WWE Games Thread 70: Lookin' At The Real Deal Now (and HAKU)

[mattyy]

Twenty Three is the exact number, I believe.

[Chuck Conry]

Are all of these people also going to be on the 360 version? Broke loser here who doesn't want a new system yet.

[Heartbreaker]

I'm guessing the rest of the roster will be a couple of NXT guys and divas, possibly AJ Lee and a few more for Austin's Showcase.

["Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly]

Sept 7, 2015 20:02:16 GMT -5 mattyy said:

Twenty Three is the exact number, I believe.

There isn't an exact number, just 120+, which could mean 121-129.

We know Rusev, Wyatt, Kofi, Big E, Henry, Xavier, Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso are pretty much given. So, that's 8 right there.

Then, if you go by shirts in the crowd, that confirms Charlotte, Enzo, Big Cass, and Corbin. That's another 4, that brings the "known" total to 12.

That's 105 unique characters that will be on disc, I'm not counting Terminator as it's a pre-order bonus and they talked about the 120+ being on disc. So, there are at the minimum, 16 more characters to announce (yeah, I'm counting each Face of Foley and Paul Wight as separates since they wouldn't have used a reveal on them if they weren't).

Those will be interesting, since they can go in any direction.

1. Diego
2. Fernando
3. Sasha Banks
4. Bayley
5. Becky Lynch
6. RVD
7. Konnor
8. Viktor

I don't think we're getting anymore NXT males outside of Enzo, Cass, and Corbin in the main game. I think the Matadores are in just because they seem to have gotten pretty much everyone on the active roster and they were in that tag title match at Wrestlemania. Now, this is where things get interesting. Sasha said she was scanned, plus she's been a fixture on NXT long enough to make in on the disc, so I think she's pretty certain to make it. Bayley has been a fixture as well. Now, the question is, what about Becky? She came along a bit later, so they could possibly be using her as DLC with her current Steampunk attire. I could see her and Joe being the "big stars" of a NXT DLC pack along with BAMFactor. RVD and The Ascension are likely since RVD was in last year and still seem to be on good terms and The Ascension has been on the active roster all year.

Now the others?

9.  Road Dogg
10.  Hawk
11. Animal
12. Big Bossman
13. Scott Hall
14. Sid
15. The Hurricane
16. Brian Pillman


I'm sure Road Dogg is a given since he's a WWE employee and the other male D-X members are in the game. The LOD were rumored due to Lawler supposedly doing audio for a HBK/Austin vs. LOD tag match for the game. Bossman seems a given due to the Corporation probably having a big role in Showcase mode, plus he was aligned with Booker T during his feud with Austin. Scott Hall seems possible given his recent HOF induction, plus he had the match with Austin at Wrestlemania X-8 and Nash is already in. Sid is a possibility due to his model was in the game last year and he played a role during the Austin/Hart build to the I Quit match at Wrestlemania. Not a lock, though. The Hurricane is a long shot, but he did post a teaser of him in full Hurricane gear next to a WWE 2K16 poster. Probably trolling, but he did have that match with Rock on Raw in the build to Wrestlemania XIX where Austin distracted Rock, leading to Hurricane rolling up Rock for the win. Plus, if we got freakin' random Haku, then Hurricane is definitely possible. Pillman is another long shot, since he didn't really wrestle much in the WWE, thus don't have much to go off of for Showcase.

[thetower52]

Sept 7, 2015 21:37:39 GMT -5 "Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly said:

Sept 7, 2015 20:02:16 GMT -5 mattyy said:

Twenty Three is the exact number, I believe.

There isn't an exact number, just 120+, which could mean 121-129.

We know Rusev, Wyatt, Kofi, Big E, Henry, Xavier, Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso are pretty much given. So, that's 8 right there.

Then, if you go by shirts in the crowd, that confirms Charlotte, Enzo, Big Cass, and Corbin. That's another 4, that brings the "known" total to 12.

That's 105 unique characters that will be on disc, I'm not counting Terminator as it's a pre-order bonus and they talked about the 120+ being on disc. So, there are at the minimum, 16 more characters to announce (yeah, I'm counting each Face of Foley and Paul Wight as separates since they wouldn't have used a reveal on them if they weren't).

Those will be interesting, since they can go in any direction.

1. Diego
2. Fernando
3. Sasha Banks
4. Bayley
5. Becky Lynch
6. RVD
7. Konnor
8. Viktor

I don't think we're getting anymore NXT males outside of Enzo, Cass, and Corbin in the main game. I think the Matadores are in just because they seem to have gotten pretty much everyone on the active roster and they were in that tag title match at Wrestlemania. Now, this is where things get interesting. Sasha said she was scanned, plus she's been a fixture on NXT long enough to make in on the disc, so I think she's pretty certain to make it. Bayley has been a fixture as well. Now, the question is, what about Becky? She came along a bit later, so they could possibly be using her as DLC with her current Steampunk attire. I could see her and Joe being the "big stars" of a NXT DLC pack along with BAMFactor. RVD and The Ascension are likely since RVD was in last year and still seem to be on good terms and The Ascension has been on the active roster all year.

