Can I Beat GM Mode Only Using Specialists? (FULL PLAYTHROUGH)

Specialists are dressed up to be the versatile Superstars, who can put on a good show with almost any kind of Wrestler they're up against, but how do they fare when they only ever fight... each other? Hopefully you enjoy my attempt at making this a reality. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already!
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[@williamajthompson9166]

The best way to rule GM mode. 50 weeks. Because eventually you can build up your roster quickly. And use outside wrestlers from other shows. And gradually grow your roster out over the year. Also not to mention with 50 weeks. Raw will peak and start to go stagnant while you can build up a good roster of 55+ wrestlers and use call outs to build future feuds. Now to specialist. They can work any opposite role. Build up 45-65 wrestlers. Once you find a specialty match. You can rinse and repeat and build up a 2 tier feud match to a find 3-4 stars easily.

[@jjb33083]

Of course, all Specialists is my favorite perfect setup.

[@lxcky1328]

7:14 now I'm actually sad that Hit Row is not in the game. Hit Row vs HitBro would've been a genius rivalry😂😂

[@DiamondLobby]

Hahaha, such a missed opportunity...

[@barnabyblack1995]

Ha that was hilarious! Unbelievable ending! I think if you'd worked on rivalries you'd have got it. I'm gonna go try the same now :)

[@DiamondLobby]

Honestly I was gutted! Yeah, genuinely I think if I had the Riddle/ Gulak match at Mania I'd have stayed on top...

[@barnabyblack1995]

I copied all your settings and did it by 214k more fans. I think I bought more power cards than you did and focused on building up rivalries, fun challenge though 😀

[@lilsavdabest]

@@barnabyblack1995 Y'all call it a challenge but this is literally the only way I have played GM mode... I haven't ever won by less than 300k fans. There is only maybe 2 weeks out of 50 where I am not #1. I only sign and draft specialists.. I can get a 5 star match out of specialists with a 3 star rivalry EVERY single time!!!

[@CallumC]

Here's an interesting idea. Do a GM Mode save and try to end with as few fans as possible.

[@DiamondLobby]

Haha, I like it!

[@ShaquilleOatmeal849]

I tried it once. Let’s just say triple H will text you non stop every week

[@timothyarnold1679]

Lol, the UK bias was stunning. "OH, it'll have to be a random match for the title". *selects Dunn The game is about building rivalries. So alternate matches with promos weekly to build rivalries to pop at lvl 4 for ppvs

[@seannborba8416]

You get super points for the right pronunciation. Idk how many times I've heard Finn Baylor

[@ehrenlos8984]

Hey I hope you’re WWE series will continue because it is so entertaining

[@DiamondLobby]

Thank you mate!

[@dominikblum5890]

Ääö

[@KingKhalio]

Gotta manage that stamina!!!

[@dnice2000]

There's bugs everywhere.....i had Morrison and promised him a title match, he had the match and his opponent (the champ)had a run in against him..... Morrison won, even though he wasn't supposed to.... and became the new champion. Then sent me a message that I broke my promise to give him a title shot.....I was like wtf

[@DiamondLobby]

Hahaha what on earth... swear none of it makes sense!

[@travtra8346]

Dat happened to me too lol

[@reggiejames8626]

Love it when you show what power cards you used

[@GianOnYT]

I was building Stone Cold Vs. Roman for wrestlemania the fucking Sona Vetoes both of them. i almost cried that day

[@cagierthunder]

Putting one specialist and one other class Vs specialist and another class that goes with it works well.

[@lilgreen4073]

That ending hurts

[@zacharysnyder2520]

You make good content

[@omarfadlia3841]

The ending is something else man 😅😂

[@DiamondLobby]

I couldn't believe it! :(

[@Gabrielxdxd4]

What if the interference took the ref out? I did interferences in MyGM that ended up in dq, so it may be just luck? If you interfered the Miz it would end up in DQ and the title would have been retained

[@bigrandomun9267]

Big up the UK boys indeed!

