WWE 2K24: How I Set Up UNIVERSE MODE in 2024 (Tutorial)

[@Blake14-]

I think I have seen others say this, but with my universe mode I fully customize and book every show on my own, I do raw and smackdown with 4 matches each. It gets tedious a lot of the time but I find it a lot more rewarding when you finally make it to a PPV, I have never really enjoyed letting the ai book the show even using match tables. So if you are also someone who doesn’t find that way of playing much fun either, I 100% would suggest trying to book your own shows with a few less matches to make it manageable

[@MikeHenry3280]

i usually do that to.. i try to set up the cards myself.. if the AI puts in a good match ill keep it, but sometimes i do my own cards, and alot of the times in the end the PLEs turn out to be good events...even with a lil build up to it... what i hate is when the PLE ends then im like ok now what... i start a new month over who do i pick for #1 contenders do i do it now or see how the divisional rankings play out for the next few weeks and then decide on the PLE matches about a week before the PLE. lol

[@Blake14-]

@@MikeHenry3280 I do mostly qualifying matches and tournaments to find challengers for the next ple, unless there is a specific rivalry I want to begin between two people

[@BrianJohnsonArmwrestling]

NXT u can only go down to 6 is Raw and Smackdown not the same?

[@thomasfulton0505]

Can you put in cutscenes and make stories

[@emmanuelgondwechocboy6546]

so glad divisions fixed hated how random title matches were

[@kadharefinley224]

If you really want the authentic feel like WWE in your Universe Mode, act like you’re Kevin Dunne and do a thousand camera cuts 🤣🤣

[@AssembleShow]

there ya go!

[@RichyRichMr]

😅😅😅😅

[@austinmeyer_238]

Not anymore.

[@curtissimmons2287]

😂😂😂

[@KadariusGreen]

It's great while you talking shit

[@Noobshaba2]

Match tables for rivalries are different than regular match tables. Changing the format or regular one on one or tag matches do not change the match types for rivalries you have to change them separately. That’s always been a thing

[@ronaldrucker2000]

The weekly repetive rivalry matches kills replay value. No rivalry fight 4 times before the actual PLE

[@mridushmanthengal6877]

Yeah , this thing sucks . Should have included more options like interference , promos etc.

[@darryljackson866]

23 and 24 have done a better job not having rivals fight 4x before ppv you can in 24 you can choose who they have matches against depending on the rivalry action

[@darryljackson866]

For four man factions their 2 man entrances are set to entrance seperate so you gotta go in and edit

[@darryljackson866]

If you keep one rivalry slot open on a show you can actually do rivalry actions for all your matches otherwise you are limited to only the 4 rivalries having actions

[@AlternativeEnigma]

Edit it yourself. It will be the story you want. Just a lot more hands on. Also maybe try a new or old era. I feel if we had intros and promos it would be almost perfect

[@CorenOwens]

Hey Matt you’re the best. I keep Universe Mode the same. The only thing I changed was Raw and SmackDown to their 2002 versions. I love the SmackDown fist 👊 and it looks cool with entrances. I wish WWE would bring back cool stages for Raw and SmackDown. Keep up the great work Matt. Your amazing.

[@NMIT1P]

That's exactly what I'm doing. I have SYM PS2 game and enjoyed it a lot. Thought about creating HCTP as well. Just a lot of stuff to figure out though.

[@darcellesis]

Assemble you may not be one of the disciples, but you are clearly doing the Lords work and for that we thank you

[@CricketGamer582]

Assemble if u want wwe Champion match in main event than u have to put wwe championship rivilvary in slot 1..

[@hitleredits-v1o]

You* rivalry* champion* you*

[@cvillain2677]

I personally don’t set up rivalries and just set up all matches week to week in every show and design the matches myself.

