8 Ways PG Changed WWE 2K Showcase Mode

[@FutureGio]

Everyone was mad when they Censor Austin's middle fingers 😭

[@fro-zone2k]

Exactly, literally every WWE game has T rating meaning they can allow as the T rating isn't a rating catering towards kid.

[@charlottestreet3301]

​@@fro-zone2k when i went to see Monday night raw when thay come to the uk there are more adults there than kids

[@fro-zone2k]

@@charlottestreet3301 Exactly

[@cez458]

​@@charlottestreet3301It is for TV

[@Lilplayon]

I WAS PISSED 🖕🖕

[@redbigun]

Changing the end of Wrestlemania 2000 to The Rock only attacking Vince was so stupid. I wish they'd ditch the intergender ban or whatever it is.

[@lewisaino]

I had to watch the Highlights to check the difference lol

[@Abridgimation]

Plus, Stephanie literally slapped The Rock so like... Wtf?

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Or changing mike Tyson white.😂

[@RobboEntertainment]

The worst thing about it in current games is that it's so one sided. If I play a mixed tag match, the women can hit the men as much as they like. If the man does it once, even if it's a reversal, the match immediately ends in a DQ. Stupid.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

@@RobboEntertainment i remember That like WTF?

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

Lmfao "Bastard" being censored in a video game centered around Violence is extremely laughable and sad af 😂

[@vodoumyers]

For real tho

[@alec2000]

As much as I love Showcase modes in these games, the censorings, removals, and alterations truly do feel like a slap to the face, especially to us diehards who know these matches and moments very well. At this point, it’s better off just watching these matches and moments on the Network or even DVDs, just to have the real deal, or something very close to the real deal. Its truly bizarre how sensitive WWE have become.😕

[@kamiloalvarez5800]

true but at the same time the attitude/ruthless agression era was kinda trash and calling wwe "sensitive" seems kinda stupid for me

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Remember they changed when Hogan was about to bust andre on The concrete.

[@backpackmack3013]

@@kamiloalvarez5800trash how?

[@KDB349]

They do it to not be sued

[@the757general2]

@@kamiloalvarez5800 your account is trash

[@ChrisSuperDude]

The changing of the WWE 13 is one I’m ok with since it’s entirely optional. Plus it’s interesting that they specifically went out of their way to change it.

[@MegaFinalRound]

Which WWE 13 one? There are multiple: #3 #4 #8

[@sakshamsharma3527]

​@@MegaFinalRoundprobably the blood

[@iamaidansmith7542]

I dont think it was meant to be censorship its like a different ending its a pretty cool ending and also you can get the real one so i agree

[@SCOBigMike666]

Like the blood in the games can be turned on and off, the uncensored stuff should be an option otherwise they shouldn't ever try to recreate what was otherwise a great moment

[@fro-zone2k]

The Universe Era (PG Era) innocence only lasted until 2014, the majority of the list is from the Reality Era & in the Reality Era WWE was operating under a PG guideline, there's a big difference between a PG product & something that operating a PG guideline.

[@MegaFinalRound]

Yes. I am glad they became more relaxed after the Universe Era.

[@romanz5189]

Fuck the pg era

[@chriskelsall2705]

Plus The Rock in the Wrestlemania 2000 ending, his attire changes at the cutscene

[@Haywire_HotRod]

Another moment the censored in WWE 2K16’s showcase mode was the beginning of Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels match when Austin was pulling Shawn off the ropes by his legs...it wasn’t his legs in real life😅

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Not to mention Mike being white.

[@l-khop0110]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607mannn 😂😂😂 idk why the did that bullshit

[@the757general2]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 because they can't freely use Mike Tyson whenever they want

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

The white mike tyson model is Still being used but now he's a ref.😂

[@bluejay22]

The video games shouldn’t be watered down with the same restrictions you see on tv. It’s a video game. While the characters are modeled after real people, they are just images created using computers, not the real person. So why not give the developers a little more freedom? Let Stone Cold throw up the fingers, add the more violent and/or crazy weapons in the game and let the wrestlers use them in a match, let the matches be more bloody, just give the developers more freedom.

[@MegaFinalRound]

While it’s a video game, it’s also a depiction of the actual product on television. I kind of see from their viewpoint why they didn’t want it in the games. Do I agree? No. And I am glad they decided to reel back on it in the years after 2013.

[@imoutoconnoisseur]

We're living in an age where people use 'violence in video games' as a genuine talking point more and more often, where they demand people be subjected to the same judgment whether their 'victim' is a real person or a bunch of ones and zeroes, and claim an AI that predicts how a text might go needs to be taught ethics so it doesn't 'let out the bubonic plague into the world'. Don't expect any semblance of creative freedom when luddites who believe ChatGPT deserves human rights lord over us.

