WWE 2K World

WWE 2K World is a professional wrestling video game developed by TT Games and published by 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 countless WWE Superstars and Legends, each of whom appears with up to 30 attires and different themes for each attire (mirror matches are optional, if the same superstar is selected twice, with different attires).

Whereas the main 2K series has the "2K Showcase", 2K World boasts "2K Stories", a series of 18 fictional storylines starring the WWE Superstars and Legends, each comprised of 16 chapters; completing matches during chapters unlocks new superstars, legends and managers. The final 2K Story, "Paul Bearer's Revenge", can only be unlocked by completing the previous 17 storylines.

Over 160 match types are included in this game. Besides regular WWE match types (1-on-1, tag team, tornado tag, triple threat, fatal-4-way, 6-man, 8-man, handicap, battle royal, Hell in a Cell, Steel Cage, Extreme Rules, Elimination Chamber, Iron Man, Money in the Bank, submission, Falls Count Anywhere, Last Man Standing, No Holds Barred, Royal Rumble, tables, ladder, TLC, Mixed Tag, etc.), new additions include intergender, 10-man matches, I Quit, Buried Alive, Pole, Casket, Body Bag, First Blood, Dumpster, Strap, Lumberjack, Boiler Room Brawl, Empty Arena, Punjabi Prison, Inferno, Special Referee, Hair vs. Hair, Career vs. Career, and 25 death matches. Superstars can also compete for one of over 140 championships, plus a Money in the Bank contract (at least two championships, the 24/7 Championship and the Hardcore Championships, can be defended during any aspect of the game, in any in-game location, so long as someone on the roster, even a manager, is holding either one of said titles).

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 faces 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 200 different arenas to choose from at launch, 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, Stampede Wrestling, and seven Japanese arenas (plus backstage, in-crowd and outside areas); 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, a 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 hockey rink, 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 ball pit, 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. Future updates would see new arenas based on licensed properties such as 90 Disney arenas (two of which are based on Disneyland and Walt Disney World), 20 Star Wars locations, Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, 40 DreamWorks locations, ten Looney Tunes locations, 40 DC Comics locations, 40 Marvel Comics locations, Scooby-Doo, The Polar Express, 15 game show arenas, and much more.

The game also includes a 15-song soundtrack, similar to the mainline WWE 2K games, used both in menus and during matches. The songs, in addition to the superstar themes, are:

"A Little Less Conversation (Junkie XL Remix)" by Elvis Presley "Africa" by Toto "Ain't No Grave" by Johnny Cash "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne "The Day I Tried to Live" by Soundgarden "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor "Just a Phase" by Incubus "The Lion" by Monster Truck "Natural" by Imagine Dragons "Raise a Little Hell" by Trooper "The Reckoning" by Within Temptation "Titanium" by David Guetta feat. Sia "We Will Rock You" by Queen

An additional 15 songs can be unlocked by unlocking superstars and attires, and used as entrance music. These songs are:

"American Bad Ass" by Kid Rock "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen "Burn It to the Ground" by Nickelback "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour "Enter the Sandman" by Metallica "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynkyrd "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains "Now That We're Dead" by Metallica "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit "Slow Chemical" by Finger Eleven "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses

In a step forward from Battlegrounds, 2K World also includes the option to select and assign up to four managers to each superstar, tag team or faction, 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, Linda McMahon, Miss Elizabeth, Paul Bearer, Paul Heyman, Sharmell, Slick, and Vickie Guerrero. 35 extra managers (Adam Pearce, Lord Alfred Hayes, Ariel, Armando Estrada, Bill Alfonso, Brad Maddox, Brother Love, Clarence Mason, Elektra, Frenchy Martin, Gary Hart, General Adnan, The Grand Wizard, Harvey Wippleman, Hiroko Suzuki, J.J. Dillon, The Jackyl, James Mitchell, Jim Cornette, Johnny Saint, Jonathan Coachman, Kimberly Page, Captain Lou Albano, Lou D'Angeli, Malcolm Bivens, Missy Hyatt, Oliver Humperdink, Man on a Mission Oscar, Paul Ellering, Ricardo Rodriguez, Colonel Robert Parker, Robert Stone, Skandor Akbar, Theodore Long, and Vince Russo) were added in post-launch updates. These managers can interfere on behalf of their superstars, similarly to WWE Legends of WrestleMania, and a cheat code hidden in the game can make them playable.

