Just got the game the other day and playing it for the first time, and the main thing i love about it is how much the AI plays like the wrestler they are, like if you're facing Zack Sabre jr you really feel like you're facing him because he's constantly locking you up in submissions and twisting a joint. Thats a thing that always feels missing from the 2K WWE games, sometimes most of the roster does these basic generic moves that you never see the actual wrestler irl doing, you never feel like you're really facing the actual wrestler.
It took me a while to learn how to play it but i've adjusted to it now, i still can't time strikes that well though, those seems to be the most difficult thing to do for me, they seem to always miss like 70% of the time.