WWE 2K World

WWE 2K World is a professional wrestling video game developed by TT Games and published on 2K Sports on October 21, 2021. A spiritual successor to WWE All-Stars and WWE 2K Battlegrounds, WWE 2K World is a fast-paced, over-the-top, arcade-style fighting game featuring cartoonish renders of various WWE Superstars and Legends, each of whom appears with up to 12 attires and different themes for each attire (mirror matches are optional, if the same superstar is selected twice, with different attires).
While similar in many ways to 2K Battlegrounds, 2K World lacks the use of in-game microtransactions, instead having players complete certain objectives to unlock new superstars, legends and attires. The game also features perhaps the most varied creation suite seen in a WWE game to date, with custom hair, facial features, attires, entrance music, announcer names, and even custom character renders to make a CAW look as authentic as the superstars in-game.
The game also expands the number of locations in which players can have a match, with over 150 different arenas to choose from, with the superstars able to interact with the environments. The arena variety ranges from Raw, SmackDown!, NXT, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, an Undertaker-themed arena, and other arenas from WWE, WCW, ECW, AWA, WCCW, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, UWF, and Stampede Wrestling; to locals such as a a forest, rainforest, New York City/Central Park/Times Square, Los Angeles, Orlando, a jungle, a swamp, a desert, the beach, the Himalayan Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, a race track, a parking lot, a subway station, a circus, an airport, a doctor's office, a business office, a post office, firehouse, a police station, a prison, a playground, a dance studio, a repair shop, a ranch, a school, a fast food restaurant, a zoo, a farm, the White House, a monster truck rally, a baseball diamond, a basketball court, a bowling alley, a concert hall, a landfill, Paris, Antarctica, the Everglades, the Australian Outback, the African Savannah, a Las Vegas casino, a cemetery, a sports complex, a gymnasium, a haunted house, a hotel, a supermarket, a bank, the Great Wall of China, and the Grand Canyon; to the Moon, the nine planets, a beehive, a funhouse, a bouncy castle, a cruise ship, a large treehouse, a moving train, a flying plane, a moving garbage truck, a drive-in movie theater, the North Pole/Santa's Workshop, a ski resort, a golf course, a boxing ring, even underwater and through outer space; and much, much more.
The game also includes a 15-song soundtrack (all of which can be used as entrance music), similar to the mainline WWE 2K games. The songs, in addition to the superstar themes, are:
"Ain't No Grave" by Johnny Cash"A Little Less Conversation (Junkie XL Remix)" by Elvis Presley"Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf"Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor"Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar"The Lion" by Monster Truck"Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains"Nookie" by Limp Bizkit"Raise a Little Hell" by Trooper"The Reckoning" by Within Temptation"Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit"Titanium" by David Guetta feat. Sia"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
In a step forward from Battlegrounds, 2K World also includes the option to select and assign up to three managers to each superstar or tag team, as well as having a playable superstar be a manager to another. 10 non-playable managers (each having up to 12 attires) appear in the game: Bobby Heenan, Eric Bischoff, Jimmy Hart, Miss Elizabeth, Mr. Fuji, Paul Bearer, Paul Ellering, Paul Heyman, Sharmell, and Slick. 12 extra managers (Armando Alejandro Estrada, The Grand Wizard, Harvey Wippleman, J.J. Dillon, Jim Cornette, John Laurinaitis, Jonathan Coachman, Captain Lou Albano, Marlena, Colonel Robert Parker, Theodore Long, Vickie Guerrero, and Zeb Colter) were added in post-launch updates. These managers can interfere on behalf of their superstars, similarly to WWE Legends of WrestleMania.
Upon release, the game received mixed overwhelming praise from players, comparing it to WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain as one of the greatest wrestling games of all times. Critic reviews were more mixed, however, noting the arena gameplay "insanity" akin to WCW Nitro.
Commentary for the game is provided by a six-man team of Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Vince McMahon, Michael Cole, JBL, and Corey Graves, with additional commentary by Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff, Joey Styles, Booker T, Byron Saxton, David Otunga, Vic Joseph, and Wade Barrett, and ring announcing by Ken Anderson (Mr. Kennedy). Archival audio of Gene Okerlund, Howard Finkel, Gorilla Monsoon, Jesse Ventura, and Bobby Heenan are also used for ring announcing, in-game interviews, and commentary for certain arenas, while Justin Roberts, Lilian Garcia, Tony Chimel, Jillian Hall, JoJo, Greg Hamilton, Mauro Ranallo, and Renee Young also recorded ring announcing and commentary lines for certain aspects of the game.
