WWE 2K23 PS5 Video Game Review by Ryan Balkwill

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows

Genres: Sports Video Game, Fighting game, Simulation Video Game, Action game, Simulation Game, Simulation, Sports

WWE 2K23 was great.

Pros: The gameplay mechanics stayed consistent. I enjoyed playing through John Cena’s career in this game showcase mode. MY Rise was a lot of fun. The My GM mode was vastly improved. I liked how clean & polished this game as gotten this time around and MY favourite wrestler to play as was Roman Reigns.

Cons: I didn’t enjoyed my time playing through the my faction mode. Most of the objectives in showcase are challenging to get right on my first try and I haven’t download anything from community creations yet.

Casts & Crew:

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)

Anthony Benigno	…	(Additional Commentary Writing)
Sean Conaway	…	(lead narrative designer)
Andrea Listenberger	…	(senior narrative designer)

Cast


Dave Bautista	…	Batista
John Cena	…	John Cena
Dwayne Johnson	…	The Rock
Adam Copeland	…	Edge
Ronda Rousey	…	Ronda Rousey
Hulk Hogan	…	Hollywood Hogan / Hulk Hogan
Kevin Nash	…	Diesel / Kevin Nash
Bad Bunny	…	Bad Bunny
Stacy Keibler	…	Stacy Keibler
Steve Austin	…	Steve Austin
Chyna	…	Chyna (archive footage)
Bill Goldberg	…	Goldberg
Logan Paul	…	Logan Paul
Mick Foley	…	Cactus Jack
Joe Anoa’i	…	Roman Reigns
Paul Levesque	…	Triple H
Colby Lopez	…	Seth Rollins
Randy Savage	…	Randy Savage (archive footage)
Alejandro Saab	…	Hector Flores (voice)
Gloria Garayua	…	Ava Moreno (voice)
Rebecca Quin	…	Becky Lynch
Cody Rhodes	…	Cody Rhodes
Mark Calaway	…	Undertaker
Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin	…	The Miz
Kurt Angle	…	Kurt Angle
Gionna Daddio	…	Liv Morgan
Randy Orton	…	Randy Orton
Nikki Garcia	…	Nikki Bella (as Nikki Bella)
Glenn Jacobs	…	Kane
Demi Bennett	…	Rhea Ripley
Stephanie McMahon	…	Stephanie McMahon
Trish Stratus	…	Trish Stratus
Shawn Michaels	…	Shawn Michaels
Vince McMahon	…	Mr. McMahon
Lexi Kaufman	…	Alexa Bliss
Ashley Fliehr	…	Charlotte Flair
Bret Hart	…	Bret Hart
Amy Dumas	…	Lita
Brock Lesnar	…	Brock Lesnar
Maryse Mizanin	…	Maryse
Jake Roberts	…	Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts
Rey Mysterio	…	Rey Mysterio
Nic Nemeth	…	Dolph Ziggler
Brie Bella	…	Brie Bella
Beth Phoenix	…	Beth Phoenix
Stephen Farrelly	…	Sheamus
Thea Trinidad	…	Queen Zelina
Judy Alice Lee	…	Meilee ‘Fanny’ Fan (voice)
Paul Heyman	…	Paul Heyman
Leah Van Dale	…	Carmella
Pamela Martinez	…	Bayley
Rob Van Dam	…	Rob Van Dam
Shane McMahon	…	Shane McMahon
Kanako Urai	…	Asuka
Shaun Ricker	…	LA Knight
Faith Jefferies	…	Nikkita Lyons
Sam Shaw	…	Dexter Lumis
Jerry Lawler	…	Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler
Ted DiBiase	…	Ted DiBiase
Jim Hellwig	…	Ultimate Warrior (archive footage)
Laila Berzins	…	Justine (voice)
Bianca Belair	…	Bianca Belair (as Bianca Blair)
Daria Berenato	…	Sonya Deville
Victoria Gonzalez	…	Raquel Rodriguez
Walter Hahn	…	Gunther
Natalya Neidhart	…	Natalya
Drew Galloway	…	Drew McIntyre
Dominik Gutiérrez	…	Dominik Mysterio
Shayna Andrea Baszler	…	Shayna Baszler
Caroline Kinley	…	Female Player – LJ (voice)
Jeff Berg	…	Chase (voice)
Bobby Lashley	…	Bobby Lashley
Shotzi Blackheart	…	Shotzi
Booker Huffman	…	Booker T
AJ Styles	…	AJ Styles (as A.J. Styles)
Kacy Esther Catanzaro	…	Katana Chance
Rick Kumazawa	…	Chosen (voice)
Luis Bermudez	…	The Lock (voice)
Fergal Devitt	…	Finn Balor
Solofa Fatu Jr.	…	Rikishi
Kofi Kingston	…	Kofi Kingston
Eliah Mountjoy	…	Gabriel Slade (voice)
Adam Scherr	…	Braun Strowman
Marty Wright	…	The Boogeyman
Cheree Crowley	…	Dakota Kai
Joshua Samuel Fatu	…	Jey Uso
Eric Bischoff	…	Eric Bischoff
Luis Martinez	…	Damian Priest
Sarona Snuka	…	Tamina
Ron Killings	…	R-Truth
