WWE 2K22 has an incredibly long list of premade ring entrances that cover a variety of past and present WWE wrestlers. The problem is that each of these ring entrances uses vague names that allude to which wrestler the entrance is themed on.
They’re not difficult to figure out, in most cases. The “Punjabi Giant” entrance is clearly meant to be the Great Khali, “The Hardcore Reverend” is obviously D-Von Dudley, and so on.
The trouble is that there are well over 200 entrances already in the game, and more likely to come with the upcoming DLC drops for the game. That makes it hard to immediately pick out which entrance to use for throwback versions of established characters or creations based on wrestlers who appeared in past WWE 2K titles. Here is the full list of WWE 2K22 ring entrances, and who they are meant to emulate.
WWE 2K22 has minimal new entrances
Though WWE 2K22 actually saw a major development effort, not much attention was paid to adding to new ring entrances. There are only a handful of new entrances for wrestlers, with many of those being variations on previous entrance animations and designs.
Making matters worse is the fact that many of these new entrances are actually for people that aren’t with the company, or for teams that no longer exist. The Miz and John Morrison got a tag team entrance, though Morrison was released by WWE all the way back in November 2021. The Sonya DeVille and Mandy Rose tag team, Fire and Desire, received their own entrance even though Rose is now in NXT.
Players are still spoiled for choice regarding entrances, with hundreds to choose from. This also still includes a variety of entrances for wrestlers outside the WWE, including Kenny Omega, Britt Baker, and Jay Lethal.
WWE 2K22 singles ring entrance list
- All Hail (Chris Sabin)
- All Red Everything (Eva Marie)
- Alpha Omega (Kenny Omega)
- American Dream (Dusty Rhodes)
- B Teamster 1 (B-Team Curtis Axel)
- B Teamster 2 (B-Team Bo Dallas)
- Bad Attitude (Jason Cade)
- The Banker (Mr. Mackelroy)
- Bayamon’s Finest (Jay Cruz)
- Beast From The East (Bam Bam Bigelow)
- Beefcake Barber (Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake)
- Believer (Bo Dallas)
- The Best Kept Secret (Buddy Murphy)
- Big Bull (Bull Dempsey)
- Big Hoot (Luke Gallows)
- Big Texan (Stan Hansen)
- Black Sun (Hideo Itami)
- Bloody Scorpion (Wolfpac Sting)
- Bludgeon Brother 1 (Bludgeon Brothers Luke Harper)
- Bludgeon Brother 2 (Bludgeon Brother Erick Rowan)
- Book Him (Flip Gordon)
- Boxer
- Break The Walls 1 (Chris Jericho)
- Break The Walls 2 (Chris Jericho)
- Break The Walls 3 (Chris Jericho)
- Bubbly Personality 1 (Emma)
- Bubbly Personality 2 (Emma)
- Bulgarian Brute (Rusev)
- Business Suit (IRS)
- Captain Charisma (Christian)
- Caribbean Sensation (Savio Vega)
- CaveWoman (Carmella)
- Chainsaw (Chainsaw Charlie)
- Chair Swinging
- Charm City (Rich Swann)
- Corey Graves (Corey Graves)
- Corvus Iconicus (Sting)
- Crimson Rebellion (Ruby Riott)
- Cyber Glow (Cyber Naomi)
- Dancing Superstar (Rebel)
- Dark One (Luke Harper)
- Dark Ritual (Aleister Black)
- Deca Dance (Tye Dillinger)
- Defeated (Curt Hawkins)
- Dire Intentions (Albert)
- Disco Dancer (Disco Inferno)
- The Doctor Is In (Britt Baker)
- The Dragon (Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat)
- The Dragon ’94 (Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat)
- Dream Over (Velveteen Dream)
- Dukes Up (Simon Gotch)
- Earth’s Champion (“The New” Daniel Bryan)
- ECW Legend (Mikey Whipwreck)
- Eight Pack (Tony Nese)
- English Powerhouse 1 (British Bulldog)