[@AssembleShow]

Do you do ai makes the matches or you go in for every show and make it your own

[@cvillain2677]

@@AssembleShow I delete all matches and start fresh the way I want the show to run. Makes it feel like I’m the gm or the person organizing each show more. Then I set up my rivalry matches in the slots I want with the actions I want or even give the rivalry a break in some week. You can end the rivalry the same way at a pay per view or however you like. I just feel that way it’s more creative and you have ultimate control of your universe. It may be tedious to some but for me it feels more immersive and I can get creative week to week how each show runs and whether my rivalries even have an interaction or take a break. I do play all my matches and rarely simulate and do about 7 matches per show with nxt having about 5. I also added aew show on Thursdays

[@Deaddadstudios]

Same! I even document all my shows in Excel because Im a huge dork lol. I wish there was a show history. ​@cvillain2677

[@beardedweirdo790]

​@cvillain2677 legit wish I had the time and patience for that.. i get maybe 2 hours of gaming a day and I wanna maximise it as much as possible. Which is why I LOVED season mode in the old games. Superstar mode on UM is nice but 0 storylines is a drag

[@cvillain2677]

@@beardedweirdo790 I can understand that. I play about the same, maybe two hours. Kind of take it slow and play one show a day or sometimes two. I have papers with writing on my next matches or ideas for upcoming shows or future ple 😂

[@exodusoneprime]

Love you for doing this brother. Been watching you since 2k22 and you are legit helpful. Blessings to you and your family

[@marboro14]

Loved this vid fellow Matt! I’m already upto Summerslam in my Universe mode and I’ve come across a few bugs. The most annoying thing that I’ve noticed is ladder matches take FOREVER. It’s almost like the AI forget they’re in a ladder match, and my MITB entire card glitched out big time. Can’t remember what I edited within the PPV but it sent the whole thing into a tailspin. The women’s MITB ladder match was going for half an hour and not one participant went for the briefcase, and Andre the Giant ended up winning the men’s MITB by pinfall…😂. You read that right, no one went for a ladder for a good 20 minutes and Andre just pinned a man and won it which was hilarious. AI cash ins are glitched out too. I spectated a normal 1v1 match with my women’s champion, the women’s MITB just inserted herself into the match without no control from me, it ended up like a 2vs1 handicap match where Miss MITB just kept attacking the champion and not who she was wrestling, and when the match finished and the champ eventually lost, the 3 wrestlers just stood frozen in the ring and just stopped doing anything for ages. My guess was that was an AI attempted pre match cash in, and the whole thing just broke. So yeah plenty of bugs, but it’s the first universe mode I’ve played since wwe13, so it all seems so fricken cool to me even though it might be boring and repetitive and buggy to others! Would love it if you kept doing fun play throughs of universe in different forms and seeing what other bugs you find cos when they happened to me I googled to see if anyone had a fix and it felt like it was only happening to me so I’d love to see what else you might find so we’re all aware of it in our own universe modes. Anyway, great video! Loved your channel since I found it a few weeks ago! Keep it up fellow Matt! YEEEEAHHH

[@AssembleShow]

Hey thanks marv, appreciate the feedback I’d like to do more universe mode just need to know what and how 😂

[@MisterBig-10]

27:39 That's the information I'd like to know, I'm glad they got this option to choose who will be the 3rd in the rivalry

[@Unbreakable_Spirit01]

A long time ago I downloaded a spinner wheel app and I use it for a draft whenever I’m setting up universes mode

[@javidavi99x]

Where did you get the spinner wheel?

[@Unbreakable_Spirit01]

@@javidavi99x The App Store on my device. It’s called Daily Decision

[@marboro14]

I did that too for my 3 brands!

[@Unbreakable_Spirit01]

@@marboro14 I did 3 brands selectively depending on if they are currently a part of the NXT roster

[@painbroke]

what i do for my universe i just put everyone in the mid card division so a have a lot more random matches so i don’t have the same people fighting every week and it can have someone fight for the world title who would usually not be in the title picture and you could also build your own story around it

[@JUNIORBOROTO-jn9vj]

YOUR THE BEST ASSEMBLE

[@TimLowndes89]

Hey Matt. I'm not sure if you know this, but if you alter the Universe but the match card doesn't change, all you have to do is back out to the main menu and go back into Universe Mode and the match card SHOULD update based on the new changes. At least, that's how it's worked for me in the past. If you're already aware of this, please disregard.

[@Imagination972]

Finally, been waiting for that!

[@UniverseOfKain]

So, a heads up... If you don't make rivalries at all, and use a spreadsheet instead, you can use rivalry actions (all of them) in every single match if you wanted. You just have to keep track of what's happening yourself.

