Since Owens put Zayn out of action in NXT, the likeable one has only been able to defeat his nemesis once on PPV, while The Prizefighter has won the Intercontinental championship twice on top of his current reign as Universal Champ.
Let’s start by comparing him to Sami Zayn, who has him beat at 87, but who has been floundering on Raw while Owens was busy defending his championship. No matter which Sting you believe is the best, I think we can all agree that Surfer Sting, with his flashy face paint and Sergeant Pepper jackets, looked the coolest by far.Īs the longest reigning Universal Champion in history, Kevin Owens has been seriously overlooked with a rating of 86 and for many reasons. That Sting fought the nWo and won a few championships of his own, which I believe makes him a better comparison for the classic version of the Stinger. This is the Crow variant which was WCW's franchise during the Monday Night Wars. Sting's third version is rated at a reasonable 90. Is it really fair to place an iconic wrestler, who was portrayed as the best WCW had to offer, in the same spot as his less successful future self? The team at 2K judges that the vintage Sting, who fought Ric Flair and Vader, who was shortly a part of The Four Horsemen, who won multiple world championships and who fought in War Games, is worth the same as the Sting who wrestled three times in WWE and lost two of those matches. My main gripe with this rating is that the 1991 version of Sting sits at the same rating as his modern counterpart. However, I did manage to find fifteen more ratings that make me think they were assigned at random by a 2K intern. With that said, Rusev and Breeze have already made their case about their ratings being unfair, so they will not be mentioned in this list. Whether they are serious or they are just having fun with it, the superstars of WWE are aware of their rating and they are more than willing to discuss it. Rusev was also displeased with his own rating, despite the fact that he was given an 86, which places him in the company of legends like Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko and Tatsumi Fujinami. For example, Tyler Breeze simply could not believe his low rating in this year’s game.
The wrestlers themselves seem to place a lot of pride in their own rating. Senseless as it is, arguing about ratings is a lot of fun. Furthermore, WWE 2k17, just like the other major sports games, also allows players to edit the ratings of their favourite superstars.
After all, in a discipline where endings are pre-determined, a wrestler will only be as good as WWE wants him or her to be.
WWE 2K17 SALE PROFESSIONAL
Arguing about ratings in a game about professional wrestling, which is as much sports as it is soap opera, might seem even more futile. Most games these days will allow you to edit a player’s rating if you aren’t satisfied and, in the end, the rest of the team’s stats will more than make up for any big discrepancies. Arguing about ratings in sports games is quite frankly pointless.