On June 19, 2017, 2K released a trailer, revealing that Seth Rollins will be featured as the game's cover star. On May 23, 2017, 2K Sports announced WWE 2K18 would be released in 2017. A sequel, WWE 2K19, was released in October 2018. Critical response to the game was mixed, with particular criticism levied at the Switch version and its various technical issues. Īmong the features 2K promoted were enhanced graphics and the return of Kurt Angle to the series as a playable character. A Nintendo Switch version followed on December 6, 2017, the only release of the series for the Switch and the first WWE game to be released for a Nintendo platform since WWE '13. With its release, WWE 2K18 became the first in the series to be exclusively released on eighth generation hardware and also the first in the series to be released for PC and consoles simultaneously. It was released worldwide on October 17, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. It is the nineteenth installment in the WWE game series (fifth under the WWE 2K banner) and a follow-up to WWE 2K17. The ring will always be yours.WWE 2K18 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by 2K. For that reason, thank you, Coleman, for everything you’ve done and for the legacy you’ve left behind. WWE wouldn’t be what it is today without pioneers like Wayne Coleman.
Hulk Hogan’s mentorĪlong the way, Coleman also met and mentored two rookie wrestlers, named James Janos and Terry Bollea, who would go on to become big stars known as Jesse Ventura and Hulk Hogan. The result was media attention, which led to invitations to appear on late-night talk shows.Ĭoleman enjoyed his biggest spotlight in what was then the World Wide Wrestling Federation, where he faced off against wrestlers like Dusty Rhodes and Harley Race. I was the first guy who looked and posed like a bodybuilder, kneeling down and doing a bicep shot,” he explained in interviews.ĭescribing himself as a natural showman, he said he would do whatever it took to help draw in the audience and make the matches entertaining for ticket buyers. “I took old things and made them new,” Coleman told the New York Daily News. One of the most influential performers in the history of the business. Condolences to the family of Wayne Coleman aka “Superstar” Billy Graham, particularly his wife Valerie.
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