WWE 2K23 Did You Know?: New Superstars Added, Big Poppa Pump, Playable B-Fab & More! (Episode 8)

[@edwardcarter3995]

what im hoping comes in the future patches: • updated superstar attires w/o cc needed • New Moves/ Old Moves return • Update Arenas • LET US PULL STRAPS DOWN AGAIN •Fix Universe Bugs

[@pablopaz1319]

And GIX THE FCKN SIDEPLATEEES

[@shanemiller4108]

I been asking for years about the keeping the stars up-to-date now that's cool they are doing it please make it a great habit

[@nicholasdunlap2275]

And make it so you can ACTUALLY play downloaded arenas online. Constant crashes. Terrible.

[@honeybadgerftuw]

delusional

[@_Wade_]

Also allow using custom arenas in universe man

[@DaveTriesToPlayGuitar]

The only thing missing here is Sami's old entrance music.

[@YourPalChris472]

I was really hoping Big Poppa Pump would’ve been a hidden character with his own entrance music and gear 😂.

[@itsnohface]

We all were my friend.. we all were 😔

[@christisking835]

​@@itsnohface hopefully next year

[@jejuanrogers4924]

Community Creation Got u

[@MrD5914]

I wonder if the developers at 2K put in things like the hidden Big Poppa Pump entrance, the hidden Candice LeRae and Mia Yim models, and other things on purpose bc they know guys like WhatsTheStatus will find them and upload them to CC

[@dhenderson1810]

They should pay him for doing their job for them.

[@chrisdanger5426]

Big poppa pumb entrance is not hidden is in the game but only if you bought the dlc

[@MrD5914]

@@chrisdanger5426 but it's there regardless when you get the dlc...its even got the commentary for BPP. it's like 2k is saying "there it is! We set the template. So now go to town and make your own version of him..."

[@sabre316]

The remove content as well

[@deronnekingcaid4328]

@@dhenderson1810 big time nothing but facts and the darn truth about it

[@MrNatural11]

Also create an arena is fixed including the turnbuckles. They also updated little things like the generic crowd signs.

[@JTsavage7577]

Do you know if the skybox in outdoor arenas is fixed? It just flashes black endlessly

[@MrNatural11]

@@JTsavage7577 that I haven’t check but I will when I get home! I hope they did. Also in smaller arenas I hope they patched the entrances. Same thing just pitch black

[@yusseftheelusive4357]

U sure ?

[@MrNatural11]

@@yusseftheelusive4357 100%

[@TheFatalT]

Refs are now in custom arenas now.

[@lavonte3314]

What if u missed patch 1.08

[@RojoCube]

I wish they would add more weapons for under the ring.

[@CTP0544]

Not so much in game but did you know the store description for the Steiner Row DLC pack references Scott Steiner's math promo from TNA

[@kadharefinley224]

Oh yeah I’m downloading Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner and I like that they updated commentary for Sami Zayn’s entrance that’s a nice touch 🔥

[@Brian25174]

Did you know that every superstar that was in WrestleMania 38 paper view has unique commentary in the WrestleMania 38 arena

[@FightOstinFight]

There’s no reason they can’t do music trons and attire updates for superstars. It should be done each year.

[@A_Trill_OG]

Facts

[@joshblackwell8632]

B-Fab being DLC but unplayable was a stupid decision by 2K.

[@thefreshedits9841]

Exactly like I've said that's basically a wasted spot

[@Spongemonkey26]

Seems like a lot of effort to not just put Poppa Pump in the game.

[@Veteran622]

Did you know, there is a reference to Axiom's previous character during his entrance. During his entrance, there's a chance that Byron Saxton will point out how Axiom could grow up to be a superhero, and Corey responds with, "Is there even an adult in there? It looks like A-Kid". A-Kid was who Carlos Ruiz first entered NXT as when first signed, and was a part of one of 2K22's DLC packs

[@ZQPPS]

Even it’s still very much broken I’m glad 2k have attempted to make Universe Mode playable

[@mathewdewsbury9456]

But I'm amazed that it had positive reviews.

[@edwardcross459]

They also included Pat McAfee’s Punt Kick.

[@Himskiiiiii]

What’s it called

[@Himskiiiiii]

Please

[@edwardcross459]

@@Himskiiiiii it’s just called “Punt Kick” I think. It might be “The Punk Kick”

[@deadpoolnerd]

So there being specific commentary for Big Poppa pump and a complete entrance animation, I'm very curious if my faction will have like a WcW card pack that has Big poppa pump Scott Steiner and the dog faced gremlin Rick Steiner.

[@YourPalChris472]

I hope so, because then WhatsTheStatus can take them and reupload them for use outside of MyFaction so no one has to play that shitty mode 😂.