[@richardcrew417]

WWE 2K14s Mania 2000 had another inaccuracy, it instructs you (as HHH) to pin Big Show but in the real match The Rock pins Big Show

[@monsterjambrony]

Oh, that’s weird.

[@MegaFinalRound]

#4: I actually like this. It’s an optional alternative path that at the end wound up right back to the same outcome. Good on them.

[@trevorphilips9484]

The last one, Austin was on top of the cage, not outside of the ring during his speech. He called it bulls**t.

[@ajk]

What's also funny is the mic he has? It's a Raw is War mic......didn't know they used those on PPV lol.

[@JM1993951]

Totally a beloved feature. Absolutely. I definitely don’t pay for the deluxe edition or accelerator so I can just skip Showcase. I would never do that.

[@Punk_is_idol]

1:00 this whole time I thought it was Stevie Richard’s in the main event.

[@louisbrown7152]

All of those cut scenes may have made the games worse but they're still better than the 2k games out right now i'm going to start back playing them

[@TheViper4Life]

Austin: Jackass, Jackass, Can of whoop ass WWE: "Son of a Bitch" is way too far!

[@jugghead82]

Love both 13 an 2k14 but dang PG lol

[@braydensleath9016]

WWE lost it's balls when it went PG. I'm glad I grew up watching the attitude era.

[@Micheal_Anthony_1996]

The funny part is that, at least for attires, these can be fixed in the community creations lol

[@ghera7876]

WWE 2K 16, Stone Cold VS Shawn Michaels at WM 14, Mike Tyson disappeared

[@ralphkotwica6184]

That's due to licensing

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

He's the inforcer.😂

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

They still continued to use that guy As a ref tho.

[@AlphaProto]

This is what would happen to all the actual videos if Disney bought the WWE.

[@BrianAwesome]

At least Big Show wasn't replaced by Steven Richards 😒

[@MegaFinalRound]

#2: why is it not okay to show Stephanie getting a Rock Bottom, yet a few years ago it was okay for Randy Orton to deliver an RKO to Nia Jax? 🤔

[@romanz5189]

Because it's a shitty fucking era everyone are lame soft and sensitive

[@Ben.SK2346]

Double standards.🤦🏼‍♂

[@atifqavi2054]

Or Roman Reigns spearing Stephanie at WrestleMania 32.

[@KDB349]

It makes no sense to compare real life to the video game. And even then it's not like men hitting women is something that happens regularly. It's every once in a blue moon. Different time periods different social norms. Ever since svr 2010 men weren't allowed to hit woman in games. It's just how it was.

[@tanvirdosanjh2284]

Let me get this straight, hitting someone with a 2by4 in a wrestling entertainment video game is okay ....Hitting someone with a 2by4 wrapped in barbed wire in a wrestling entertainment video game is a NONO. ok no... checks out

[@lewisaino]

They censored Stone Cold 😂😢😂😂😢😂😢

[@FlyBoyEnterprises]

There's 2 real factors, Vince going public making it a publicly traded company & Linda running for Senator twice & losing. Those moments are were the reason why we have the PG Era and unwarranted censorship.

[@night6724]

It doesn’t even make sense since WWE games are Teen. Also I’m pretty sure WWE12 has first blood matches

[@sus45923]

wwe went public in '99

[@vodoumyers]

​@@sus45923And they was still doing crazy ass shit around that time

[@sus45923]

cuz a company being publicly traded doesnt have anything to do with creative@@vodoumyers

[@ECRALSE40LPS]

Bullshit, that's the most weakest excuse to do so, besides they were the reason why many WWE fans watch AEW due to it's strict PG guidelines.

[@MegaFinalRound]

#1: should’ve been Big Nasty

[@23NCRN]

Do you think the pg rating had sum to do with the hell in the cell invisible wall on top of the cage

[@michaelcooke4333]

And this is why the attitude era is so much better than modern wrestling you didn't have to worry about offending people back then

[@MegaFinalRound]

#3 that’s not too bad. At least they middle fingers weren’t omitted out right.

[@GamingCubeYT]

Funny how just as you said strict stance against intergender violence, Steph slaps the Rock.. which is intergender violence lol

[@EscapeTheRules]

They've always done this with wrestling figures etc to be fair.

