WWE 2K19 Guide: All Fighting Styles, All Arenas, Skills And Tower Mode

WWE 2K19 is out now. 2K Sports’ newest entry in their annual wrestling game franchise seeks to bring all the wrestling action to your living room, which means authentically recreating arenas, fighting styles, fighters, and skills. There’s actually a whole lot of those in this game—in this guide, we look at the arenas, fighting styles, and skills present in the game, as well as at the Towers Mode. Strap in.

ARENAS

Classic Arenas

• Velocity 2003
• Raw is War 1998
• SmackDown! 2000
• NXT 2010
• RAW 2013/14
• WWE Extreme Rules 2014
• WCW Nitro 1998
• WWF Superslam 1988
• WCW/nWo Halloween Havoc 1998
• WWE Night of Champions 2010
• WWE SummerSlam 2013
• WWE Wrestlemania XXX
• WWE Wrestlemania 33

Indie Arenas

• High School Parking Lot
• Japan Dome
• Mexico Plaza
• Metropolitan Center
• High School Gym
• Japan Hall

WWE Shows Arenas

• 205 Live 2018
• SmackDown Live 2018
• Main Event 2018
• NXT 2018
• RAW 2018

Special Events and Pay Per View Arenas

• WWE Royal Rumble 2018
• WWE Hell in a Cell 2017
• WWE Extreme Rules 2017
• WWE Mae Young Classic
• WWE SummerSlam 2017
• WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2017
• NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
• WWE Clash of Champions 2017
• WWE Survivor Series 2017
• NXT TakeOver: Chicago II
• NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
• WWE Money in the Bank 2018
• WWE Fastlane 2018
• WWE Royal Rumble 2018
• WWE Elimination Chamber 2018
• NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia
• WWE Backlash 2018

Backstage Arenas

• Wyatt Compound
• WWE Backstage Area

FIGHTING STYLES

The MyCareer Mode in WWE 2K19 offers multiple fighting styles for your MyPlayer. There are five core fighting styles for you to choose from, each of which further divides into two sub-styles (which you can think of as a kind of specialization). There’s no real best or worst fighting style—in the end, it comes down to what kind of playstyle suits you the best. With that in mind, here we go:

• Powerhouse: As the name suggests, they unleash devastating strikes and power moves. They have high Power and Grappling. The two sub-styles are Beast (grapple style and damage recovery), and Hero (Reversal Offense and Strike Speed)
• Cruiser: Quick and agile, and nimble on their feet, they have great Speed and Agility (and yes, those are two separate attributes for some reason). The two sub-styles are Technician Cruiser (Grapples and Submissions), and Luchador (aerial combat)
• Technician: Relying on, well, technique to outlast their opponents in a game of attrition, their strengths are Technique and Grappling. The two sub-classes are UK Strong Style (Arm Power and Environmental Offense) and Shooter (Submission and Stamina)
• Striker: Strikers hit harder than any other style in the game, even more than Powerhouse. They specialize in Striking (duh) and Stamina, and have two sub-classes: Brawler (movement, and combat outside of the ring) and Strong Style (Leg Power and Durability)
• Giant: Using Power and Toughness, this style helps you dominate on the basis of your sheer power. Your two sub-styles are Monster (Durability and Power) and Big Man (Agility and Aerial Offense)

MOVES AND SKILLS

QUICK EDIT FIGHTING STYLES

These are available in Quick Edit, and are based on existing fighter movesets, and fall under the fighting styles.

Aerial

• Sonjay Dutt
• Evan Bourne / Matt Sydal
• Jeff Hardy
• RVD (Rob Van Dam)

Giant

• The Great Khali
• Tensai
• Andre The Giant
• King Kong Bundy

Brawler

• Dana Brooke
• Johnny Gargano
• Terry Funk
• J.T.G.

Striker

• Mike Tyson
• Yoshi Tatsu
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Chris Hero

Technician

• AJ Styles
• Trent Barretta
• Colt Combana
• Konnan
  

PRESET MOVE SETS

Preset move sets are already existing move sets available to you, based entirely on existing fighters:

• Charm City: Rich Swann
• The Suplex Machine: Tazz
• World Class Legend I: Kerry Von Erich
• The Cruiser King: Neville
• World Class Legend II: Kevin Von Erich
• Bucking Trends: The Young Bucks
• Backbreaker Specialist: Roderick Strong
• ECW Legend: Rob Van Dam
• Kiss The Ring: Cody Rhodes
• The Shoot Fighter: Katsuyori Shibata
• American Dragon: Bryan Danielson
• World’s Strongest: Mark Henry
• Evolution Leader: Emma
• The Man With A Plan: Brian Kendrick

BASIC MOVES

• Leverage Pin: Surprise leverage pin
• Hammer Throw: Throws opponent over the rope
• Fired Up: Store three finishers
• Top Rope Diver: Does exactly what the name suggests it does
• Combo Striker: Let’s you pull a four strike combo
• Ring Escape: Again, exactly what the name suggests. Uses up one Reversal stock
• Springboard Diver: Pull of springboard attacks

SPECIAL ACTION

• Chair Throw: Throw a chair at your opponent. Seriously, what did you think it did?
• Ring Toss Out: Lets you throw your opponent out. They aren’t very imaginative with these names, are they?
• Remove the Turnbucke: Does exactly what it says it does, with the result being that you can now inflict more damage thanks to the exposed iron
• Running Corner Attack: Slam your opponent with full speed into the corner
• Comeback: This action can only be performed once.

