WWE 2K14 Celebrates Wrestlemania Legacy, Ignores Benoit and Guerrero

Fans of World Wrestling Entertainment video games are extra-excited this year because the company once known as WWF has handed the production of its annual

Fans of World Wrestling Entertainment video games are extra-excited this year because the company once known as WWF has handed the production of its annual game to 2K Sports, makers of the highly acclaimed NBA 2K series. As they do with NBA 2K14, 2K Sports has slowly dropped tidbits of game details here and there. This past weekend, they revealed the 45 matches that will make up the game's main attraction, the "30 Years of Wrestlemania" mode.

The 45 matches that supposedly captures the most indelible moments in the WWE wrestling universe are:

-WrestleMania: Andre the Giant vs. Big John Studd

-WrestleMania 2: WWE Champion Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy

-WrestleMania III: Intercontinental Champion “Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat

-WrestleMania III: WWE Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant

-WrestleMania IV: “Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase

-WrestleMania V: WWE Champion “Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan

-WrestleMania VI: WWE Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior

-WrestleMania VII: WWE Champion Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hulk Hogan

-WrestleMania VIII: WWE Champion Ric Flair vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage

-WrestleMania IX: WWE Champion Bret “Hit Man” Hart vs. Yokozuna

-WrestleMania 10: HBK vs. Razor Ramon Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match

-WrestleMania 10: Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna (c) (with Mr. Fuji)

-WrestleMania 11: The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) vs. King Kong Bundy (with Ted DiBiase)

-WrestleMania 11: Diesel vs. HBK

-WrestleMania 12: The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) vs. Diesel

-WrestleMania 12: Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels

-WrestleMania 13: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin

-WrestleMania 14: Undertaker vs. Kane

-WrestleMania 15: The Rock vs. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin

-WrestleMania 16: Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Mick Foley vs. Big Show (Fatal Four Way Elimination Match)

-WrestleMania 17: The Rock vs. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin

-WrestleMania 18: The Rock vs. Hollywood Hogan

-WrestleMania 18: Chris Jericho vs. Triple H

-WrestleMania 19: Shawn Michaels “HBK” vs. Chris Jericho

-WrestleMania 19: The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin

-WrestleMania 20: John Cena vs. The Big Show

-WrestleMania 20: Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar

-WrestleMania 21: John “Bradshaw” Layfield vs. John Cena

-WrestleMania 22: Edge w/Lita vs. Mick Foley

-WrestleMania 23: Batista vs. Undertaker

-WrestleMania 23: John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels

-WrestleMania 24: HBK vs. Ric Flair

-WrestleMania 24: Randy Orton vs. John Cena vs. Triple H

-WrestleMania 25: Edge vs. John Cena vs. the Big Show

-WrestleMania 25: Triple H vs. Randy Orton

-WrestleMania 26: Chris Jericho vs. Edge

-WrestleMania 26: Batista vs. John Cena

-WrestleMania 26: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels “HBK”

-WrestleMania 27: Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio

-WrestleMania 27: The Miz vs. John Cena

-WrestleMania 28: The Undertaker vs. Triple H

-WrestleMania 28: CM Punk vs. Jericho

-WrestleMania 28: The Rock vs. John Cena

-WrestleMania 29: Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H

-WrestleMania 29: CM Punk vs. Undertaker

Now if you're a big fan of the WWE, you might notice that two major matches/story lines/wrestlers are missing. While one's understandable, the other is kind of baffling.

The two missing wrestlers are Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero. The former headlined Wrestlemania XX and won the Heavyweight Championship against Triple H and Shawn Michaels in what is still considered one of the greatest matches in Wrestlemania history. Guerrero, meanwhile, won the WWE Championship that same night by beating Kurt Angle. The two champions then celebrated at the end of the event in the ring together, which was, at the time, one of the most beautiful moments in wrestling (it's a long story--basically, those two guys were told for years they lacked the size to ever be big stars in the wrestling industry).

We know why Benoit is left out. He was involved in a tragic double-murder/suicide in 2007. The WWE has, as a result, practically erased him from the company's existence.