WWE has really dropped the ball with their release of WWE 2K18 on the Nintendo Switch console. Not only did they wait for a last minute announcement on the release date but the game’s performance reviews are very negative. Did we forget to mention that if you pre-ordered the game at stores like Gamestop, that you can’t even get your copy yet? That’s right. It’s only available for digital download off the EStore in Nintendo. 2K Games failed to mention that part when they made the announcement on Monday, so individuals like myself are unable to get a copy of the game until they decide to release it, which hasn’t officially been announced either.

Anyways, back to the performance review. Michael Does Life sent the following to NoDq.com about the digital copy he download and mentioned that the game is not working well in the handheld mode. He also urges people to not buy the game for The Switch because of the poor frame rate which makes the game hard to play.

“WWE 2K18 is finally out on the Nintendo Switch, and it’s NOT looking good. The game, especially in handheld mode, is basically unplayable due to its abysmal frame rate. I don’t think you should buy WWE 2K18 on the Nintendo Switch.”

Embedded below are a couple of clips that supports Michael’s statement about the poor frame rate and displays why people shouldn’t buy the game:

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As previously noted, Triple H announced during a conference call to promote NXT Takeover that the War Games match will not have a roof on top of the structure.

“We’re not going to have a roof,” Triple H said. “I think it’s a little bit limiting. I think the style has changed. I’m not saying that anyone’s going to do it in this match, but I think going forward, I try to think about the future… look, Arn Anderson wasn’t doing moonsaults off the top of a cage (laughs). This allows for there to be a little bit of a different opportunity there to do some things.”

“I don’t think personally that we’ve changed the concept of what it is… there are some small tweaks, but I think they work better in today’s generation than it did in the format that was originally used.”

Dave Meltzer discussed the announcement on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live and said that Triple H actually wanted to have a roof on the structure. Meltzer revealed that it was Vince McMahon who decided against it. Vince’s ruling always overrules Triple H’s and Vince got his way.

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Triple H recently spoke with NBC Sports to promote Saturday’s NXT Takeover: War Games event. Here are some highlights:

How they finally decided to do a WarGames match: “For me WarGames has always been a very viable concept. It wasn’t just a name, it was a branding of a match that was meaningful in WCW. It’s something I’ve always had interest in. I’ve always liked the concept as a fan. As we move forward with NXT, it’s really started to become its own brand. We’ve had opportunities to do different things, whether that is ladder matches, or cage matches. But there was an opportunity that came along, given the weekend with Survivor Series and given the position [NXT] is in to brand something out and create something that NXT could own. It seemed like the perfect time to bring it out, so I dusted it off. Throughout the years, I was aware of Vince’s feelings about it. There were some things about that match that he liked and there were some things about the concept that he didn’t necessarily think worked, especially in today’s world. So I brought it back up to him and we walked through the process and I said here’s the way I think we can make this match work for us and he liked it, agreed with it, thought it worked great for NXT and was real happy to do it. So here we are.”

His goal for the match: “When you do this, the goal is not to go backwards. My goal isn’t to make people go, ‘Oh, is this as good as it was back then?’ I want to put a slightly different spin on it, so that it begins again and takes a life of its own because it can’t be what it was. I grew up watching it in the Dusty [Rhodes], [Ric] Flair, Four Horseman vs. the world sort of iteration of it and this cannot be that. It has to be today’s version of it. Hopefully it’ll be something that our fan base really enjoys. I think the NXT fans are going to love it. I know the talent is very excited about it. When we announced the match and word began to spread on the Internet, a bunch of main roster talent came to me and said, ‘oh my God, you’re doing WarGames? Anyway I can do something in that?’ For me, it’s also a cool nod to Dream [‘The American Dream’ Dusty Rhodes]. It’s cool that his vision is able to continue.”

