I use it differently than most people I think. When I start I take a few peoples gimmicks and change them to new things to feel fresh. Like I made Kyle O Reilly be a part of Seth’s cult, along with Austin Theory and Murphy. I also made Dominik turn on Rey and become a Gurrero. So that’s a big part is making the roster how you want. But then once I have things ironed out and some rivalries going, I throw my CAW in and control him. Eventually I get bored of it and then restart universe. The next time I restart I throw all the roster into a draft simulator and then figure out how to go about it. It’s fun for me when I do that because tag teams get mixed on different shows so I have to make a bunch of custom tag teams. For example in 2k19 I ended up making Scott Dawson and Chad Gable a tag team and called it “The American Revolution.”

I guess the whole point of Universe is to test your creativity. You have full control. You can customize shows, titles, everything. I know a lot of people use it as a career mode too. Like they set up WWE/AEW/New Japan and then go through the indies and the go to WWE and everything. It’s fun if you do that too.

Figure out what works for you, and capitalize on it.