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WWE 2K25 is finally here, and with it, a long list of collectibles, unlockables and rewards to work your way through in the various modes. If you’re struggling with unlocking all the MyFaction Persona Cards, well, look no further, as the handy guide below will walk you through everything you need to do to unlock each wrestler, and their rating.

WWE 2K25 MyFACTION Persona Cards Get ready to unlock all of the cards in WWE 2K25. Image Credit: 2K.

If you weren’t aware, MyFACTION Persona Cards have been a part of WWE 2K for a while, and they’re a hot property for a lot of gamers. A way of showing off your favorite wrestlers in some unique ways – look no further than the Elite Rock look -, collecting them all can be a difficult (and time-consuming) task. Don’t forget, the cards you unlock in MyFACTION can...

The duo of Triple H and Shawn Michaels are two of the prominent figures in WWE today. They began their careers as professional wrestlers and went on to become game-changers and trailblazers, both wearing their wrestling gear and later on donning a corporate suit with major responsibilities.

Shawn Michaels was one of the top attractions for WWE back in the mid-1990s. He then formed D-Generation X with Triple H, Chyna and Ravishing Rick Rude which went on to become a highly popular faction in the Attitude Era.

Triple H & Shawn Michaels as part of D-Generation X/Credit: WWE.com

But in 1998, Shawn Michaels retired from wrestling after suffering a devastating back injury at that year’s Royal Rumble event in a casket match against The Undertaker. The Showstopper came back two years later in non-wrestling capacities. However, a lot of personal demons caught up to Michaels which led to...

SummerSlam is a top Ple event alongside WrestleMania, hosting some of WWE's greatest stories and names. Main Events are key bouts that cap off the evening, showcasing iconic match-ups like Ultimate Warrior vs Rick Rude. Brock Lesnar vs John Cena made history with a shocking outcome, reshaping WWE's landscape in Summer 2014.

SummerSlam is annually one of the biggest nights of the year in WWE. The Biggest Party Of The Summer, in fact. Alongside WrestleMania, the Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, it forms the original Big Four Ple events, and serves as perhaps the second-biggest show of the whole year behind WrestleMania itself. As such, some of the greatest stories and biggest names have headlined the event.

The Main Event is qualified by being the card's final bout of the evening. The WWE may say "there are three main events" but, in reality and by dictionary definition alone, there is...

WrestleMania Xl Weekend kicks off on Friday, April 5 at 10 p.m. Et as superstars from across the generations will come together to celebrate the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame inductees. From one of the greatest promoters in wrestling history to an iconic tag team to someone who floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee, the annual event will be a sight to see when it airs on Peacock. The 2024 WWE Hall of Fame class includes Paul Haymen, Bull Nakano, Thunderbolt Patterson, Lia Maivia, The U.S. Express, and Muhammad Ali. You can watch with a subscription to Peacock.

How to Watch 2024 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony When: Friday, April 5, 2024 at 10:00 Pm Edt Where: Peacock Stream: Watch with a subscription to Peacock. Sign Up$5.99+ / month peacocktv.com About 2024 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony

On Friday, April 5, following the broadcast of “WWE Smackdown” on Fox, the sports entertainment world will...

Wrestling games have always had a history of unlockable secret wrestlers for players to find and WWE2K24 is no different. While there is already a huge roster available to use in WWE2K24, fans will be keen to get their hands on every wrestler possible. The latest title in the long-running series features several legends of wrestling, as well as different versions of many popular superstars.

WWE2K24 has expanded even further this year and has a range of modes, all providing different experiences and you will need to play through many of them to unlock all the characters available. By playing through the modes, you will also be able to unlock new arenas and different attires for certain wrestlers.

Related WWE 2K24 Review: "Everything That Fans of WWE Could Want" WWE 2K24 is an excellent wrestling game, with the franchise returning to form thanks to a fantastic variety of gameplay modes.

Wrestling games have always had a history of unlockable secret wrestlers for players to find and WWE2K24 is no different. While there is already a huge roster available to use in WWE2K24, fans will be keen to get their hands on every wrestler possible. The latest title in the long-running series features several legends of wrestling, as well as different versions of many popular superstars.

WWE2K24 has expanded even further this year and has a range of modes, all providing different experiences and you will need to play through many of them to unlock all the characters available. By playing through the modes, you will also be able to unlock new arenas and different attires for certain wrestlers.

Related WWE 2K24 Review: "Everything That Fans of WWE Could Want" WWE 2K24 is an excellent wrestling game, with the franchise returning to form thanks to a fantastic variety of gameplay modes.

