude Era, like this incredible clip of Hunter’s own best mate burying him six feet under, with Trips looking absolutely fucking gutted. Whilst in blackface. Amazing.

 

Pilled up, coked out his mind Shawn Michaels really was the best. I'd say Halcyon days, but....well you know.

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On 1/28/2026 at 1:35 PM, FLips said:

The last new wrestling game I properly enjoyed was Fire Pro Wrestling World on PS4 but even that locked me out of half the content when the DLC came out and all the CAWS used the assets so unless you bought the DLC too it was a brick.

Honestly, I'd much rather they adopted a philosophy similar to how they did with that. They introduced NJPW, they introduced Stardom and then they released a couple of add ons to the rosters in the next couple of years as further DLC. They didn't do much more with it but could see further collaborations with other Japanese (or international for that matter) promotions expanding to it over time. The core game is great, you've got the traditional Fire Pro simming and logic, your promoter mode and so on it didn't really need an updated game - and until now they haven't released one.

Obviously people still buy the annual update games like WWE 2K, Madden and so on, or they wouldn't keep doing them but I found their way of handling things so much better as a consumer. Of course, if every year we were getting updates to a dozen companies as DLC that goodwill may have been worn down by now.

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I'd honestly settle for them using alternative attires for wrestlers rather than "Triple H (08), Triple H (Wrestlemania 25), Triple H (Trip to Dennys)". When they say they have 400+ wrestlers, it's obviously tosh, when there's more Undertakers than a coffin expo.

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2K19 was the worst for that, I feel. 

Kevin Owens had two versions. 

"Kevin Owens" and "Kevin Owens '18", So the exact same Owens. The game out in 2018! He wore a 2018 attire. Just a waste of a spot.

Well that and Alberto Del Rio and Alberto Del Rio '11, which were the exact same character in 2K15. One ADR is horrible enough.

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Tonnes of fun seeing the announcement of Hunter as a cover star kick off a huge amount of anti-Triple H discourse on social media.

Everyone who lived through it going into finite detail about how Hunter was always one of the weakest parts of the Attitude Era, the least cool member of DX, who mostly rode a wave created by everyone else. A man who owes his entire career to Shawn’s bags, Chyna, Foley, Steph, and then Foley again.

For a man so obviously online, I love how much it’ll break his heart. I reckon half the accounts going to bat for him are just his and Road Dogg’s burners. “He was the first heel to win a Wrestlemania main event! He was the man!” Jog on.

Have they ever done a Showcase mode based on Triple H’s career? Or is that not possible given current technology? Not even a 1TB Hard Drive is big enough for how fucking long that Hell in a Cell match with Shawn lasted.

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I'm sure they did a attitude era time for the yearly game not long ago.

Not played a WWE game properly in so long but at least there being consistent making HHH the centre of attention and involving him throughout like real life being involved and popping up constantly.

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They’ve released a list of matches for the CM Punk Showcase mode. Check out which of the, “What If?” scenarios is not like the others.

Historical Matches
vs. JBL: SummerSlam 2008
vs. Rey Mysterio: Armageddon 2008
vs. Randy Orton: WrestleMania 27
vs. Undertaker: WrestleMania 29
vs. John Cena: RAW, February 2013
vs. The Rock: Elimination Chamber 2013
vs. Brock Lesnar: SummerSlam 2013
vs. Drew McIntyre: Bad Blood 2024
vs. Seth Freakin’ Rollins: RAW, January 2025
vs. Seth Freakin’ Rollins vs. Roman Reigns: WrestleMania 41

"What If" Scenarios
vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
vs. Eddie Guerrero
Tagging with AJ Lee vs. The Miz & Maryse: Mixed Tag Match

Famously, the night CM Punk returned at Survivor Series, all anyone was talking about was the Dream match of…*checks notes*…a Mixed Tag of Punk/AJ vs. Miz/Maryse?!

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Surprised Punk vs out of retirement H w/ badly dyed beard Kevin Nash from 2011 wasn't included!

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13 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

What If CM Punk wrestled Eddie Guerrero? He did! Five times!

In fairness, I'm not sure WWE acknowledging IWA Mid-South is a can of worms that should be opened, in more general terms, given who ran that company. 

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There's ways they can get around it without acknowledging any of the companies it actually happens in - the story modes have had generic "indie" promotions made up for years, all they need to do is put a bit in Punk's showcase mode about him scratching and clawing his way up the indies, even crossing paths with WWE legends there, and have that be how you get to the Eddie match. 

But more than that, it's that they made quite a point of "What If?" being a selling point for Punk's Showcase, and they managed to come up with three matches, one of which actually happened.

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I’m sure Punk has touched on wrestling Guerrero in WWE documentaries so I assume the, “What If?” scenario will be him wishing they’d wrestled each other in front of a WWE crowd.

Maddest thing is them not including the 2011 Money in the Bank match with Cena, but you assume it’s to avoid having to include Vince.

At least we’ll get the 2008 Summerslam match with JBL. A match everyone talks about as pivotal to Punk’s career.

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