[@dominiquewashington2553]

You already know they will do that

[@devinsantiago5357]

I can see mia yim being part of the pretty sweet dlc pack as for candice either for race for nxt wyatt dlc or chase u dlc pack

[@brandoniswhoiam]

Mia’s been found to have The O.C. (Karl, Luke, and AJ) as her in-game allies!

[@tanaka7341]

No the your wrong 😂😂😂

[@ratedrgamer1480]

Grabbing before any move should be removed That’s one of the thing I hate about the game Is bored even when you go to moveset you still have to wait for he to grab when I’m in a hurry to fine move

[@ratedrgamer1480]

@__frydaz same with blocking and dodge by doing all these we will only have reversal and with reversal we will see a lot of animations 👏👏

[@fishyboi98]

The signs you assign in create a wrestler have gotten a huge visual update in the latest update!

[@Strangepete]

"Big puppa pump's your hook atchugh.... and the next.. world heavyweight championship... of the world!!"

[@lrj-swift8347]

Trio entrances work in universe mode now

[@kryptmusic5846]

Yes and no, while you can have trio entrances you still can't assign the motions or music which sucks

[@Deedric_Kee]

I'm a put "Poppa Pump in his N.W.O. Gear. Cool,now we got all the "Steiners. Thanks so much "SmackTalks 🙌

[@Falloff26846]

Did you know that there is rivals commentary for Rhea vs Charlotte, Randy vs Riddle, Cena vs Roman, and Bianca vs Becky? And did you know that Roman's championship victory with Paul Heyman is now in the game? (I found this in thisgengamings video)

[@christopherbahena3268]

I know when the DLC comes out, they’re going to modded b-fab in-ring attire, I know she has like two 1 is her nxt in-ring debut and the other is her royal rumble appearance

[@angelelijah4164]

Did you know if you export your MyRise character, in exhibition they will still have The Lock commentary?

[@MAni04me]

Right that's kinda unfortunate since I make a lot of CAW's for my caw brand.

[@resurge9006]

WWE 2k23 needs to fix their damn steel steps psychics

[@xblinkxx]

Biggest complaint I have are the servers. It’s 2023 and the servers are the worst out of any game I’ve played. And when you bring it to their attention they wanna blame our internet, but yet I’m able to play any other game online just fine.

[@MJosephB]

Did you know that Whatsthestatus posted a 2020 version of Alexa Bliss shortly after release has been removed from the game completely? And if you try downloading that version again you get a “failed” notification. 😢 I really loved that Alexa.

[@MoonLotus69]

did you know that now you can set normal motions as title motions

[@Isarii_]

did you know that the commentators can occasionally name drop daniel bryan when brie bella performs her yes kicks (shoot kicks & roundhouse 1)

[@ShiningJudgment666]

WWE own the Daniel Bryan name. And it's not like he left WWE under bad circumstances either. I mean, he got an appearance on John Cena's 20 year WWE anniversary.

[@squarepickle]

Did they fix the bug in Universe Mode where you couldn't have more than one manager once you enter the match?

[@ProudZillaFan]

It worked for me when I tried it yesterday, so yeah, they fixed it :)

[@daydayboogie1015]

😫Ahh the stress down to having only one slot left, to now have to decide on deleting one or few sense this DLC release. Damn I hate this issue just wish they gave us more slots in patches along the way.🥺

[@opticbigevil7828]

What in tf have you uses 99 slots for already?😂

[@angelserrano9049]

I’m in the same exact boat.

[@dhenderson1810]

I've used up every slot. I don't use them on attires, but on wrestles not in the game. For example, I like to re-enact past wrestling matches, so I have downloaded every person who has had a War Games Match, so that I can replay past War games matches. Also, with the Steiners in, I downloaded all their opponents. Add to that those I downloaded to use for MyGM Mode and MyUniverse, it builds up very quickly.

[@ramonsierra5393]

Wish they put The Bellas champion entrance correctly…

[@I_liv_to_Riott4]

Did you know that only Roxanne Perez can use the middle rope code red pin combo

[@castielclouds5360]

Hopefully next year of 2024, when 2K's gonna fix for WWE 2K24, they'll bring Candice & Mia back and especially B-Fab a.k.a Briana Brandy will be playable debut better than 2K23, like that's something to know though for sure.

[@tanaka7341]

Or u play as her in 2k23

[@castielclouds5360]

@@tanaka7341 I know, but she's a part of manager only in 2K23😑. But it's OK, she'll be playable next year of her debut soon though, thanks!😁

[@czynx3196]

They have removed "Becky" from the back of Bianca Belair's tights

[@Blackbohnstergaming]

That the Damage CTRL Entrance is assigned to them as soon as you download the patch is not true. I´ve installed the patch and I had to give it to them via Create a Entrance.

[@austinstorm920]

Something I thought was pretty cool. Was in MyGM on the manage roster screen Ludwig Kaiser is still listed as Marcel Barthel. Of course this has been since the game launched .

