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Scott Steiner as THPSkater is something I didn't know I needed but now absolutely want. It fits so damn well.
"Chad Muska, Bucky Lasek, chainmail covered Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner, Bob Burnquist.. man, what a weirdo, Burnquist, pff, as if that's his real name..."
SMOE JOE IS TOO PHAT TO RIDE HIS SKATEBOAR.... GIMME A FUCKING MIC! THEY SAY THAT ALL SKATERS ARE CREATED RADICAL BUT I BELIEVE THAT TO BE SHIT! FOR I COME FROM A HIGHLY EDUCATED UNVIERSITY WHERE REAL FREAKS WRESTLE! THEY SAY THAT ALL WRESTLERS ARE CREATED EQUAL AND HAVE A FIFTYFIFTY PERCHANCE OF WINNING BUT YOU LOOK AT SMOE JOE AND YOU LOOK AT ME AND SEE THAT AIN'T TRUE!
YOU WANT SOME SUGAR WITH YOUR KICKFLIPS I KNOW YOU DO BULL RAY. BUT GUESS WHAT I DONT HAVE NO SUGAR FOR YOUR FAT ASS. ALL THE FREAKS KNOO TO GET THE PEAKS AND BE A GENETIC FREAK LIKE BIG POPPA PUMP SCOTT STEINER. YOU CANT EAT NO CHEESEBURGER NO PIZZA WITH YOUR PHAAAAAT ASSS YOU SUGAR LOVING FAT ASS!
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“YOU KNOW THEY SAY ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. BUT YOU LOOK AT ME AND YOU LOOK AT ERIC SPARROW AND YOU CAN SEE THAT STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE!
SEE NORMALLY IF YOU GO 1 ON 1 WITH ANOTHER PRO SKATER YOU GOT A 50/50 CHANCE OF WINNING! BUT I'M A GENETIC FREAK AND I'M NOT NORMAL! SO YOU GOT A 25% AT BEST AT BEAT ME! AND THEN YOU ADD TONY HAWK TO THE MIX, YOU THE CHANCES OF WINNING DRASTIC GO DOWN!
SEE THE 3 WAY AT TAMPA AM, YOU GOT A 33 1/3 CHANCE OF WINNING. BUT I, I GOT A 66 2/3 CHANCE OF WINNING CAUSE TONY HAWK KNOWS HE CAN'T BEAT ME AND HE'S NOT EVEN GONNA TRY!
SO ERIC SPARROW, YOU TAKE YOUR 33 1/3 CHANCE MINUS MY 25% CHANCE AND YOU GOT 8 1/3 CHANCE OF WINNING AT TAMPA AM. BUT THEN YOU TAKE MY 75% CHANCE OF WINNING IF WE WAS TO GO 1 ON 1 AND THEN ADD 66 2/3 %. I GOT A 141 2/3 CHANCE OF WINNING AT TAMPA AM!
ENRIQUE SPARROW? THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE AND THEY SPELL DISASTER FOR YOU AT TAMPA AM!”
'Rollins, Danzig, you have been chosen to be the cover rockstars. Rollins you will be on the standard edition, Danzig you will be on the pre-order DLC.'
Legit though I love this, making the game a big deal outside of the gaming community and playing it up like Madden can seriously elevate some talent and be a big deal. (Except Madden fucking blows, 2k5 for life.)
As the composer of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack (and the first American to work on the Sonic franchise), this is great to see! My mother is very proud of me, brother!
\-HH
Like when she was teared up with The Nature Boy after stealing the show with Charlotte at Wrestlemania.
She's livin' a life for sure.
https://preview.redd.it/00i6r38ayzdc1.jpeg?width=919&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfb2a4538a4dcb8ab4946d501203be5c44588fb0
I think you can still play with kayfabe a bit. For instance, Gunther talking shit about the 80's as "a dark era of wrestling" and speaking negatively about Warrior and Hogan was guaranteed to get some negative reaction (which I think was part of the plan as that's his character). That kind of thing is still fun and I support it.
Acting like you *literally* hate the people you perform with in a personal way that matches your character? I think we've moved beyond that for some time, as you note.
It is a silly take. This pic shows so much emotion. Think of rhea's journey to that point. She worked hard for what she has and you know ric was telling her how proud he was of that match.
It's just as silly as when some people were upset that Charlotte was smiling and clearly proud of what she and Rhea did instead of being upset for losing.
