WWE 2K22 Dev Diaries Episode (Behind The Scenes Entrance Animations) Breakdown and New Victory Motions Revealed

by Scott Shacklady

on June 16, 2021

Video

WWE 2K22 Dev Diaries Episode (Behind The Scenes Entrance Animations) Breakdown and New Victory Motions Revealed

Just yesterday the Official WWE 2K Dev Youtube Channel released a new video in the 2K22 Dev Diaries Series which shows off some of the new entrance and victory animations for WWE 2K22.

So is this article we will be going over all of the video's entrance and victory motions and who we believe that they belong to.

New Entrance and Victory Animations

Here is a list of all of the video's shown animations and who they may be for.

Entrance Motion 1 (Bobby Lashley)
Entrance Motion 2 (Roman or Jey Uso?)
Entrance Motion 3 (Braun Strowman)
Entrance Motion 4 (Randy Orton)
Entrance Motion 5 (The Miz Retro)
Entrance Motion 6 (Bobby Lashley from the Turnbuckle)

Noticeable Motions in the Video

There are two motions during the video that raise some questions with the first one being the retro Miz motion as there may also be a retro Morrison motion as well since John Morrison came back to WWE last year.

However, the more concerning victory motion is that of Braun Strowman since he along with 5 other superstars were released 2 weeks ago so with this motion being included in the video so this is a good indication of Strowman still being in the game if he has a significant role in either Career or Showcase mode.

However, there is a chance that the other 5 superstars who were released as well may be in the game since they were all released so recently.

Other Things Seen in The Video

As from other things noticed during the video, most of the motions use the new shaky camera in some of the shots, which seems like a step in the right direction to make the game more realistic.

Also seen during the victory motions is more of the Thunderdome Arena used currently on WWE TV however it isn't fully completed as some of the lighting rigs are just floating in the air without being attached to anything.

The final thing of note to mention is that when viewing some of the victory motions, we can see the in-game models of the commentary team of Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Byron Saxton which don't seem to have been updated but future videos 2K may update their character models.

Here is the Entrance Animations video for anyone interested in taking a look for themselves.

What do you guys think about the latest video in the WWE 2K Dev Diaries Series?

Leave your comments down below and thanks for reading!

Author: Scott Shacklady

I am a committed wrestling fan since I was young and have always enjoyed playing video games. I would love to be able to assist other fans by providing them with the latest wrestling game news when available.

7 Comments
Login
- This site
- Facebook
- Google
- Twitter

Newest
- Best
- Popular
- Newest
- Oldest

Log in with

Loading comment... The comment will be refreshed after 00:00.

This commment is unpublished, pending moderation.
Postaza Guessed · 2 years ago
Still too early to determine who's in, despite their entrance / victory motions = it might be just their being coded to use as test models or inclusion for the creation suite. I'm inclined to only "confirm" them if they appear either on the official website and / or SDH; irrespective of whether previous superstars are in or not I still have no intention of using them ... as per usual, it would be a shame that if eg Braun were in we miss out on Bronson Reed, Walter, or any of the current talent (which seems to be the case when older superstars are included, and generally with 2 or more variants, meaning we never got the above mentioned, or Aliyah, Xia Li, Xia Brookside, Dragunov, etc ... way too many "excluded" current wrestlers passed over for 6 versions of Charlotte etc)
- 3 Up 0 Down
- This commment is unpublished, pending moderation.
  Asian Lover · 2 years ago
  
  @Postaza Guessed I really hope Xia Li is in the game, maybe Meiko Satomura as well :(
  
  0 Up 0 Down
- This commment is unpublished, pending moderation.
  Geoffrey Postel · 2 years ago
  
  @Postaza Guessed I hope they'll include a good deal of legends, and personnally i'd rather see Strowman in the game than a bunch of nobodies from NXT.
  We don't need the full list of jobbers from NXT and Main Event.
  The most prominent wrestlers of all three shows (NXT, Raw and Smackdown) and legends, and it'll be fine.
  Anyway, i hope we'll have well over 100 wrestlers this year too, and that they don't make a HUGE step back with a 60 wrestlers roster with a pathetic excuse like "models are better, moves are smoothier, textures are better, so we couldn't put more playable wrestlers than that)
  
  1 Up 0 Down
- This commment is unpublished, pending moderation.
  wwe fan 2021 · 2 years ago
  
  @Geoffrey Postel Well said 👏🏻
  
  0 Up 0 Down
- This commment is unpublished, pending moderation.
  James Michael Samolis Jr. · 2 years ago
  
  @Geoffrey Postel Jobbers from NXT? Boi half of NXT's roster has more talent than Raw or Smackdown has in one guy.
  
  0 Up 0 Down
- This commment is unpublished, pending moderation.
  Geoffrey Postel · 2 years ago
  
  @James Michael Samolis Jr. First : No, you're wrong. Being a flip flop spot monkey don't necessarily mean that you're talented. They're used far better in NXT, that's true. But used better doesn't mean more talented.
  
  Second : Today's wrestlers, either from NXT, Raw, Smackdown or pretty much anywhere else, could take hundreds of lessons about how to be a great wrestler. Most of them only cares about in-ring performance and have no charisma, no character, don't know how to sell properly and have zero in-ring psychology. Hell, most of them don't even know what's a mic.
  
  Third : I talked about the JOBBERS FROM NXT. I didn't say the NXT Roster was full of jobbers. All i mean is that have the top stars of NXT in the game will be far enough. We don't need a 30+ NXT guys in the game, as most of them are irrelevant and they would take the spot of main roster guys.
  
  Fourth : I don't see what "talent" has to do in a wrestling game. Great Khali was absolutely AWFULL in a ring, but i'd rather see him (won't happen, it's just an example) in the 2k22 roster than a nobody from NXT (again : by a nobody i mean not one of the 10-15 most known peoples from NXT at MOST)
  
  0 Up 0 Down

Work With Us - Join The Team!

We're looking for new staff members with passion for Wrestling and WWE games, and willingness to contribute in any of the website areas. If you're interested, feel free to contact us!