A battle as old as time. A contest like no other. Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning has been the NFL's most-talked about matchup for over a decade, but all that analysis and breakdown has lacked one thing: Violence. Today we put Brady and Manning in the squared circle to settle who's the best, once and for all.
Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady, as simulated in a WWE 2K16 match full of cheating and senseless violence
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Both Tom and Peyton were created with identical stats, in the interest of fair play and science. Each wrestler was controlled by the computer and the outcome of this fight was purely by chance. When creating an NFL player as a WWE Superstar the most important thing to think about is their move set. Who epitomizes their style? To this end Brady took on the role of Seth Rollins and Manning will be using the moves of John Cena.
The only wrinkle added to this contest was Bill Belichick, who will be serving as Brady’s manager.
Let’s see what happened ...
The match started out as a solid back-and-forth with Brady slowly getting the upper hand. When Peyton finally managed to develop some offense he was quickly distracted by Belichick, who was lurking by the side of the ring.
Defying expectations, Manning decided to fight a little dirty first. He tossed Brady to the outside and delivered a DDT on the ring apron. Then he ran back into the ring and checked his boots ... for no reason at all.
After returning to the outside Belichick decided to confront Manning, who got scared.
Manning started on a tear, delivering a series of moves to Brady that looked like it was going to put this match away -- but then he was distracted by Belichick again.
This gave Brady the opening he was looking for and after knocking Manning down he tried to go for the pin. He cheated.
Becoming desperate, Brady opened his hand, grasped Manning’s throat and tried to deflate him.
Manning did everything he could. The Broncos quarterback wasn't only fighting Tom Brady, he was also fighting Bill Belichick's distractions and trying to survive a mountain of cheating. He ended up getting curb-stomped.
There can only be one winner ... but sometimes there are two.
If you’re so inclined to watch the whole fight then please, enjoy. Note: Uploading WWE 2K16 footage to YouTube removes the entrance music. It is intended that Tom Brady enters to Tyler Breeze’s music, and Peyton Manning to Cactus Jack’s.
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