10 Fastest Roster Additions To WWE Video Games

How did the developers manage to get these 10 wrestlers into the games so fast?
Topics Discussed In This Video: -
1.10 Latest Roster Additions To WWE Games EVER
2. Late Additions To WWE Games Rosters
3. WrestleGamia
4. WWE Video Games
5. Wrestlelamia

[@alec2000]

Jericho’s inclusion in WrestleMania 2000 still shocks me to this very day. The fact that AKI cleverly used previous resources from WCW/nWo Revenge and copy/paste into this new game was remarkable and the fact his model was still faithful to the at the time current Jericho is just another reminder why AKI truly was the king of wrestling games back then. Simply outstanding👏.

[@jaycerrito3142]

Agreed. I could already imagine gamers back then being relieved that Jericho narrowly made it to the game

[@Docfriday97]

cm punk will be on this list, if hes base roster that will shock me

[@WGPhil-uw5cs]

Not really. It's just reused assets and most of his costumes were recolors & black pants from big show.

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

Get a job. Touch grass. Staying on KZbin all day is not good my man

[@AustinAaq]

He was also in No Mercy

[@TivaWap1738]

Randy Orton’s Burn in my Light theme song being included in Smackdown vs Raw deserves an honorable mention, he changed themes on August 30th 2004, and November 2nd 2004 when the game dropped his new theme was in the game AND his singles titantron was added as well, just 2 months before the games official release

[@underscoresjurassiccatch7812]

A few weeks earlier and he could've ended up with This Fire by Killswitch Engage

[@richardbrown-gt3dq]

Very memorable. Only a single ppv at the time it had been used Unforgiven '04.

[@Immortalangel14]

​@@underscoresjurassiccatch7812he used This fire burns for one night in 2006

[@michaelburke7978]

I mean to be realistic, it doesn't take that much effort to swap in a music and video file

[@CaptVitaGamer]

@@michaelburke7978 yes, it wasn't. But licensing issues for music does, just like how the nWo music or Voodoo Child wasn't in SvR 2006 even though Hollywood Hogan was in the game. Besides, I bet Randy Orton didn't have a separate slot for his music in the game nor a separate slot for the entrance video. Adding that in takes effort too (not too hard but an effort), I know since I studied Game Development.

[@RicardoAlexandreSantana]

I know this list only talks about non-DLC inclusions in older games, but I think the inclusion of “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt as a pre-order bonus for WWE 2k20 is specially interesting. If I remember correctly, The Fiend made his in-ring debut in August 2019, and only 3 months later he was already in the game.

[@b1g_b4d_j0hn6]

RIP Bray.

[@tygetsfitt2023]

Yea but he had appearances way before than in which he could’ve been scanned before that

[@donrightgaming1455]

@@tygetsfitt2023still was preeti amazing

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

Bray had already introduced him months before, just not in the ring.

[@adrenaliner91]

Wasn't he a post launch dlc with the first story dlc?

[@q.h.s5051]

Orton in Shut your mouth was so fun and unique to any other version of himself. It introduced me to what he used to be like as a rookie from OVW and I really enjoyed playing as him through Season mode, he went from a rookie battling curtain jerkers but by December I had plenty of title wins, wins over characters like Taker, Lesnar, Rock, Jericho, and many other main ever talent, by the end I main evented Wrestlemania with Hogan and regained the Undisputed championship… good times. I miss old season mode so much, the freedom it provided was so awesome

[@SaibotKing2000]

Jericho in WM2000 was so good. You could tell they rushed to get him in there by his entrance taunt facing the wrong way, and that rare early version of his theme

[@majintween]

He did that pose the front way during his debut promo, technically. Also, a glitch: if you give a CAW Gangrels music and Stone Colds walk animation, they'll turn around and do the taunt backwards.

[@GloTheActivist300]

Tbf they had Jericho's model from the WCW nWo game, but I still agree

[@tomseville2345]

The tightest PS game deadline I remember is the 2001 SmackDown fist arena being an unlockable in JBI, only four months from it's debut...

[@DebitAdams]

Unless they got a preview to prepare the game

[@4OVR]

Smackdown 2001 arena in Just Bring It. Debuted in August 2 months before release

[@kamiloalvarez5800]

and kinda bugged

[@FIKYH456]

​@@kamiloalvarez5800what bug?i played it and haven't noticed the bug

[@justingochioco1121]

I'm still pissed that Here comes the pain didn't have Slow Chemical as Kane's entrance as he had that music since April 2002

[@justingochioco1121]

@@Grapevined_BostonCrab Bout Slow Chemical as I had to wait til Smackdown vs Raw for Kane to use that iconic song

[@aihina]

Just about everyone who had licenced music didn't make it in HCTP for some reason

[@LoneWolf-zd7lh]

I will never forget owning & obsessively playing the Sony PS2 & also SmackDown: Shut Your Mouth. I remember staying up all night playing this video game, trying to further my progress, also unlocking things, & I really liked the version of Randy Orton when he first debuted in the WWE.