The complexity of the match: “There is some complexity to it, even though there are some people saying, ‘But it’s three teams, it isn’t the same as it originally was.’ The thing is we don’t have the Four Horseman, with a manger, to make a five-man team. It convoluted the concept to me if you hogedpodge things together. When the stories logically go to the next place and they just kind of connect together, that’s when they’re the best and I feel like that’s how this happened. Once we knew we were going to do it, it organically started to come together. You have Authors of Pain, you have Sanity, you have the Undisputed Era. There’s a three-way thing that is combustible and needs to be solved inside a double cage … what other way would you solve it? (Laughs) So you organically get there and then there were some logistical ways to figure out the issues that were created by the concept. For example, someone could say, ‘well, why doesn’t the rest of the team just run out and try to get into the cage?’ Well they can’t because they’re in this other cage. Hopefully this becomes a yearly event. Is this exact iteration of what we’ll see in the future? I don’t know. I hope so, but if there’s something in this that doesn’t work, then we’ll tweak it a little and try to perfect it. Everything goes through its little changes in the beginning and then where it ends up you just kind of naturally end up and you forget about those little changes that happen over time. When you go back and look at them 10 years later you might go, ‘oh my God, I forgot that they started it that way.’ I’m really excited. I know the NXT locker room is really excited about doing this. There’s something really cool about being a part of something that’s historic, but making it new and making it the future. I think it’s a good opportunity. I think everyone is feeling the weight of that. The TakeOver events are always kind of special for the NXT talent because they’re not often and they really encompass the storylines together, but this one seems to have more weight than normal, even for the people who aren’t in the WarGames match itself.”

The Undisputed Era: “I think they’re talented guys. You’re never 100 percent sure with anybody who walks in the door, but there are certain talent that you see come in who have an innate ability right away. Are there things we have to work on with them? Absolutely, they’re learning every day. The one thing I liked about those guys and why I was confident in ‘giving them the ball right off of the bat’ is because when we spoke and talked about things, they absorbed it. They’re sponges. They’re students of this. They want to learn. They’re not walking in the door going, ‘I know, I know how to do this.’ They’re walking in the door going ‘Wow, I have this opportunity to work with Shawn Michaels at the Performance Center, or with Terry Taylor, or this person, or that person.’ They can learn TV production from all of these different people. They are wide open to it. To me, that’s what makes you successful. It’s the guys that walk in going ‘ah, I got this’ that make it difficult. When you have someone who just wants to be a student, wants to learn and wants to, no matter how good they are, just take their ability to a whole other level. In this business, you constantly have to be willing to morph, grow, and think differently because it’s the nature of the beast. There are guys who have that hunger and desire to constantly evolve and you can see it from the first time you speak to them.”

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Coming out of tonight’s episode of NXT, below is the updated card for the November 18th WWE NXT Takeover: War Games event.

WarGames Match
The Undisputed Era vs. The Authors of Pain & Roderick Strong vs. SAnitY

NXT Championship Match
Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Drew McIntyre

NXT Women’s Championship Fatal Four-Way Match
Kairi Sane vs. Ember Moon vs. Peyton Royce vs. Nikki Cross

Ab Contest
Shawn Michaels vs. Johnny Gargano

The Velveteen Dream vs. Aleister Black

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Dave Meltzer mentioned in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the day after the Young Bucks got their cease and desist letter from WWE, representatives from 2K Games asked them to work on doing motion captures for next year’s WWE 2K19 video game.

Apparently so many people in last year’s game were using “Create-A-Wrestler” mode to play as The Bucks and the company felt they needed them to do the work so that they could get all of their signature moves in the next game.

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Cody Rhodes posted the following in regards to criticism he has received regarding his recent remarks about WWE bringing back the Starrcade and War Games events.

“Received a lot of praise, but also a good deal of criticism in regards to my remarks on Starrcade & War Games…with that said I’d like to clarify my position and clear up some confusion. As I try to climb the ladder in my sport, with every arena I walk into, I carry my Father’s legacy. It is also my job to protect it. Literally. As head of his estate, I try to always honor and never exploit. There’s no guidebook on how I’m supposed to do that. I loved him. He was my best friend and his death was a shock. My comments are certainly from the heart, but they are measured and I stand by them.