Upon release, the game received mixed 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 Booker T, Byron Saxton, David Otunga, Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett, Pat McAfee, Nigel McGuinness, and Andy Shepherd; and ring announcing by Ken Anderson (Mr. Kennedy). Gene Okerlund, Howard Finkel, Linda McMahon and Renee Young also appear as NPCs. Many of the wrestlers included the game (Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold, John Cena, The Rock, Undertaker, Triple H, etc.) recorded new dialogue for their own in-game models, while other characters, usually those who are deceased, were voiced by soundalikes (Jay Lethal as Randy Savage and doubling for Ric Flair, John Morrison as Paul Bearer, Luke Gallows as Howard Finkel, Paul Heyman as Doink the Clown, Bruce Prichard as Dusty Rhodes, Jason Sensation as the Ultimate Warrior and doubling for Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold, Undertaker, The Rock, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho and others, etc.) and professional voice actors (Neil Ross as Gene Okerlund; Will Sasso doubling for Hulk Hogan and Jesse Ventura; etc.).

While Chris Benoit, Grizzly Smith, and Owen Hart are absent from the roster, their faces, move-sets, names, theme music, and several of their attires appear in the creation suite. Jason Sensation's impressions of Hart and Benoit are also included as isolated voice tracks.

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Godwinn Hercules Hideo Itami Hillbilly Jim Hiro Matsuda Hiroko Suzuki (Manager) Honky Tonk Man Hornswoggle (also Manager) Hulk Hogan Humberto Carrillo Ikemen Jiro Ilja Dragunov Indi Hartwell Io Shirai Iron Sheik Irwin R. Schyster Isaiah Scott Isla Dawn Ivan Koloff Ivar Ivory (also Manager) J.J. Dillon (Manager) Jack Brisco Jack Gallagher Jack Swagger Jackie Gayda (also Manager) The Jackyl (Manager) Jacqueline Jacques Rougeau Jacy Jayne Jake Roberts James Drake James Mitchell (Manager) Jamie Noble Jason Sensation Jaxson Ryker Jazz JBL (also Commentator) Jeff Hardy Jeff Jarrett Jerry Graham Jerry Lawler (also Commentator) Jerry Lynn Jerry Sags Jerry Valiant (also Manager) Jesse Ventura Jesus Castillo Jr. Jey Uso Jillian Hall Jim Cornette (Manager) Jim Duggan Jim Neidhart Jimmy Garvin Jimmy Golden Jimmy Hart (Manager) Jimmy Snuka Jimmy Uso Jimmy Valiant Jimmy Wang Yang Jinder Mahal Jinny Joaquin Wilde Joe Coffey Joey Abs Joey Mercury JoJo John Cena John Kronus John Laurinaitis (also Manager) John Morrison John Tolos (also Manager) Johnny Gargano Johnny Saint (Manager) Johnny Valiant (also Manager) Jonathan Coachman (Manager) Jordan Devlin Jose Estrada Jr. Joy Giovanni JTG Junkyard Dog Jushin Liger Justin Credible Juventud Guerrera Kacy Catanzaro Kairi Sane Kaitlyn Kalisto Kamala Kane (also Manager) Karl Anderson Kassius Ohno The Kat (also Manager) Kavita Devi Kay Lee Ray Kayden Carter Keith Lee Kelly Kelly Ken Shamrock Kenny Dykstra Kenzo Suzuki Kerry Von Erich Kevin Nash Kevin Owens Kevin Sullivan Kevin Thorn Kevin Von Erich Killer Kowalski Killian Dain Kimberly Page (Manager) King Kong Bundy Kofi Kingston Koko B. Ware Konnor Kurrgan Kurt Angle Kushida Kyle O'Reilly LA Knight Lacey Evans Lana (also Manager) Lance Storm Lanny Poffo (also Manager) Larry Zbyszko Lars Sullivan Layla Lawrence Taylor (DLC) Lemmy (DLC) Lex Luger Lewis Howley Lilian Garcia Lince Dorado Linda McMahon (Manager) Lio Rush (also Manager) Lita (also Manager) Liv Morgan Lou Albano (Manager) Lou D'Angeli (Manager) Lou Thesz Ludvig Borga Bushwhacker Luke Luke Gallows Luke Graham Luke Harper Luna Vachon Mace Mad Dog Vachon Mae Young Magnum T.A. Malcolm Bivens (Manager) Mandy Rose Manny Fernandez Mansoor Mantaur Marc Mero Marcel Barthel Maria Kanellis Mark Andrews Mark Coffey Mark Henry Marty Jannetty Maryse (also