Darren Young in WWE 2K14

WWE 2K14 features Darren Young, “the first ever openly gay WWE wrestler still active in the sport.” Darren Young, a star of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., came out while giving an impromptu interview to a TMZ photographer. This, according to GayGamer, “not only makes Darren Young the first openly gay professional wrestler, but also one of the first openly gay video game characters in a sports-title.”

Citations

  1. Darren Young. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Young
  2. AwesomeGamerNer (2013, September 15). Darren Young Makes His Entrance in WWE’2K14. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0huaRMDaFk
  3. Haas, P. (n.d.). WWE 2K14 Adds First Openly Gay Superstar Darren Young. Cimemablend. http://www.cinemablend.com/games/WWE-2K14-Adds-First-Openly-Gay-Superstar-Darren-Young-58382.html
  4. Mattos, S. (August 16, 2013). Darren Young makes his video game debut. GayGamer.Net. http://gaygamer.net/2013/08/darren-young-makes-his-video-game-debut
  5. Mattos, S. (January 8, 2014). GGOTY 2013: Gayest Games of the Year. GayGamer.Net. http://gaygamer.net/2014/01/ggoty-2013-gayest-games-of-the-year
  6. Rogers, K. (August 15, 2013). Darren Young: American WWE star comes out as gay. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/15/darren-young-wwe-wrestler-comes-out
  7. Sarkar, S. (August 16, 2016). WWE 2K14 roster includes Darren Young, first openly gay WWE star. Polygon. http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/16/4629050/wwe-2k14-darren-young-openly-gay