Aew Revolution 2024 was a hell of a show and it ended with the satisfying finale of Sting’s time in the ring. The final stretch of Sting’s career was a wonderful chance to set things right for the legendary wrestler, after the wrestling business had constantly let him down over the years. He was once the ace of WCW, but the incompetence and selfishness of others hurt his legacy in different ways at different promotions. But despite being in his 60s, his three years at Aew allowed him to go out on his own terms.

The Stinger is a beloved icon for a reason. While he did get wrapped up in such unfortunate things as the WCW mini-movies, the Shockmaster, the ill-fated Hulk Hogan match at Starrcade, and a really unfortunate PPV main event involving Jeff Hardy, Sting was still one of WCW’s great highlights and kicked a...

The release date for WWE 2K24 is getting closer, and fans have been waiting to get their hands on it. The upcoming title will also include a 40 Years of WrestleMania edition, so fans can look forward to reliving some iconic matches. The roster for the game is also looking good, with several returning characters joined by a few surprise entries.

Among them, however, fans have noticed the absence of one superstar, leading to a lot of confusion, especially as the Showcase mode is filled with former WWE legends, so missing out on this particular superstar makes little to no sense, but that could still change before the game is out.

WWE 2K24 Showcase Matches Could Still Feature This Superstar

Not seeing Triple H on the Showcase match list has got fans worried about missing some iconic matches.

The Showcase matches for the upcoming 2K title look rather loaded with some...

Blumhouse is taking on the WWE — with a little help from Emmy nominees Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, who met critical acclaim as writers and consulting producers on the comedy series “Transparent.”

First announced in 2021, “The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon” has tapped as showrunners “Transparent” team Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster. The Writers Guild Award nominees, both for “Transparent” and Adapted Screenplay for feature “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” will take on the 1994 trial of WWE CEO Vince McMahon, who was accused of supplying steroids to WWE talent.

“Vince McMahon is a living legend. We are thrilled to tell his larger-than-life story with our partners at Blumhouse and WWE,” Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster said in a press statement.

Chris McCumber, president of Blumhouse Television, added, “Blumhouse is thrilled to be partnering with Noah and Micah on this project. Their ability to bring iconic characters to life in a nuanced,...

You can’t see John Cena in the ring, but you can definitely catch the WWE superstar narrating a new show for Peacock. The former World Champion will lend his voice to the original series, WWE Evil.

The docuseries will be an “entertaining ‘psychological expose’ into the minds of the most diabolical antagonists in WWE history, and their impact on mainstream culture,” according to the official description. So, if you’ve been itching to find out what makes the WWE’s biggest on-screen villains tick, this show is for you.

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Following my list of the Ten Best WrestleMania Matches of the 1990s, I was sent down a rabbit-hole of watching every WrestleMania again and figured it might be cool to do the same for the 80s. Now, the 80s doesn’t have as many matches to choose from like the 90s did, and the 00s and 2010s will, but there’s still five WrestleMania events to dive into, so I thought it would be cool either way. Plus… there are some damn fine matches to be found in those first five Mania events. Sure… the workrate in many areas of the WWF during that time wasn’t as great as it would become, but there’s still plenty of iconic and entertaining matches, many featuring the same group of guys. So, here it is, my top ten of the best WrestleMania Matches of the 1980s.

10. Hulk Hogan & Mr. T (w/Jimmy Snuka) vs.

So during this whole awful quarantine situation I’ve found myself watching even more wrestling than before. In the midst of all that wrestling has been my revisiting of lots (and lots) of 90s WWE stuff. I started watching pro-wrestling in 1992 with WrestleMania 8 and so I have many delightful wrestling memories of the 90s, from the early cartoon-era stuff that also featured some of the best ever like Bret Hart and Randy Savage to the beloved and creatively incredible Attitude Era. I thought, then, that it would be neat to bring a list to you guys of the ten best matches of the 90s that you should revisit during lockdown. The problem with that is the sheer amount of matches I’d have to go through, so I narrowed it down to WrestleMania matches, because those alone bring a ton of great classics to pick from. I mean, this, like all these lists,...

Welcome to this week’s All Elite Wrestling: Dark review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have…Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!! We’ve been f—— robbed! Where’s the Camberet? My Lyndatto sculpture?! The Rings of M’fulche?! Every piece of art has been pilfered like a virgin’s sweet cherry! I’m going to smash Pandetti when I see that little Italian! Well, while I mourn the death of my Shangri-La, perhaps you’ll enjoy the buffet of semi-nudified flesh that leaps across the canvas. Oh! The f—— Pfhindala! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

Match #1: Natural Nightmares (Dustin Rhodes & Qt Marshall) def. John Silver and Alex Reynolds

My Opinion: 3 out of 5 – I enjoyed this, with S&r really doing the big work here. It’s nice to see both of them getting to shine with ol’ Dustin and Qt. As matches go, this was meaty and mean, but never too showy.