Nobody ever claimed they needed me or Michelle’s permission. “I was told” doesn’t mean anything more than that. They didn’t have to, but they did and for that I am thankful. Dusty didn’t just name/grid/book these events…he gave them life. Starrcade he did in honor of my Sister, Teil. The PPV era would have come much later without the direct consequences of closed circuit and the large scale event concept. HOWEVER, I do understand that to the victor goes the spoils, and that my Dad’s many many creations for Jim Crockett Promotions and later WCW…they belong to WWE. They can do with them what they choose. That doesn’t mean I always have to like it though. If my Father had not been a public figure, I wouldn’t have to share him with the millions of wrestling fans out there. But I gladly do share him. I want generations of fans to know what he brought…because I feel it’s a beautiful legacy filled with treasures.”

You can see his tweet below:

Here goes… pic.twitter.com/c5mvR4MEqN

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) October 7, 2017

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The following matches have been confirmed for the upcoming NXT Takeover: War Games event:

War Games
The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish) vs. Roderick Strong & The Authors of Pain (Akam, Rezar) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions SAnitY (Eric Young, Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe)

NXT Title Match
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas

Fatal 4 Way for the Vacant NXT Women’s Title
Kairi Sane vs. Ember Moon vs. Peyton Royce vs. Nikki Cross

Aleister Black vs. The Velveteen Dream

Lars Sullivan vs. Kassius Ohno

NXT Takeover: War Games will take place on November 18, 2017, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. As always, we will be providing live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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Global Force Wrestling is taping several episodes of Impact Wrestling tonight in Orlando, FL. Here are the results of what was taped:

* Xplosion: Grand Champion EC3 pinned Moose after a low kick and a roll up with the tights.

* Eli Drake & Chris Adonis are celebrating Eli beating Johnny Impact at Victory Road. Johnny Impact isn’t here tonight & Eli says he isn’t coming back. He gives his jacket the Gravy Train Flair style. Eli says he’s got the night off so it’s a celebration for the ladies. Very Flair like promo from Drake. Drake set up Adonis in a match tonight but he doesn’t know who his opponent is. Here comes Garza Jr.

* Garza Jr. & Chris Adonis went to a No Contest when Johnny Impact attacked Adonis.

* Jim Cornette comes out and announces Johnny Impact vs. Garza for next week’s show. The winner challenges Drake on November 5 at Bound For Glory event. Johnny & Garza go at it again until they are separated once & for all by refs & security. Cornette says we will see that fight right here tonight. Garza against Impact, winner faces Drake at BFG.

* Taryn Terrell comes out telling us to cheer for her. Now she has a title shot at BFG, it’s time to set my sights on something personal. Gail Kim. Out comes Gail. Taryn has nothing to worry about. She’s here to talk. Mind Games don’t work with me, just stop. I truly believe karma will slap you in the face before I do. She slaps Taryn & attacks. Taryn is sent out of the ring. Taryn arms crossed leaves as Gail celebrates with the crowd.

* Rosemary pinned Hannah Hartford after The Red Wedding. Quick squash. The lights go out then come back on. Calls out Taya Valkyrie. Accept a dance with the demon. Here comes Taya. She goes for the mist & stays does it to her instead. She lays out Rosemary with the double chicken wing facebuster. She goes for the mist & Taya mists her instead. She lays out Rosemary with the double chicken wing facebuster.

* LAX comes out. It’s EYFBO, Konnan & Diamante. Calls out OVE for their rematch clause. Here comes Jake & David Crist with the tag belts. They enter the ring with chairs as protection. Split crowd chants. Name the match you’ve got it. Konnan says 5150 Streetfight. OVE are not afraid of anything, you’ve got it. It doesn’t matter what it is. Diamanté says 5150 means all of them. A brawl has erupted. David Crist eats a Hanging Cutter/Yakuza Kick combo then they toss Jake over the top through a table. LAX stands tall.

* OVE against LAX in a 5150 Street Fight is announced for Bound For Glory.

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