[@miller53bs2012]

Never has for me, are you old-gen?

[@austinstorm920]

@@miller53bs2012 yes ps4, but what’s weird is I’ve noticed it also on the Ps5 as well. My brother has a ps5 and it said Marcel for him too.

[@miller53bs2012]

@@austinstorm920 oh makes sense, I’m on PS5, I remember when devs started getting lazy for old gen ps3 when ps4 first came out, sorry bro I guess devs are gonna start getting lazy again

[@bricklover2258]

I already tested both the Mia yim and Candice LeReas from Status, and they are once again wonderful. So far, that's a 3 for 3 from me on how impressed I am with Statuses work in 2k23 so far. I already got the Mandy Rose earlier, and that one is great, too. Can't wait to do a proper finish to the club vs. judgment day story once the rest of the OC are released.

[@4ktO]

I believe that they are adding them later in the year for free

[@bricklover2258]

@4ktJ We will just have to wait and see. If they do then I will be very happy.

[@jeffroxs122]

@@4ktO who will they be adding for free?

[@kierandoc1987]

Is Mia and candices entrance music in?

[@bricklover2258]

@@kierandoc1987 Unfortunately not but there motions are. Candice has both her face and heel motions.

[@ronaldo2k891]

I wish someone made an Andrade with his tights and knee pads

[@AngelCam7]

Interesting thing to note. They now made it so that when you delete a created superstar, you get an option to delete all the images associated with said character. Whether or not that works is up for debate, though. When I tried it on my PS4 version, the game crashed, though I believe it was because I was deleting something made by WhatsTheStatus. So, if this actually works as intended, no longer will we suffer a long line of deleting unused content via the deletion utility option.

[@TBO_Punk665]

I noticed this too. It does seem to work as intended, though weirdly with the update it did remove some of my custom renders for alt attires. Didn’t outright delete them. Also if you delete a superstar, you have to exit and re-access the menu to edit any other superstars or alts.

[@AdamGrowells.they-them]

I keep seeing everyone saying "Damage ctrl entrance" like yes its cool, but the main thing for me is we can edit 3 person teams again, because we couldn't prior to this patch. so yes its nice having this entrance its nicer being able to set all the custom stables to enter together

[@Dazzabxll]

Thank god for worlds finest. I was hoping someone would make an alt to Scott Steiner as big poppa pump

[@kingxd3ath_arts485]

I never understood why Roman's drive by was an omg moment it was pretty basic

[@ZYXVQK0]

Did you know?: Along With Chairs, and Kendo Sticks, You Can Also Break Stop Signs

[@DevanHorror_]

They also updated SmackDown’s ropes to white.

[@MDPofficial69]

World's finest and whatsthestatus is good at CCs

[@dominickbenacquisto6122]

There is also a new punt kick

[@DesWWESaturdays]

Did you know there is an unused victory motion for Cameron Grimes, Ma.ce and Man.soor

[@backfandangoX]

i THINK they fixed the syncing of the WHOA in cody's entrance

[@oliemotionless6029]

Yesss sir I’ve been waiting for that lariat variant

[@CaitoSmooth]

Awesome Videos Smacktalks 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟DID YOU KNOW Series Is Fantastic

[@Surfword]

They need to update cora jade and Dom Mysterio

[@tygoodridge9972]

Thanks for the shoutout broski. It’s pronounced as (Tie) just for future references

[@joshharhut9948]

4:47 what sense does it make for 2k to put Candice LaRae and Mia Yim in the 2k23 game files but not in the game itself ? Why not just patch them into the game with patch 1.08 ?

[@matthennessy146]

They’ll likely patch them into a dlc. Status uploaded both on community creations & when you download them they both have managers & allies listed. Mia Yim has AJ Styles & The OC listed as Allies even though Gallows & Anderson dlc hasn’t come out yet. Candice LeRae meanwhile has Johnny Gargano listed as an ally & manager. On the PC version of 23 both are listed as dlc. So 2K will likely add them in a later patch. As they are just recycling there 22 models

[@RayShot661Gaming]

Pig poppa pump gonna need his tattoos on that model, I hope someone updates that model though

[@haydenmarshall2010]

Sami is Ucey. Smacktalks is probably mega-Ucey.

[@Austin2tall97]

Did you know that this patch broke the entrance and victory motion for Roman Reigns coming out with Paul Heyman as his manager😡🤦‍♂️

[@angelserrano9049]

No, they didn’t. They actually fixed it and it works better now.

[@Austin2tall97]

Yes they did🙄

[@Saturn-tw6wf]

@@Austin2tall97 They didn't. It still works fine, and they even patched in his unique championship victory motion when he has Paul with him as his manager.

[@brandinstephens9933]

Steiner Row DLC pack

[@trevorb3492]

No commentary for the Roman's Dropkick?