[@AggroHusky]

Out of all of my gm playthroughs AJ Styles has not given me more than a 2 Star match. Which is insane lol

[@DiamondLobby]

They really do be doing anything to throw shade at New Japan huh

[@lilsavdabest]

Lmao do better. I have gotten 5s out of him and I can get 2-3 5 star matches EVERY PPV using only specialists.

[@AggroHusky]

@@lilsavdabest why so hostile and toxic off of my comment when it's just my experience with the game lmao. I'm sorry, I truly cannot get a 5 out of him. I've matched him up with everyone I possibly could and he gets 2 Stars.

[@venti9925]

@@lilsavdabest Imagine being grown and trying to put someone down on the Internet lmao. Ouf

[@ShaquilleOatmeal849]

Yeah I hate how when you have a run in on a championship match and the champ loses. The winner gets the title. It ruins the story I create for a rivalry

[@lilsavdabest]

Do better. Only have run ins on champions when you have the card that makes it so you can choose the winner.

[@lilsavdabest]

99/100 times the GM goal is unnecessary, and the reward is usually garbage and not worth doing your weekly goal for. The only reason to have a run in on a champ is if you really need that extra 11% show quality from having 5 specialty matches/run-ins.

[@danielV321]

I think it would be cool for a challenge if you do a loser gets released match and simulate it

[@user-jh9om9bx7u]

After this video, you let me know that I can also have a couple of specialists under my brand.

[@lilsavdabest]

The challenge is actually easy as hell and simple, I only use specialists in GM mode unless I have to sign someone to keep another from getting injured because of stamina issues. That is the ONLY time I ever sign a non-specialist and I am constantly putting on 5 star matches.

[@user-jh9om9bx7u]

@@lilsavdabest hey man, once I figure out how to win, it's really easy even with hard mode, now I guess we are just waiting for new stuff add in the game.

[@wilsonsimons12]

Drew Gulak vs Matt Riddle, Catch Point 2.0!

[@matthewkenny8327]

I think when the person interferes with a match and the person they didn’t attack wins.. maybe it backfired or a DQ.. it’s WWE, they make up their own rules. Lol

[@DiamondLobby]

Yeah maybe, but then even if the Miz did win via DQ, the title wouldn't change hands, so I dunno, it's all a bit of a mess lmao

[@matthewkenny8327]

@@DiamondLobby true, then maybe it backfired lol who knows

[@christiandachille6055]

@@DiamondLobby the only thing I can think of is that sometimes interferences don’t touch the opponent which is what the ref would need to see to call for a dq. I know i’ve seen interference in universe mode where even though they were supposed to run in and attack they stayed at ringside. Still a bug but at least it’s consistent across game types.

[@motokuchoma]

Can you do a run where you just try to end with as much money as you can, ratings be damned?

[@HyphenGamin]

He definitely has a unique way of playing the game tho and I respect that I just don’t play this way

[@badassuchiha4875]

I always want Kushida on my Team but it's so Hard

[@user-jh9om9bx7u]

6:17 will it be better if Seth Rollins do the call out instead of Pete Dunne since Seth's promo skill is 4

[@TheHyperShadowKing]

At 18:45 I don’t know why but in extreme rules matches they have it to where it doesn’t matter if you have a dq if the other guy wins they are champions they just messed that up I hope they fix that

[@chasemason9149]

there are no dqs in extreme rules matches...

[@DiamondLobby]

Yeah like Chase says, if it's extreme rules it makes sense as anyone could run in and help without it ending in a DQ :) In my case it was a normal match, so as soon as The Miz benefitted from Seth's help he should've been DQ'd but wasn't

[@keithunderwood8803]

I'm a little puzzled you can use the smackdown 6 card earlier in your run.

[@TheCrawdaddy029]

Unless you are stacking fighter/bruiser you should always fill out the women's first starting from the top, and least available. In this case you should have picked Becky first because the computer has a Massive chance of picking Becky. There is also only 3 giants so if thats the route pick all ³ of them first.

[@T.Gundham]

Damn is that a TheGreatOne slight? He always says Finn Balore.

[@DiamondLobby]

Haha no, it's the other guy who covers WWE on this channel!

