Welcome to the annual WWE '13 real-time roster coverage.
Be sure to check out this month's "Prediction Pre-Show" simulation for SummerFest at the link below:
http://www.worldwrestlinginsanity.com/am2/publish/RDLee/RDLee_Presents_The_Prediction_Pre-Show_SummerFest_According_To_WWE_12.shtml
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Lillian Garcia introduced Jim Ross, Jerry "The King" Lawler and CM Punk as our hosts.
Group 1 (Current) characters
Alberto Del Rio
Big Show
Booker T
Brock Lesnar
Brodus Clay
Christian
Chris Jericho
Cody Rhodes
Daniel Bryan
David Otunga
Dolph Ziggler
Edge
Great Khali
Heath Slater
Hunico
Jack Swagger
JBL
John Cena (Old School)
Johnny Ace
Justin Gabriel
Kane
Kevin Nash
Kofi Kingston
Mark Henry
The Miz
Primo
Randy Orton
John Cena (Current)
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Group 2 (Attitude Era) characters
Mike Tyson
Animal
Big Bossman
Billy Gunn
Bradshaw
Bret Hart
British Bulldog
Cactus Jack
Y2J
Christian
Dude Love
Eddie Guerrero
Edge
Faarooq
Godfather
Hawk
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Kane
Ken Shamrock
Mankind
Mark Henry
Mr. McMahon
Big Show
Road Dogg
The Rock
Shane McMahon
HBK (DX version)
HHH (DX version)
Undertaker
Vader
X-Pac
Lita
Stephanie McMahon
Trish Stratus
Stone Cold Steve Austin
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Group 3 (Current) characters
Rey Mysterio
The Rock
R-Truth
Santino
Sheamus
Sin Cara
Epico
Ted Dibiase
Triple H
Undertaker
Jinder Mahal
Wade Barrett
Zack Ryder
Alicia Fox
Beth Phoenix
Eve
Kelly Kelly
Brie Bella
Nikki Bella
Kharma
Lita
AJ Lee (DLC)
CM Punk
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Next, Lawler suggested that there might be wardrobe malfunctions in diva matches which brought out Damien Sandow.
Sandow introduced himself and said that he is here to announce himself as a future downloadable character for the game.
CM Punk ended things by thanking everyone for coming out and that was pretty much it.
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RDLee's thoughts: Well, as usual there are a lot of glaring omissions but overall I am very happy with the roster this year. I believe we will see newer guys like Ryback, Tensai and Antonio Cesaro added via DLC down the line so I am not gonna spend too much time bickering about their exclusion.
I would also like to think that they will give us more alternate attires in the future as well so we get different versions of characters they let out, such as Faarooq in his Nation of Domination attire for an example.
I'm really excited about the confirmed inclusion of The New Age Outlaws and Ken Shamrock the most. I posted a leaked roster on the message board a while back and it turned out to be nearly 100% accurate. The only thing that has changed since then is the inclusion of characters not previously announced in the leak. So that's a good thing.
Anyway, thanks for joining me this year. Leave a comment below and let me know who you are excited about being in this year's game or who you feel they shouldn't have left out. WWE '13 comes out on October 30th so be sure to pre-order it soon so you get the Mike Tyson character DLC for free.