[@tbjoshua8941]

I wonder in wwe 13 when they add the halftime heat arena the apron is different it was supposed to say heat but in game the wwe logo is there why is that

[@declangaming24]

They can't show the WWF logo that's why most of the attitude arenas in the more have the WWE logo apart from RAW, smackdown

[@tbjoshua8941]

​@@declangaming24yeah but they could add heat to the apron it didn't had the wwf logo on it

[@declangaming24]

@tbjoshua8941 yeah could of done but it was 2012 THQ went bankrupt after the games release

[@tbjoshua8941]

@@declangaming24 yeah I already know that

[@Randie89]

They should had just put a warning saying, "You might get triggered by a few things on this game" At the beginning of the game. 😂

[@โทนี่นะค่ะพร่อง]

WWE2k13 When Mick Foley won WWE championship no DX celebration with him. Shame.

[@christopherwiley3531]

Number two i like it when vince mechman geting rock bottom and people's elbow it is so grat and rock gets reveng on mr McMahon

[@OrionAnderson-ww9pb]

First comment in the video thanks wrestlamia or wrestlgamia for creating such good product!❤👍

[@lewisaino]

So WM 16 was the censored Mania

[@billyxkid5062]

It does feel like 2K is trying to change history same with wwe

[@JackOfferman]

2K20, 22, and 23 are perfectly fine with intergender violence as long as it's female on male.

[@mohannadalshamrani199gmail]

Which i think is very odd They want us to believe "men and women equals" but then go "don't hit women"

[@chrisdavis6264]

PG era is total crap. Can watch pornography, horror movies can get beyond crazy, rap music about murder wins an awards- But WWE has to be PG…

[@Extremely-144]

To be honest, they should’ve just kept the ruthless aggression era 😂

[@BowDownToKingCooper]

I'm casually watching the like counter go up

[@kaboomgamer333]

the big show one was too much that would of definatley been fine.

[@wwesonicbluef5378]

well, raw isn't PG, but smackdown and NXT are TV-PG. it's been a brand new day when triple h took over, i bet everything can change including the next game that has to be unrushed.

[@lilgemini4032]

Blurred middle fingers and intergender matches ban in games are bullsh*t

[@smithmeister]

Do they have Mickie James's 'gesture' anywhere I wonder 😛✌️

[@bryangray936]

Thanks gen z👍pathetic

[@BowDownToKingCooper]

Says the gen alpha

[@kamiloalvarez5800]

wtf are you talking about weirdo?? wdym by that

[@kamiloalvarez5800]

@@BowDownToKingCooper this comment was meant for the other person

[@averytaylor7414]

Weird considering svr 2007-2009 are gen z games.

[@kamiloalvarez5800]

@@averytaylor7414 people really love to hate anything that is not the attitude era

[@Bzzy225]

The PG era was the worst thing to happen to wwe. Luckily Triple h is bringing the product back to what it once was

[@azureproductions2339]

"They may have changed it in order to prevent showings of intergender violence." *Steph McMahon proceeds to slap The Rock*

[@reypapi655]

Isn’t the games rated T for Teen? That’s KRAZY I remember game rating use to mean something

[@yagointhecrowd]

I get they don't want to show blood and barbed wire on TV cause the product is PG, but the game is supposed to be +16, so they should be fine adding that kind of stuff...

[@Dim4323]

Faital 4 way Has every mcmann in every corner.

[@Sam_XNE997]

What really sucks is the fact that these censorial changes were made _only_ to pander to the WWE higher-ups, literally no one else asked for this.

[@XboxOne_IronPatriot8787]

Blurred Middle finger is weird if WWE 13 (other titles) are Rated T for Teen!

[@gianlucagreco7532]

Is there ANY American youtuber talking wrestling? EVERY video I open has British accent.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@RRNumber4]

Gamia & Lamia straight goated💯

[@kennythetrend3688]

2K22, 2K23, and 2K24 having "Slingshot Technology" has RUINED the mode for me. Hoping it's not in 2K25 onwards if they're only putting 2 days worth of effort into it...

[@primusvsunicron1]

so dumb how a TV-PG rating changed Rated T For Teen game

[@manditosworld]

Bro big show a wwe 2k14 looks like Mr beast

[@genesimmons1974]

Myke Tyson White in the WWE2k16 is the bigger pg change hehe

[@Lemmi7810]

Still wwe 13 was one of the best wrestling games ever together with svr 2006 and 2007.

[@IamLegendaryguy1998]

👍 original host guy

[@kdxtreme7479]

Nahhh the rock re voiced his lines in WWE 13

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

They changed iron mike white.😂

[@ramkhapandi]

Real enemy of wwe is PG

[@Spherecode.]

WatchMojo narrator?? Is thay you?

[@Outlaw__18]

Man i hate the pg era

[@ChadNickelson]

PG ruined wwe

[@onisfury8264]

This censorship to me is Vince McMahon pretty much spitting in the faces of the Attitude Era and ruthless aggression era fans especially the Attitude Era fans the ones that helped Vince's company during the Monday night Wars against WCW without the fans WCW would have put his company out of business.