[@rileyanthony]

@Assemble I will say it’s really tedious process in order to fix universe mode the only 2 things I wanted fixed is being able to use alternate attiers not mess up the rivalry when they are already in a rivalry and secondly I want 2k to fix is being able to use the run in payback in universe mode matches

[@SmoothSportsGaming]

So you can use alternate attires for in game characters in Universe, but it'll reset the rivalry system? If so couldn't you just use free mode? To set it? I'm asking because it's been 2 years since I skipped Universe. If I can use alternate attires, and sliders/movesets that save. I'm happy

[@bigmanjc6357]

​@smoothrealism8259 if you have on an alt attire in Universe rivalry action cutscenes there's a small chance that someone will be invisible. I had this problem last year with Austin Theory and Eve and now this year I'm having that issue with Carmella

[@SmoothSportsGaming]

@@bigmanjc6357 Even in free mode? Thanks for responding

[@DennEsIstCool]

match tables look nice in theory, but if they actually work is a whole other question.

[@AssembleShow]

Facts

[@Chuck_EL]

​@@AssembleShow I'm actually doing a Golden era/New Generation era universe mode It's going very well Hogan vs Flair in a long year rivalry

[@jet7111]

Fantastic job! I had never used this mode and was having some issues and you explained everything. Well done and highly recommended!

[@Ripper_1701]

Great video! Really enjoyed it and it's got me thinking what I can do for things. Love the channel and videos so thank you.

[@Itzwill2k1]

Assemble is the goat 🐐 ❤❤❤

[@iamtherealwill]

My universe so bugged man. My mitb holders don’t even come out with the briefcase. The cards will have matches on the card screen and whole time it be a different match in its place it’s crazy man. They need a universe mode revamp

[@angelserrano9049]

Universe mode can be very enjoyable, as long as you know how to improvise and go with the flow. if you’re a control freak, and has to have things a certain way, you won’t like this mode, but if you don’t mess around with the rivalries, turn automatic rivalries off and you set up the divisions properly, only use rival reactions with free mode or whatever the game suggests, It’s very enjoyable. I just make minor adjustments as I go here and there and it works out so much better.

[@patricklevesque7417]

Im starting my univers soon , starting in 1984..wwf nwa and a fusion of montreal Lutte international with stampede wrestling

[@mateuszmalag878]

Never edited divisons.... Didnt even know what they are for 😅 Always make matches and rivels myself

[@briantidwell651]

The Match Table is very broken… I lowered AND EVEN REMOVED the Single Match percentage entirely and even set it to only occur once per show and then regenerated the matches and I still had Single Matches all over the place (and yes, I even maxed out the Table with other match types).

[@mitchellima7548]

I already set up my fully up to date universe mode(play through the assumed mania card with my own twist. Just got through backlash (in France) and nearing nxt battle grounds I think. Watching the video to get ideas and support the Chanel. Keep up the good work

[@joshwalters4245]

Thank you for the video I've been having a hard time with rivalries and tag teams it just keeps putting nonsense together

[@thepluggy1]

This is brilliant, im only trying universe mode forvthe first time this year so ill definitely be watching this, thank you

[@marvelstone6325]

He didn't even do NXT..

[@RingsideCinema]

For all the quality of life improvements they made to this game, not upgrading Universe Mode feels like the only negative to the game. We need Saturday PLEs, the ability to make a PLE a one or two night event. So Wrestlemania would be defaulted to two nights but for fun we can make any PLE a two night event. Royal Rumble two nights with the Women's Rumble closing the show Saturday and the Men's Rumble closes the show Sunday. Two Night Summerslam, again it's a video game let us have fun with it. Also the idea of starting a Universe with a Blank Calendar and letting us truly customize it from the start needs to be a thing.

[@porkmashups2990]

Yup. Couldn’t agree more, real big miss on 2Ks part. Also, I’d love to see the calendar changed to a real calendar year rather than just the 28 day months. Feels super weird doing it that way. Since it’s 2K24, it should start in 2024, moving on to 2025, 2026 etc.

[@declangaming24]

​@porkmashups2990 it can't these games always have had last years arenas but the updated weekly shows. Agree with you on the 2 night shows as Saturday PLE events

[@IroquoisPliskin86]

It's so weird they didn't include 2 night shows since Mania has been 2 nights for years now.