To celebrate the DVD release of WWE: Getting Rowdy – The Unreleased Matches of Roddy Piper (available to buy from 2nd September) – we are giving away a copy to one lucky winner.

Unearthed from deep within the WWE vault comes unreleased matches and interviews from one of the most controversial and entertaining Superstars in WWE history, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper! Witness “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff, Mr. Perfect, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, and more pay the piper as they take on “Hot Rod” in this collection of hidden gems! Just when you think you have all the answers, he changes the questions!

This set captures the anarchic spirit and pioneering persona that helped “Rowdy” Roddy Piper shape the landscape of modern sports-entertainment!

Not only does it includes rare, unreleased, and never-before-seen matches against other legendary Superstars – including both WWE matches and bouts from Roddy’s time battling the New World Order in WCW – but...

So, fans of WWE (and wrestling in general) will likely have heard the latest news that Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff, two mainstays of pro-wrestling for decades, have been given brand-new roles in WWE as Executive Directors of Raw and Smackdown Live respectively. These, as far as news has told us, aren’t on-screen roles, but will give Heyman and Bischoff control over their respective brands and the two men will be responsible for overseeing the creative output of each show.

This is huge news and has been greeted with more positive than negative by fans. I’m in the camp that says “yay, something new to help shake things up and possibly improve the overall WWE product” and so should everyone else be.

2019 pro-wrestling is a very different animal to the animal that growled and prowled when Heyman and Bischoff were in charge of Ecw and WCW respectively in the late 90s.

WWE’s stable of performers are on the road more than 200 nights a year, told when and where to perform, and sign exclusive contracts that bar them from appearing on any other wrestling company’s programming. In spite of all that, they aren’t granted full-time-employee status by Vince McMahon’s publicly traded company — rather, they’re independent contractors who must provide their own health insurance.

That — and the overall well-being of WWE wrestlers, a startling number of whom have died early — was the subject of a deep dive on last night’s episode of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.” Oliver pulled no punches during the 23-minute segment, beginning with this opening salvo: “While the character Vince [McMahon] is an asshole, it’s important to know that the real Vince is also an asshole,” he said, “and many fans legitimately hate him because, while the WWE has made him a billionaire,...

Legendary women’s wrestler Chyna is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next month as a founding member of D-Generation X (Dx). The WWE Universe is over the moon for the late Joanie Laurer, though a number of wrestling fans believe she is being shortchanged by going in as one member of a six-person faction, and not as a singles competitor.

“I think that X-Pac and Chyna deserve to get inducted into the Hof on their own, but Dx as a whole getting in might be the best compromise we’re going to get for the latter,” one Twitter user wrote.

Another member of the social media site was much more critical of the call by WWE brass, calling it “load of bollocks” that “Chyna can’t get in there on her own merit.”

Also Read: D-Generation X to Be Inducted Into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2019

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D-Generation X has three words for you: Hall of Fame. Dx, the legendary WWE faction, will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2019. They are the first inductees to be announced for the honor this year.

For the purposes of their group induction, Dx consists of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, X-Pac and Chyna. The 2019 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is set to take place on Saturday, April 6 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. WrestleMania 35 takes place the next night at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

With the nod, Michaels becomes a two-time inductee, just like his idol Ric Flair. Chyna posthumously takes her rightful place in the Hall.

“Ravishing” Rick Rude was a periphery member of Degeneration-x, referred to as the original lineup’s “insurance policy.” He’s not included here, but perhaps Rude will get a shoutout during the acceptance speech.

The pro wrestling world is in mourning today after the loss of one of sports entertainment's most colorful and iconic managers and entertainers. Bobby Heenan, a.k.a. "The Brain," passed away at age 73. While no cause of death was announced, the famous loudmouth manager had been in poor health for years, after he was diagnosed with throat cancer back in 2002. He died at his home in Largo, Florida. Here's part of the WWE's statement on Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

"WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Bobby Heenan, regarded by many as the greatest manager in sports-entertainment history, has passed away at age 73. With a career spanning more than four decades, Heenan was the "The Brain" behind some of the most prolific Superstars in sports-entertainment history. Heenan plied his trade as their mischievous manager by running his mouth on their behalf with a sarcastic wit...

WWE wrestling legend, manager and commentator Bobby “The Brain” Heenan died has aged 73.