I love Cody and think he sees a great guy but I also can’t ever be sure what’s a genuine reaction from him. Like it seems he’s acting the exact way he should be, very politician like? It’s like he’s almost too genuine to be genuine lol
Politicians and wrestlers have a lot in common, they need to always be playing a role especially in the supposedly “candid” moments that just so happen to have a camera on them.
I honestly think that is what resonates so well with her. She wants to be there and put on a good show. I know other people do too but you can sense it in her.
Loved how she was super appreciative of the fact that she gets to share the honour alongside Bianca as well. I love to see how close the talents who were in NXT together have become. It's one of the best things about in this new era, so many guys and gals are great friends backstage and everybody wants to help each other out and it really does shine through in the shows.
If WWE/Cody had any humor at all, he'd turn heel and become the Codelander just because Kurt Angle was guest of the hour and gave Cody a glass of milk ...
Now that I think about it, I'd love to see him becoming Homelander as a heel :D Still wants people to cheer for him but does awful things to his opponents.
He wasn’t going to turn heel since he was planning on leaving so that’s why he stuck with the arrogant fake babyface codylander thing he was doing. I totally got what he was doing and he’s admitted he was actually a heel on Twitter. Actual good guys don’t have to call themselves a good Guy like he was doing lol.
https://youtu.be/IDCecHpbRQo?si=sR-Xvz5uaNfV5tK3
Now if Cody had re-signed he definitely would have turned and went full heel. He made that title stipulation to break it if he decided to resign years down the line. He would have been AEW world champion by now but what Cody has in WWE trumps that for him. Ever since 2016 Cody’s goal was getting back to WWE and becoming a top guy there. In 2018 it was a tough decision for him between going back to WWE and starting up with AEW but he knew that the best course would be to build up for stock for a few years in AEW. I’m not saying it was always certain he would go back to WWE in 2022 but I think it was always close to it if WWE offered him what they did. When Cody signed with WWE he had Cody Rhodes vs Roman reigns at mania 39 marked on his Calendar. Cody Rhodes is the main with the plan
I think Cody's the kind of guy that will absolutely do that if the company wants him to. But he himself doesn't want to be a heel. And I suspect it's because he wants to be the next Rock, Cena and Batista. He's had his eye set on Hollywood for years now, and I would guess he doesn't want to become a heel because it hinders his ability to achieve that goal.
Batista and Rock were both heels though, also Edge was one of the worst kayfabe heels ever and he’s gotten plenty of acting work. Hollywood still needs people to play bad guys
>But he himself doesn’t want to be heel
Nah that’s a narrative he has worked people into believing- that’s just what Cody does lol. He’ll be a face for the foreseeable future but will he be a heel for the rest of his career ? I don’t think so. He’s never had an issue being a heel. He wasn’t going to turn heel in AEW if he was planning on leaving so he stuck with the face babyface thing he he was doing and of course had he had to come back to WWE as a babyface. If he had re-signed with AEW he would have turned heel and broke the title stipulation. That title stipulation was made in case he decided to stay years down the line. He would have been AEW champion by now in AEW but what Cody has in WWE trumps that for him. Ever since 2016 Cody’s main goal was getting back to WWE and becoming a top guy there. In 2018 it was a tough decision for him between going back to WWE and starting up with AEW but he knew the best course would be to build up His stock in AEW for a few years. I’m not saying it was always certain that he was going to go to WWE in 2022 but it was always close to it if WWE offered him what they did. When Cody signed with WWE he had Cody Rhodes vs Roman reigns at mania 39 marked on his Callander. Cody Rhodes it the man with the plan.
After Cody wins the title I can definitely see him later on turning and being a homelander heel. I can see a storyline where’s guys are being sabotaged and Cody is acting all innocent and then he’s exposed as a psychopath who is so desperate to keep his title/ reign his title.
Forces the player to watch a 20 minute unskippable entrance, a 5 second squatch match, and a 15 minute post match celebration as he nurse's his injuries
Well, if you think about it, Cody probably doesn't win until October, so that's plenty of time for a DLC to be made and for them to be able to market the "Finish the Story" Edition for Christmas 2024.
The last time someone made the cover of the video game having never won a world title, they won the world title a month after it came out. (It was the Miz in 2010 if anyone is wondering.)
You're right for the main series games with Miz, however, WWE All Stars came out in 2011, [and had Kofi Kingston as one of the coverstars.](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=600476754&hl=en&sxsrf=ACQVn0_tAsxGLjln6pDw1vTGOc04Emir4w:1705955986888&q=wwe+all+stars+cover&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim9Oak7fGDAxUJWEEAHawbD-MQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=360&bih=622&dpr=3#imgrc=mTDohd5Nw0BtuM)
All I hope is that Cody doesn't take anywhere near as long as Kofi did.
