IGN and the WWE are a tag team in revealing the first peek at the roster of playable wrestling superstars available in WWE 2K18. This list of 47 playable WWE wrestlers is just the first installment of players that will be available on the video game. Back on WWE 2K17, there were nearly 170 playable characters taken from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Legends, and Divas.
WWE’s Renee Young and WWE Raw commentator Corey Graves are joined by Goldust to make the announcement. IGN promises they will provide “four huge roster reveal shows over the coming weeks.”
Here is the first installment of all 47 playable wrestling superstars available for WWE 2K18:
Bray Wyatt
Dolph Ziggler
Sami Zayn
Dean Ambrose
Baron Corbin
Kalisto
Akira Tozawa
Sin Cara
Hideo Itami
Eric Young
Jinder Mahal
Bushwacker Butch
Bushwacker Luke
Konnor
Viktor
Cesaro
Sheamus
Karl Anderson
Luke Gallows
Nikki Cross
Alundra Blayze
Emma
Lita
Summer Rae
Paige
Brie Bella
Nikki Bella
British Bulldog
Buddy Roberts
Diamond Dallas Page
Big Boss Man
Mark Henry
Bam Bam Bigelow
Bret Hart
Dusty Rhodes
The Undertaker
Big Show
Andre the Giant
Kane
Diesel (and Kevin Nash)
Luke Harper
Erick Rowan
Sawyer Fulton
Alexander Wolfe
Killian Dain
Braun Strowman
Goldust
Here’s NXT superstars SAnitY’s full WWE 2K18 entrance video.
“Working on WWE 2K18 our goal is to not only create the best wrestling game ever but to create the best looking wrestling game ever,” explained WWE 2K creative director Lynell Jinks. “With that goal in mind, our team of artists and engineers worked effortlessly to up the quality on pretty much all of our art assets from our props to our environment to our superstars”
Jinks shows off the first footage of WWE 2K18 and how much it is improved from WWE 2K17.
WWE 2K18 slams onto your Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4n and Xbox One on October 17, 2017.