WWE confirmed the Hall of Famer’s passing on Sunday. His cause of death was not revealed.

Heenan, who was known as “The Brain,” had a career spanning four decades, starting in the ring as a wrestler.

Heenan successfully transitioned from wrestler to commentator and managed some of the biggest superstars in wrestling.

As a manager he helped develop the careers of stars such as Andre the Giant,Mr. Perfect , Paul Orndorff, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Rick Rude.

Heenan announced he had throat cancer in 2002 and...

WWE Hall of Fame manager Bobby “The Brain” Heenan died on Sunday at the age of 73, according to the WWE. Heenan, known for his sarcastic wit and telegenic presence, was widely considered one of the great managers in WWE history. In later years, Heenan became arguably the greatest heel TV announcer of all-time. During Heenan’s time as a manager, he managed such wrestling stars as Andre The Giant, Ravishing Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, King Kong Bundy and countless others. Heenan had been out of the spotlight in recent years as he had his jaw removed due to.

The latest installment of the WWE 2K18 official roster reveal is here and features 43 additional WWE Superstars announced for inclusion in the forthcoming franchise’s worldwide release, including:

Akam, Alexa Bliss, Apollo Crews, Asuka, Big Cass, Carmella, Cedric Alexander, Chad Gable, Chris Jericho, Dana Brooke, Dash Wilder, Finn Bálor, Jason Jordan, Jimmy Garvin, Johnny Gargano, Kevin Owens, Lex Luger, Michael P.S. Hayes, Mick Foley, Miss Jacqueline, Mr. Perfect, Neville, Nia Jax, Nick Miller, Randy Savage, Razor Ramon, Rezar, Ric Flair, Rick Martel, Rick Rude, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Rikishi, Roderick Strong, Rusev, Samoa Joe, Scott Dawson, Seth Rollins, Shane Thorne, Tjp, Tommaso Ciampa, Tye Dillinger and Vader.

Check out the WWE 2K18 new roster screenshots below, along with Three new entrance videos from the game!

You thought we were done after 2 sets of Roster Reveals? Well then you would be wrong, the WWE is continuing to roll out wrestlers for what could be the most extensive roster for WWE 2K yet!

In the last few weeks, WWE has dropped two sets of Roster Reveals. First up we had Goldust give us a hand, followed by the samoan submission mission, the Destroyer Samoa Joe revealing part 2, and now we have Kevin Owens joining Corey Graves and Renee Young. You can watch the entire video below, where they give us a whole new batch of playable wrestlers.

This new roster reveal gives us 43 new characters:

Akam, Alexa Bliss, Apollo Crews, Asuka, Big Cass, Carmella, Cedric Alexander, Chad Gable, Chris Jericho, Dana Brooke, Dash Wilder, Finn Bálor, Jason Jordan, Jimmy Garvin, Johnny Gargano, Kevin Owens, Lex Luger, Michael P.S. Hayes, Mick Foley, Miss Jacqueline, Mr. Perfect, Neville,...

February 10th, 1989 is an important date in professional wrestling history as that is the date that Vince McMahon, in testimony to the New Jersey State Senate, admitted that professional wrestling was not a sport but was in fact sports entertainment. The term they used in the wrestling business, kayfabe, giving the audience the illusion that what you were seeing was real and not staged, was officially dead.

That did not mean the death of the industry. In fact, it opened the flood gates for many other promotions to set up shop. Most importantly, it allowed the superstars themselves to finally tell fans stories of what happened back stage.

With the rise of podcasts, wrestling fans have plenty of shows to choose from, whether it be analysis of the current state of wrestling or stories of life behind the scenes. There is something for everyone. The following are some of my...

This time of year the WWE makes every effort they can to step up their performance. With Wrestlemania around the corner, they want to make sure as many eyes as possible are watching the Granddaddy of Them All. It’s also a time to reflect and honor the past as this is usually the time of year they start announcing the next WWE Hall of Fame class. Thanks to Bryan Alvarez from the Wrestling Observer, we may have some clue as to who will be a part of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017. Let’s discuss the picks now but remember, until they’re confirmed by the WWE, these choices are strictly rumor at this point.

Diamond Dallas Page

A deserving choice if there ever was one. Starting off as a manager, he worked his way up in his late 30’s to become a wrestler and eventual WCW World Champion.

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Bret “Hitman” Hart began his career in his father’s Stampede Wrestling promotion, before achieving global superstardom in the World Wrestling Federation in the ’80’s and ’90’s. His no-nonsense attitude, and the legitimacy that came with being a Hart Brother from the infamous family Dungeon enabled Bret to bypass the cartoon gimmicks that were handed out to his WWF colleagues.

