5. The Entrance Is Iconic (In A Way Where It Sells Tickets)
There should be a belief in WWE Creative that anything that would cause a video game developer to have to create something unique (in an out-of-the-ordinary sense) for a character means that they're not a heel, but a babyface. In WWE 2K15, it's an absolute certainty that Erick Rowan's sheep mask, as well as Bray Wyatt's lantern and rocking chair are going to be ultimately un-lockable for your own created character. On a certain level, if you're a heel, you don't want (even in a video game) for one of the fans to have the ability to blow out your lantern or sit in your rocking chair. Again, a heel is a wrestler that creates a void for fan excitement to fall into, only to be retrieved by the bravest of babyfaces just before the finish of the match. Bray Wyatt's entrance sells tickets. WWE's Universe has been force-fed cookie-cutter everything for so long that ANYTHING that disrupts what has become so (understandably) sanitized and corporate, is lauded.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
