This past Summerslam weekend wasn’t short on big events, but for the wrestling gamers out there, THQ’s promise of a roster reveal for the upcoming WWE 13 video game was the biggest news of all. Promising the largest roster in franchise history, spanning both the current era as well as WWE’s famed “Attitude” era, grapplers of past and present will be able to put on matches never thought possible.

And they weren’t kidding when they said largest roster ever. Below is the complete list of superstars past and present who will be featured, plus resident crazy chick AJ Lee and the “Intellectual Savior of the Masses,” Damien Sandow will be available as DLC.

CURRENT SUPERSTARS:

  • Alberto Del Rio
  • Big Show
  • Booker T
  • Brock Lesnar
  • Brodus Clay
  • Chris Jericho
  • Christian
  • CM Punk

  • Cody Rhodes
  • Daniel Bryan
  • David Otunga
  • Dolph Ziggler
  • Edge
  • The Great Khali
  • Heath Slater
  • Hunico
  • Jack Swagger
  • JBL
  • John Cena

  • John Cena (Doctor of Thuganomics)
  • John Laurinaitis
  • Justin Gabriel
  • Kane
  • Kevin Nash
  • Kofi Kingston
  • Mark Henry
  • The Miz
  • Primo
  • Randy Orton
  • John Cena
  • Rey Mysterio
  • The Rock
  • R-Truth
  • Santino Marella
  • Sheamus
  • Sin Cara
  • Epico
  • Ted DiBiase
  • Triple H
  • The Undertaker
  • Jinder Mahal
  • Wade Barrett
  • Zack Ryder
  • Alicia Fox
  • Beth Phoenix
  • Brie Bella
  • Eve
  • Kelly Kelly
  • Kharma
  • Nikki Bella
  • Lita
  • AJ Lee*

  • Damien Sandow*

* = Downloadable Content.

ATTITUDE ERA SUPERSTARS:

  • “Iron” Mike Tyson

  • Road Warrior Animal
  • Big Bossman
  • Billy Gunn
  • Bradshaw (The Acolytes)
  • Bret Hart
  • British Bulldog
  • Cactus Jack
  • Chris Jericho (Y2J)
  • Christan (from Edge & Christian)
  • Dude Love
  • Eddie Guerrero
  • Edge (from Edge & Christian)
  • Farooq (The Acolytes)
  • The Godfather
  • Road Warrior Hawk
  • Hunter Hearst Helmsley
  • Kane
  • Ken Shamrock
  • Mankind
  • Mark Henry (Nation of Domination)
  • Mr. McMahon
  • “Big Show” Paul Wight
  • “Road Dogg” Jesse James
  • The Rock
  • Shane McMahon
  • Shawn Michaels (D-Generation X)
  • Triple H (D-Generation X)
  • The Undertaker

  • Vader
  • X-Pac
  • Lita
  • Stephanie McMahon
  • Trish Stratus
  • “Stone Cold” Steve Austin

Did your favorite make the cut? Altough I’m usually against DLC, I’ll pay for AJ vs Lita in a heartbeat. How about Brock Lesnar vs Ken Shamrock? Or CM Punk vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin? “Sexual Chocolate” Mark Henry vs. Kharma maybe? Even Mankind vs. Cactus Jack vs. Dude Love is a possibility!

It’s time to hit the squared circle one more time when eras collide on October 30th.

Looking to expand on the upgrades that WWE 12 brought to the ring, THQ has unveiled some of the new bells and whistles that wrestling gamers can look forward to in the upcoming WWE 13.

Looking to improve on the overall presentation to make it feel more like you’re playing in front of a crowd of 10,000 plus piss drunk fans, crowd noise is expected to react appropriately to the action in the ring. If you pull off a big move? Expect the fans to jump out of their seats. Let’s just hope that every match takes place in New York, Miami, Chicago or Philly, because realistic crowds anywhere else usually means uncomfortable silence… oh wait, here comes Cena! Now you can cheer!

It’ll be much easier to pull off big moments too, with new spectacular moments that finally let us pull off some of the crazy happenings that make us fans to begin with. Things like reversing moves into finishers, chaining pinning combinations into reversals and even wrecking the whole f’ing ring will be possible.

And to top it all off, commentary is looking to be improved by bringing in two sets of announcers, (Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler for current stars while good ole’ Jim Ross and King take over for the announced Attitude Era stars,) that will actually respond to what’s happening in the ring. You know, instead of the generic, bored banter we’re used to having repeat every five seconds.

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