[@OvO.edddy14]

Instead of having the women’s tag titles on both shows i just set it for raw and set a midcard women’s title on smackdown

[@thephapster]

I just copy the current WWE roster and then vacate all titles then run tournaments for the vacant titles. This allows me to then create my own storylines going forward instead of copying WWE's current storylines

[@wrestleslamzzofficial]

Nice merch by the way Assemble!

[@AssembleShow]

Thanks !

[@BenHPhillipsOfficial]

Tbh i like having some Custom Championships for like US and World cause i like making my own Champ History its also easier to see days held without the past champs It’s why i wish they had a thing where at start you can edit days held

[@DatBoyBlue91]

For match table to work you have to do it before you click on it. I never use the match table because I play my universe mode and plan it out myself. Just like rivalries I just plan them out. I keep automatic on if someone attack someone it will set them as a rival instead of me going in there having to do that.

[@kyber8117]

Literally perfect

[@SleepyEyeSniper]

Attitude Universe series would be amazing

[@pjr238]

Universe mode is something that I love but has wound me up for a long time. I spend more time getting it to where I want than actually playing it. Sometimes I want to just run one brand for simplicity so I set up a super RAW, but then end up with a bloated roster I can’t manage (pretty accurate to real life to be fair) Until they make it so MITB can go after both brands world title that’s the thing that stumps me most, because I don’t want them pinned to one brand unless I make a one brand universe

[@JigsawGaming27]

I was just thinking about just letting my mode play out cause I'm too lazy to change everything lol

[@danii.envyyy]

hey do you how to fix where it says (insufficient free space) when you download a caw/attire even though i have 783mb left of free space

[@ThomasE316]

My issue is that even when you change the rivalry match table it will default the matches to normal 1 v 1 as you can see on the cutscenes that you select. So even if you want all hardcore matches it will change the match rules to normal if there is a scene like a slap before the match.

[@gibbo7247]

ive put a good number of hours more than id care to admit making superstars and downloading them and sign and editing all my universe mode so a few weeks of work goes into universe mode for me before i actually start using it

[@D_Hampton]

If you want you can have Ashantee & Cedric Alexander as a tag team on Smackdown. Ivy Nile & Maxxine Dupri as a tag team on Raw. The Good Brothers on NXT. B-Fab with Bobby & Street Profits.

[@NoAimRay]

Thank Yew Assemble

[@ryand5545]

I did a universe mode on Thursdays I made GLOW 2.0 (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling) and empty Sunday slots for pay preview it would be Ladies Wrestling only I downloaded some custom created women and I added wwe Ladies roosters in GLOW shows

[@ElSmokerOfDoper]

Perv

[@bjorngadd8647]

It is so nice of LA Knight to help us with the setups to make a great universe mode run. Thank you sir 💪😉

[@101686nate]

I usually put the modern roster together between Raw and Smackdown and make a legends show and change matches as i see fit

[@angelserrano9049]

One cool thing is you can have a superstar in 2 factions at the same time. I did it for Jimmy to be in the bloodline and the usos.

[@0xyc0dwrestling]

i believe i had a rematch from wrestlemania with the rock and roman with drew as the special guest ref (also the mitb holder) i feel like drew shouldve been able to cash while reffing the match but wasn’t a option

[@0xyc0dwrestling]

srry for the paragraph.. just needed to be addressed

[@yeezylegit4883]

Do you think they will ever merge this with my gm mode and make some sort of ultimate fantasy gm mode?

[@AcoylteKraven82]

Yeah….. I don’t really do all the mode’s anymore and I also gave up playing the story mode a long time ago when I release the the requirements to be allowed to write the story for that mode is that you are a insane amount of lead paint chips as a kid!!! And I am happy that I saw this before I did start up any mode again!?! I was thinking about trying this or GM mode….. but now I know about the problems here and I’ve seen a lot of the problems in GM mode, I probably won’t try this year. But I also hope they fix whatever so you can have your own custom characters in any of these game modes someday!?!

