WWE 2K19 not only includes the opportunity to win some serious cash, it's also stacked with game modes old and new. Along with the previously announced Towers mode, the fan-favorite 2K Showcase is back, this year highlighting the career of Daniel Bryan. 2K Showcase in WWE 2K19 includes 12 matches. Eleven are from Bryan's career, while the last one is a mystery fans must unlock. WWE footage, along with new recordings of Bryan himself providing insight and context, accompany each match to set the mood and help raise the stakes. To celebrate the announcement, Bryan went back to his high school in Aberdeen, Washington where the 2K Showcase mode begins. Bryan would leave for wrestling school hours after his graduation. Check out photos from the trip on the WWE website here. Each of the 11 historic matches includes a unique Daniel Bryan character model and moveset. Arenas for many of the bouts have been recreated, including the set for Velocity and the Superdome for Wrestlemania XXX. WWE 2K19 is available to pre-order now, with a number of different options available including a standard edition, deluxe edition and the "Wooooo!" Edition. As any wrestling fan could guess, the "Wooooo!" Edition features several items celebrating the Hall of Famer Ric Flair. Included is an exclusive Ric Flair Funko Pop figure, a replica WWE Hall of Fame ring, premium packaging, a plaque with a piece of a real Ric Flair robe on it, and some exclusive WWE SuperCard items. The "Wooooo!" Edition is available for $129.99. WWE 2K19 releases for Xbox One, PS4 and PC on Oct. 9. So what do you think? Are you excited to see the return of 2K Showcase mode in WWE 2K19? Are you happy with the decision to highlight Daniel Bryan? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.<doc-sep>By now, every wrestling fan knows the ups-and-downs of Daniel Bryan’s career with WWE. From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, Bryan’s time with WWE has been quite the emotional roller-coaster. While there’s plenty more to the story of Bryan outside of the ring, WWE 2K19 will allow fans to play through his rise, fall, and rise again in the video game’s latest Showcase installment. According to a WWE release, fans will be able to play through 12 matches total, featuring 11 historic bouts and one “surprise battle.” The game’s Showcase mode will feature matches from throughout Bryan’s career including a tilt on Velocity against yellow pants John Cena (!!!! ), his rivalry against the Miz, his WrestleMania 30 win for his first world title, his subsequent retirement, and eventually his dramatic comeback. It’s an interesting decision from WWE as rumors have floated around on what Bryan will do when his contract finally expires later this year. A more optimistic person would argue that WWE making Bryan such a focal point in the next iteration of the WWE 2K series implies he’ll put pen to paper on a new deal, but there’s no guarantee that happens. For now, we’re perfectly content with Bryan blitzing through dream matches, with the Miz next up at Sunday’s SummerSlam event.<doc-sep>WWE.com/2K Games 2K Games have announced on Twitter that the upcoming WWE 2K19 video game will feature a return for the popular Showcase Mode. Better yet, it'll be centred around none other than Daniel Bryan. The developers promise that Bryan's entire WWE career, "including his retirement and recent big return" will be playable. This is huge news for his fans, and massive for those who have missed Showcase since 2K nonsensically removed the mode following 2K16's Steve Austin retrospective. They're forgiven, because it's back. This is the one pretty much everyone wanted to play through this year, and it makes sense due to Bryan's unlikely comeback earlier this year. Advertisement The Showcase trailer has already teased some footage from the single-player mode, but there's also around five-six minutes of gameplay leaking online that shows Bryan wrestling the likes of Randy Orton in 2013, teaming with Kane in 2012 to take on Kofi Kingston and R-Truth, and even a 2003 match on Velocity against a young John Cena. Advertisement Those who want to see that gameplay can do so here. Be warned though, because it obviously ruins the surprise of what the game's cut scenes look like in action.<doc-sep>
Some of the key moments of Daniel Bryan’s WWE career will be featured in WWE 2K19 Showcase mode. WWE announced today that fans will be able to recreate selected matches and they will be asked to complete specific objectives that will unlock playable characters, special arenas, attires, championship titles and more. 2K Showcase will include 12 unique matches. 1 of those 12 matches will be a “surprise battle” and there will be “nine historic arenas” featured prominently from his WWE career, including the venues from WrestleMania XXX and Velocity. Bryan wanted to include moments from his time in Ring Of Honor but that is obviously not possible since WWE does not own that footage. This announcement has fans wondering if this means Bryan has signed a new WWE deal. Dave Meltzer has been all over the story and noted on the Wrestling Observer Forum that he had not signed a deal as of the last time he checked. The deal with 2K doesn’t mean anything for his WWE deal because this video game deal with Bryan was something that was planned months ago and it’s not something they are going to scrap even if he doesn’t sign a deal because of the amount of work that went into 2K Showcase. The 2K deal was done separately from WWE. Meltzer noted that the situation with Bryan is very complicated and even if he doesn’t sign, he doesn’t think Bryan is going anywhere and he’ll just continue to work on the terms of his existing contract.