SPECIAL MATCH ACTION

• Semi-Trailer Finisher: This action requires 1 Finisher stored.
• Royal Rumble Finisher: This action requires 1 Finisher stored.
• Nosebleed Daredevil: This action requires Top Rope Diver skill.
• Ladder Daredevil: This action requires Top Rope Diver skill.
• Table Finisher: This action requires 1 Finisher stored.

TOWERS MODE

The Towers mode is likely to be an attraction for many WWE fans. It basically puts you against WWE Superstars and Legends in a series of matches, one after the other. Each match has a unique theme, and a special victory condition.

You can play the Towers Mode in two ways:

• Steps: You can save after every game, and obviously pick back up from your previous victory if you do lose
• Gauntlet: Play it in one go. You can’t save your progress, and if you die, it’s back to square one.

Now for the Towers:

2K Towers

• AJ Styles Million Dollar Tower: Featuring 15 matches, with no health regeneration between the games, and your final game being against Styles himself. This is a Gauntlet Tower, and played on Legend difficulty.
• The Dark Side: A Gauntlet style tower that has you take on 6 matches on Normal Mode, culminating in a bout with The Undertaker
• No Way: A Steps style tower on Easy, with 5 matches (the finale being against No Way Jose)
• The Style Profile: Another Gauntlet, on Normal difficulty, with 6 matches culminating in a showdown against Ric Flair ‘91
• Tour of WWE: A Hard Steps style Tower, with 12 matches, and the final one against Braun Strowman
• Dastardly Dudes: A Gauntlet style hard Tower, with the final fight against Mr. McMahon, and 9 matches leading to it
• Women’s Revolution: Take on Tris Stratus at the end of a 13 series Steps style Tower on Hard difficulty
• Women’s Revolution 2: Asoka is the final opponent at the end of this 14 match long Steps style Tower on Legend difficulty
• Women’s Revolution 3: Gauntlet style Hard Tower, with 9 matches and Kairi Sane as the final boss
• UK TakeOver: Easy Gauntlet style tower with 5 matches culminating in a showdown with British Bulldog
• RAW 2018 Shakeup: Jinder Mahal is your final foe in this Normal difficulty Steps style Tower comprised of 6 matches
• Monsters: 13 matches, Vader as the final opponent, Hard difficulty. Oh, and it’s Gauntlet
• Fandango Tango: 5 Easy matches in a Gauntlet Tower to do the tango with Fandango at the end
• Lita’s Way: Lisa is the final opponent. It’s a 6 match long Normal difficulty Gauntlet Tower
• Sweet Chin Music: Shawn Michaels ‘97 is your final quarry in this Steps style Normal difficulty 6 match long Tower
• Legends: The People’s Tower: Take on The Rock in this Hard Steps style Tower that is 15 matches long
• Legends: Randy’s Savages: Macho Man Randy Savage is your ultimate goal in this 15 match long Hard Steps style tower
• Legends: Andre’s Ascent: 14 matches long, Andre the Giant is the final boss, Normal, Steps style Tower
• Legends: Jericho’s List: 14 matches long, Chris Jericho ‘00 is the final boss, Normal, Steps style Tower

MyPlayer Towers

• Champions of NXT: Steps style Tower on Legend difficulty, taking on Seth Rollins at the end of the 12 match long series
• 2 out of 3 Falls: Gauntlet style Hard Tower with 7 matches, and Daniel Bryan waiting for you at the end
• NXT Up: Aleister Black awaits you at the end of this 5 match long Normal difficulty Steps Tower
• 205 Live: Steps style, Easy difficulty, 3 matches, Noam Dar as the final foe
• Rising Stars: Steps style, Easy ficculty, 3 matches, TJP as the final foe
• Luchadores: Kalisto is the final boss at the end of this 3 match long Easy Steps Tower
• Cruiserweight Champs 17-18: This is an Easy Gauntlet Tower, with 3 matches, and Cedric Alexander at the end
• Champions of RAW 16-18: Brock Leonard awaits at the end of this Legend difficulty Steps tower with 8 matches
• Champions of SmackDown Live 16-18: AJ Styles (yes, him again) is going to make your life miserable at the end of this Hard 11 match Steps Tower
• Intercontinental Champs 15-16: Daniel Bryan at the end of this Normal Steps style Tower with 6 matches
• Undisputed New Day: Kaori Kingston is your final boss at the end of this Normal difficulty Gauntlet with 6 matches
• Air Attack: This features Eddie Guerrero at the end of a 15 match Hard Steps style ordeal
• Heavy Hitters: Normal difficulty, Gauntlet, Samoa Joe, 6 matches. Good luck

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