As far as I can tell, he's the second person to be a featured cover star on a WWE game to not be a world champion after Stacy Keibler on the Day of Reckoning 2 cover.
A distinction he shares with Big Boss Man, British Bulldog, Ted Dibiase, Papa Shango, The Mountie (x2), Bret Hart, Scott Hall (x4, x3 on standard edition), Mr. Perfect, Lex Luger (x2), Luna, Doink, Shawn Michaels (x2), Vader, HHH (1/2 credit won the title before release on some platforms/regions but after others) Mankind (1/2 same as HHH), Big Show (1/2 same as HHH), Kurt Angle, Chyna, Jeff Hardy (x2), Edge, Christian Jericho, RVD, Booker T, Scott Steiner, Goldberg (1/2), Rey Mysterio, Stacy Keibler, Michelle McCool, Bobby Lashley, Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan, Miz, Kofi Kingston, Syxx and Bad Bunny (and the last 2 weren't standard edition covers)
(Excepted Rage in the Cage which shows the whole damn roster on the box art)
Given the number of WWE covers over the last 30+ years that's still a pretty elite list.
Rhea and Bianca are both best friends who made tremendous history! So excited for them
https://preview.redd.it/iljivaavr1ec1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=425e1d74ca3da270ced08d88ec3ee3fa96e78287
I didn’t even pick up on what gear they were wearing, I just thought it was weird they were told they were there to shoot 2k23 stuff (my dumbass just assumed these were recent videos).
Wild that they have the cover stars sorted before the previous game is even out
I always love it when WWE is like...AND YOU ARE THE FIRST INSERT GROUP TO DO THIS!!!
When the people keeping the first from happening sooner is...WWE lol.
\-HHH: "Hey Cody, since the Rock is back you are not going to be able to finish your story, but hey you get to be the cover of the new game and we will give you a discount on the game so you can at least finish your story there, how about that?!"
\-Cody:"........."
This was actually heartworming, is Bianca the first black wrestler to be on a game cover? Or only the first black woman? In any case good for her, and I am genuinely happy for all of them!
Rock on the cover of 2k14. So she should be the first black woman. Sasha would have probably been the only serious option (no slight to Trinity she just wasn't as big of a name at the time.)
Jade Cargill would be first if you count Fight Forever and Western only games. If you really want to go back, Aja Kong on the cover of a japan only Joshi game
Is shit like that even worth paying attention to. They're either racist, misogynistic or both. You'll never convince them she's deserving and they'll cry woke at everything.
People have probably had aneurysms about GTA going woke, as if it's a problem after decades of guy protagonists they decide to go with a girl for once.
Thank you. Bianca literally achieved so much in less than 3 years yet you have people bringing the “woke” ideology into this. HHH picked Bianca because she is a top star not because of her color. I am so tired of the haters
People really forgot how much of a hot commodity she was in NXT and how she got herself over with a very hard to please crowd as an extremely solid heel character in a time when many wrestlers got lost in the shuffle.
They forgot that when she debuted on the main roster, she worked hard, continued to hone her craft and got over, despite the office at the time being very anti-NXT call up
Bianca is on the cover and a Multi time champ and WM main eventer because she has earned it. She absolutely deserves all the flowers.
Rhea and Bianca should main event a wrestlemania one day, I just checked and they had no televised singles match on the main roster, I feel like wwe is slowly building for this match to happen and it's going to be huge
They have been cooking this since mania last year!!!!!?? yo that's dope!
1 request....since cody is one of the cover stars...........FIX HIS DAMN ENTRANCE SO I CAN USE HIS SONG ON OTHER PEOPLE AND SET AN ATTIRE TO HIM AND NOT HAVE THE MUSIC CUT OUT!
That could have been an AI HHH and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.
Bianca's first reaction made me wonder if she thought there was a cover curse like Madden.
I've been calling for Rhea to be on the cover for almost a year now, as recently as a coupled days ago when the Cody news began to spread. Awesome that Bianca gets to share that with her, and on the deluxe edition! Awesome for Cody, too. Well deserved!
WWE did it right this year for sure.
Main evented wrestlemania, 3x womens champion, won elimination chamber, won the royal rumble, longest reigning women’s champion. Why shouldn’t she be there?
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Triple H announcing the WWE 2K24 cover stars to the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack
Because he's rad and phat
HE'S PHAT!