And so, while his peers on the WWF roster were saddled with ludicrous personas (such as the gifted Terry Taylor being made to cluck and strut as The Red Rooster), Bret was able to sidestep all of the cornball nonsense and continually be presented as a serious athlete.

Forget the multiple championship wins, being presented simply as a wrestler in Vince McMahon’s 80’s universe,was perhaps Bret’s greatest accomplishment.

That being said, even a guy as respected and decorated as ‘the Hitman’ would still occasionally find...

Bob Dahlstrom

Sometimes, we need a breather from certain wrestlers, and sometimes they need a breather from the business itself. They become overexposed, overworked, underutilized, or underappreciated. Hey, it happens. It’s not their fault. Even legendary wrestlers such as Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude, and Shawn Michaels have been in need of reprieve from their workplace environment. It’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Back in the days where multiple big promotions existed, from the territory system to the Monday Night Wars, talents would simply leave one company and join another for a brief spell. The fan base went through the motions of forgetting about them, yearning for them to return, and appreciating them when they eventually did. Those days are long gone, making life a lot harder for stagnant wrestlers who keep running in place on the proverbial treadmill.

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The backstage politics might run a guy through the ringer,...

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Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. Mention his name to a wrestling fan, particularly an old school one, and you can guarantee that person will smile. Over an illustrious career that spanned over five decades and saw Heenan work as a wrestler, manager, color commentator, TV host and more, Bobby was a part of literally hundreds of moments and memories in wrestling. Enough for him to fill two biographies which, incidentally, are both worth checking out if you haven’t already.

Heenan was an integral part of what is still considered to be the greatest wrestling attraction of all time – Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant at Wrestlemania III. When the babyface Andre first walked out onto Piper’s Pit with Heenan at his side, prompting a devastated Hogan to ask “What are you doing with him?”, the road to WrestleMania officially began. Andre’s association with ‘The Brain’ was...

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As much as everyone loves a good wrestling heel, they tend to have a pretty thankless job.

They work hard, take beatings, and suffer the catcalls of the fans, while the babyfaces get all the cheers, the merchandise revenue and, of course, the world titles.

Even though wrestling bookers have long recognized that there’s money in “the chase” – watching a babyface pursue a heel for the championship – most successful promotions in history have used a pattern where the program revolves around a babyface champion.

The proof is evident – Rick Rude and Roddy Piper are only two of the all-time great heels who never got runs as a World Champion, and were instead forced to play supporting roles to face champions. Still, there are exceptions – heels who subverted the wrestling paradigm, amassing runs as champion that would make any babyface jealous.

Those men, draped in gold, became the focal points of their promotions.

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The names Coliseum Home Video and Silver Vision conjure up nostalgic stirrings amongst wrestling fans who grew up in an era before YouTube and on-demand digital video streaming. Back in the halcyon days of VHS, the release of a brand new WWF video tape featuring unique never-before-seen match-ups was a cause of much excitement.

Down the years we were treated to such hidden gems as The Steiner Brothers vs. Bret & Owen Hart, Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid, Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude in a cage match, and far too many other forgotten classics too numerous to mention.

Coliseum and Silver Vision (and let’s not forget Avision Entertainment, Goodtimes Home Video, Columbia House and German distributor Polygram Video) were responsible for some absolute belters, tapes which any self-respecting collector simply must own. But which are the best?...

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The names Coliseum Home Video and Silver Vision conjure up nostalgic stirrings amongst wrestling fans who grew up in an era before YouTube and on-demand digital video streaming. Back in the halcyon days of VHS, the release of a brand new WWF video tape featuring unique never-before-seen match-ups was a cause of much excitement.

Down the years we were treated to such hidden gems as The Steiner Brothers vs. Bret & Owen Hart, Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid, Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude in a cage match, and far too many other forgotten classics too numerous to mention.

But they didn’t always get it right. Sometimes a tape was so bad that it was offensive. From shameless cash-ins to tapes entirely bereft of actual in-ring action, Coliseum and Silver Vision (and let’s not forget Avision Entertainment, Goodtimes Home Video, Columbia House and German...

Other than The Undertaker there are few wrestlers as iconic as Sting. Even to this day he is the face of WCW and seen as one of its most loyal superstars. Now that he’s finally made his move into WWE, we can finally get his story in his own words in Sting: Into the Light.

