Which characters do you think should feature in it, and how would their voicelines/skins be altered?
My picks are:
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Doomfist – It just makes sense, since Doomfist is meant to be a nod to fighting games. Though he really doesn’t have any “grappling” abilities, he does have a “slam” and two “off the top rope” types of abilities. The more difficult thing to figure out is his skin, since the wrestler he most closely resembles is Bobby Lashley…but that’s the exact problem. Doomfist as he is now is already just “Bionic Bobby Lashley”.
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Mauga – Given the past and present dominance of the Anoa’i Family of Samoans (including the Rock, Nia Jax, Jey Uso, Yokozuna, Rikishi, and of course, Roman Reigns), this just seems like a no-brainer. basically slap some sunglasses and/or a 90s’ Rock hairstyle on Mauga and give him a line about “Cookin” and you’re good to go. You could even go for a 2-for-1 and refer to him as “Tribal Chief” as a Roman Reigns reference.
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Wrecking Ball – This the last Tank I’ll add to stop this from being too Tank-focused (although Zarya x Nia Jax would still translated incredibly well) but once again, Hammond has the high-flying “Lucha-Libre” type of combat that would make him great as a Rey Mysterio crossover. All you gotta do is put a lucha mask on the hamster and have the robot voice say “Six. One. Nine” after he runs someone over and BAM.
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Moira – An Irish redhead whose known for brutal self-punishment that leads to fantastic results? Yeah that sounds like Becky Lynch to me.
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Kiriko – Really, you can pick ANY member of Damage CTRL and the skin will work, but Asuka and Iyo Sky seem like the clear winners here. Unfortunately, I can’t think of any other ways to highlight the crossover other than the fact that they share nationality and gender, but given the popularity of Asuka and Iyo right now, it feels like it’d be stupid not to go with this.
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Soldier: 76 – Since Cassidy is already Spike Spiegel, I think Soldier would make a good ex-Shield member collaboration as either Drew McIntyre or Seth Rollins. The Shield are/were supposed to be mercenaries, so that mostly works with Soldier: 76’s current position anyway (although he’s technically a vigilante).