WWE 2K25 is out next week (or this week, if you buy the Deadman or Bloodline Editions), and it’s another great entry in 2K’s long-running wrestling series.
Given that the WWE 2K series are annual releases, the development team at Visual Concepts needs to prioritise what has to be changed each year, and what has to stay the same.
One of the elements most affected by this is superstar likenesses. The game’s roster now totals more than 300 wrestlers, and not all of them changed their appearance in the last year (especially those who retired or are dead).
Naturally, when it comes to allocating resources when working on the next game’s roster, the priority for the studio is the brand new additions, most of whom have to be created entirely from scratch. But what happens to the superstars who were already in the game?
For these existing wrestlers, Visual Concepts usually does one of three things: it gives them an entirely new face and appearance, it keeps their face but updates their outfit / hairstyle / make-up, or it keeps them exactly the same.
In case you’re curious to know what was done to whom this year, we’ve put together this enormous gallery, consisting of more than 200 comparisons, to let you see for yourself.
On the left of each comparison image, you’ll see how each superstar now looks in WWE 2K25, and on the right you can see how they looked last year.
Each wrestler in the game has an entrance attire and an in-ring attire. For the most part we’ve gone with the entrance attire, because this makes it easier to see if there’s been an outfit change.
The only time we haven’t used entrance attires, of course, is when it covers a wrestler’s face. For example, the Wyatt Sicks all wear masks during their entrances, so we’ve gone for their in-ring versions – after they’ve taken their masks off – to let you compare their faces to their previous non-Wyatt forms last year.
Also, just to save you a bit of scrolling (relatively speaking), while most of the DLC wrestlers from WWE 2K24 have been carried over here, they’re almost all identical with just a couple of exceptions (such as CM Punk and Carlito). As such, we’ve left those ones out, so if a DLC character from last year’s game isn’t below, assume they look exactly the same.
With all that in mind, here’s a hefty look at which WWE 2K25 superstars have entirely new faces, which only have new outfits, and which look exactly the same as last year.
Adam Pearce
AJ Styles
Akira Tozawa
Alba Fyre
Alexa Bliss
Andre Chase
Andre the Giant
Angel
Angelo Dawkins
Apollo Crews
Ashante ‘Thee’ Adonis
Asuka
Austin Theory
Axiom
B-Fab
Baron Corbin
Batista
Bayley
Becky Lynch
Bianca Belair
Big E
Blair Davenport
Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan
The Boogeyman
Booker T
Braun Strowman
Bray Wyatt
Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart
The British Bulldog
Bron Breakker
Bronson Reed
Brooks Jensen
Bruno Sammartino
Brutus Creed
Cactus Jack
Candice LeRae
Carlito
Carmella
Carmelo Hayes
Cedric Alexander
Chad Gable
Channing ‘Stacks’ Lorenzo
Charlotte Flair
Chelsea Green
Chyna
CM Punk
Cody Rhodes
Cora Jade
Cruz Del Toro
Dakota Kai
Damian Priest
Dexter Lumis
Diesel
Doink the Clown
Dominik Mysterio
Drew McIntyre
Dude Love
Duke Hudson
Eddie Guerrero
Elton Prince
Eric Bischoff
Erik
Eve Torres
Faarooq
Fallon Henley
‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt
Finn Balor
George ‘The Animal’ Steele
Gigi Dolin
Giovanni Vinci
Grayson Waller
Gunther
Harley Race
Hulk Hogan
The Hurricane
Ilja Dragunov
Indi Hartwell
Isla Dawn
Ivar
Ivy Nile
Iyo Sky
Jacy Jayne
Jade Cargill
Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts
JBL
JD McDonagh
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart
Joaquin Wilde
Joe Coffey
Joe Gacy
John Cena
Johnny Gargano
Josh Briggs
Julius Creed
Kane
Kane (2008)
Karl Anderson
Karrion Kross
Katana Chance
Kayden Carter
Ken Shamrock
Kevin Nash
Kevin Owens
Kit Wilson
Kofi Kingston
Kurt Angle
LA Knight
Lita
Liv Morgan
Logan Paul
Ludwig Kaiser
Luke Gallows
‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage
Mankind
Mark Coffey
Maryse
Maxxine Dupri
Michin
Mick Foley
Mighty Molly
Miss Elizabeth
The Miz
Molly Holly
Montez Ford
Natalya
Nathan Frazer
Nikki Cross
Nikkita Lyons
Noam Dar
Omos
Otis
Paul Bearer
Paul Heyman
Pete Dunne (formerly Butch)
Piper Niven
Randy Orton
Raquel Rodriguez
Razor Ramon
Rey Mysterio
Rhea Ripley
‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude
Rick Steiner
Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat
Ridge Holland
Rikishi
Rob Van Dam
The Rock
Roman Reigns
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper
Roxanne Perez
R-Truth
Sami Zayn
Santos Escobar
Scarlett
Scott Hall
Scott Steiner
Seth Rollins
Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels (2005)
Shayna Baszler
Sheamus
Shinsuke Nakamura
Shotzi
Solo Sikoa
Sonya Deville
Stacy Keibler
Stephanie McMahon
‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin
Syxx
Tamina
Tegan Nox
Thea Hail
Theodore Long
Tiffany Stratton
Tommaso Ciampa
Tony D’Angelo
Trick Williams
Triple H
Triple H (2008)
Trish Stratus
Tyler Bate
Tyler Breeze
Ultimate Warrior
Umaga
Uncle Howdy
The Undertaker
The Undertaker (1998)
The Undertaker (2003)
Vader
Valhalla
Wade Barrett
Wendy Choo
Wes Lee
William Regal
Wolfgang
Xavier Woods
X-Pac
Yokozuna
Zelina Vega
Zoey Stark