Featuring the normal style of documentary and selected matches Sting: Into the Light gives us a look into the life of Sting and lets us see the man behind the face paint. We get to hear about how he got into the business in his own words as well as hear him talk about some of the most iconic matches that he has been a part of. Don’t expect any Tna footage here though, but that doesn’t come as a surprise. While his time in Tna is dulled down somewhat, it is mentioned.

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Brock Lesnar is currently on his Go To Hell tour, WWE seems to be in the middle of their Change the Channel tour. It feels like every week that Raw gets harder and harder to sit through. Instead of new, exciting characters being called up and given a legitimate push, we get Ashley from Hr going over on Seth Rollins.

Elsewhere this week in the world of wrestling, Tomasso Ciampa pulled a Rick Rude of sorts by showing up on both Nxt and Impact in recent weeks…except for it was months ago that he filmed his Tna appearance, so it was really more awkward timing than anything. We saw that even the mighty Paul Heyman, who could make a match between a dish rag and soap scum seem like a can’t miss event, couldn’t get us to care about Brock vs. Big Show. And WWE...

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What has been billed as the final batch of Superstars for WWE 2K16 has been confirmed this afternoon.

Here are the names in full: Bray Wyatt, Mikey Whipwreck, The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods & Big E), Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady, Stunning Steve Austin, Superstar Steve Austin, Rusev, American Bad Ass Undertaker, Baron Corbin, Brian Pillman, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Konnor, Viktor, Mark Henry, Ministry Undertaker, Ricky Steamboat, Savio Vega, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Sting ’99, Sting Blonde and finally the two Terminator renders.

The new names show how in-depth the Stone Cold mode will be. It looks like we’re going to be travelling right through his days as a Hollywood Blonde with Brian Pillman and that feud with Ricky Steamboat, stopping off for a cup of coffee in Ecw to feud with Mikey Whipwreck (and maybe Sandman?), and then going through his main run in WWE, including the 2001 Royal Rumble.

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The advent of WWE Network has allowed World Wrestling Entertainment to put a greater emphasis on former titans of the squared circle. The company has gone to great lengths to pay homage to those memorable masters of the mat who have kept the sports entertainment industry strong and profitable for the last 40 years.

Video games, books, magazines and action figure lines have been devoted to immortalizing the likes of Hulk Hogan (until recently), Bruno Sammartino, The Ultimate Warrior and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. A “Legends” clothing line has resulted in Randy Savage, The Iron Sheik and Rick Rude being emblazoned on WWE t-shirts for the first time in decades.

As much focus as WWE has put on the continued respect and admiration for those who laid the groundwork for today’s generation of wrestling stars, they have continually demonstrated poor use of some of the legendary stars they bring back into the fold.

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In their weekly roster reveal, IGN have announced further superstars that will appear in WWE 2K16 when it is released on October 27.

All of the men are from the Attitude Era and will undoubtedly play a huge role in the marque Stone Cold Steve Austin mode, this year’s main feature.

Screenshots of: Farooq, D’Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa (Nation of Domination), Dude Love, Cactus Jack, Rikishi, Vader, X-Pac, Jim Neidhart and Bret Hart have been released; while roster artwork of Billy Gunn, The British Bulldog, Christian, Damien Sandow, Haku, The Honky Tonk Man, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Ken Shamrock, Mankind, Paul Wight (The Big Show V1), Shane McMahon, Shawn Michaels, and Vince McMahon have also seen the light of day for the first time today.

You can see all the photos Here.

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The Dudester’s entrance has also been revealed online and represents a huge...

WWE 2K16 is rapidly approaching. And now we have new additions to the rosters, plus some screen shots. And most importantly, a look at the entrance for the one and only conquerer. The Beast Incarnate. The one, in 22-1. Brock! Lesnar!

October 27th is approaching quickly which has the professional wrestling and gaming community very excited. What is the significance of this date? It is the release date for WWE 2K16. The 3 installment in the WWE 2K series. A series that has quietly been becoming one of the top fighting games in the genre. WWE 2K16 will feature not only “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, but fans that have preordered the game will also be given the chance to play as Arnold Schwarzenegger The Terminator! Now 2K Games have released some more details, including new members to the roster.

In what is being called the “largest roster in the game’s...

Each week, IGN has been revealing new screenshots from WWE 2K16 as well as rolling out the members of the giant roster which will be featured in the game. Today, along with Brock Lesnar’s entrance video, which can be viewed above, 19 WWE Superstars have been confirmed. The full gallery can be found below, but some of the biggest additions include The Rock, Stephanie McMahon, Dean Ambrose, and The Undertaker.

