This one is a wider Up, not so much a personal Up.
For many long-time wrestling game fans, they've been clamouring for the return of chain wrestling. Here in WWE 2K25, those fans have gotten their wish, with you now able to lock up in a more strategic grapple with your opponent, partaking in minigames to score an advantageous position or land an attack.
Personally, I can take or leave the chain wrestling stuff - which for players like me, you can easily turn the chain wrestling system off in the Options menu - but on a broader level, this has to be an Up due to the sheer number of gamers wanting to see this brought back. So, consider this a win for the masses.
Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics.
As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
Between his main day job, his role as lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.