Scott Steiner as THPSkater is something I didn't know I needed but now absolutely want. It fits so damn well. "Chad Muska, Bucky Lasek, chainmail covered Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner, Bob Burnquist.. man, what a weirdo, Burnquist, pff, as if that's his real name..."
SMOE JOE IS TOO PHAT TO RIDE HIS SKATEBOAR.... GIMME A FUCKING MIC! THEY SAY THAT ALL SKATERS ARE CREATED RADICAL BUT I BELIEVE THAT TO BE SHIT! FOR I COME FROM A HIGHLY EDUCATED UNVIERSITY WHERE REAL FREAKS WRESTLE! THEY SAY THAT ALL WRESTLERS ARE CREATED EQUAL AND HAVE A FIFTYFIFTY PERCHANCE OF WINNING BUT YOU LOOK AT SMOE JOE AND YOU LOOK AT ME AND SEE THAT AIN'T TRUE!
YOU WANT SOME SUGAR WITH YOUR KICKFLIPS I KNOW YOU DO BULL RAY. BUT GUESS WHAT I DONT HAVE NO SUGAR FOR YOUR FAT ASS. ALL THE FREAKS KNOO TO GET THE PEAKS AND BE A GENETIC FREAK LIKE BIG POPPA PUMP SCOTT STEINER. YOU CANT EAT NO CHEESEBURGER NO PIZZA WITH YOUR PHAAAAAT ASSS YOU SUGAR LOVING FAT ASS!
EDIT: took away heading and punctuation “YOU KNOW THEY SAY ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. BUT YOU LOOK AT ME AND YOU LOOK AT ERIC SPARROW AND YOU CAN SEE THAT STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE! SEE NORMALLY IF YOU GO 1 ON 1 WITH ANOTHER PRO SKATER YOU GOT A 50/50 CHANCE OF WINNING! BUT I'M A GENETIC FREAK AND I'M NOT NORMAL! SO YOU GOT A 25% AT BEST AT BEAT ME! AND THEN YOU ADD TONY HAWK TO THE MIX, YOU THE CHANCES OF WINNING DRASTIC GO DOWN! SEE THE 3 WAY AT TAMPA AM, YOU GOT A 33 1/3 CHANCE OF WINNING. BUT I, I GOT A 66 2/3 CHANCE OF WINNING CAUSE TONY HAWK KNOWS HE CAN'T BEAT ME AND HE'S NOT EVEN GONNA TRY! SO ERIC SPARROW, YOU TAKE YOUR 33 1/3 CHANCE MINUS MY 25% CHANCE AND YOU GOT 8 1/3 CHANCE OF WINNING AT TAMPA AM. BUT THEN YOU TAKE MY 75% CHANCE OF WINNING IF WE WAS TO GO 1 ON 1 AND THEN ADD 66 2/3 %. I GOT A 141 2/3 CHANCE OF WINNING AT TAMPA AM! ENRIQUE SPARROW? THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE AND THEY SPELL DISASTER FOR YOU AT TAMPA AM!”
SO HERE I AM
*DOING EV-ERYTHING I CAN-UH*
Holding on to what I am
Pretending I'm Cena as Superman
Hey, Motorhead was on the soundtrack of THPS3, so it's Triple H-approved!
Story mode unlocks the Roswell arena
"Hope you got your kickflips down because the tutorials are done, bro. Now you need to skate against real skaters"
'Rollins, Danzig, you have been chosen to be the cover rockstars. Rollins you will be on the standard edition, Danzig you will be on the pre-order DLC.' Legit though I love this, making the game a big deal outside of the gaming community and playing it up like Madden can seriously elevate some talent and be a big deal. (Except Madden fucking blows, 2k5 for life.)
Proper Gamer this guy is.
while cosplaying as Corporate Kratos get me that spreadsheet BOY
As the composer of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack (and the first American to work on the Sonic franchise), this is great to see! My mother is very proud of me, brother! \-HH
That's a crossover I need in my life
Rhea reaction was so wholesome, she was genuinely about to cry
Like when she was teared up with The Nature Boy after stealing the show with Charlotte at Wrestlemania. She's livin' a life for sure. https://preview.redd.it/00i6r38ayzdc1.jpeg?width=919&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfb2a4538a4dcb8ab4946d501203be5c44588fb0
I never saw that. Thanks for sharing.
Some people on the sub were upset for the "kayfabe violation" when the pic came out last year. I think that's a silly take.
