Listen "The Wrestling Rewind #189 🎙️: WWE 2K25 Talk, Wrestling games, AEW GrandSlam 2025 Drama"
Episode Synopsis
This week’s episode is a mix of gaming discussion and pro wrestling news as the hosts move between video game talk and the latest developments in wrestling.
Video Games and Deals
The show begins with bargain hunting stories, including finding Resident Evil: Code Veronica for 99p and Bayonetta 3 for fifteen pounds. The Nintendo Switch gets praise for its portability and ability to run games like Bayonetta 3 smoothly despite not being the most powerful system. On the PlayStation 5 side, the hosts laugh about playing poorly made games purely for platinum trophies, including one about moving a burger and another about hitting a gyro 500 times.
Unique Achievements
The conversation turns to unusual and time-consuming gaming achievements, such as High on Life’s trophy that requires waiting ten years to unlock, and The Stanley Parable’s “don’t play for five years” achievement, which some players bypass by changing their computer’s internal clock.
Wrestling Video Games
The hosts review WWE 2K25, reflect on the success of WWE 2K24, and speculate on a potential TNA pack for the new game, which they say would make perfect sense. The AEW game is heavily criticised for having less content at the same price as a full game, with comparisons to WCW Backstage Assault. There is also a nostalgic look back at older wrestling games like WWF Attitude and ECW Anarchy Rulz, including the infamous brimstone match where wrestlers are set on fire.
Professional Wrestling
TNA is set to run a new TNA Unbreakable event in Las Vegas just before WrestleMania, a callback to the 2005 show that the hosts regard as a landmark moment for the company. They suggest this could be part of a growing collaboration between WWE and TNA. AEW receives more criticism, though one host acknowledges that the core idea of the AEW game is solid and notes that CM Punk is the champion in their game save.
Aired: February 25, 2025
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Video Games and Deals
The show begins with bargain hunting stories, including finding Resident Evil: Code Veronica for 99p and Bayonetta 3 for fifteen pounds. The Nintendo Switch gets praise for its portability and ability to run games like Bayonetta 3 smoothly despite not being the most powerful system. On the PlayStation 5 side, the hosts laugh about playing poorly made games purely for platinum trophies, including one about moving a burger and another about hitting a gyro 500 times.
Unique Achievements
The conversation turns to unusual and time-consuming gaming achievements, such as High on Life’s trophy that requires waiting ten years to unlock, and The Stanley Parable’s “don’t play for five years” achievement, which some players bypass by changing their computer’s internal clock.
Wrestling Video Games
The hosts review WWE 2K25, reflect on the success of WWE 2K24, and speculate on a potential TNA pack for the new game, which they say would make perfect sense. The AEW game is heavily criticised for having less content at the same price as a full game, with comparisons to WCW Backstage Assault. There is also a nostalgic look back at older wrestling games like WWF Attitude and ECW Anarchy Rulz, including the infamous brimstone match where wrestlers are set on fire.
Professional Wrestling
TNA is set to run a new TNA Unbreakable event in Las Vegas just before WrestleMania, a callback to the 2005 show that the hosts regard as a landmark moment for the company. They suggest this could be part of a growing collaboration between WWE and TNA. AEW receives more criticism, though one host acknowledges that the core idea of the AEW game is solid and notes that CM Punk is the champion in their game save.
Aired: February 25, 2025
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