I like King, Wolf Hawkfield, Jeffrey McWild, Tina Armstrong, Bass Armstrong etc. They’re all fun characters. Same goes for luchadors like El Fuerte or El Blaze.
Perhaps it’s possible that a character like that could be done well in KI, but I dunno. Most wrestler characters in fighting games tend to come off a bit corny and/or grossly exaggerated. Not saying it’d be impossible to do a pro wrestler character that’s cool and doesn’t yell at the top of their lungs whenever he talks. It just never seems to go that way in video games.
I’d personally like to see an MMA fighter. Perhaps someone that’s TJ’s rival. Maybe they had a big fight, but TJ crushed his career back when TJ had the arm implants. So he took several years and trained in MMA instead with his sights set on defeating the boxer a different way.
Someone that can perform strikes and what not, but can also do wide range of judo throws, joint locks, ground throws to strikes and submission type stuff. He could have throws that allow him to do combos within the throws that can be broken.
So while you might not see a stone cold stunner or a hurracanrana or something along those lines, they could still have some pretty awesome throws and throw/strike or even throw/strike/throw/strike combos.
Side note… I miss AJ Lee. Divas division looks good right now with Sasha, Paige etc. I feel AJ would’ve been perfect for this division, as opposed to having to put over a lot of green model/wrestlers for so long. Oh well.