It’s not hugely surprising to see any of those names, though the addition of legends like Andre the Giant, Edge and Ravishing Rick Rude is a welcome surprise. Representing Nxt, meanwhile, are current tag team champions, The Vaudevillans.

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With some cool new gameplay additions such as the ability to use the ropes during pinfalls and attack an opponent during their entrance, WWE 2K16 is looking like the game which could turn around the fortunes of...

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2K has made its fourth reveal for the upcoming WWE 2K16 video game, with a number of surprise names being included ahead the game’s release next month.

Here’s the latest names in full:

Aiden English, Andre The Giant, Batista, Chris Jericho, Curtis Axel, Edge, Erick Rowan, Fandango, John “Bradshaw” Layfield, Luke Harper, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Natalya, Ravishing Rick Rude, R-Truth, Ryback, Santino Marella, Sergeant Slaughter, Simon Gotch, Stephanie McMahon, The Rock and The Undertaker.

In addition, 2K also released several roster images for several previously announced roster talent, which will be outlined in this list.

The most recent names have a number of stand out candidates with WWE legends Andre The Giant, Edge, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Ravishing Rick Rude, Sergeant Slaughter, The Rock and The Undertaker certainly sharing centre stage.

Seeing the likes of Batista, Jbl and Stephanie McMahon being included as playable characters is also very interesting.

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In the latest weekly WWE 2K16 update from IGN.com, 22 more names have been announced as part of the game, set to be released this October:

Aiden English, Andre the Giant, Batista, Chris Jericho, Curtis Axel, Dean Ambrose, Edge, Erick Rowan, Fandango, Jbl, Luke Harper, Randy Savage, Natalya, Rick Rude, R-Truth, Ryback, Santino Marella, Sgt. Slaughter, Simon Gotch, Stephanie McMahon, The Rock and The Undertaker.

It’s an interesting mix of talent with English & Gotch recently winning the Nxt Tag Team Titles. There are also Hall of Famers in this group like Edge, Randy Savage and Sgt. Slaughter. The late Rick Rude isn’t in the WWE Hall of Fame yet, but he certainly should be considered in the future.

WWE diva Natalya commented on Twitter on how she was blown away by the details of her ring attire.

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The height of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Attitude Era brought with it a clear focus on sexuality. Female performers such as Sable, Debra, Miss Kitty and Trish Stratus became huge stars thanks to their willingness to strip down for the fans, who appreciated the incredibly beautiful women showing off their assets for their entertainment.

But the female stars of the global wrestling empire are hardly the only performers to be sexualized by management.

Dating back to the 1980s and the initiation of the Rock and Wrestling Era, “Ravishing” Rick Rude had been a performer whose body and his flaunting of it was absolutely essential to his character and its development. It was key to the storylines he was involved in and helped fuel his most memorable feud, that being the war with Jake “the Snake” Roberts over wife Cheryl.

Years later, during the same Attitude Era that Sable was openly flaunting her 38 Specials,...

With Monday Night War Vol 1 – Shots Fired set for release here in the UK on Monday 10th August we’re taking part in a special look back at the spectacular battle between WWE and WCW – a battle which not only spawned some of the greatest matches in the sports history but also shaped the future of wrestling…

In the 1995 WWE’s biggest competitor, southern promotion World Championship Wrestling, launched its own Monday night television show to go head-to-head with Raw. After luring some of WWE’s biggest name stars down south with record-setting pay-cheques, WCW Nitro started to beat WWE in the ratings for the first time ever. In its effort to even the score, WWE gave birth to the “Attitude Era”, led by the incomparable “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. The result was a bitter war between the two promotions, which saw them trade wins, talents and insults. It would...

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To this day, pro wrestling fans still regard Rick Rude as one of the greatest performers never to be WWE Champion. Making his debut way back in the early-1980’s, Rude initially started as a clean cut babyface. It wasn’t until the man gained significant muscle mass and created the ‘Ravishing’ character that he really started to gain momentum.

The arrogant, egotistical heel persona was perfect, and helped steer Rick to the then-World Wrestling Federation in 1987. It was there that the man had his most success, certainly from a critical standpoint. Even though Rude had held titles in the Nwa and other territories, his work in the WWF is what many fans remember most fondly. Holding the Intercontinental Title on one occasion was his only title win in the company.

Flirting with the main event scene, Rick Rude would never get to carry the biggest prize the WWF had to offer.

Word Championship Wrestling came into existence after Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions’ Nwa-affiliated pro wrestling territory (which was airing on TBS) on October 11, 1988. In this being the case, coming up with a list of “greatest matches in WCW history starts with anything televised by the promotion from the October 15, 1988 airing of “World Championship Wrestling” on TBS to the final Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001. In that 12-year run, there were certainly more than 30 amazing matches in WCW. However, these are the best.

