Chairshot Shuffle: WWE2K20, Morrison, SmackDown and More! (9/27/19)

Get caught up to speed with the latest news on WWE2K20, Morrison, SmackDown and More!

New Announce Teams For RAW and SmackDown

On Thursday, WWE revealed the new announce teams for NXT, RAW, and SmackDown ahead of the big week for WWE. You can read the entire press release on WWE.com. Here is a brief breakdown for each show:

RAW:
Vic Joseph with Dio Maddin and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler serving as analysts

NXT:
Play-by-play will be called by Mauro Ranallo with Beth Phoenix and Nigel McGuiness as analysts

SmackDown:
Michael Cole handling play-by-play, Corey Graves serving as analyst and Renee Young as a Special Contributor

Jason’s Take

Obviously FOX made their case for SmackDown to have the A team announcers. I am not familiar with the work of Dio Maddin and Vic Joseph, so it is hard for me to make a fair assessment on the new RAW announce team.

John Morrison Returning To WWE?

Various news outlets have been reporting throughout Thursday that former WWE star John Morrison has signed with the WWE. It has not been confirmed as to which brand he will be assigned to.

Jason’s Take

In the ever growing competition for organizations to add talent, WWE re-signing Morrison makes sense. With 7 hours of live programming a week, WWE will need all the wrestlers they can get.

Changes Announced For WWE2K20 Universe Mode

For those of you that are wrestling fans who pick up the yearly version of the WWE 2K game, you may be happy to hear of some of the changes made to the popular Universe Mode. Changes include:

Major and minor show match limits have increased from 7 to 9.

Pay-Per-View match limits have doubled from 7 to 14.

The number of championship titles per major show has increased from 6 to 7.

Simultaneous rivalries on major shows have increased from 3 to 4.

Pay-Per-Views can be co-hosted by up to 3 major shows versus the previous 2.

Players have more freedom to delete and add promos and matches.

50 of the most-used cutscenes have been reshot with female mocap actors to look more authentic when female Superstars are used.

25 new cutscenes have been added.

3,040 new promo lines are in the game.

Custom Matches can now be included in Match Tables, along with new Mixed Tag Matches.

New Championship Match setting in Match Tables can be used to make certain matches a title match.

Jason’s Take

I look forward to picking up the new game every year, and even did a review of last years games here at the Chairshot. Keep an eye out for a review this year.