The reversals for me anyways,are actually easier than last year, especially the grapple reversals. But I also noticed a few times that the grapple reversals go on for a long time. For example, I was using HHH, and grabbed Kane, he reversed my grab and had me in a grapple setup, which I reversed into a grapple setup of my own, this went back and forth about 5 times.
Little shit like that just blows my mind, there is so much new shit this year.
I pre-ordered my copy back in August, and I might invest in the extra $10 for the special edition.