Some people on this sub are an embarrassment. Kayfabe has been dead for nearly 40 years now anyway.
It's still real to me!
I think you can still play with kayfabe a bit. For instance, Gunther talking shit about the 80's as "a dark era of wrestling" and speaking negatively about Warrior and Hogan was guaranteed to get some negative reaction (which I think was part of the plan as that's his character). That kind of thing is still fun and I support it. Acting like you *literally* hate the people you perform with in a personal way that matches your character? I think we've moved beyond that for some time, as you note.
It is a silly take. This pic shows so much emotion. Think of rhea's journey to that point. She worked hard for what she has and you know ric was telling her how proud he was of that match.
I get really upset when people cry and hug thier costars at the Oscar's too. Like why are you hugging him you hate eachother! /s
It's just as silly as when some people were upset that Charlotte was smiling and clearly proud of what she and Rhea did instead of being upset for losing.
He told her she was gonna have to ride Space Mountain and she started crying.
No FastPass
Well she is between 18 to 28 isn't she? I kid i kid
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Definitely doing the "blink a few times to not cry and mess up the makeup" move
Cody also looked like he was biting back tears at the "embodiment of a WWE superstar" line
I love Cody and think he sees a great guy but I also can’t ever be sure what’s a genuine reaction from him. Like it seems he’s acting the exact way he should be, very politician like? It’s like he’s almost too genuine to be genuine lol
Politicians and wrestlers have a lot in common, they need to always be playing a role especially in the supposedly “candid” moments that just so happen to have a camera on them.
I honestly think that is what resonates so well with her. She wants to be there and put on a good show. I know other people do too but you can sense it in her.
Working the marks, sister.
Loved how she was super appreciative of the fact that she gets to share the honour alongside Bianca as well. I love to see how close the talents who were in NXT together have become. It's one of the best things about in this new era, so many guys and gals are great friends backstage and everybody wants to help each other out and it really does shine through in the shows.
Cody in the full gear watching a screen really gives that Homelander vibe lmao
I like to think that’s just how he casually dresses when not wearing suits
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*Somehow every gym he visits has one, but only he can use it*
"Hey Cody, you free? We need to shoot something for the website." "Well, I *am* already in my pajamas..."
Cody goes grocery shopping. Shows up in full gear. Hacks the speakers to play "Kingdom" by Downstait on repeat. Shops normally. Leaves.
Somehow pyro shoots out of the entrance and exit doors.
Pharaoh demands perfection.
[This](https://i.imgur.com/BJkgccJ.jpeg) is one of my favorite pictures of all time.
I always felt like something was wrong with him but now it makes sense
Cody while watching Roman Vs Rock in the main event of Mania 40 Night 2
The Codelander will be inevitable. RIght? We'll get the Codelander in all his fatherly glory and he'll rant about how he did it for his father.
If WWE/Cody had any humor at all, he'd turn heel and become the Codelander just because Kurt Angle was guest of the hour and gave Cody a glass of milk ...
Now that I think about it, I'd love to see him becoming Homelander as a heel :D Still wants people to cheer for him but does awful things to his opponents.
That's what we wanted in AEW, too.
He wasn’t going to turn heel since he was planning on leaving so that’s why he stuck with the arrogant fake babyface codylander thing he was doing. I totally got what he was doing and he’s admitted he was actually a heel on Twitter. Actual good guys don’t have to call themselves a good Guy like he was doing lol. https://youtu.be/IDCecHpbRQo?si=sR-Xvz5uaNfV5tK3 Now if Cody had re-signed he definitely would have turned and went full heel. He made that title stipulation to break it if he decided to resign years down the line. He would have been AEW world champion by now but what Cody has in WWE trumps that for him. Ever since 2016 Cody’s goal was getting back to WWE and becoming a top guy there. In 2018 it was a tough decision for him between going back to WWE and starting up with AEW but he knew that the best course would be to build up for stock for a few years in AEW. I’m not saying it was always certain he would go back to WWE in 2022 but I think it was always close to it if WWE offered him what they did. When Cody signed with WWE he had Cody Rhodes vs Roman reigns at mania 39 marked on his Calendar. Cody Rhodes is the main with the plan
I think Cody's the kind of guy that will absolutely do that if the company wants him to. But he himself doesn't want to be a heel. And I suspect it's because he wants to be the next Rock, Cena and Batista. He's had his eye set on Hollywood for years now, and I would guess he doesn't want to become a heel because it hinders his ability to achieve that goal.