Now the others?

9.  Road Dogg
10.  Hawk
11. Animal
12. Big Bossman
13. Scott Hall
14. Sid
15. The Hurricane
16. Brian Pillman


I'm sure Road Dogg is a given since he's a WWE employee and the other male D-X members are in the game. The LOD were rumored due to Lawler supposedly doing audio for a HBK/Austin vs. LOD tag match for the game. Bossman seems a given due to the Corporation probably having a big role in Showcase mode, plus he was aligned with Booker T during his feud with Austin. Scott Hall seems possible given his recent HOF induction, plus he had the match with Austin at Wrestlemania X-8 and Nash is already in. Sid is a possibility due to his model was in the game last year and he played a role during the Austin/Hart build to the I Quit match at Wrestlemania. Not a lock, though. The Hurricane is a long shot, but he did post a teaser of him in full Hurricane gear next to a WWE 2K16 poster. Probably trolling, but he did have that match with Rock on Raw in the build to Wrestlemania XIX where Austin distracted Rock, leading to Hurricane rolling up Rock for the win. Plus, if we got freakin' random Haku, then Hurricane is definitely possible. Pillman is another long shot, since he didn't really wrestle much in the WWE, thus don't have much to go off of for Showcase.

I wouldn't say Haku is random
Him and rikish kinda feuded with Austin in 2001 when Austin was out for revenge on the person who ran him over

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Sept 7, 2015 21:54:17 GMT -5 thetower52 said:

Sept 7, 2015 21:37:39 GMT -5 "Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly said:

There isn't an exact number, just 120+, which could mean 121-129.

We know Rusev, Wyatt, Kofi, Big E, Henry, Xavier, Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso are pretty much given. So, that's 8 right there.

Then, if you go by shirts in the crowd, that confirms Charlotte, Enzo, Big Cass, and Corbin. That's another 4, that brings the "known" total to 12.

That's 105 unique characters that will be on disc, I'm not counting Terminator as it's a pre-order bonus and they talked about the 120+ being on disc. So, there are at the minimum, 16 more characters to announce (yeah, I'm counting each Face of Foley and Paul Wight as separates since they wouldn't have used a reveal on them if they weren't).

Those will be interesting, since they can go in any direction.

1. Diego
2. Fernando
3. Sasha Banks
4. Bayley
5. Becky Lynch
6. RVD
7. Konnor
8. Viktor

I don't think we're getting anymore NXT males outside of Enzo, Cass, and Corbin in the main game. I think the Matadores are in just because they seem to have gotten pretty much everyone on the active roster and they were in that tag title match at Wrestlemania. Now, this is where things get interesting. Sasha said she was scanned, plus she's been a fixture on NXT long enough to make in on the disc, so I think she's pretty certain to make it. Bayley has been a fixture as well. Now, the question is, what about Becky? She came along a bit later, so they could possibly be using her as DLC with her current Steampunk attire. I could see her and Joe being the "big stars" of a NXT DLC pack along with BAMFactor. RVD and The Ascension are likely since RVD was in last year and still seem to be on good terms and The Ascension has been on the active roster all year.

Now the others?

9.  Road Dogg
10.  Hawk
11. Animal
12. Big Bossman
13. Scott Hall
14. Sid
15. The Hurricane
16. Brian Pillman


I'm sure Road Dogg is a given since he's a WWE employee and the other male D-X members are in the game. The LOD were rumored due to Lawler supposedly doing audio for a HBK/Austin vs. LOD tag match for the game. Bossman seems a given due to the Corporation probably having a big role in Showcase mode, plus he was aligned with Booker T during his feud with Austin. Scott Hall seems possible given his recent HOF induction, plus he had the match with Austin at Wrestlemania X-8 and Nash is already in. Sid is a possibility due to his model was in the game last year and he played a role during the Austin/Hart build to the I Quit match at Wrestlemania. Not a lock, though. The Hurricane is a long shot, but he did post a teaser of him in full Hurricane gear next to a WWE 2K16 poster. Probably trolling, but he did have that match with Rock on Raw in the build to Wrestlemania XIX where Austin distracted Rock, leading to Hurricane rolling up Rock for the win. Plus, if we got freakin' random Haku, then Hurricane is definitely possible. Pillman is another long shot, since he didn't really wrestle much in the WWE, thus don't have much to go off of for Showcase.

