Mike Rome decided to what a lot of fans do, using a created version of themselves to live vicariously through in wrestling video games.
Rome has been the announcer for Monday Night RAW for some time, leading to him being present in the 2023 version of the game. However, he is not playable in the base game, leading Mike to finding a created version of himself on the games Community Creations feature.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, WWE announcer Mike Rome talked about being in the game and how he downloaded a playable version of himself, going down a deep rabbit hole of kicking ass as himself.
“Dude, it was wild. I actually went down a rabbit hole, because I finally got my code. I got home, I put it in and loaded it up and I downloaded myself off the create a player list of characters from the community. I think WhatsTheStatus put it together, it’s just me in this black suit and I’m just wailing on people. I went down this long rabbit hole and built this announce team and five hours went by and I was like ‘Dude, I’ve been on this game forever.’”
Mike Rome
Rome is not the first announcer to be included in the game, but he is one of the first to have a face scan.
“Greg had been here longer so Greg had been doing it. When Greg left, this was my first game ever. Yeah, they do a full digital scan, they put your entire likeness in there, it’s crazy. I look jacked in the game, I look huge, much bigger than I am in real life.”
Mike Rome
Rome mentioned WhatsTheStatus during the interview, a name recognizable to fans of Community Creations on WWE games. The creator is one of many who have a knack for producing incredible likenesses of wrestlers not in the base game.
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