The Royal Rumble was not the first battle royal, or even the first pay per view to revolve around one. The Bunkhouse Stampede was the NWA’s version of the event, and upped the ante by including blood, and sometimes a steel cage. As far as the WWE version of the event goes, the inaugural Royal Rumble was not a pay per view at all, but a special event aired on the USA network....
PPV wins can propel superstars up the ranks or cement them as top stars within the company and, as such, are incredibly good indicators of how highly a talent is rated within the company. To get a better perception of just who this is, here is a compiled list of the 10 superstars who had the most pay-per-view wins in 2018. #10 Brock Lesnar While heavily criticized for his lack of appearance in the WWE, Brock Lesnar did manage to accumulate 5 victories over the course of 2018....
Now, there’s a new Pro Skater on the horizon — and it looks like it just might set the series right side up, compared to the disastrous Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5. But this game, Tony Hawk 1+2, released this fall, looks forward while taking the series back in time. RELATED: Smash Up Marvel: 5 Factions We Want To See (& 5 That We Don’t) It’s a complete remastering of the Original Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, outfitted with completely new graphics and more....
RELATED: 10 Worst Things Done By Troy And Tyreen Calypso In Borderlands 3 With the next generation on the horizon, is the studio already thinking about ways to take advantage of new hardware? Whatever their plans may be, we have some ideas of our own as to what we want from the next Borderlands. The following are mostly subjective, though a couple include obvious quality of life changes that would drastically improve game play....
RELATED: The 10 Best Characters In Cyberpunk 2077, Ranked In fact, the world of Cyberpunk 2077 is so rich, detailed, and varied that players will have their hands full just uncovering the mysteries of this amazing setting. Keeping this in mind, here are ten things about the world of Cyberpunk 2077 that most fans had absolutely no clue about. 10 Real City Planners Were Hired To Help Map Out Night City Night City is easily one of the most realistic and vibrant environments ever made for a video game and is undoubtedly one of the biggest achievements of the title....
As Spider-Man: Miles Morales has been out for almost a while now, players have completed the short campaign and then some, leaving many to squeeze as much life out of the title as they can. And with such a short main story, it only makes sense that side missions and secrets exist in the game for players to find. RELATED: 10 Weird Plot Holes In Spider-Man: Miles Morales The new entry in Sony’s Spider-Man series isn’t one of the best PS5 launch games for no reason, as it’s filled to the brim with content, Easter eggs, and a slew of abilities and things players can do....
RELATED: Crash Bandicoot Mobile Game Reaches 8 Million Downloads Already After the franchise’s repeated success in the form of N Sane Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, it’s unsurprising that Activision plans to expand this marsupial’s horizons. It’s clear that Crash has a place in today’s gaming landscape, and with his first foray into the mobile market, he’ll be able to reach an entirely new audience. Because this is such a unique release for the family-friendly mascot, it’s important to know what to expect this time around....
RELATED: Every Legend Of Zelda Spin-Off Game, Ranked Between arbitrary name changes and an inability to keep the series’ lore consistent has only hurt The Legend of Zelda. The fact of the matter is that Zelda’s English localization prevents audiences from appreciating the full scope of the franchise’s storytelling. Zelda is a series that lives and dies on references, but that can’t happen when the localization isn’t up to snuff....
RELATED: Popular Pokemon Myths That Aren’t True Despite its popularity, people have a lot to say about the game (especially online) in the wake of Niantic’s decision to loosen COVID-based changes to the game. Even long-time fans don’t find everything about Pokemon GO to be quite as magical as when it was first released. 10 Pokemon GO Needs More Content The one major complaint that new players to Pokemon GO have when coming from other Pokemon games is that there isn’t enough to do....
With Shenmue IIIslated for release in November, we thought it a good time to look back on the classics. They are certainly an acquired taste, but the almost twenty year old adventure titles still have value in the modern gaming landscape. Without further ado, here are ten lessons Shenmue can still teach to open-world games. This isn’t saying modern open-world games are bad, however, as titles like Far Cry, The Division, and Assassin’s Creed wouldn’t be running this long if they weren’t moving units and getting rave reviews....
RELATED: SCUM: 10 Pro Tips For The Open-World Survival Game Game developers and researchers put a lot of thought and hard work into recreating actual cities in video games, especially when they take place in a different time period. It’s only right to appreciate their work better as they bring some significant chunks of the world to our computers or consoles. It just so happens that these games recreate some real cities well enough that they can double as digital vacations....
Since then, first-person shooters have been a genre, though they have changed and evolved in many ways. While the core gameplay remains in tact, other aspects of the genre were either impossible back in 2001 or ridiculous ideas no one would ever think to implement in a first-person shooter. 10 Focus On Online Multiplayer Many forget the debut entry in the franchise lacked online multiplayer. Shortly after Xbox Live Launched, online multiplayer started to become more popular and a bigger focus for developers....
Baby Pokemon have been around since Gen II and oddly enough, there aren’t that many of them. There are only 19 Baby Pokemon. But there’s still a lot to say about these little guys. RELATED: Who Was The First Person To Discover Pichu? & 9 Other Questions About Baby Pokémon These Pokemon have their own different quirks and there’s more to them than meets the eye. There are several things many fans might still not know about them....
In order to intrigue the fans, Superstars try to give their absolute best in the ring, and on the mic. Sometimes though, to get a big reaction out of the fans, a Superstar would say something incredibly tasteless, or perform an act that a fan just wouldn’t expect to see on live TV. There have been several instances in the past where a Superstar crossed the line, to get a strong reaction out of the fans....
This was before the brand split returned, SmackDown became a live show on a Friday night and The Undertaker was still an active part of the WWE roster. Superstars have come and gone over the past few years and WWE has become a completely different place. This means that this year’s winners will be very different from the stars who lifted the awards five years ago. Here are just 10 of the winners from 2015 and where the past five years of their careers have taken them....
Also Read: 5 Superstars who could return at 2020 Royal Rumble We have decided to take a look at 10 Superstars who could enter their first-ever Royal Rumble match this year. #10 Ronda Rousey We start off our list with one of the biggest names who could make their Royal Rumble match debut this Sunday – former RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. It it still only an outside chance that Rousey will return to the WWE at the Royal Rumble, but with WrestleMania around the corner, this would be the best time for her to return....
However, as long-term WWE viewers will appreciate, the men and women that appear on RAW and SmackDown need to boast more than just in-ring talent if they are going to connect with fans and fulfill their potential in WWE. Having a strong move set and the ability to cut compelling promos is obviously important, but it is also just as vital that a WWE Superstar gets the basics right – and that, of course, involves their WWE gimmick name....
The singing competition has prompted many repeat questions for viewers—like is Adrienne Bailon under the Flamingo mask even though she claims she’s not involved with the show? Wednesday night may have provided enough information for some internet sleuths to narrow down their final guesses. First to perform on Wednesday night was the wildly spoken about Flamingo, who fans, and even judges, have guessed is the former Cheetah Girl Bailon. A few new clues provided possible insight into this leading theory....
