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News - WWE Battlegrounds May Have Used Image Of Former Impact Wrestler In Game - xSicKxBot - 09-19-2020
WWE Battlegrounds May Have Used Image Of Former Impact Wrestler In Game
<p>Wrestling feels cyclical sometimes, whether it's one wrestler pays homage to another's throwback gear or somebody makes a nod in a promo to a famous promo, but then there are blatant references of other wrestlers that might not be such a great idea.</p><p>Earlier this week, the popular wrestling Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/tigerdriver9x/status/1306736974896812032">Tiger Driver</a>, revealed that it looks like there's a part of the Royal Rumble tutorial in the recently-released WWE 2K Battlegrounds which uses former controversial Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard as a reference model. Check out the similarities in the Tweet below.</p><div data-embed-type="tweet" data-src="https://twitter.com/tigerdriver9x/status/1306736974896812032"><blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-mce-disable-toolbar="true"><p dir="ltr">Look what the <a href="https://twitter.com/newLEGACYinc?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@newLEGACYinc</a> boys found in the new WWE Battlegrounds game. ??? <a href="https://t.co/DkwWAbER6l">pic.twitter.com/DkwWAbER6l</a></p> — ?TIGER DRIVER? (@TigerDriver9X) <a href="https://twitter.com/TigerDriver9X/status/1306736974896812032?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">September 17, 2020</a></blockquote><text></text></div><p>As someone in the comments even pointed out, it matches all the way down to her finger placement. Tessa has never been part of WWE, but her father is a WWE Hall of Famer and current AEW manager of Shawn Spears.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wwe-battlegrounds-may-have-used-image-of-former-impact-wrestler-in-game/1100-6482352/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wwe-battlegrounds-may-have-used-image-of-former-impact-wrestler-in-game/1100-6482352/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f