[@badassuchiha4875]

In the SVR 2008 Game they never been restricted to only 2 Types of Matches I Love the Concept of this but besides the Singles action & Tag Team you just have TLC, Extreme Rules N Tables match like WTF are you suppose to do with that

[@DiamondLobby]

Yeah I feel like this is a really good base for a GM mode. Almost like this is the trial for it or something. Hopefully an update will come out and add a tonne of stuff, but I imagine that will all be saved for 2K23 :(

[@badassuchiha4875]

@@DiamondLobby yep Update, Patch, anything I feel as if fatal 4-ways or Last Man Standing or anything would be good Smackdown vs Raw 2008 was kinda ahead of it's time if you asked me but 2K22 is a good Game but Visually but other then that ehh I could live without

[@badassuchiha4875]

@@DiamondLobby will there be a 2k24 just saying

[@hithere1233]

When did you get slapjack

[@Rainn404]

Most specialist I use are almost always giving me a 4 1/2 star feuds, Seth Rollins is usually the mvp.

[@TimelessSnake]

I did a custom draft where i used the roster wwe has currently irl and made them all specialists because I didn't care for the classes shit

[@lazypaladin]

(Might of misheard so apologies if so) Considering you said you're not a WWE/Wrestling guy. You've gotten the nack for it pretty easily. You're You're complaining how we don't need 150 odd weapons in a 50ft cage for a match to be great! 👌

[@DiamondLobby]

We have two people covering WWE so it might have been the other person! I've personally watched Wrestling on and off since childhood, I got very into it again whilst at Uni and stuff so know a little bit! Wouldn't say I'm overly knowledgeable though, but I appreciate the comment!

[@lazypaladin]

@@DiamondLobby That'll explain it, recently found the channel and I'm enjoying it immensely. Keep it up you two! 👌

[@simp4liv729]

why you pick only 4 females and mad guys in my gm? any reason in particular?

[@DiamondLobby]

There weren't many specialist females in the draft, and there were more heels than faces, so had to be careful when selecting them, and needed to keep it at an even number for matchmaking purposes (so they all had an opponent etc). Also I'm not sure what you mean by mad guys, do you mean superstars that aren't popular or just not good ones?

[@shedpower9916]

@@DiamondLobby i think he means you chose way more guys than you chose girls. "Mad" usually means a lot.

[@simp4liv729]

@@DiamondLobby yeah what he said below “mad” usually means a lot i thought u had a reason on why you chose more guys

[@HyphenGamin]

How I love how he just wastes all his superstars stamina right away and throws all these big matches no wonder he has no money

[@TimelessSnake]

Do you only do specialty matches at the ppv?

[@HyphenGamin]

@@TimelessSnake I mean it depends how you wanna play the games most of the time he’s you only do special matches at the ppv you only wanna do normal or tables matches before a ppv

[@Prison2Profit]

run ins have to be on normal matches for titles to not change hands.

[@DiamondLobby]

It was a normal match!

[@mangusallen6208]

Can you match Specalist with a fighter?

[@Triple-Four]

@Zyperium 最後の希望をトランクス Actually it all depends on the specialist's star power.

[@ParksandPosh]

Sorry but the Rock has 51 stamina whilst ‘can’t go 5 minutes’ Oldberg has 79 stamina? What have 2k been smoking?

[@DiamondLobby]

Stamina is random for every wrestler in every save in order to give it more replayability

[@Imteamfish]

Where are you from?

[@DiamondLobby]

Mommy

[@Imteamfish]

@@DiamondLobby what?

[@Imteamfish]

@@DiamondLobby you should do a video where you can only draft duplicate superstars

[@lilsavdabest]

LMFAO All I EVER sign is specialists and I literally win by 300k fans AT LEAST! DO BETTER!!!😂😂😂

[@DiamondLobby]

Damn you weren't lying with your KZbin name!

[@1991SuperMAX]

MyGM looks lame compared too the last playable. For me there is no real improvement

[@TimelessSnake]

And i think the class system is lame imo i wanna draft superstars i want and like without being restricted to bs rules like the classes that's why i just made everyone a specialist and called it a day lol

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