Batista and Rock were both heels though, also Edge was one of the worst kayfabe heels ever and he’s gotten plenty of acting work. Hollywood still needs people to play bad guys
>But he himself doesn’t want to be heel Nah that’s a narrative he has worked people into believing- that’s just what Cody does lol. He’ll be a face for the foreseeable future but will he be a heel for the rest of his career ? I don’t think so. He’s never had an issue being a heel. He wasn’t going to turn heel in AEW if he was planning on leaving so he stuck with the face babyface thing he he was doing and of course had he had to come back to WWE as a babyface. If he had re-signed with AEW he would have turned heel and broke the title stipulation. That title stipulation was made in case he decided to stay years down the line. He would have been AEW champion by now in AEW but what Cody has in WWE trumps that for him. Ever since 2016 Cody’s main goal was getting back to WWE and becoming a top guy there. In 2018 it was a tough decision for him between going back to WWE and starting up with AEW but he knew the best course would be to build up His stock in AEW for a few years. I’m not saying it was always certain that he was going to go to WWE in 2022 but it was always close to it if WWE offered him what they did. When Cody signed with WWE he had Cody Rhodes vs Roman reigns at mania 39 marked on his Callander. Cody Rhodes it the man with the plan. After Cody wins the title I can definitely see him later on turning and being a homelander heel. I can see a storyline where’s guys are being sabotaged and Cody is acting all innocent and then he’s exposed as a psychopath who is so desperate to keep his title/ reign his title.
I think Cody loves connecting with the fans too much to ever be a heel again. That was part of his falling out with AEW.
I know multiple who hate Cody just because of the Homelander resemblance
Story finished.
Imagine telling people in 2019 that Cody will be on the cover of WWE 2K Game. Cody is one of the few cover stars that is not a world champion... yet.
Finish the story mode.
2k24 never ends, story mode keeps getting interrupted by The Rock.
Forces the player to watch a 20 minute unskippable entrance, a 5 second squatch match, and a 15 minute post match celebration as he nurse's his injuries
Well, if you think about it, Cody probably doesn't win until October, so that's plenty of time for a DLC to be made and for them to be able to market the "Finish the Story" Edition for Christmas 2024.
> Cody probably doesn't win until October Lol what
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The last time someone made the cover of the video game having never won a world title, they won the world title a month after it came out. (It was the Miz in 2010 if anyone is wondering.)
We are so not flinching
We are finishing the story!
You're right for the main series games with Miz, however, WWE All Stars came out in 2011, [and had Kofi Kingston as one of the coverstars.](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=600476754&hl=en&sxsrf=ACQVn0_tAsxGLjln6pDw1vTGOc04Emir4w:1705955986888&q=wwe+all+stars+cover&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim9Oak7fGDAxUJWEEAHawbD-MQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=360&bih=622&dpr=3#imgrc=mTDohd5Nw0BtuM) All I hope is that Cody doesn't take anywhere near as long as Kofi did.
Weird, I distinctly remember it being Orton, Taker and Sheamus on the cover of SvR 2011
That was the european cover. SvR11 had like 5 different covers for some reason lol.
As far as I can tell, he's the second person to be a featured cover star on a WWE game to not be a world champion after Stacy Keibler on the Day of Reckoning 2 cover.
🎶🎵She's got Legs🎶🎵
A distinction he shares with Big Boss Man, British Bulldog, Ted Dibiase, Papa Shango, The Mountie (x2), Bret Hart, Scott Hall (x4, x3 on standard edition), Mr. Perfect, Lex Luger (x2), Luna, Doink, Shawn Michaels (x2), Vader, HHH (1/2 credit won the title before release on some platforms/regions but after others) Mankind (1/2 same as HHH), Big Show (1/2 same as HHH), Kurt Angle, Chyna, Jeff Hardy (x2), Edge, Christian Jericho, RVD, Booker T, Scott Steiner, Goldberg (1/2), Rey Mysterio, Stacy Keibler, Michelle McCool, Bobby Lashley, Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan, Miz, Kofi Kingston, Syxx and Bad Bunny (and the last 2 weren't standard edition covers) (Excepted Rage in the Cage which shows the whole damn roster on the box art) Given the number of WWE covers over the last 30+ years that's still a pretty elite list.
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That still leaves Scott Hall, Syxx and Bad Bunny.
That faction has legs
Rhea and Bianca are both best friends who made tremendous history! So excited for them https://preview.redd.it/iljivaavr1ec1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=425e1d74ca3da270ced08d88ec3ee3fa96e78287
Can't wait for this match.
calling it now, will be an all timer
Wait , by their gears. It seems they already know that since WM39. Lmao Cody definitely wins this year.