[@tomseville2345]

*June* 2003 for Kane's unmasking, putting it to the very limit of the deadline for HCTP, actually the same week of WWE TV that Ultimo debuted for WWE, at the MSG shows. Also, Orton debuting in April and Cena and Rey in June/July 2002 is (I think) the only reason he got in to SYM and they didn't...

[@tasdrumer679]

Hogan and Jeff Hardy being removed from HCTP gave space... also with Orton and Scott Hall being removed from SYM

[@mattpyro90]

@@tasdrumer679 Had nothing to do with it. The character models for Jeff and Hogan were completed. So adding another model had more to do with time rather than space.

[@MuscleHead93]

Yep, I knew Jericho in WM 2000 had to be number 1. I remember my older brother & I being shocked to see him in the game when our dad got it for us

[@JPS47]

Now it would be amazing if 2k can pull this off with Punk for 2k24. It would definitely spike the sells

[@eddiew.4650]

What about HBK in Shut your Mouth? He returned in July and the game came out in November.

[@kamiloalvarez5800]

i remember that he was removed completely from just bring it probably because of his appearence at WM 17 getting cancelled

[@tomseville2345]

Actually in June with the nWo, hence his "Attire A". And that he didn't have a wrestling attire option, just t-shirt and jeans, indicated that he was just in for nostalgia as his in-ring comeback wasn't confirmed until late July. They wanted him managing the nWo, but couldn't have Shawn Michaels be an NPC...

[@user-fp1vy6vy9w]

Kane unmasked not May 2003. but in June 2003.

[@diw.824]

I still wish Jeff Hardy was on Smackdown Here's Comes The Pain

[@extremeking425]

Kane unmasked in June 2003.

[@usera1113]

Sable was a fast addition to Here Comes The Pain considering she returned in April of 2003. It was weird how she made it, but other prominent Divas like Molly, Ivory and Dawn Marie didn’t

[@ImThAtGuY90]

Back when Gaming Devs actually gave a shit

[@wwfwrestlemania2000]

I believe Kane's tank top look debuted at Summerslam 2000 at the end of August. No Mercy has this Attire as his base outfit. Also it is a createable outfit in the preset templates in Smackdown 2. One last thing is, although he didnt make it, the British Bulldog's attire from Revenge and an updated face model for the Bulldog is in Wrestlemania 2000. If there was maybe one more month, Bulldog would've been in Wrestlemania 2000 as well. Raven's face is in No Mercy too. Hinting that if there was more time, he would be included.

[@zacktyler2810]

British Bulldog WAS playable in no mercy.

[@wwfwrestlemania2000]

@@zacktyler2810 yeah. My bad. I forgot to say it was Wrestlemania 2000 that British Bulldog was cut from. His face is face model 49. And his pants from Revenge were ported over as well as his boots. Only thing missing for Bulldog in that game was his updated attire and a character slot.

[@zacktyler2810]

@@wwfwrestlemania2000 Oh OK.

[@howwesurvive767]

I remember Goldberg being one of the last characters on the select screen in Wrestlemania XIX, after watching this it makes sense.

[@3km143]

Never been so early to a video of this channel

[@kevinzurita9731]

I would like to see latest dlc additions in game

[@YuvrajSingh-wx6rx]

The silver apron SmackDown arena in Shut your mouth. It made its debut after SummerSlam and still made it to that game.

[@the757general2]

Jericho in Wrestlemania 2000 took the spot of Goldust who was supposed to be in the game but got removed after leaving the company for WCW

[@alexanderkeller8593]

I was pretty surprised when they put Sin Cara in WWE 12.

[@idonteatcheetos]

I vaguely remember playing WWF Royal Rumble Arcade only one time arpund 2003. For my birthday i went to the arcade and every other time i went there they only had Wrestlemania the arcade game which was ok but i was into the Gamecube wrestling games, so i was excited to finally see Royal Rumble. Only played it for a bit though, this was before i had reguler access to internet so i had only read about this game in magazines, etc

[@BrianAwesome]

Thq/Aki should have made games for all three promotions 😒

[@usera1113]

Summer Rae made the 2k14 cut even though she made her in-ring debut on the main roster only a few days before the game came out

[@ponchu8973]

Ultimo dragon is my all time favorite, but honestly I wouldn't have known about him if he wouldn't have been in the hctp roster.