[@cristianjackson27]

Another thing I wanted to mention was make sure you go in and edit mangers and allies because people will come out with the wrong person

[@AssembleShow]

Yes definitely necessary

[@hothamandfauri]

I want the ability to set certain superstars as "Part Timers". That way they only show up for an occasional rivalry or for a big title fight. But then disappear again for a while. I know I can do this manually by just adding or removing them from the roster. However it would be nice too have a setting for this. I also don't want my champions fighting matches every single week. The game needs to recognize who the champs are and not continually put them in matches week after week. I also want a setting that randomly adds surprise entrants to the royal rumble. Normally I manually go into my rumble and throw in either a few legends or a few wrestlers that aren't assigned to any shows. I do this as surprise entrants, but it would be awesome if the game would randomly add in a surprise return or two into each royal rumble. Would add to the excitement and realism.

[@kdog1137]

Hey Matt one question I need to ask and not sure if anyone else in the community is having the same problem but going from each PPV if I skip a couple weeks I always end up having new champions. It’s like they are having matches on raw and smackdown even though I’ve not pre set any match types for having title matches in smackdown or raw. I wonder if this was occurring for anyone else as I’m always having to switch it back to the original title holders before the next PPV. Thanks Matt!!

[@AcoylteKraven82]

43:50- That is definitely funny!!! 2K following the “no jumping brands” rule way more than WWE has ever done!!!

[@BMcAdory1984]

I like this idea and I'm excited to play universe mode.

[@Cappuccino1250]

Attitude era setup with no split roster and only one set of titles . That’s the setup I would like to see and honestly how WWE should be . Having multiple tag and world champs devalues the meaning of the title

[@sethvargas6725]

Quick question that needs to be answered right now cause I am starting Universe mode today. How do I get all my custom teams and different title holders from Roster (Play Mode) to be imported to Universe mode without doing making me do it all again?

[@ImmanuelPatton]

If you can help us get a king of the ring tournament in universe mode than this will be the best game for this year

[@jayygamin23]

Cant make Awesome Truth in Universe ? How come

[@angelserrano9049]

For the two royal rumble match set ups for the match tables, does the game recognize that it’s one men and one women?

[@MrGriddyNEvryCity]

You helped thanks man but when you said Camara angles like Kevin dunne got me dying 😂😂

[@basickben]

I usually only fool with power rankings when it comes to shoe horning my custom wreslters into the mix

[@robbiewillis2207]

Thanks for the video.

[@yuckimusic2670]

i heard if you put all PLE's om the last sunday of every month, All the rivalrys will end on time and not be bugged!

[@DaLegacy23_]

Yo Assemble for the Power Rankings, the top like 10 I believe (or top 5) get stat boosts. that's what that does.

[@AssembleShow]

Appreciate it but ultimately the stat boost I don’t think really does much does it ?

[@DaLegacy23_]

@@AssembleShow honestly. Idk lmao. Just know it increases stats 😅

[@JMAC____]

Just a tip your supposed to set the PLE the last 2 weeks of the month for the rivalry system to work properly

[@AssembleShow]

Oh really I assumed not touching it will run a correct flow for the month I’ll try it out

[@JMAC____]

@@AssembleShow yes by default we would love it to work that way but unfortunately we all know the mode is full of bugs. But I’ve tried it and so far it’s running smoothly also deleting ALL the ally’s/enemies when you set up universe is essential as well for the rivalry system

[@noholdsbarred6202]

It works fine. You don't have to do this.

[@bigdonald123]

@@JMAC____I did all that only issues I’m having now is having title matches weekly how do I fix that?

[@JMAC____]

@@bigdonald123 what do you mean? You’re having title matches in the rivalry’s on weekly shows? 🤔 Oh you’re supposed to have a minor show set up for each brand if you have over 40 wrestlers on the roster

[@cristianjackson27]

One thing you have to go in and edit the commentary for the pay-per-view shows

[@Kasey_Lloyd]

i wish you could use regular refs in universe mode for special guest referees , i would like to spectate the match but through a ref

[@Billy2-pg3zj]

You need the roster to be filled with the quality wrestlers that left wwe or were cut

[@useroigi]

if you make a rivalry between mr money in the bank and who you want to cash against, the rivalry actions with the cash ins work better

[@forrnx.]