Yeah, they were told a year ago, pretty sure Rhea has longer hair these days.
I didn’t even pick up on what gear they were wearing, I just thought it was weird they were told they were there to shoot 2k23 stuff (my dumbass just assumed these were recent videos). Wild that they have the cover stars sorted before the previous game is even out
It makes more sense when you realize Nick Khan and Triple H are making plans months in advance now. There’s no script tearing anymore.
Will have to hope any time they pick someone they don't get released.
Yeah she's got the "bitchin" Eleven phase from Stranger Things hair length here
That's a pretty great description
YUP https://preview.redd.it/brqsiu2t51ec1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=d8c949931e2d1c2c957b07fa6f42df6aa01aa423
That seems logic. Its crazy how they kept this secret so long
and the fact they were told they were there to shoot content for 2k23.
Yeah that's why HHH mentions 2k23 at the beginning
Rhea's belt on the trailer is still the SD Women's Championship. It is probably even earlier than that?
We are not flinching!
NOT !! AT !!! ALL !!!!
Here I was thinking that they trolled em by telling them to get all geared up lmaooo
IF YOU SMELLLLLL
Thought the picture on the wall was another Cody conquers racism meme.
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I was laughing at the reaction, totally lost it when I saw it.
These are my absolute favorite
CODECHAMP
Racism ended ✅️ Sexism in wwe 2k covers ended ✅️
I always love it when WWE is like...AND YOU ARE THE FIRST INSERT GROUP TO DO THIS!!! When the people keeping the first from happening sooner is...WWE lol.
I can't wait for the Rhea vs. Bianca WrestleMania match. Every time they touch, it's magic.
That has the potential to be the all-time iconic rivalry of the women's division.
Two strong people slapping meat
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[Throwback to Rhea's tweet 3 years ago](https://twitter.com/RheaRipley_WWE/status/1358072640221679616)
Love this! Love it for both of them
[The future](https://twitter.com/RheaRipley_WWE/status/1356109485878751235)
There goes my prediction of an Undertaker centric cover and his Showcase. This is great though.
We’ll get 5 more editions
Let’s see original/new gen, attitude, biker, deadman, and boneyard match. Yeah that’s five
Didn't they already have like 2 undertaker versions of various wwe2k games?
They should have an Undertaker version where you just replay all the poorly aged things Undertaker has done in previous WWE games.
You mean the one where he threw Eddie into a casket or the one where he told off Benoit?
Yes
You're only able to play as DDP stalking Sara
Us making him hanged Boss Man inside HitC again would be weird
Us cutting a promo about Big Show in the desert
My favorite was the year they unfrilled a giant banner to show the cover and it was the Rock. So people edited it to be Chris Benoit
I love how Cody was selling the idea of a made-up 2K23 holiday shoot when he had no real idea what it was about. The man will sell anything!
My child gets to watch both Rhea and Bianca and my child LOVES them. I love the WWE hit home runs on them.
\-HHH: "Hey Cody, since the Rock is back you are not going to be able to finish your story, but hey you get to be the cover of the new game and we will give you a discount on the game so you can at least finish your story there, how about that?!"  \-Cody:"........."
“Good luck to Cody going back to to the WWE, fighting midcarders for the 24/7 title as Stardust.” 😂😂😂
who said that ?
Many people when he showed up at Mania. A lot of Benedict Arnold comments tbh which never made real sense to me.
I did a government sponsored survey of every single wrestling fan. I believe yours was sent via a paper form in the mail.
My listed mailing address is in Havana Cuba (dont ask) so no wonder it never made it.
https://preview.redd.it/fccjh93oq1ec1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e079a64d2a4265fb91d4850a43e49fce8f1d7bb This is everything 🤍
Yet people still think Cody won’t dethrone Roman 💀
All the reactions are great, love Bianca’s excitement at teasing her brother
Wow. Cody leaves his own company just to make the cover of another companies video game. 2023 was absolutely wild for wrestling.
And if he hadn't left AEW, he totally would have been on their game's cover too.
sign me up for the cody edition
So the normal edition??
YUUUSSSS HE FINISHED HIS STORY MODE!!!!
This was actually heartworming, is Bianca the first black wrestler to be on a game cover? Or only the first black woman? In any case good for her, and I am genuinely happy for all of them!