[@neednoname8095]

I’ve always liked unmasked Kane every year it made him seem more serious and scary

[@Idontreallylikecheese]

Scott hall just no selling kanes tombstone 😂

[@mb10o89]

Ronder rouse in wwe 2k22 was a late dlc roster addition

[@chisomibezim1481]

What about cm punks new theme and titantron in WWE 12 just 3 months after he debuted it

[@chikowashere]

I never understood why Orton looked so bad in Here Comes the Pain and Smackdown vs Raw, but look amazing in Raw 2. Surely they could've just looked at him from that game and copy it over.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like how jobbers would also make The game despite only being there once. Blue tights guy fought once but we Added him in the game.

[@BrianAwesome]

Goldberg should of debuted at the Wm 19 ppv, to spear Hhh 😒

[@I41535D]

The question is Why aren’t some wrestlers in wwe video games that have been there for more than a year For example Billy Kidman From 2001- 2005 Al snow 1999 - 2008 Maven 2002-2005

[@JoeyD82288]

i hope CM Punk makes it in 2K24 even if it is DLC

[@FIKYH456]

Fun fact:many Indonesian believe that Ultimo Dragon is Rey Misterio's older brother because they both were masked wrestler 😂

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Steven Richards lmao

[@MrBlkthndr]

Is NWO (Hogan, Hall and Nash) in Wrestlemania X8 (GC) included? They debut or return at No Way Out Feb. 2002 and the game itself came out on early summer June that same year. Update: Nevermind my bad lol.

[@jessicasumait7707]

Super cool :)) 💙🌼

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

I have a theory that Cena was tweaked slightly just before HCTP came out. His pre-Basic Thuganomics theme is in the game as menu music and his stats are a dead average 75OVR. Plus the F-U does little to no damage.

[@silversoulken]

That’s still weak sauce. He had a WWE championship match on PPV in April 2003, and was feuding with Taker in June at the deadline. Yet they gave Edge an 78 purely based off what he was doing from June to September 2002. Literally after that he wasn’t doing shit. They should have switched tbch.

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

@@silversoulken Your difference is that Edge was a pre-established guy at that point. Cena had a title match, but he was being fed to Brock. He was still a big-mouthed midcard heel at that point, so I reckon they'd only just gone "Alright, so now he's got Basic Thuganomics, we can change that, we can dummy his old theme out to menu music, we can't alter the lack of damage his finisher does or stats though."

[@the757general2]

@@skyatollah2skyharder276 Cena had been feuding with Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, and Chris Benoit in 2003 he should've had a much higher rating. A lot of the ratings in that game make no sense.

[@Vortex_was_here]

Idk why but I really want to play wrestlemainia 19

[@2dvscarter727]

Before the legend killer orton I grew up off the legend killer my favorite orton

[@michaeljensen3548]

Orton did the overdrive in his first WWE game….I forgot that. #JohnBlud #NewLegacyInc lol 😂

[@LuisMaldonado-ek9kf]

Never been this early!!

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

4:50 June 2003 actually.

[@frankmatthews5491]

Jericho is the goat its plain to see

[@bostonswagwater686]

Well

[@sillygoose2878]

‘PRESENTS’?????

[@b1g_b4d_j0hn6]

You should do a video on non-WWE wrestlers who were available to use through the CAW mode. Such as Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe. I think they where in HCTP?

[@Angfrojr]

3:15 does he mean PRE-sets… or is he saying presents…

[@JMaxwell85]

Whoever did this thumbnail sucks at math. Orton debuted April 2002, the game came out November 2002. That’s 7 months, not 2.

[@MRoccoMarzullo]

will Punk make it?? I think so

[@pro-wrestlingichibanbrazil8016]

Randy Orton - Shut your Mouth Goldberg - WCW/nWo Revenge Kane - WarZone Ultimo Dragon - Fire Pro Wrestling nWo - Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 Chris Jericho - WCW/nWo Revenge

[@the757general2]

War Zone came out in July 1998 which was more than enough time to add Kane. It got delayed from its initial release date.

[@shaneomacdaddy]

What about Brock Lesnar- Smackdown Shut Your Mouth?

[@user-lt6uh6vd6j]

9:13

[@cerburrows9380]

Title reads like i had a stroke

[@otaku_kun4548]

U said wrestlamia 😅 0:55

[@CrossingFoggyMountain]

Pre-sets. Not presets

[@loboneiner1034]

Orton did nothing but lose in Shut Your Mouth

[@patrickr9670]

NWO Shawn Michaels in WWF Shut your Mouth

[@Cimmibaster]

Today’s DLC are only content that are cut from the game to spill us more money.

[@Lukeharperdeadlmao]

I am gay

[@wayneistaken]

Me to

[@Poetic_Justice92]

Want a cookie or something? 🍪

[@TruxstonJones]

@@Poetic_Justice92yea pls chocolate chip

[@Lukeharperdeadlmao]

@@Poetic_Justice92 sure

[@Lukeharperdeadlmao]

@@TruxstonJones fax

[@ToBeLovedGamer]

The Goodfather - WWF SD!2 Know Your Role

[@frankmatthews5491]

Jericho is the goat its plain to see