Calm down, Tumblr! Part 2

I think it's safe to say that July was unofficially Dean Ambrose month.

Exactly 3 weeks ago on what I thought would be a ho-hum Monday, I awoke to the spectacle of seeing #dean ambrose blow up on Tumblr. Ambrose's WWE movie "Lockdown", now known as "12 Rounds 3: Lockdown", got a brand new movie poster and a release date. And 2 days later, WWE released their latest Body Series featuring Ambrose as their first Superstar (strangely enough, they went back to featuring Divas instead of showing more Superstars). Today, another trailer for W2K16 was released today and despite who the main focus was, Ambrose was the biggest takeaway from it.

2K acquired the WWE series after THQ folded 2 years ago. Since then, the visual quality of the games and the trailers to help promote it have seriously stepped up, though the game quality and playability itself still had some issues. The first W2K16 trailer featured their cover boy, Stone Cold Steve Austin, digging up his old belt somewhere in the desert and it ended with his iconic theme playing. I thought the next trailer would feature another superstar like, I don't know, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins (who was said to be pulled from San Diego Comic Con and replaced by Kevin Owens because he had to film a commercial for 2K). What we got instead was Arnold Schwarzenegger recreating his "Terminator 2" scene with appearances from Daniel Bryan, Eva Marie (WHAT), Paige, Finn Balor, and Dean Ambrose.

I'd like to point out a few things:

• LOL on the Terminator being a pre-order bonus. I can't explain why it seems silly to see a fictional character tossed into a wrestling game. It's just like seeing Friday the 13th Jason being included in Mortal Kombat X.
• I was somewhat comforted to see that it was implied that Daniel Bryan drinks beer, even though he doesn't. I read his book dammit.
• Paige and Eva Marie clearly like the view down there.
• With the exception of Finn Balor being a recent champ, Eva Marie does not belong in this group of former champs. And what the hell was she doing to that jukebox??
• Apparently, Dean FUCKING Ambrose is slightly bigger than the Terminator (look at their eye lines). He had the most screen time out of the Superstars and Divas and he looks so bad-ass, even with the cigar smoking and his oh-so-subtle earring.

If I had to nitpick, it would be that Finn doesn't get that much screen time (being behind Schwarzenegger doesn't count for me). This trailer doesn't show anything from the game but it's doing a good job in making the rounds on game news websites like Kotaku and IGN. I'm getting more and more interested in the game and I'm now on the fence on buying it.

BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE.

WWE also went and released the trailer for "12 Rounds 3: Lockdown" just a few hours later!

 I'd also like to point out a few things:

• It is jarring to see Ambrose use a computer. He has said in previous interviews that he grew up never wanting/owning a computer, which is why he doesn't do social media. 
• It is a very literal movie. The building is on lockdown and, for some reason, he only has 12 rounds to use on his hand gun.
• Ambrose is really tall (6'4"). He nearly towers over Schwarzenegger in the 2K16 trailer (by like 2 inches) and he looks to do the same here among regular people :D
• Curtis from "24" is the bad guy!
• This looks cliched and predictable but the fact that Ambrose is starring in it has definitely generated a lot of buzz

Now, with all of this happening, one would think WWE is going to start doing something with Ambrose. He's currently in a developing storyline where 2/3 of The Shield are going up against 2/3 of The Wyatt Family. There's that weird rumor that Sting will be Ambreigns' third guy and the Wyatt Family will also get a new member since Erick Rowan is still out. Ambrose was absent in Battleground and he's back on his losing streak again (he lost to Sheamus last week on Smackdown, where the only good match was with Cesaro vs Seth Rollins). I have a feeling that WWE has a lot more ammo to push Ambrose pretty soon; it's just a matter of pulling that trigger again like they did back in May.