Published By: Vivek Ganapathy
Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 17:33 IST
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Vince McMahon who beforehand stepped down as CEO throughout an investigation, is in hassle as soon as once more. (Image: AFP)
Both people have been away from the corporate for fairly a while now on account of a lawsuit filed in opposition to McMahon final month. After the information got here to mild, the Wall Street Journal recognized Lesnar because the unnamed WWE and UFC fighter, whose involvement was talked about within the go well with.
Vince McMahon and Brock Lesnar are understood to have been dropped from the roster of the WWE 2K24 online game that includes the names of playable wrestlers. Both people have been away from the corporate for fairly a while now on account of a lawsuit filed in opposition to McMahon final month. After the information got here to mild, the Wall Street Journal recognized Lesnar because the unnamed WWE and UFC fighter, whose involvement was talked about within the go well with. As per the allegations by Janel Grant, she was abused and sexually exploited by McMahon whereas he was the chief government.
The controversial incident has little doubt massively impacted Lesnar’s wrestling profession. The former WWE Heavyweight Champion was set to characteristic in the entire first three Premium Live Events of this yr– Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania 40. However, he has now been compelled out of those occasions amid the continuing authorized proceedings relating to the lawsuit.
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It additionally resulted in McMahon stepping down from his place because the Executive Chairman of TKO Group Holdings– the dad or mum firm of WWE. When the corporate launched the official cowl of the 2K24 Forty Years of WrestleMania version earlier this month, followers had been fast to identify the absence of Lesnar. The 46-yr-previous has misplaced one other online game deal because the 2K has excluded his title from the favored WWE SuperCard cellular recreation.
Moreover, Lesnar didn’t characteristic within the introductory video package deal for WWE’s weekly tv exhibits. His absence from the WWE 2K24 roster underlined the truth that the corporate is sort of severe about defending its picture by retaining the famous person away from any happenings.
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Apart from McMahon and Lesnar, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre have additionally did not discover a place within the full roster of the WWE 2K24 recreation. There is a risk for the duo to be roped in earlier than the corporate releases the official roster video this week. The Deluxe and 40 Years of WrestleMania editions of WWE 2K24 are slated to be rolled out on March 5, whereas the usual version shall be launched three days later.
