![]() ![]() Winning over the locker room is a big part of it, as other wrestlers wonder if you were only pushed due to nepotism. In contrast to “The Lock,” which is more about navigating life near or at the top of WWE, “The Legacy” challenges you to build yourself back up after a fall. ![]() Just don’t expect everything to go smoothly. Because WWE is excited about playing up that connection, you get a huge debut match at a premium live event (and can even wear ring gear honoring your aunt, if you’re feeling it). “The Legacy” puts you in those boots, as the nice of a six-time former women’s champion named Justine. Legacy can be a blessing or a curseĪny number of WWE superstars have been second or even third-generation wrestlers over the years. There’s also a big decision early on when two factions from WWE’s past come calling for you with plans to rebuild. Shawn Michaels tells you to “trust the process” a la the Philadelphia 76ers from a few years ago, but figuring out when to go with the flow and when to act on your own instincts is a constant battle. Your choices have to do with whether you believe that it’s better to let things play out or force the issue. The Rock can’t help but call out how close your name is to his. John Cena takes to in-game social media to ponder whether you are wearing one of his old chains from his Doctor of Thuganomics days. The writers also don’t ignore the derivative nature of your persona. It’s on the nose on purpose to drive home the point. Alas, it comes after you come bursting out of a life-size safe and are actually called The Lock, as in a lock to achieve superstardom. Your character gets the splashiest possible debut, competing for (and yes, winning) the Intercontinental Championship during your debut match. “The Lock” plays on this idea both figuratively and literally. He signs with WWE, anxious to take his success even higher … but then is forced to give up his name, his ring gear and everything he’s already built up on his own. A wrestler makes a name for himself winning titles around the world. ![]() (Editor’s note: There are some very mild spoilers below, though only for the first two chapters of each storyline and nothing that reveals the details of any major decision.) Are you a Lock to succeed in WWE?įans have seen a scenario like the one in “The Lock” play out in the real world more than once. “The Lock” is for male characters and “The Legacy” tackles the women’s division, but both are thematically unified in some ways and entertaining additions to the mode. MyRISE examines that question in two different paths this year. The one that comes to mind as most appropriate for a video game’s single-player story mode is that of the scrappy underdog who fights and claws their way up through NXT and eventually makes it big.īut that’s also pretty well-traveled territory by now, so MyRISE in WWE 2K23 flips that narrative on its head: What about wrestlers who appear to have the world at their feet from the get go but find things are harder at the top of pro wrestling that they might think? It’s easy to forget sometimes that there are many different paths to becoming a WWE superstar. ![]()
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