Various News: Bob Backlund Set For Japan Shows, 2K Releasing Special Edition of WWE 2K18, Hedge Fund Sells WWE Stock

– PWInsider reports that Bob Backlund is set for Tatsumi Fujinami’s Dradition “Back to New York” shows on April 20-21 in Japan. They will compete together and against each other in six-man tag matches along with other Japanese legends. The shows happen at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall and Osaka’s ATC Hall.

– A new SEC filing reveals that Hedge Fund sponsor Eminence Capital gave up it’s 9% ownership (3,639,974 shares) in World Wrestling Entertainment.

– 2K is set to release a special Wrestlemania edition of WWE 2K18 for fans in Europe, the Middle East and Australia. It includes:

* A copy of WWE 2K18;
* Special WrestleMania items: WrestleMania 34-themed WWE SuperCard content; Two Seth Rollins Topps cards; Seth Rollins poster;
* Kurt Angle Pack: Formerly available only as a pre-order bonus; Includes two playable versions of Kurt Angle (WWE “American Hero” and ECW “Wrestling Machine”);
* Cena (Nuff) Pack: Formerly available only in the WWE 2K18 Deluxe Edition or Cena (Nuff) Edition; Includes two playable versions of John Cena (ECW One Night Stand and WrestleMania 26) and playable characters Batista and Rob Van Dam;
* Accelerator: Players will gain access to all unlockable content available at launch in the game’s VC Purchasable section (excluding downloadable content); Players can also decide the overall rankings and attribute levels for all playable characters throughout the life of the product;
* Enduring Icons Pack: Playable WWE Superstars: The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy); Playable WWE Hall of Famers: Beth Phoenix and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton);
* MyPlayer Kick Start: Players will be able to unlock and boost MyPlayer ratings and attributes via a 50,000 VC starting bonus; Players will begin with 10 additional Attribute Points for MyPlayer and can boost any Attribute tower by 10 levels or spread the upgrades throughout multiple Attribute towers;
* New Moves Pack: Explore a wide variety of new in-game moves, including the Tye Breaker 2 (made popular by WWE Superstar Tye Dillinger); the Crash Landing (made popular by NXT Superstar Kassius Ohno); the Pumphandle Death Valley Driver (made popular by NXT Superstar Akam); and the Swinging Sleeper Slam (made popular by WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page);
* NXT Generation Pack: Playable WWE and NXT Superstars: Aleister Black, Drew McIntyre, Elias, Lars Sullivan and Ruby Riott.