Not long now! WWE 13 is released at the beginning of next month in the UK (the end of this month in North America) and by most accounts it marks the beginning of a new direction for THQ’s seminal pro-wrestling franchise. With its brand new Attitude Era story mode, this new game promises to bodyslam us back through time, to relive and re-experience the golden age of the WWE.
A while back THQ released their final and fully confirmed roster, which actually contains most of the most important superstars of the Attitude Era: Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Mick Foley, ‘Taker. All the greats are there (or at least very nearly all the greats). However, with that being said, the Attitude Era wasn’t just about the main event.
The thing that made the era so incredible was that everything was great; the main event; the mid card; hell back then even the Divas were tearing it up. So when taking a look through the final WWE 13 roster, I couldn’t help but feel several twinges of disappointment when I registered who was there vs. who was missing.
WWE boast so many fans. Practically an innumerable number of fans in fact. No matter how big WWE 13’s roster was, someone was always going to feel left out. So, without more introduction, let’s have a look at who’s missing and why.
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this article is so wrong. everyone that should have been in the game, IS. and Matt hardy aint in TNA, he just sucks and WWE dont want him and his issues. another thing is, Chyna is doing some porn and WWE dont want to be associated with that either, and chyna wasn’t THAT important in the attitude era, just like a lot of the stars in this article weren’t and there is a good reason for each of these stars not to be in the game. WWE’13 has a great roster tho. and even the many HHH and Foley characters in the game offer different things for each character. i cant wait for WWE’13.
dont agree with this article at all.
Sable! Can’t believe she isn’t in the game, especially with her husband Brock Lesner signed to WWE.
Perry Saturn, The Hardy Boyz, Mean Street Posse, Funaki, D-lo Brown, Goldust, Prince Albert, Val Venis, Viscera, Rikishi
Goldust, Val Venis, Rikishi and Albert (as Tensai) are all in as DLC.
D’Lo Brown… THE BEST DAMN EUROPEAN CHAMPION THERE EVER WAS!
Steve Blackman? Suart,are you on crack?
come on! you forgot the Hardyz! lool, how could you possibly not have them on this list!
Great article fellow columnist!
Chyna as #1 was a fantastic choice. She rose above and beyond the normal Diva expectations, and put that division on the map for the Attitude Era.
By the end of her run she was a Superstar in her own right, completely on her own from the Divas and holding her own. I hate to see how far she’s fallen – but we all love a nice story of redemption; here’s hoping she can turn it around before she ends up like so many before her in that industry.
This is completely wrong. Was all you ever watched the mid-card? There are crucially absent superstars and divas that have been left out of both this article, and the game. Here are some of the obvious ones: Candice Michelle, Batista, Jeff Hardy, (maybe Matt, he annoyed me so much but again it would be fun to have the Hardy vs. Hardy “I Quit” match again) Goldberg, Kurt Angle,(should have been #1 on the list) Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, Rikishi, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Hardcore Holly, Al Snow, Mr, Kennedy, Jimmy Snuka, Hornswoggle, (not really an attitude era superstar, or much of a superstar at all, but would be fun to have around and am anticipating his in ring debut in an upcoming game [hopefully]) Umaga, RVD, Doink, Great Gonzales, and Scott Steiner. (to name a few)
But yea overall, article was useless, kind of a waste of time, next time try to do guys that actually had a decently big impact, not guys who were barely scraping mid card and should have never been hired. I will give you this: there were some blatantly obvious superstars in your article that should have been in the game but only like 4/10. You probably should have searched “good attitude era superstars” or something like that before you wrote this and posted it online.
You’re Welcome.
First off Candice Michelle, Batista, Jimmy Snuka, Umaga, Giant Gonzales, and Mr. Kennedy were not in the WWE during the Attitude Era. Same with Goldberg, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Scott Steiner, and Ric Flair they were in WCW during that period and didn’t come to the WWE until after the Attitude Era ended. I do wish Al Snow, The Hardy’s, Kurt Angle, and RVD could be in the game but with the animosity between TNA and WWE it’s just not going to happen. So most of your list doesn’t make sense when looking for characters that should be in a WWE game focused on the Attitude Era.
What about jeff hardy
Ok yeah every one of these thats in TNA is understandable rival companies and all that. But chyna? Yeah she did porn but ” one night in chyna ” and ” another night in chyna ” is with x-pac who IS in the game! Yes because of DX but still did porn, personally i think chynas left out because of her history with triple h and stephanie mcmahon.
It’s not the porn thing really, its the fact that she still goes around saying that McMahon and Triple H “raped” her metaphorically and when shes really strung out, literally. You are absolutely right about it.
I myself got a little sad that they forgot to add Steve Blackman, Al Snow and Chyna. One was an all-around badass that was just misplaced, the middle one was my favorite joke on the company and the other was the one who developed the gimmick for Beth Pheonix. The reason for not adding Blackman was weak, but it’s explainable. I missed Too Cool, but they are going to be added in a DLC, right?