The two WWE wrestling stars shown in the trailer are none other than Roman Reigns and Becky Becky Lynch. Becky “The Man” Lynch has been rumored to be WWE 2K20’s cover star for some time now. She recently had an interview where she talked about how important it would be to be the first woman on a WWE 2K cover. Roman Reigns is less surprising, being one of the WWE’s premier superstars. If there is a surprise it’s that the WWE didn’t decide to give either star the cover by themselves.
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WWE 2K20’s first trailer is great in its own right. The trailer is a live-action sequence featuring Becky Lynch crashing a high-class soiree where only the WWE’s top male talent was invited. After Lynch literally drops through a glass ceiling, she struts up to Hulk Hogan and drops a half-eaten hors d’oeuvre into his drink. Lynch then turns to find Roman Reigns in front of her. He hands her a glass of champagne and says, “Nice work, man.”
The WWE 2K20 trailer continues with a sequence of gameplay featuring both Becky Lynch and Roman Reigns, Lynch wearing her “The Man” shirt. The short gameplay clip won’t sate excited fans, but it’s long enough to tease the visual fidelity of the franchise’s latest iteration. The final bit of the trailer shows what can be assumed to be WWE 2K20’s cover art with Lynch and Reigns. This year’s slogan is also said, which looks to be “Step Inside.”
WWE 2K20’s cover strikes a middle ground between fans who want a traditional male WWE superstar and fans wanting change and better representation for the WWE’s talented women superstars. That said, it’s certainly going to frustrating for fans excited for the first woman on a WWE 2K cover to see that honor watered down by inserting Roman Reigns in the background. It’s especially disarming given the WWE’s recent controversies hosting events in Saudia Arabia, where women aren’t allowed to wrestle. For fans of the WWE, it’s a familiar half-step in the right direction.
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WWE 2K20 releases October 22 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
