Henry's World

Today is the end of week 2 of Universe Mode, as the blue brand ends the week off strong. In the main event, Randy Orton faces The Rock with the WWE Title on the line. Also on the card, a fatal four way for number one contendership of the US title, Booker T faces Austin Aries, and more! Universe Mode Week 2 Thursday Night Smackdown Location: San Antonio, TX The Hardy Boyz vs Tyson Kidd and Cesaro w/Natalya Nikki Bella vs Brie Bella Booker T vs Austin Aries Dean Ambrose vs Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler vs Kevin Owens- US Title Number One Contendership Randy Orton(c) vs The Rock - WWE Title Match Summary: The Lone Star State witnessed NXT on Wednesday, and the WWE stuck around, moving to San Antonio for this edition of Smackdown. We kicked things off with tag team action, as The Hardy Boyz faced off with Tyson Kidd and Cesaro, joined by Natalya, who jumped ship from Raw. Natalya would pay dividends for Kidd and Cesaro, interjecting herself in...

Last month at TLC, the 'E finally succeeded on the goal of getting Roman over, with his post-match attack on The Game. A night later, he won the WWE title from Sheamus, earning an ovation from a Philly crowd that booed him out of the building 11 months prior. The WWE was cool again, and Roman was finally over with the fans. What went wrong? In the month since then, the WWE has failed to maintain the momentum, delivering horrendous television that hasn't been saved by the addition of Mauro Ranallo to the Smackdown commentary team. Last night, though, things began to change.....once again. This was one of the best shows I've ever seen, and it was an absolute privilege to watch it live, which I haven't done in a while. It was at once an exhilarating and thrilling ride, and I don't say that just because my main man is back on the top of the world. Yes, in my top ten favorite wrestlers, I didn't include Triple H, but he has always been one of my favorites. I know ...

NXT only features three matches on their second week, but they're three good ones. First, AJ Styles and Baron Corbin meet in a rematch of their great bout from last week, then Bayley defends the NXT Women's Title against Emma. In the main event, a twenty-man battle royal takes place, with the winner being named number-one contender to Finn Balor's NXT Championship! The battle royal also features the WWE debut of Ricochet, and a lot of different guys get their first match of the Universe. Anyone can win, with only Tyler Breeze, Styles and Corbin as the only non-participants. (I decided I didn't want a champion vs champion match possibility, but Enzo and Cass are both in. That's fine, as they're tag team champions, though). Universe Mode Week 2 NXT Location: Houston, TX AJ Styles vs Baron Corbin Bayley(c) vs Emma- NXT Women's Title Match Twenty Man Battle Royal to name the number one contender to Finn Balor's NXT Championship: Sami Zayn ...

We begin the second week of universe mode with Monday Night Raw. This episode of Raw features The Undertaker in action, Ryback looking to get back on track against the debuting Jay Lethal, Lita and Trish Stratus teaming up, a massive six-man tag featuring the Wyatt Family, and another chapter in the Seth Rollins-Roman Reigns rivalry. (Note: Every match up until this point was CPU-CPU. I'm now going to be playing most of the matches, to give them a little more story). Universe Mode Week 2 Monday Night Raw Location: Washington, D.C. The Undertaker w/Kane vs Bubba Ray Dudley w/D-Von Dudley Ryback vs Jay Lethal Lita and Trish Stratus vs Alicia Fox and Tamina The Wyatt Family(Wyatt, Rowan and Harper) vs Brock Lesnar and D-Generation X Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns- Falls Count Anywhere Summary: Week 2 of universe mode kicked off with Raw, live from our nation's capital, Washington D.C. We opened the show with one half of the World Tag Team Champions in acti...

Below is the list of titles for each brand, sorted oldest to newest. It will be constantly updated, and feature the length of each reign(in game days, obviously), the amount of title reigns(in relation to the Universe), and who they won the title from. Be aware that this list will be updated before most new posts, so there may be spoilers. Read at your own risk. Monday Night Raw World Heavyweight Title Bray Wyatt- Current Champion- 1st reign- defeated Seth Rollins, Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns Intercontinental Title John Cena- Current Champion- 1st reign- defeated Ryback World Tag Team Titles Brothers of Destruction- 27 days- 1st reign- defeated D-Generation X Harper and Rowan- Current Champions- 1st reign- defeated Brothers of Destruction Women's Title Trish Stratus- Current Champion- 1st reign- defeated Natalya and Lita Wednesday Night NXT NXT Championship Finn Balor- Current Champion- 1st reign- defeated Kevin Owens NXT Television Title Baron Cor...

