Guys, I read all the negative stuff and decided to pick it up last night anyway. This game is not bad at all, and the controls and actual gameplay is pretty damn tight. Wrestlers stay down realistically longer after bumps, and the Money In THe Bank match is fun. I had a MITB match last night and RVD won it after 32 minutes.
I can't really say i've seen any negative things or downgrades. The only thing I'll say is that in my Super Crazy vs. Mark Henry match i couldn't hurt Henry with any strikes at all, not even running ones. It was still a good fun match though because i had to think of creative ways to hurt him. I hear alot about freezing issues, announcing wrong wrestlers, glicthes and JR and Ross saying the wrong thing, but honestly that may be for a batch of copies cause I haven't had a single problem yet, and I turned off commentary anyway. Also, I switched the controls back to last years version, because, at least for the first night i played it i havent been able to adjust well to the analog control. I haven't tried CAW, or Season yet so i'll see how that turns out.
All in all, I would recommend this game . A much better pace in the matches, and better selling.