[@MotherHen2012]

It's nothing to do with Vince. lol.

[@michaelvazquez7851]

ThanksWresleGamia

[@dabombbolain]

Wow 😊

[@ShanetheFreestyler]

Pretty ironic these changes were made while the WWE games to this day are a T-rated product, the same as they always been. Maybe if newer WWE games where instead rated E10+, which is basically the ESRB equivalent to TV-PG, these changes would at least have a better explanation. "Man, I wish we weren't PG right now..." - Paul 'Triple H' Levesque

[@kamazuki2us]

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY EVERY HALLOWEEN TOMORROW YOU GUYS NEVER STAY SAFE YOU WANT CANDY STAY SAFE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD AND HAVE A VERY NICE HOLIDAY STAY SAFE BE CAREFUL AND A VERY HALLOWEEN IT GOES OUT THERE ON KZbin THEY SAY OKAY 🙂👍🏼😌🙏🏼🎃🍭🍬🍫☠️

[@Hyperion520]

If all WWE is gonna do is censor or remove certain moments from the Attitude Era in their games, then they shouldn't add them. It sickens me how soft WWE is cause of their stupid ass sponsors.

[@danny619-9]

I don't really get it as the show is pg but the games are 16+ I get its for the blood and fighting but surely the games won't need to change things

[@SHAQVSJACK]

I don't care for showcase mode I prefer the made up stories like the smackdown vs raw days like why we wanna see showcase if we can watch these matches on the wwe network?

[@daylebacchus5395]

No intergender violence but Steph hitting Rock is ok

[@Makoto03]

The PG nature of wrestling is flat out boring. Hard to be as excited as i was during Attitude Era or even early 00s.

[@WilliamSmith-to1jl]

2k creators make the most weak wwe2k23 video games 🎮 everything is PG ERA which is why I quit buying wwe games after I bought wwe2k22 I was so tired of buying the most low rated wwe games .on the Internet for wwe2k23 is a very low rating which is do to the same crap every year .if 2k would bring back attitude era in wwe games then the wwe games would sell way better and the ratings would look a whole lot higher than almost a 3 star rating. I miss old exhibition matchtypes like buried alive, inferno match,3 stages of hell,championship scramble match,casket match,i quit match,slobber knocker match ,the undertakers beat the streak/defend the streak mode ,backstage attitude era matchs ,weapons to use thats non pg ,100% completed entrances not half created from 2k creators,and more than 1 2k showcase story modes per year ,and universe mode needs to improve a whole lot better,and wargames exibition matchtype is not enough wwe2k22 was trash just like wwe2k23 is trash im so satisfied i didn't waste my money on wwe2k23 and im not buying anything else from 2k creators they are money hungry and thats the bottom line .

[@averykevin47]

Yeah just leave it to Vinny Mac to PG the wrestling too. So effing stupid! One of two reasons why I quit playing them. They also completely and entirely change that the game mechanics, engine, controls etcetera when it transcended from PS3 to PS4 era.

[@rn6312]

Man I really have to replay WWE 2k14

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Always hate 2k don't stay accurate To history. They even changed when the rock Attacked Stephanie. What's next they gonna replace Benoit with some Asian guy?

[@RaulSHermano]

Big Show always had one of the most worst merch

[@unclegoose3864]

The PG era has been a fucking disaster for pro wrestling as a whole.

[@twoshirts1842]

Either wrestling is for kids or its not. They need to figure it out.

[@danko152]

PG era was the most boring Era

[@CeemPlay]

Silly

[@iirkmaii9559]

All the reason why i watch aew and not wwe

[@Fred63205]

Glad I stopped watching in late 2006 before it turned to total trash. Game looks no better than games made in 2006 😂

[@402verse]

Shrek

[@Lemmi7810]

Man these games are for 16+ in Germany here. So children shouldn't play this anyway.... PG sucks!

[@freshmoney899]

Stuff like this makes me hate wwe

[@UntergrundTube]

8 more reasons, why PG sucks

[@humbertocirne22]

PG killed WWE

[@mohannadalshamrani199gmail]

It's natural concerning how many teens and children watch it

[@jasontodd1896]

Wwe games haven’t been good since hctp 2003

[@UUSER_JAYY]

Cap 😂

[@J_M_E_83]

PG 😆

[@JasonNoxid]

They need get rid of this PG crap in games and make the games free to do whatever the hell you want with them like the with No Mercy or Here Comes the Pain, at least AEW had the balls to do that with their AEW Fight Forever game! Nobody wants this political correctness crap in their games!

[@Vuareri]

i hate pg