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Post by CMWaters on Dec 25, 2022 3:17:05 GMT -5
Just an idle pondering...despite how many legends and outside people have been in WWE games over the years (real like certain rappers or fake like Head and Tony), there are plenty of people that you could put in a game that either haven't had one in a long time (like, pre-THQ) or were never in one. So, let's ponder some options. ...with the exception of two obvious ones in Owen Hart (because Martha, no matter your view on her decision) or Chris Benoit (because obvious reasons). Let's try to keep this a relatively fun list, OK? I'll start with someone that has never been in a game, but is connected with a sorta WWE Alumni in a way: Ox Baker. Great promo worker in his day and famous as "The Great Heart Puncher". Also had a fun stint on Price is Right during Bob Barker's tenure. Might have interesting trivia about him given from the commentators during an entrance like has been done with others. Plus, Finisher Heart Punch. And to continue the trend of classic guys, and one with a bigger WWE history than Ox (who did compete in WWWF back in the day to be fair): Gorilla Monsoon. Yes, we may use him for his lines against Heenan around here, but he was pretty accomplished in his day as a wrestler too, and I think it's kind of a travesty that he hasn't been featured in any game yet (then again, very few pre-Hogan wrestlers have if we're being honest) ...and OK, one more modern, though his real life issues would probably get in the way: ...mainly because I'd want a Rockers era Shawn to give them tag titles together. Something I wanted for their super-brief 2005 reunion to set up Shawn's feud with Angle.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Dec 25, 2022 3:44:58 GMT -5
It’s so weird to me that they put Bruno in one game and then never again.
Honestly. Probably no chance we see Jesse Ventura as a playable character
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 25, 2022 4:29:33 GMT -5
Marty might get in when he dies and can then no longer probably do something unhinged before he comes out in DLC or something.
I'm guessing that even if WWE puts out some post-Hogan death nostalgia bait for his WCW era, there's no way they'd shell out for Dennis Rodman for like a dozen reasons.
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Post by Spiderf 4 on Dec 25, 2022 5:48:20 GMT -5
Bob Backlund has never been in a WWE game. A factoid that befuddles and even flummoxes me.
Also, as for Marty Jannetty, I still think there's a chance he'll get in because, when you think about it, Shawn Michaels is one of the biggest stars in WWE history to not get one of those 2K Showcases spanning their entire career. Feels inevitable that he gets one sooner rather than later, and since Marty Jannetty was a large piece of HBK's early days, he'd almost certainly be included.
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Post by 4real on Dec 25, 2022 7:35:23 GMT -5
Bob Backlund has never been in a WWE game. A factoid that befuddles and even flummoxes me. Also, as for Marty Jannetty, I still think there's a chance he'll get in because, when you think about it, Shawn Michaels is one of the biggest stars in WWE history to not get one of those 2K Showcases spanning their entire career. Feels inevitable that he gets one sooner rather than later, and since Marty Jannetty was a large piece of HBK's early days, he'd almost certainly be included. No duckarse in a WWE game is strange.
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 25, 2022 9:41:13 GMT -5
Also, as for Marty Jannetty, I still think there's a chance he'll get in because, when you think about it, Shawn Michaels is one of the biggest stars in WWE history to not get one of those 2K Showcases spanning their entire career. Feels inevitable that he gets one sooner rather than later, and since Marty Jannetty was a large piece of HBK's early days, he'd almost certainly be included. But which match or matches would you put for Shawn with Marty? WWE wise I can think of three or four, maybe there could be some AWA ones. The four I can see being Mania 7 vs. Barbarian and Haku (first Mania win for Shawn), vs. Hart Foundation in that cancelled title win (though the rope break part would be tricky to program), vs. each other IC title Royal Rumble and vs. each other IC title Raw. ...speaking of that Rumble 93 match, how come we haven't got a playable Sherri in a WWE game?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2022 10:19:49 GMT -5
Not a wrestler, but I don't think the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles will ever be in a game.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Dec 25, 2022 10:39:24 GMT -5
No chance in hell (pun intended) Vince McMahon stays a playable character in any upcoming WWE games any time soon.
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 25, 2022 10:43:51 GMT -5
No chance in hell (pun intended) Vince McMahon stays a playable character in any upcoming WWE games any time soon. Kind of a shame too since he usually is my go-to for testing male creations in match settings (well, except the one year I had it be early days Chris Masters for reasons I don't remember).
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 25, 2022 10:45:36 GMT -5
No chance in hell (pun intended) Vince McMahon stays a playable character in any upcoming WWE games any time soon. Kind of a shame too since he usually is my go-to for testing male creations in match settings (well, except the one year I had it be early days Chris Masters for reasons I don't remember). It was Bo Dallas or Curtis Axel for me whenever I farmed VC, since they usually had low overall stats.
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Post by An Dog On An Skateboard on Dec 25, 2022 10:46:25 GMT -5
Almost anyone from before about 1985. Vince McMahon may be gone, but it'll take a while before his version of history is expunged from WWE and its media.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 25, 2022 10:50:26 GMT -5
Also, as for Marty Jannetty, I still think there's a chance he'll get in because, when you think about it, Shawn Michaels is one of the biggest stars in WWE history to not get one of those 2K Showcases spanning their entire career. Feels inevitable that he gets one sooner rather than later, and since Marty Jannetty was a large piece of HBK's early days, he'd almost certainly be included. But which match or matches would you put for Shawn with Marty? WWE wise I can think of three or four, maybe there could be some AWA ones. The four I can see being Mania 7 vs. Barbarian and Haku (first Mania win for Shawn), vs. Hart Foundation in that cancelled title win (though the rope break part would be tricky to program), vs. each other IC title Royal Rumble and vs. each other IC title Raw. ...speaking of that Rumble 93 match, how come we haven't got a playable Sherri in a WWE game? Probably because her most famous runs weren’t as an active wrestler. The only context which kind of bridges her managerial career and her wrestling career was the mixed tag at WM6 with Savage, after which she never had another televised match in the WWF (one was scheduled against Luna in 1993 for an episode of Superstars or something, to the point where they were both in the ring about to have it, but it never officially started). Theoretically you could put in late 80s Sherri, who was a regular wrestler (as much as one could be as a woman in late 80s WWF), but you lose a lot of the “Sensational” in the process.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Dec 25, 2022 10:53:42 GMT -5
God.
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Post by koreycaskets on Dec 25, 2022 11:12:04 GMT -5
Colonel DeBeers
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Dec 25, 2022 11:30:46 GMT -5
Probably Del Rio
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Post by XIII on Dec 25, 2022 11:35:23 GMT -5
El Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Rogue's gallery of WWE and WCW monsters is a video game that needs to happen. Stick Rey in there with them and watch the nonsense unfold!
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 25, 2022 11:35:31 GMT -5
I mean, didn't one game have a bunch of versions of him? No big loss there.
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 25, 2022 11:38:55 GMT -5
El Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Rogue's gallery of WWE and WCW monsters is a video game that needs to happen. Stick Rey in there with them and watch the nonsense unfold! Make it even more wild. Have Rey Mysterio team with El Santo and Blue Demon against those monsters...lead by Rey Misterio! Since, you know...
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Post by Gremlin on Dec 25, 2022 11:45:49 GMT -5
Thinking about excluded all-timers, was Paul Orndorff ever in a game?
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Post by bob on Dec 25, 2022 12:11:57 GMT -5
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