Hey, I take my title as video game expert seriously. I've been one of the top-ranked WWE 2K players for a while now, and I love sharing my tips with you. I started a series on YouTube in which I'm going to get one ranked win with every character in the game. Yes, I should have started that before they started dropping DLC. No, I did not do it that way.
I believe that almost every character in the game is viable with a little bit of work. I am not looking forward to the Eric Bischoff match, obviously. But first up is one I was ooking forward to. "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes has always been one of my favorite wrestlers. I thrilled to his epic feuds with Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen. Flair's not in the game, and won't be as long as he's working with AEW. But me and Big Dust still get into plenty of WWE 2K25 mischief.
Ever heard the term "strike spam" in connection with WWE 2K? Dusty's fast hands are among the best at it, right up there with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Undertaker. His heavy strike goes into his elbow combo, and it's one of the best whiff punishes in the game. Incidentally, Cody Rhodes has this combo as well as he does a tribute to his dad during his matches.
His Bionic Elbow finisher can whiff punish as well. Dusty's not exactly a subtle character, but he's a powerful one.