WWE 2K25 Developer Wanted Samoans To Be Immune To Headbutts, Says Thumbtacks Are a Goal

WWE 2K25 developer Bryan Williams recently discussed the upcoming game and a couple of features he wants that didn’t make it in. Williams spoke with Pro Wrestling Shoot for an interview promoting the game and you can see highlights below, courtesy of Fightful:

On wanting to have Samoans be immune to headbutts: “One of the things that I really wanted to get in that I didn’t, speaking of, Easter egg-type things is, when you headbutt the Samoan, I wanted there to be that reaction where it hurts the attacker versus them. You know what I mean? We weren’t able to get it in, but it’s just one of those cool spots that you would see even Jey did it not that long ago. I forget who tried to headbutt Jey Uso, and he kind of just no sold it.”

On wanting to introduce thumbtacks into the series: “The thumbtacks, we’ve been talking about that for a while now, and I think once we crack that nut, that’s the perfect opportunity to then go into, as you, as you pointed out, getting scarring, bleeding on the back, the chest, the arms, even. I think introducing that as a new weapon. Obviously, just like peanut butter and jelly, it coincides with bleeding on the bodies, as opposed to just the face. So, it is something that we are hoping to eventually get to sooner rather than later. So, yeah, I would just say, we hear you, and it’s something that we want to do as well, especially just having thumbtacks in the AEW game. I know I worked on it, but it, you know, it sticks in my craw that the AEW game has one over on us when it comes to the thumbtacks. I don’t like that. We’re going to make it right.”