{"id":28046,"date":"2016-08-02T13:50:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T18:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=28046"},"modified":"2016-08-02T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T19:04:02","slug":"first-batch-wwe-2k17-roster-members-legends-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/02\/first-batch-wwe-2k17-roster-members-legends-released\/","title":{"rendered":"First batch of &#8220;WWE 2K17&#8221; roster members &#038; legends released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-746117661\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first batch of &#8220;WWE 2K17&#8221; video game playable characters has been released.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2016\/08\/02\/suplex-city-census-the-weekly-wwe-2k17-roster-reveal\" target=\"_blank\">IGN.com is releasing a set of roster members<\/a> every Tuesday in August building up the video game release in October.<\/p>\n<p>Already announced for the game are cover stars Brock Lesnar and Goldberg.<\/p>\n<p>Notable &#8220;legends&#8221; included in the first announcement are Booker T, Brian Pillman, Jim Neidhart, Larry Zbyszko, and Ultimate Warrior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2 Announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aiden English<\/li>\n<li>Booker T<\/li>\n<li>Brian Pillman<\/li>\n<li>Brie Bella<\/li>\n<li>Chris Jericho<\/li>\n<li>Diego<\/li>\n<li>Erick Rowan<\/li>\n<li>Fernando<\/li>\n<li>Heath Slater<\/li>\n<li>Jey Uso<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Uso<\/li>\n<li>Jim Neidhart<\/li>\n<li>Konnor<\/li>\n<li>Larry Zbyszko<\/li>\n<li>Nikki Bella<\/li>\n<li>R-Truth<\/li>\n<li>Simon Gotch<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate Warrior<\/li>\n<li>Viktor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4157559157\"><div id=\"pwtor-2246818385\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor The first batch of &#8220;WWE 2K17&#8221; video game playable characters has been released. 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