CM PUNK

[NM91]

will he be in the game, at launch??

[ReverseLegSweep]

We don't know the roster, base game or DLC, as of yet. I'd be surprised if he made the base roster, though...

[Dave Johnson]

If he was a DLC character it'd cause a lot of negative press.
I think the new developers are competent and connected enough to see that.

Usually the only people locked behind DLC packs are people in developmental (NXT), or retired "legends".

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that these games have nearly everyone on the main roster at the time of launch available in the base game.

[ReverseLegSweep]

There's been a fair few "X should have been base game" discussions going back through the iterations of this series, from what I remember...

[Zeokage]

Originally posted by ThrobbGoblin:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that these games have nearly everyone on the main roster at the time of launch available in the base game.

Not at time of launch, but rather the active main roster about 5-6 months before release generally make the base game. That's why RLS would be surprised if CM Punk made it. He arrived in late November and didn't have a televised match until Royal Rumble last weekend. Unless they scanned him for the model at one of his house show appearances, they won't have the data to add to the game.

They could surprise us, though.

[ReverseLegSweep]

Originally posted by Zeokage:

They could surprise us, though.

Very true!

[D-Lusional]

Originally posted by ThrobbGoblin:

If he was a DLC character it'd cause a lot of negative press.
I think the new developers are competent and connected enough to see that.

Usually the only people locked behind DLC packs are people in developmental (NXT), or retired "legends".

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that these games have nearly everyone on the main roster at the time of launch available in the base game.

2K would most likely jump on the chance to make CM Punk a DLC character to make more money off his high demand. His WWE return is too late to be locked into the base game anyway so if he wasn't planned as an original DLC wrestler he'd be added as a bonus character.

[TheUniquestName]

I think they will make him a DLC character, because like that they can make one of the worst DLCs but add CM Punk and almost everyone will get it just for Punk

[Kanten]

The launch roster would have been locked in before Survivor Series. He's gonna be in one of the DLC packs for sure.

[TheUniquestName]

Originally posted by Kanten:

The launch roster would have been locked in before Survivor Series. He's gonna be in one of the DLC packs for sure.

That also, now I dont really watch WWE too much, but the attire that Kofi have in the games seems to be his Royal Rumble 2023 attire, and from what I know, but im not too sure, rr attires are wore just at rr

[Zeokage]

Originally posted by TheUniquestName:

Originally posted by Kanten:

The launch roster would have been locked in before Survivor Series. He's gonna be in one of the DLC packs for sure.

That also, now I dont really watch WWE too much, but the attire that Kofi have in the games seems to be his Royal Rumble 2023 attire, and from what I know, but im not too sure, rr attires are wore just at rr

The creation suite tends to have a lot of other attires you can apply, so maybe something there will be more to your taste.

[TheUniquestName]

Originally posted by Zeokage:

Originally posted by TheUniquestName:

That also, now I dont really watch WWE too much, but the attire that Kofi have in the games seems to be his Royal Rumble 2023 attire, and from what I know, but im not too sure, rr attires are wore just at rr

The creation suite tends to have a lot of other attires you can apply, so maybe something there will be more to your taste.

I know this, but I was saying that Kofi have his Royale Rumble attire as an approval of what @Kanten said, like I dont think we will have Naomi or whoever returned at this year royal rumble, at least not at launch

[CrakCaillou]

Cm Punk will at the very least be a DLC

[TheUniquestName]

Originally posted by CrakCaillou:

Cm Punk will at the very least be a DLC

Thats what I said too, it can be a marketing thing, they can make the worst DLC but add Punk and almost everyone will get it

[5.JgKp | Nevarin]

he would be injured the first match you play with him.

[Roman Reigns]

Originally posted by NM91:

will he be in the game, at launch??

I'm hoping they add in Jade Cargill soon!