Okay so for those who didn’t know this year’s collector’s edition is the Cena Nuff edition. It comes with an autographed, mounted 4”x6” photo alongside a 1”x1” piece of the ring canvas from the 2017 WWE Royal Rumble; in which John Cena tied Ric Flair for 16 World Championship title victories. A collector’s edition John Cena WWE2k18 Exclusive action figure from Mattel. This version also comes with a hard copy disc of the Deluxe Edition game as well as the code for the season pass, fast track system, and DLC characters John Cena ‘06/‘10, Kurt Angle ‘01/’06 (version had to be pre-ordered, this was a pre-order bonus), Rob Van Dam, and Batista. There are also two cards containing QR/promo cards for bonus swag in the Android based, card game named WWE Supercard. So with that being said and with Cena being absent at the moment for the filming of “Bumblebee,” he will be one of the talent picked for this OP sim. His overall rating is a 93 which is no change from last year.

The second talent is being chosen because he was the cover superstar of last year’s trip to Suplex City. Of coarse it is Bbrrock Lessssnnaarrrr! Sorry, I couldn’t stop myself. But as we gamers and fans of WWE alike know, this guy carries more unnecessary hype than is required. He is always overpowered in game and the part-time champion seems to conquer anything placed in front of him. Time will tell the fate of Beast. Overall rating of 93, down 2 points from last year.

The third player will be this year’s cover superstar Seth “Freakin” Rollins. With the kingslayer blazing a path within the WWE universe as well as the push that always seems to follow a superstar on screen as well as the powersurge in game he is definitely a powerhouse this go round. Maybe we should call him the architect of pain. His overall rating is a 92, which is down a single point from last year. Personally, I find the point drop strange for a cover star.

The phenominal one might just have lost his title, but I don’t think that this will stop A.J. Styles from acquiring the WWE Championship before all is said and done. And I also know that in this year’s game he is one of the highest rated technicians. His overall is up one point from last year’s game to put him at 90 just making the cut for today’s challenge.

With mentioning the minimum overall rating of 90, it is worth mentioning that the next entrant into this match is gonna be The Legend-killer, Randy Orton. He has not been utilized well over the last year or so and I believe this is going to change in the future as his overall in game this year is up to 90 from an 88 last year. This is shaping to be a match of all future hall-of-famers, legends in their own right. Let’s see how this stands up to the man with the monicker.

And to bring up the rear of the pack is the most OP in my opinion, the Big Dog, Roman Reigns. Yes, we know he is overrated on tv and in-game. Most of us do not care for his in-ring ability nor the force fed approach to a John Cena replacement. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy him but, the approach left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth and we all can be adult enough to admit it was poor storyline and authority bias that polluted him. Personally, I do not feel he should be so impossible to overcome in game or on screen either. Yet, the push extends here to WWE 2k18 and the Roman Empire gets a nice 6 point buff, that is only out shined in ridiculousness by Fandango’s 10 point bump, pushing his rating to the highest in the game among current WWE superstars and legends.

So, luckily based on the criteria mentioned above we ended up with 6 total participants. To make things a little more accurate in an effort to truly judge who is the best of the best in all aspects of the game they will be put through all available singles competitors, 6-man variants. This is encompasses Ladder, Hell in a Cell, Elimination Chamber, and Battle Royal match types. The participants will then be ranked by match type, ranked overall, and an OP champion will be declared.