WWE 2K19

Ready to Rumble? Well, sadly, you can’t

Given the myriad match types in ‘real’ WWE, online options within its digital equivalent are a touch vanilla. 3v3 brawls offer chaotic fun, but in 2018 net-based Royal Rumbles and Elimination Chamber contests should be more than a pipe dream. Still, there’s much to commend in terms of using online options to expand your single-player experience. DLC characters such as Bobby Lashley, EC3, and War Raiders bring an already great roster up to date, while the Community Creations servers deliver thousands of fan-made grapplers from NXT, TNA, WCW, old school WWF, and so on, in addition to detailed arenas past and present, enabling you to relive Hulk Hogan’s win over Yokozuna at WrestleMania 9 as often as you like.

VERDICT

A grapple sim whose online elements are essential outside of the ring, yet hit-and-miss – in the most literal sense – once the bell rings. Ben Wilson