Priscilla Kelly	…	Gigi Dolin
Sean Waltman	…	Syxx / X-Pac
John Layfield	…	JBL
Ray Apollo	…	Doink the Clown
Antonio Burke Jr.	…	MVP
Ashley Mae Sebera	…	Dana Brooke
Kevin Steen	…	Kevin Owens
Ettore Ewen	…	Big E
Yuvraj Dhesi	…	Jinder Mahal
Rami Sebei	…	Sami Zayn
Richard Tatum	…	Tavish (voice)
Nicola Glencross	…	Nikki A.S.H.
Joseph Fatu	…	Solo Sikoa
Masami Odate	…	IYO Sky
Jonathan Solofa Fatu	…	Jimmy Uso
Austin White	…	Austin Theory
Babatunde Aiyegbusi	…	Commander Azeez
Nora Greenwald	…	Molly Holly
Kevin Henderson	…	Tom (voice)
Kenneth Crawford	…	Montez Ford
Macey Estrella	…	Lacey Evans
Matthew Riddle	…	Matt Riddle
Kay Lee Ray	…	Alba Fyre
Raymond Rowe	…	Erik
Keaton Talmadge	…	Referee (voice)
Indi Hartwell	…	Indi Hartwell
Shinsuke Nakamura	…	Shinsuke Nakamura
Eric Bugenhagen	…	Rick Boogs
Thaddeus Bullard	…	Titus O’Neil
Zhao Xia	…	Xia Li
Kimberly Benson	…	Doudrop
Jenn Wong	…	Referee
Chelsea Kwoka	…	Kory Klein (voice)
Sesugh Uhaa	…	Apollo Crews
Bronson Rechsteiner	…	Bron Breakker
Ron Simmons	…	Faarooq
Austin Watson	…	Xavier Woods
Taylor Grado	…	Jacy Jayne
Nikola Bogojevic	…	Otis
Elayna Black	…	Cora Jade
Shelton Benjamin	…	Shelton Benjamin
Matty Farrelly	…	Grayson Waller
Trevor Mann	…	Ricochet
Bobby Roode	…	Robert Roode
Kevin Kesar	…	Karrion Kross
Mansoor Al-Shehail	…	MAN.SOOR
Todd Smith	…	Ivar
Carla Gonzalez	…	Roxanne Perez
Pete Dunne	…	Butch
Tyler Bate	…	Tyler Bate
Shane Helms	…	The Hurricane
Haley Clair	…	Kat (voice)
Lacey Ryan	…	Zoey Stark
Chas Betts	…	Chad Gable
Nhooph Al-Areebi	…	Aliyah
Santos Escobar	…	Santos Escobar
Tom Pestock	…	Happy Corbin
Austin Romero	…	Mike Rome (voice)
Jordan Omogbehin	…	Omos
Jeff Sciullo	…	Elias / Ezekiel
Jordan Devlin	…	JD McDonagh
Tommaso Whitney	…	Tommaso Ciampa
Brett Pels	…	Robyn Rae (voice)
Ilja Dragunov	…	Ilja Dragunov
Luke Menzies	…	Ridge Holland
Marcel Barthel	…	Ludwig Kaiser
Johnny Gargano	…	Johnny Gargano
Rinku Singh	…	Veer
Lacey Lane	…	Kayden Carter
Nino Anonimo	…	Axiom
Shanky Singh	…	Shanky
Fabian Aichner	…	Giovanni Vinci
Adeel Alam	…	Mustafa Ali
Michael Paris	…	Joaquin Wilde
Akira Tozawa	…	Akira Tozawa
Noam Dar	…	Noam Dar
Raúl Mendoza	…	Cruz Del Toro
Christian Casanova	…	Carmelo Hayes
Andrew Chan	…	Male Referee
Drew Gulak	…	Drew Gulak
Humberto Carrillo	…	Humberto
Trevor Lee	…	Cameron Grimes
Cederick Johnson	…	Cedric Alexander
Gary Gordon	…	Angelo Dawkins
Mike Rallis	…	Madcap Moss
Dezmond Xavier	…	Wes Lee
Donovan Dijak	…	T-BAR
Brennan Williams	…	MA.CE
Drew Kasper	…	Brutus Creed
Sidney Bateman	…	Riggie
Humberto Garza Solano	…	Angel
Jacob Kasper	…	Julius Creed
Ariana Nicole George	…	Additional Voices (uncredited)
Roy Halo	…	Referee (uncredited)

Produced by

Angel Orlando	…	Senior Producer Cutscenes & Cinematics
Andrew Raffelson	…	producer

Makeup Department

Tilomai Hill

…

assistant makeup artist

Art Department

David Alexander Burnett	…	senior artist
Chas Naylor	…	Senior Lighting Artist

Sound Department

Daniel Morales	…	motion capture audio recording specialist
Matthew Rucker	…	motion capture audio specialist
Aaron R. Reppert	…	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

George Zamora

…

special effects coordinator

Stunts

Skyler Millicano

…

stunt rigger

Animation Department

Tiffany Whitely	…	motion capture animator
David J. Yuen	…	Senior Animator

Casting Department

Brandon Cary	…	casting
Tom Celia	…	casting
Jaclyn Imai	…	casting
Laure Nowak	…	casting assistant
Harasyn Sipes	…	casting

Editorial Department

Sarah London

…

colorist

Music Department

Alec Puro

…

additional music

Additional Crew

Zara Waqar	…	Senior Global Influencer Marketing Manager
Scott Gowin	…	production coordinator (uncredited)

I highly recommend gaming this game for PS5.

Rating: 9 out of 10 Stars

Ryan Balkwill:

Resident Video Game reviewer,

Level Best Art Cafe