[@brziperiod]

3:40 I hope he said it like this because of guidelines....

[@brziperiod]

Cause who the hell pronounces the Ls in guillotine?

[@geomarloduran1370]

To be honest I’m used to seeing Scott with the goatee than the long haired version

[@ciaranmcguinness8900]

Michael Cole still craps on top dolla for his failed dive even in the game 😂

[@johndover07]

Did you know that Max Dupri is set as a manager in MyFaction?

[@zzzgts]

Did you know that Rey Mysterio '97's theme is still in the game as the WCW Nitro theme? Can be selected in Create an Entrance as well

[@LewisRothwell-e7t]

Did you know superstars such as Rhea Ripley have specail crowd chants saying ‘welcome back’. In the nxt arena

[@AttackShadow3463]

All former NXT roster members have that chant

[@TylerJosephSmith]

You still have the pre-release disclaimer In the description.

[@bj1761]

Why not just give us Big Poppa Pump? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@leepop123]

Wow ..thanks for the info

[@itsmejackyg7981]

I really hope they make MyRise characters available in the base game for play modes and Universe

[@Predators--cz2fb]

Even though he’s not in game there are some wicked CAWS of ‘Big Poppa Pump’ that easily rival the DLC packs. So I’m good with that..

[@HarmonySword]

Did you know this update ruined the Alexa Bliss 20' and Farooq Hidden models? Apparently their hidden files were deleted from this patch, Now they look like green skinned CAWs. But Status uploaded a Bliss with a CAW hair style that looked similar to her old one so that is sort of a fix for right now.

[@mannielovesprowrestling413]

Your videos are always great to watch keep up the great work Smacktalks!

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

They added the myrise arena logos in create an arena so another added touch if you all want to replicate PWJ .

[@qh2766]

I hope that custom titantron bug is fixed soon. Custom titantron doesn't work from time to time.

[@michaelbohn2023]

Still hoping 2k brings in Pat McAfee at some point soon as a playable character 🙏🙏🙏

[@dragonrana88]

The Haymaker Punch wont work for me, when I go to preview it he just grabs the air and stands there until I choose a new move.

[@jeffroxs122]

I really hope that they give us a patch update with charlotte and Dana Brooke with their current theme song also patch update doudrop name to piper Niven

[@TheY2jerichohollic]

I am not sure if that’s just me but I strongly feel like they updated Solo Sikoa’s model to reflect his current physique. Maybe I am wrong tho

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

I know tha b fab has not been very activw on the ring but why including her finisher if she is not going to be a playable character from start

[@kryptmusic5846]

Better yet why is she even dlc if we can't play her, just seems like that slot could've been used for someone else

[@MEW762]

Did you know you can now play as in the raw 02 arena in universe mode

[@AwesomeGuy772]

Hit rows trio entrance don’t even work in WWE universe😢 even after making them a tag team

[@TheEpicMan7777]

all I gotta say is 🗣️ HOLLER IF YOU HEAR ME

[@Whatupjonny]

They should put Sami’s theme in

[@mrkevinhaughey]

YES

[@dominicwheeler7742]

Did you know that the leg drop guillotine is not new to this patch because I’ve had it on my Becky lynch since day one 🤣

[@garybrown5141]

Did you know you can play Xavier Woods’s trumpet in the game. To do this, set up a 1 vs 1 match against Xavier. Break out during his entrance so he drops the trumpet. Pick it up and then press Square for one sound and X for another.

[@ImThAtGuY90]

2k is trolling us with Big Poppa pump 😒

[@justinpyle6836]

As always!

[@T3XASTRILL]

I hope they update Sami zayns entrance theme and fix the bloodline entrances

[@GeniuzProductions]

did the wcw womens title update for gm mode?

[@InfamyTheMighty]

I’d wish they’d fix the entrances for tag teams.

[@masterairhart]

Did they already remove Candice I can’t find her

[@logankerr8090]

is anyone on the ps5 experiencing a tag team bug where the teams are coming out separately&not together? at least when i'm in "Play Mode"

[@alboudreaux]

What teams r u talking about?

[@Mporter47]

Couldn't care less about the hit row but I'm enjoying the Steiners, sucks 2k was lazy with their trons though

[@tartarus5862]

6:38 YES!

[@99ConnorMills]

Just had a match, had the Maximum Male Models come out and Corey Graves was talking about Pretty Deadly during there entrance 👍

[@WCWThunderRosa]

Damage Control victory motion is kinda unnecessary considering they never win

[@Ross-Gonz20]

Did you know you can break the ring with anyone as I broke it with my custom supper heavyweight and xavier woods

[@boojwahz]

With all the big poppa pump talk, we should have gotten that version too

[@dwaynewalker7894]

It sucks that they're teasing a breakup for damage control