‘WWE 2k Battlegrounds’ review : Ready to rumble

In the glorious days of cable television — before the Internet, smartphones, streaming and Fortnite — there was the WWF (World Wrestling Federation). Now known as WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), it is still the same experience of muscular men and women pummelling each other in a rope-bound ring, in front of cheering fans… what is not to love? The franchise has had its share of excellent video games, though last year’s 2k20 was a glitchy mess. Battlegrounds, recently launched, hopes to bounce back from that mess.

Like many 2k games there isa single-player story mode andtutorial; instead of a cutscene, you are expected to read a comic…