We continue with the first week of universe mode with the third show, the blue brand, Smackdown. Smackdown will determine the final of the initial champions, signaling the start of the true universe mode portions, without the rash of championship matches. Universe Mode Week 1 Smackdown Location: Montreal, Canada Prime Time Players vs The New Day vs The Hardy Boyz- WWE Tag Team Title Match Nikki Bella w/Brie Bella vs AJ Lee w/Kaitlyn - Divas Title Match Dean Ambrose vs Booker T - US Title Match Shinsuke Nakamura vs Austin Aries Randy Orton vs The Rock vs Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler vs Kevin Owens vs Rey Mysterio- WWE Title Match, Hell in a Cell Summary: The WWE took an abrupt detour to Montreal, Canada for the first episode of Smackdown. We opened things with a tag team battle royal to claim the WWE tag team titles. (Disclaimer: There are no three way tag team matches in WWE 2k16. Instead, I just used a six-man battle royal and ignored all the in-fighting). T...

A few months ago, I posted my list of my favorite wrestlers since I began watching professional wrestling in 2010. Today, I expand my horizons to bring you my list of the top ten greatest wrestlers of all time. Although there is some personal bias, this should be a list that most people agree with, although they might order it differently. Understand that I'm taking into account a sh** load of wrestlers here, so a good majority of people will disagree with me. Though like I said, this list should hit the majority. Here it is: 10. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper We kick things off with a throwback, Hot Rod himself, Roddy Piper. Piper was and forever will be one of the greatest promos in the biz, possessing a true talent for connecting with an audience. The only reason Piper wasn't higher on this list was because he never reached the heights the some others on this have, whether that was on Piper himself or the creative team. Despite that, Roddy Piper is a legend of the sport, a...

The Future is..........Now! On the WWE 2k16 Universe Mode. Universe Mode Week 1 NXT Location: San Diego, CA Sami Zayn vs Tyler Breeze vs Hideo Itami- Light Heavyweight Title Match The Vaudevillains vs Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady - NXT Tag Title Match AJ Styles vs Baron Corbin Paige vs Sasha Banks vs Bayley vs Emma- NXT Women's Title Match Kevin Owens vs Finn Balor - NXT Championship Match, TLC Match Summary: The WWE continues it's tour of SoCal with a trip to San Diego for the first week of NXT. Up first, a triple threat for the Light Heavyweight Title. The match predictably stole the show, with all three competitors hungry for the title. Hideo would hit a GTS on Breeze, but Prince Pretty shockingly kicked out. Several more near falls occured, before Tyler Breeze hit a Supermodel Kick on Itami and a Beauty Shot on Zayn for the pin and the title. Up next, the NXT Tag Titles were to be decided, featuring the Vaudevillains and Enzo and Big Cass. The ...

Welcome to the first week of the WWE 2k16 Universe Mode! I've spent a lot of time setting this up, so it should go pretty well. It's going to be an insane first week, with 12 different titles to be decided. Let's jump right in. Universe Mode Week 1 Monday Night Raw Location: Los Angeles, CA Brothers of Destruction vs D-Generation X- World Tag Title Match Natalya vs Trish Stratus vs Lita- Women's Title Match CM Punk vs Rob Van Dam Ryback vs John Cena - IC Title Match, Falls Count Anywhere Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt - World Heavyweight Title Match, Ladder Match Summary: We kicked off the very first episode of Raw, live from Los Angeles, with a retro World Tag Team Title Match, featuring the Brothers of Destruction against D-Generation X. The match went back and forth for a little while, with a Sweet Chin-Pedigree Combo scoring a near fall for D-X. The Brothers would turn it around from there, with a bloodied Undertak...

Later than expected, the WWE 2k16 Universe Mode is set to finally debut. Happy New Year, by the way. Sorry I haven't been that active, but I wanted to end the year on a positive note, and my first NXT Takeover recap was especially positive. Below is the outline for my universe mode, which will begin shortly. Structure The structure of this series is quite a bit different since I first discussed it, so this is pretty important. There will be three shows per in game week, RAW, Smackdown and NXT. Each show will have five matches, 4 shows per month with one pay per view. Once we get further into the series, I'll introduce more shows, brand-specific ppvs, NXT Takeovers and the like, but I want to make sure the series is going over well before then. Shows RAW Titles- World Heavyweight, Intercontinental, World Tag Team, Women's(shared with Smackdown) Airs On- Monday Smackdown Titles- WWE Championship, United States, WWE Tag Team, Women's(shared with RAW) Airs On...