5 WWE 24 documentaries we'd love to see
Since its launch in 2014, the WWE Network has been creating a pretty good library of exclusive original content. We’ve seen some head scratching and outright cringe worthy programming like WWE Swerved and Jerry Springer's Too Hot For TV. However, some of these shows have been pretty entertaining. Shows like Camp WWE, The Edge & Christian Show and Table For 3 have made the Network worth watching for more than just in ring product alone.
The most acclaimed series by fans and critics alike, however, is the original documentary series, WWE 24. The documentaries are made similar to the pieces found on WWE DVD and Blu Ray releases, usually focusing on a specific wrestler or event and telling fantastic stories of journey, redemption and more. If you haven’t seen WWE 24 yet, I recommend checking out the episodes focusing on Booker T, Finn Balor, Kurt Angle and Seth Rollins.
Upcoming episodes are set to showcase Goldberg and The Hardy’s recent returns to the company, but as of now, that’s all we know for the future of WWE 24. There are lots of directions the show could take next, So with that in mind, let's do some “fantasy booking” on ideas for future episodes that could make for some great stories to be told.
#5 The Making of WWE 2K19
So if you’ve been following the marketing campaign of the upcoming video game, WWE 2K18, you’ll know that 2K recently launched the 2K Dev Spotlight series. This weekly series focuses on a specific aspect of the game's development every week and takes you inside the 2K Sports studio to see how the annual WWE video game all comes together. Or at least that’s how it originally started.
WWE 2K18’s marketing campaign has been pretty rushed, to say the least; consequently, the 2K Spotlight series pretty much ended as soon as it began. While it was pretty disappointing to see the series end so soon, it wasn’t losing a whole lot at the same time. 2K didn’t really seem a whole lot open to the idea of fans gaining access to the behind the scenes stuff. Thus, the episodes we did get ended up being pretty basic and only showing minuscule glimpses of the game actually in development. Hell, the 4th and final episode of the series ditched the behind the scenes idea completely and just showed the first in game screenshots.
Hopefully, we could see this wrong made right next year in the form of an official WWE 24 episode. A better, more in depth look at the sculpting of character models, mo-capping of new moves and recording of the in game commentary would be a highly interesting sight to see. An eye into the design of the game would be pretty sweet too. Especially seeing how 2K designs and decides which superstars and legends make the final cut.
Overall, this would be a pretty sweet documentary to watch. Especially for those interested in game development. But however it turns out, it’ll never be as cool as Bret Hart fixing Midway’s coding errors in WrestleMania: The Arcade Game.