General WWE Discussion: Roman Weeps, Taker Retires, MNK/SAM/RDM LFP

[Nem0]

WWE2K16 cover is supposed to unveiled on Raw whats the odds of being Reigns on it by himself?

[Tyrath]

Pretty damn high.

Smart decision would be Rollins though. And have him cut a gloating announcement promo with it.

[Krandor]

How often do they let heels have the cover to themselves? If it's gonna be a single person I can't see it being anything other then Reigns, likely jerking off his arm.

[Tyrath]

They have only had the single wrestler covers since 2012. That year was Randy Orton. Was he a face or a heel in late 2011? Edit: He was face.

Since then its been Cena, Punk, and Rock. Punk was 2k13 and he was a heel during the late 2012 period.

So 1 out of the 4 have been heel.

[Tyrath]

If not a heel it should be Lesnar. This is probably the only year WWE is gonna have a face Lesnar.

Putting Reigns on it is just gonna make people hate him more. WWE learned its lesson right? Right?? Guys??!?

Also the game apparently has 120 unique wrestlers. Thats without counting any alternate forms. Thats pretty damn impressive.

[Anoat]

Kinda wondering if they are gonna include the full NXT roster + bunch of legends to get to that number.

[Tyrath]

I imagine they have to do that.

[Krandor]

And I bet Zack Ryder still won't be in the game.

[Delirium]

And I bet Zack Ryder still won't be in the game.

what? You think they will leave out 1/2 the HYPE BROS?! The wrong half at that...

[tyven]

just saw this for the first time. Prob the best video i've ever seen start to finish

[Krandor]

While anything involving Steen wearing that outfit is usually amazing, this is the best thing to ever happen in PWG

[Delirium]

[Krandor]

Distinct lack of baybay in that video.

[Vil]

Anybody else going to be watching the "Special" in about 90 minutes? Part of me is skeptical about this, since I think it's just a 2 hour block and there are 7 matches and of course there needs to be so much time given to the Kane match and the Nikki match, not to mention promos throughout, though I don't really know if this is just going to be a "televised house show" or what.

Besides specifics about giving certain matches time, making sure that certain matches don't get time, I have two things I'd love to see:

1. Cesaro versus a Matadore becomes a Handicap match and either he somehow delivers a double Neutralizer (not sure if that's physically possible) or swings them both at the same time (this I'm sure is possible)
2. Kofi Kingston does a reverse 720 and lands on his feet when Brock goes for a German. There's got to be something, and doing a single flip has been done a billion times. Kofi needs to have a big spot in this match, so I'm going to go with that.

Just looked and they're doing this half hour special on Balor leading in to it. I saw earlier that there was something, but this is better put together than I thought.

[Tomiko]

I'll be watching it as much as I can. I'm expecting Finn to win the title based on how much they've been focusing on him with the special and whatnot. And I'm hoping that means Owens will win the US Title.

[Vil]

Totally agree with your last two sentences. I'd seen the promos before for Balor for this event, but that little documentary thing? I'm hoping it means that it means he'll get it (and KO will fully move on to the main roster). I would love to see that go on last, but they're calling it Beast in the East, not to mention there is a Cena match. If he came out last and had the fans building up to it the whole night, that would be insane.

Jericho/Neville opening... Great call. Please 10 minutes and only 10 minutes, because they will throw everything out there in that time.

[Vil]

Wow. They got 17ish minutes? Cesaro probably got bumped to the "pre-show".

Spoiler: show

and a TRUE Liontamer to win? Holy shit! I love Jericho, but he's not in top shape and looked slow at times, but that was a surprise.

[Tomiko]

Wow. They got 17ish minutes?

Spoiler: show

and a TRUE Liontamer to win? Holy shit! I love Jericho, but he's not in top shape and looked slow at times, but that was a surprise.

Great match!

Spoiler: show

Loved that he did that for the finish, was awesome to see it applied that way again after so long.

Match 2: Paige vs Tamina vs Nikki for the Divas's Title.

[Vil]

I'm pretty glad Tamina was swapped in. Partially because I don't need to see that rematch, but also because she could bring a different style. Did they say why? I went to get a drink once intros began for this.

Since Nikki uses the Bullhammer evidently, at least we know her boyfriend won't job to that tonight!

[Tomiko]

I thought I heard something about Naomi getting beat down by Brie and Alicia at Smackdown or something. I don't watch Smackdown though, so dunno.

Match was decent. Not sure what I think of Nikki Luger's finisher. I liked it better when it set up for the Rack Attack. But at least it's better than the Rear View.

And now time for Kofi's funeral.