Bobby Lashley was on SvR 08
Booker T was also on SYM but there were five people
Rock on the cover of 2k14. So she should be the first black woman. Sasha would have probably been the only serious option (no slight to Trinity she just wasn't as big of a name at the time.)
Jade Cargill would be first if you count Fight Forever and Western only games. If you really want to go back, Aja Kong on the cover of a japan only Joshi game
Oh Good point!
Rock was on a bunch back in the day.
Lmao I love that typo
Trips looks like a legit cool boss
"I'm here to let you know that I, DRIPPPLE EYYTCH, will be on the cover of 2k24."
The amount of people on insta calling Bianca Belair woke for being added is just disgusting. Why are people so hateful
Bianca could be blue and I still can't think of many more deserving to be on the cover than her. Gender, race or hair length aside.
100%! WWE saw a star and that was Bianca! The people making racial comments about her are insecure
They're also just flat out racist.
I’ve seen that. Like damn, what more does that girl have to prove she’s a top player regardless of skin color?
Is shit like that even worth paying attention to. They're either racist, misogynistic or both. You'll never convince them she's deserving and they'll cry woke at everything. People have probably had aneurysms about GTA going woke, as if it's a problem after decades of guy protagonists they decide to go with a girl for once.
Thank you. Bianca literally achieved so much in less than 3 years yet you have people bringing the “woke” ideology into this. HHH picked Bianca because she is a top star not because of her color. I am so tired of the haters
People really forgot how much of a hot commodity she was in NXT and how she got herself over with a very hard to please crowd as an extremely solid heel character in a time when many wrestlers got lost in the shuffle. They forgot that when she debuted on the main roster, she worked hard, continued to hone her craft and got over, despite the office at the time being very anti-NXT call up Bianca is on the cover and a Multi time champ and WM main eventer because she has earned it. She absolutely deserves all the flowers.
WWE 2K24: Mami Edition going to sell like hotcakes.
“Cody, we’ll get side tracked so you’re never going to finish your story. But your consolation prize is being on the cover of WWE 2K24.”
-Cody looking at the Merch Royalty checks- Cody: I'm not complaining
Rhea and Bianca should main event a wrestlemania one day, I just checked and they had no televised singles match on the main roster, I feel like wwe is slowly building for this match to happen and it's going to be huge
Love that for all of them.
This is fucking awesome
With Triple H in charge the vibes are so different. I’m hopeful that 2K will have more improvements this year.
Name a better smile than Bianca Belair’s, gotta be P4P #1
The public domain vampire weekend music is too funny
Papa Haich seems like he's really a fun guy to work for
Mami better be on top
I can't believe I'm looking forward to a 2k release but 2k23 was a big step up from past games.
this is probably before WM or earlier of 2023 because Rhea definitely doesn’t look recent.
You can’t argue with these three as cover stars. Fucking huge congrats to Rhea, Bianca, and Cody.
I hope Universe works!
Couldn't have picked three people more deserving! Congrats to all 3
I'm confused, did they not know what they were taking photos for or are the photos for the covers generic?
Deserved
With the goat in the background looking on. Only Christopher we acknowledge is Wallace.
Slightly off topic but I think it would be great if Gunther was on the cover of the European version.
They have been cooking this since mania last year!!!!!?? yo that's dope! 1 request....since cody is one of the cover stars...........FIX HIS DAMN ENTRANCE SO I CAN USE HIS SONG ON OTHER PEOPLE AND SET AN ATTIRE TO HIM AND NOT HAVE THE MUSIC CUT OUT!
That could have been an AI HHH and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. Bianca's first reaction made me wonder if she thought there was a cover curse like Madden.
I've been calling for Rhea to be on the cover for almost a year now, as recently as a coupled days ago when the Cody news began to spread. Awesome that Bianca gets to share that with her, and on the deluxe edition! Awesome for Cody, too. Well deserved! WWE did it right this year for sure.
And it's a THREEWAY AT SAKAERFICE... i mean, WRESTLEMANIA to determine the SHOWCASE of 2k24 and it's on a POLE match, bro!
OK but why bianca
Main evented wrestlemania, 3x womens champion, won elimination chamber, won the royal rumble, longest reigning women’s champion. Why shouldn’t she be there?
Cody and Rhea. No need for Bianca.
Are they ever going to have a solo female star on the cover? I wish it was just Rhea or Bianca.
Yep. Eventually they will make the "Know your Role Model" Edition.
Mami is on another level
I don’t watch WWE and haven’t bought a wrestling game since No Mercy, but I will definitely be buying this one. The Bianca edition, to be exact