I wouldn't say Haku is random
Him and rikish kinda feuded with Austin in 2001 when Austin was out for revenge on the person who ran him over

Haku didn't return to WWE until after Rikishi was done with Austin and Austin was firmly focused on HHH.

[ZeChairman]

Almost thinking Pilman might not be in the game, solely judging by his absence during Austin's entrance in the Austin/Jake KoTR match.

Hopefully I'm reading too much into that (or that they've "fixed" Austin's entrance since we were last shown it), and he's in.

[thetower52]

Sept 7, 2015 22:02:11 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Sept 7, 2015 21:54:17 GMT -5 thetower52 said:

I wouldn't say Haku is random
Him and rikish kinda feuded with Austin in 2001 when Austin was out for revenge on the person who ran him over

Haku didn't return to WWE until after Rikishi was done with Austin and Austin was firmly focused on HHH.

I thought Austin still had a few matches with the both of them
Since Haku returned at the 2001 royal rumble

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Sept 7, 2015 22:09:33 GMT -5 thetower52 said:

Sept 7, 2015 22:02:11 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Haku didn't return to WWE until after Rikishi was done with Austin and Austin was firmly focused on HHH.

I thought Austin still had a few matches with the both of them
Since Haku returned at the 2001 royal rumble

Haku and Rikishi were mostly feuding with the Brothers of Destruction and squashing lower tier tag teams.

[jjohns828]

Sept 7, 2015 22:09:33 GMT -5 thetower52 said:

Sept 7, 2015 22:02:11 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Haku didn't return to WWE until after Rikishi was done with Austin and Austin was firmly focused on HHH.

I thought Austin still had a few matches with the both of them
Since Haku returned at the 2001 royal rumble

I think the 2001 Royal Rumble might be the main reason Haku made it since he was in the match at the same time as Austin and Austin is the one that eliminated him.

["Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly]

Sept 7, 2015 22:12:20 GMT -5 jjohns828 said:

Sept 7, 2015 22:09:33 GMT -5 thetower52 said:

I thought Austin still had a few matches with the both of them
Since Haku returned at the 2001 royal rumble

I think the 2001 Royal Rumble might be the main reason Haku made it since he was in the match at the same time as Austin and Austin is the one that eliminated him.

Yeah, that's the only reason. It's still random enough that adding someone like The Hurricane makes sense if they are including the Rock/Austin WM XIX match.

[Deleted]

Sept 7, 2015 22:05:25 GMT -5 ZeChairman said:

Almost thinking Pilman might not be in the game, solely judging by his absence during Austin's entrance in the Austin/Jake KoTR match.

Hopefully I'm reading too much into that (or that they've "fixed" Austin's entrance since we were last shown it), and he's in.

I'm not sure that's actually proof.

People thought that Vader wouldn't be in the game based on the Austin/Roberts match since they showed a video so, I guess we'll have to see. I mean Pillman was in 2K13 or 2K12 wasn't he? It would be weird if he wasn't in this.

[Deleted]

So hyped for this now.

[MAD TITAN]

They could've just pulled a fast one and showed 96 Austin's entrance from a Exhibition and chopped it up with the actual Showcase cutscenes. Notice the cut after his entrance.

Maybe they didn't want to reveal Pillman yet.

[moondoggie]

D'Lo Brown & Haku.................F**k Yeah

[thetower52]

I still want to know if the collectors edition is coming to America or not

[Chainsaw]

Sept 7, 2015 20:02:16 GMT -5 mattyy said:

Twenty Three is the exact number, I believe.

Damnit, should have been 22?!?!?!

[Chainsaw]

Sept 7, 2015 23:39:16 GMT -5 MAD TITAN said:

They could've just pulled a fast one and showed 96 Austin's entrance from a Exhibition and chopped it up with the actual Showcase cutscenes. Notice the cut after his entrance.

Maybe they didn't want to reveal Pillman yet.

That's what I'm thinking is a possibility. Probably want it to be a big surprise (possibly in tandem with announcing Owen in the game, although it's more likely he won't than will.)

[EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese]

Sept 8, 2015 0:59:38 GMT -5 Chainsaw said:

Sept 7, 2015 20:02:16 GMT -5 mattyy said:

Twenty Three is the exact number, I believe.

Damnit, should have been 22?!?!?!

If Sid misses out, this'll be especially funny.

[Flash Burton]

They've spoilt us with the roster this year for sure & still more to come!

With the rest of the on-disc roster to be announced next week that gives them 6 weeks to show us the game's features, gameplay & what not

& amongst that should be the DLC package announcements, which dropped mid October last year

Fun times ahead guys!