I wish there was a way to toggle which rivalry actions you want so you can turn off the actions that end up in endless 1v1 rematches

[@catalinsimionescu3495]

today is all about bugs mode

[@nevermindgaming6848]

So far for mine I'm doing two different ones on different accounts and on my second one nxt is gone for good everyone is on the main roster two different show's all the teams disbanded as well and no managers

[@gilgonzalez8985]

I just want to be able to swap match order for shows that you’re actively editing. I hate that I have to go in and edit every single match if I want a certain match to start off a show.

[@jackfarrells6179]

Should introduce eras like nba did

[@daviziongamez3250]

Finally thanks assemble

[@pippin3430]

6:19 I noticed this happens a lot with rivarly actions in weekly shows

[@havocgamer1014]

How do I make teams on universe mode because it doesn’t have awesome truth or Grayson Waller and Austin theory

[@seanmcintyre5936]

Still can’t do PLEs on Saturday? Lazy.

[@Campoe410]

Have you run into the problem where your watermarks don’t show up ?

[@VJC1618]

Happens to me all the time

[@Campoe410]

@@VJC1618 mine just don’t work

[@volticace6791]

I haven't picked up 2k24 as yet, but I was just curious about the Universe mode. Have they fixed it compared to 2k23 or is it pretty much the same?

[@petros-v4w]

the contenters section is confusing. Each superstar can compete TO ONE ONLY category. if for example I put the rock as a team in a tag and set them to compete for the Tag Team titles, he automatically CANNOT compete for the WWE Championship solo. I haven't understand the concept of contenters yet. Does the game automatically book them to play one-another more often? Is everyone competing for everything or is it hard locked according the contenters section? Does it matter who you activate or not in the contenters? Extra question. Can we set up a kING OF THE RING tournament? I have seen that there are the show's images, etc but I cannot set a tournament anywhere

[@MikeHenry3280]

Do some of u all feel like the simulation of matches is 50-50 or does it even take any talent into consideration.. maybe ill start making a chart of any matches i simulate and see who beat who and see if it leans more to the better wrestlers..

[@MikeHenry3280]

ive also noticed if i set up a custom card and make some of the matches title matches.. then i quit the game before i finish the card and i come back to it later on.. all the matches i made for title matches go back to non title matches.... well at least sometimes it does... sooo i mean the game is fun and better each year but still has some issues..

[@acebestcring778]

Amazing

[@braydonclark6691]

Does Gm mode add DLC superstars into a save slot you have open before they’re released or do you have to start a new gm mode to use the dlc ?😊

[@Itz_Lip]

Isnt Bron Breakker tag team champions with Baron Corbin in NXT?

[@shyheimmanning6724]

Hey Assemble, you know how you can get rivalries to end in universe mode without having to delete them? They seem to go on forever, had this issue in 2k23 as well.

[@christopherparcella6925]

I'm very frustrated with Universe Mode. I spent quite a lot of time setting mine up. Tried to do a cash in and it wouldn't let me. MITB never works.

[@JustMattLive_]

ive just uninstalled wwe 2k24 fed up wtih the bugs and error crashes was 45 mins into a caw game crashes its happened so many times im sick of it

[@jakekelley1833]

I wish we could download load user created universes ! Ive seen some good ones i don’t have the energy to recreate

[@Robbemm]

Matt !!!! Thanks for this video !!!!!!!

[@AssembleShow]

Welcome! Hope it was alright

[@letsgomets1]

Why can't I pair miz and truth together?? When I try to get a second person in the faction, miz is not on the list.

[@Retired474]

In my universe I got the rock as undisputed champ and leader of the bloodline. He beat reigns to win the title and the tribal chief title, Setting up Roman to come back as the big dog to win the royal rumble and do big dog reigns vs rock at mania

[@Nerusonjr]

How do I make a men’s and a wemons championship match at elimination chamber

[@rayshawnhargis6283]

Hey they need to fix the move set list as well and how moves are categorize in the game plz let the devs know

[@AcoylteKraven82]

40:10- I don’t really get why the PPVs are set for Sundays (if it is set to what it normally is) even though only the 2 day events and a few of the NXT PPVs are actually on Sunday!?! That and I’m not sure (if you can do all of this stuff) how this and GM mode is different from each other?!? It seems a lot a like!?!

[@RichyRichMr]

One thing I was hoping for this year woulda been more slots for universal mode