gameplay and visuals wise are definitely the best as a lot of the old legendary wrestling games like here comes the pain and no mercy are fuelled by nostalgia.

I just feel like it's wasted potential, how can you not have a decent single player mode where you can just pick a wrestler, go through a storyline with branching paths and walk around back stage in 2024 when they existed all the way back on the ps1/ps2?.

I know that there are licenses for wrestlers and themes and all that, but by now these games should have all arenas and wrestlers new and old. There are just too many iconic wrestlers and arenas missing, and with 2ks anti community stance on mods it doesn't allow for an ultimate wrestling experience. Creations is cool but limited and created wrestlers mostly end up looking goofy, and missing themes and extras breaks immersion.

I would only recommend this for die hard wrestling fans, if you stopped watching 15 years ago like me i'd say pass.