Welcome to… the RING OF HORROR.
Horror fans are some of the most creative and talented human beings on this planet, and we’ve got yet another example of that awesome creativity for you today. If you’re a fan of both horror and wrestling, you will absolutely love what one fan has done with the recently released video game WWE 2K17: he literally created an entire federation that’s full of nothing but horror icons.
Appropriately titled Ring of Horror, the custom-made federation was made using WWE 2K17’s community creations mode, which allows gamers to create their own superstars, title belts, shows and arenas. The man behind the massive undertaking is Anthony Sketch, and as he explained to us, he even came up with a brilliant backstory to explain how all the icons came together.
Sketch explains:
Ring of Horror features a total of 36 Horror icons, both heroes and villains. 20 men and 16 women, all beating the crap out of one another to be the “King of Horror Champion” (Men’s Division), “Queen of Scream Champion” (Women’s Division), or the “Hack and Slash Champions” (Tag Team Division).
The arena is custom made to fit the horror feel, and also has an interesting backstory.
The host of Ring Of Horror, Guile, is using the Necronomicon to bind them all to the arena, unable to kill each other, fighting for the entertainment of others. Currently nobody knows why, but people are too busy enjoying themselves to care.
The roster of horror icons in the Ring of Horror federation includes the big slasher villains like Jason, Freddy, Michael, and Leatherface, and Sketch also created characters such as Ash Williams, Herbert West, Candyman, Cassie Hack, Jigsaw, Pennywise, and Trick ‘r Treat‘s Sam. Coolest of all, this custom content can be downloaded to your own system so you can play along.
Preview the federation below and then feel free to watch a horror icon Royal Rumble!