The past year has introduced many new characters to the WWE TV show. These men and women represent one of the big reasons to buy WWE 2K15, finally you'll have a chance to play as the most up to date WWE roster. As an added bonus, there'll also be some new retro characters added to the game, meaning that 2K15 truly will feel like a whole new game. But what rating will 2K assign to these rookie and retro stars? It's one of the most important decisions in the game. The grade a wrestler is assigned effects how hard they are to play against. Obviously it also dictates how easy the wrestler is to play as too. In 2K's attempts to mirror reality, the new player ratings will be closely linked to how successful a star has been on TV. For 2K14 they tended to give main eventers 90 plus, mid carders had 80's and jobbers wallowed toward the 70's. The diva division was also judged to be under the 80 mark. Here's what we expect the new rookie and new retro 2K15 characters to be rated as in October's release.
13. Retro CM Punk
WWE 2K15 Expected Rating: 89 We include CM Punk first on this countdown. Some of you may be thinking that he isn't strictly speaking new. However, we expect that the 2K15 version of Punk will in fact be wholly overhauled from last year's version. It won't be CM Punk, it will be 'Retro CM Punk.' The straight edge superstar left WWE in January of this year, thus meaning that his 2K15 appearance will be presented as the retro Punk character. That means a new rating, which we expect will be far lower than the very high 94 he was judged to be worth as an active wrestler in 2K14. The fact is that Punk's split with WWE was acrimonious. The company still feel angry over his abrupt quitting. With that in mind, expect WWE to ensure that Retro Punk is graded as inferior. Even in video game land, WWE don't want this guy going over. A rating of 89 is representative of the lower rating that WWE can get away with. You've got to remember that Punk is planned to be a big part of the game in 2K Showcase mode, so they dare not make Retro Punk too inferior.