Manager) Matt Bloom (also Manager) Matt Hardy Maven Max Moon Meiko Satomura Melina (also Manager) Mia Yim Michael Hayes Michelle McCool Mick Foley Mickie James Mideon Miguel Perez Mike Awesome Mike Graham Mike Tyson (DLC) Mike Von Erich Mikel Scicluna Mikey Whipwreck Miss Elizabeth (Manager) Missing Link Missy Hyatt (Manager) The Miz Man on a Mission Mo Mojo Rawley Molly Holly Montez Ford Moondog Cujo Moondog King Moondog Rex Moondog Spike Moondog Spot Headbanger Mosh Mr. Fuji (also Manager) Mr. Hughes (also Manager) Mr. Kennedy (also Ring Announcer) Mr. McMahon (also Manager) Mr. Perfect Mr. T (DLC) Muhammad Hassan Mustafa Ali MVP Naomi Nash Carter Natalya Neville New Jack Nia Jax Nick Bockwinkel Nick Miller Nikki A.S.H. Nikki Bella Nikita Koloff Nikolai Volkoff Nina Samuels Noam Dar No Way Jose Norman Smiley Ole Anderson Oliver Humperdink (Manager) Omos One Man Gang Oney Lorcan Orlando Jordan Otis Outback Jack Ox Baker Paige Pat McAfee (also Commentator) Pat Patterson Paul Bearer (Manager) Paul Burchill Paul Ellering (Manager) Paul Heyman (Manager) Paul Jones (also Manager) Paul London Paul Orndorff Pedro Morales Perry Saturn Pete Dunne Pete Gas Pete Rose (DLC) Peter Maivia Peyton Royce Piper Niven Primo Colon Psicosis R-Truth Rampage Brown Randy Orton Randy Savage Raquel Gonzalez Raven Raymond Rougeau Rene Dupree Retaliation Rey Mysterio Rezar Rhea Ripley Rhyno Ric Flair (also Manager) Ricardo Rodriguez (Manager) Rich Swann Rick Boogs Rick Martel Rick Rude Rick Steiner Ricky Morton Ricky Steamboat Rico Ricochet Riddick Moss Riddle Ridge Holland Rikidozan Rikishi Road Dogg Roadkill Rob Conway Rob Van Dam Robert Gibson Robert Parker (Manager) Robert Roode Robert Stone (Manager) The Rock Rockin' Robin Rocky Johnson Roderick Strong Roddy Piper Rodney Rodney Mack Roman Reigns Ron Bass Ron Harris Ron Simmons Ronda Rousey Rosa Mendes Rosey Ruby Riott Rusev Ryback Sable Sabu Sam Houston Sam Stoker Sami Zayn Samir Singh Samoa Joe Headshrinker Samu The Sandman Santino Marella Santos Escobar Sarah Logan Sarray Sasha Banks Saurav Savio Vega Scott Dawson Scott Hall Scott Steiner Scotty 2 Hotty Sean O'Haire Seth Rollins Sgt. Slaughter Shad Gaspard Shane Douglas Shane McMahon (also Manager) Shanky Shannon Moore Sharmella (Manager) Shawn Michaels Shawn Stasiak Shayna Baszler Sheamus The (Original) Sheik Shelton Benjamin Sherri Martel (also Manager) Shinsuke Nakamura Shotzi Blackheart Wild Samoan Sika Simon Gotch Sin Cara Skandor Akbar (Manager) Skinner Slapjack Slick (Manager) Snitsky Sonya Deville Spike Dudley Stacy Keibler Stan Hansen Stan Lane Stephanie McMahon (also Manager) Steve Blackman Steve Cutler Steve Williams Stevie Ray Stevie Richards Sting Stone Cold Steve Austin Summer Rae Sunil Singh Sunny Super Nova Sycho Sid Sylvain Grenier T-BAR Tajiri Taka Michinoku Tamina Tank Abbott Tarzan Tyler Tatanka Tatsumi Fujinami Tazz Ted DiBiase (also Manager) Ted DiBiase Jr. Tegan Nox Terri Runnels (also Manager) Terry Funk Terry Gordy Terry Taylor Theodore Long (Manager) Headbanger Thrasher Timothy Thatcher Tito Santana Titus O'Neil Tom Prichard Tommaso Ciampa Tommy Dreamer Tommy Rich The Tonga Kid Tony Atlas Tony Nese Tori Toru Tanaka Torrie Wilson Trent Seven Triple H (also Manager) Trish Stratus (also Manager) Tucker Tully Blanchard Tye Dillinger Tyler Bate Tyler Breeze Typhoon Tyson Kidd Ultimate Warrior Ultimo Dragon Umaga Uncle Elmer (also Manager) The Undertaker Vader Val Venis Vampiro Veer Velveteen Dream Vickie Guerrero (Manager) Viktor Victoria Vince Russo (Manager) Virgil (also Manager) Viscera Vladimir Kozlov Wade Barrett (also Commentator) Walter The Warlord Wendi Richter Wes Lee Wesley Blake William Regal (also Manager) Wolfgang The Wolfman X-Pac Xavier Woods Xia Brookside Xia Li Yokozuna Yoshi Tatsu Zack Gibson Zack Ryder Zelina Vega Zoey Stark