==Roster==
Abdullah the ButcherAJ LeeAJ StylesAkira TozawaAl SnowAlbertAleister BlackAlexa BlissAlexander WolfeAlicia FoxAndre the GiantAngel GarzaAngelo DawkinsRoad Warrior AnimalAntonio InokiAriva DaivariArn AndersonArnold SkaalandAsukaAustin TheoryAx-DemolitionBad BunnyBam Bam BigelowThe BarbarianBaron CorbinBarry WindhamBart GunnBastion BoogerBatistaBayleyBecky LynchBeth PhoenixBianca BelairBig Boss ManBig EBig John StuddBig ShowBillie KayBilly GrahamBilly GunnBilly KidmanThe Blue MeanieBo DallasBob BacklundBob OrtonBobby LashleyThe BoogeymanBooker TBraun StrowmanBray WyattBret HartThe Brian KendrickBrian KnobbsBrian PillmanBrie BellaBritish BulldogBrock LesnarBron BreakkerBrooklyn BrawlerBruiser BrodyBruno SammartinoBrutus BeefcakeBubba Ray DudleyBuddy MurphyBuddy RobertsBuddy RogersBuff BagwellBushwhacker ButchButcher VachonCameron GrimesCandice LeRaeCarlitoCedric AlexanderCesaroChad GableCharlie HaasCharlotte FlairChavo GuerreroChief Jay StrongbowChris JerichoChristianChynaCM PunkCody RhodesCora JadeCorey GravesCrash HollyCrushCurt HawkinsD'Lo BrownD-Von DudleyDaniel BryanDavid OtungaDean AmbroseDean MalenkoDiamond Dallas PageDoink the ClownDolph ZigglerDominik MysterioDory Funk Jr.Drew GulakDrew McIntyreDuke DroeseDusty RhodesDynamite KidEarthquakeEddie GuerreroEdgeElektra LopezEliasEmber MoonErikFabian AichnerThe Fabulous MoolahFandangoFinlayFinn BalorFreddie BlassieGangrelGeorge SteeleGerald BriscoThe Gobbledy GookerThe GodfatherGoldbergGoldustGorgeous GeorgeGorilla MonsoonGran MetalikGrand Master SexayGreg ValentineHakuHardcore HollyHarley RaceRoad Warrior HawkHeath SlaterHeidenreichHenry O. GodwinnHillbilly JimHonky Tonk ManHornswoggleHulk HoganHumberto CarrilloThe HurricaneIlja DragunovIndi HartwellIo ShiraiIron SheikIrwin R. SchysterIvarIvoryJack BriscoJack SwaggerJacquelineJake RobertsJamie NobleJazzJBLJeff HardyJeff JarrettJerry LawlerJerry SagsJesse VenturaJey UsoJim DugganJim NeidhartJimmy GarvinJimmy SnukaJimmy UsoJinder MahalJoaquin WildeJoey AbsJoey MercuryJohn CenaJohn MorrisonJohnny GarganoJordan DevlinJunkyard DogJushin "Thunder" LigerKacy CatanzaroKalistoKamalaKaneKay Lee RayKayden CarterKeith LeeKelly KellyKen ShamrockKerry Von ErichKevin NashKevin OwensKevin Von ErichKiller KowalskiKing Kong BundyKofi KingstonKoko B. WareKurt AngleKushidaLA KnightLacey EvansLanaLarry ZbyszkoLex LugerLilian GarciaLitaLiv MorganBushwhacker LukeLuna VachonMad Dog VachonMae YoungMarcel BarthelMark HenryMarty JannettyMatt HardyMax MoonMichael HayesMichelle McCoolMick FoleyMickie JamesMideonMikey WhipwreckThe MizMojo RawleyMolly HollyMr. KennedyMr. McMahonMr. PerfectMVPNaomiNatalyaNia JaxNikki A.S.H.Nikki BellaNikolai VolkoffOne Man GangPaigePat PattersonPaul OrndorffPedro MoralesPerry SaturnPete DunnePete GasPeter MaiviaR-TruthRandy OrtonRandy SavageRaquel GonzalezRavenRey MysterioRhea RipleyRhynoRic FlairRick MartelRick RudeRick SteinerRicky MortonRicky SteamboatRikishiRoad DoggRob Van DamRobert GibsonThe RockRocky JohnsonRoddy PiperRodneyRoman ReignsRon SimmonsRonda RouseyRuby RiottSableSabuSami ZaynSamoa JoeThe SandmanSantino MarellaSantos EscobarSarah LoganSasha BanksSavio VegaScott HallScott SteinerScotty 2 HottySeth RollinsSgt. SlaughterShane McMahonShawn MichaelsShayna BaszlerSheamusShelton BenjaminSherri MartelShinsuke NakamuraShotzi BlackheartSkinnerSmash-DemolitionStan HansenStephanie McMahonSteve BlackmanSteve WilliamsStevie RayStevie RichardsStingStone Cold Steve AustinSunnySycho SidTaminaTatankaTatsumi FujinamiTazzTed DiBiaseTegan NoxTerry FunkTerry GordyTerry TaylorTito SantanaTitus O'NeilTommaso CiampaTommy DreamerTorrie WilsonTrent SevenTriple HTrish StratusTully BlanchardTyler BateTyler BreezeTyphoonTyson KiddUltimate WarriorUmagaThe UndertakerVaderVal VenisVictoriaVirgilVisceraWade BarrettWalterThe WarlordWilliam RegalX-PacXavier WoodsYokozunaZelina Vega
While Owen Hart is absent from the roster, his face and several of his attires appear in the creation suite.