In encapsulating what the “best matches” were in WCW, it’s an intriguing mix of performers that both defined what the industry had been all about before (Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Terry Funk, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, Rick Rude), redefined that established North American expectation (Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, Chris Benoit, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Goldberg) and also those who blew that expectation to the moon (Vader,...

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The 1989 Royal Rumble was a historic show because it was the first time the Rumble was a pay-per-view show. The previous year’s Rumble was a three hour event on USA Network that was done as a counter to an Nwa PPV on the same night. After the success of that show in 1988, WWE decided to make it an annual PPV event.

With the launch of the Rumble as an annual January PPV event, it meant that WWE would have four standard PPVs every year with the Rumble starting the year off, then WrestleMania in late March or early April, SummerSlam in August and Survivor Series in November. They became known as the “big four” events in the WWE year until King of the Ring started in 1993 and monthly PPVs began in 1995.

The WWE Champion going into the show was Randy Savage, who held the title for nearly ten months at this point.

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The Royal Rumble is one of WWE’s biggest shows of the year. For a lot of fans, it’s second only to WrestleMania. WWE likes to bill it as one of their “big four” because it’s an event that goes back to 1988 as a regular January show that was a great way to build things up to WrestleMania in the spring.

Throughout the month of January, I’ll be posting “7 Things You Should Know” about every Royal Rumble event starting with the first one in 1988 right up to the 2014 event. A new one will be posted every day leading up this year’s Royal Rumble on January 25. Since there are 27 of them in all, there will be a couple of days with two posts that go up. Be sure to visit WhatCulture daily to see all of the Royal Rumble features this month.

To start it all off,...

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SummerSlam is often billed as “The Biggest Party of the Summer,” and Sunday night’s 27th installment was no exception. After a jaw-dropping PPV that saw three titles change hands, a shocking turn and a melee that 20 lumberjacks couldn’t contain, it’s safe to say that anyone who plunked down $9.99 got their money’s worth.

Fans saw the Intercontinental and Divas Championships trade hands in the first two matches, bringing the total number of title changes in SummerSlam’s 27-year history to more than 30. Then the PPV got to the main event and tacked one more massive title change onto the pile. Throughout SummerSlam’s history, some of these matches have been truly memorable affairs – the sight of the new champ hoisting the title high a visual that sticks with fans for years afterward.

These selections are not based solely (or even mainly) on match quality, but...

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SummerSlam is WWE’s biggest show outside of WrestleMania, it’s an August tradition that’s been running for 27 years now. Along the way we’ve had plenty of great matches and moments — but also a great deal of legitimate controversy.

You might in fact describe SummerSlam as WWE’s most controversial event ever. There always seems to be some sort of issue burning up backstage, whether it’s a creative problem, a botched spot, personal bitterness or financial dispute. We’ll detail all of those backstage insights in this feature, shedding light on the SummerSlam moments that had Vince McMahon fuming. The irony is that some of these controversies actually made SummerSlam more interesting. The drama on screen is always entertaining, but there’s nothing wrestling fans love more than a bit of real drama! There’s been many backstage and on-screen incidents that provoked...

For more than ten years, the Nwa and WCW promoted the event known as “The Great American Bash”, a show that celebrated American pride while bringing major matches to the forefront and presenting shows that featured some major moments in the history of professional wrestling.

This set, released in a 3 DVD or 2 Blu-ray set, features some of the biggest contests from various Bash events, with names such as Ric Flair, Sting, Dusty Rhodes, Ddp, Randy Savage, Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero and Bret Hart, among many others, making appearances. It is a stunning set for match quality and star-power and the choices of matches are very good.

United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash begins with early Bash events (1985) and ends with the most recent, and final Bash, from 2000. The way in which the set is laid out has both good and bad points about it. In one...

At the height of the Monday Night Wars, Raw and Nitro were highlighted by an almost-weekly parade of wrestlers defecting from one company and showing up on the competition’s program soon after. Think about some of the biggest moments from both promotions during that era: Lex Luger shows up on the first Nitro, Scott Hall interrupts a Nitro match, Chris Jericho interrupts a Rock promo, and the Radicalz take a seat in the front row of Raw.

Defections were the norm in the mid- to late 90s through the closing of WCW in early 2001. Look at the WWF and WCW rosters from those days and you’ll find plenty of examples of superstars who performed for both companies (in Rick Rude’s case, televised on the same night). But there also are several wrestlers who were either rumored to or very nearly did jump ship one way or the...