- English Powerhouse 2 (British Bulldog)
- Faceless (Sin Cara)
- Fear Her (Jessicka Havoc)
- Fearless (Penta El Zero M)
- Fiendish (The Fiend)
- Fil-Am Flash (TJ Perkins)
- Firefly Cultist 1 (Bray Wyatt)
- Firefly Cultist 2 (Bray Wyatt)
- Forever (Tessa Blanchard)
- Forgotten Son (Jaxson Ryker)
- Foxy (Alicia Fox)
- The Freak 1 (Lars Sullivan)
- The Freak 2 (Lars Sullivan)
- Freedom Birds 1 (Buddy Roberts)
- Freedom Birds 2 (Jimmy Garvin)
- Freedom Birds 3 (Michael P.S. Hayes)
- Funhouse Friend (Funhouse Bray Wyatt)
- Generic Superstar 1
- Generic Superstar 2
- Generic Superstar 3
- Generic Superstar 4 (Collin Cassidy)
- Generic Superstar 6
- Generic Superstar 7
- The Genesis Of… (Curtis Axel)
- Get Hype (Mojo Rawley)
- Going Hard 1 (Dash Wilder)
- Going Hard 2 (Scott Dawson)
- Gold Medalist 1 (Kurt Angle)
- Gold Medalist 2 (Kurt Angle)
- Golden One 1 (Goldust)
- Golden One 2 (Goldust)
- Gore (Rhyno)
- Greatest Rib (Ribbie)
- Grizzled Fisherman (Bobby Fish)
- The Guru (Sonjay Dutt)
- Hall of Fame Inductee (Bob Backlund)
- Happy Go Lucky (Crash Holly)
- The Hardcore Extreme (Bubba Ray Dudley)
- Hardcore Icon (The Sandman)
- The Hardcore Reverend (D-Von Dudley)
- He Is A Machine (Brian Cage)
- Here She Goes Again (Maria Kanellis)
- Hot Mess (Chelsea Green)
- Hula Dancer
- Human Suplex Machine (Tazz)
- Hype Man (Lio Rush)
- The Icon (Sting)
- Innovative Dragon (Tatsumi Fujinami)
- Insanity (Eric Young)
- International Sensation (Hiroshi Tanahashi)
- It’s All About The Mac (Willie Mac)
- Japanese Buzzsaw (Tajiri)
- King Of The Cruisers 1 (Neville)
- King Of The Cruisers 2 (Neville)
- Knight Rider (Paige)
- Knock ‘Em’ Down
- The Living Legend 1 (Larry Zbyszko)
- The Living Legend 2 (Bruno Sammartino)
- The Lone Star Cowboy (Wesley Blake)
- Long Island Broski (Zack Ryder)
- Loose Cannon (Brian Pillman)
- The Low Down (D’Lo Brown)
- Lucha Superstar (Generic Luchador)
- The Lunatic (Dean Ambrose)
- The Machismo Is Lethal (Jay Lethal)
- Magic Monster (The Great Muta)
- Mainframe Guardian (Sasha MemoryBanks)
- Martial Artist (Mike Bailey)
- Mass Destruction (Big Show)
- The Mastodon (Van Vader)
- Mighty Miss (Molly Holly)
- Milan Miracle (Santino Marella)
- The Millennium Man (Sycho Sid)
- Mister Boring (Daniel Bryan)
- The Model 1 (Rick Martel)
- The Model 2 (Rick Martel)
- The Monster Among Man (Franken Strowman)
- Mr. Athletic (Jeff Cobb)
- Mr. Monday Night (Rob Van Dam)
- Mr. Red, White & Blue (“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan)
- Ms. Texas (Jacqueline)
- Munitions Specialist (Karl Anderson)
- Next Generation Of Great (Jason Jordan)
- Nexus Original (Justin Gabriel)
- No Dummies Allowed (Eli Drake)
- No! No! No! (Daniel Bryan)
- The One And Only 1 (Billy Gunn)
- The One And Only 2 (Billy Gunn)
- One Hundred Souls (Andrade Cien Almas)
- One Man Army (AR Fox)
- One Man Band (Heath Slater)
- The One Percent (EC3)
- One Two Tre (Tre)
- Outback Dundee 1 (Nick Miller)
- Outback Dundee 2 (Shane Thorne)
- Painful Literature (Authors of Pain)
- Pearlescent Legend (Ivory)
- The Perfect One (Mr. Perfect)
- Personality Disorder 1 (Cactus Jack)
- Personality Disorder 2 (Mankind)
- Personality Disorder 3 (Cactus Jack)
- Personality Disorder 4 (Dude Love)
- The Phenom Of Cameron NC (Trevor Lee)
- Power Of Love (Mike Kanellis)
- Princess (Madison Rayne)
- Proud Heritage (Tatanka)
- Punjabi Giant (The Great Khali)
- Queen Xtreme (Lita)
- Real Man (Rick Rude)
- Red Beard (Rowan)
- Repeat After Me (Jack Swagger)
- Respect The Nation 1 (Nation of Domination Faarooq)
- Respect The Nation 2 (Nation of Domination Kama Mustafa)
- Rock & Roll 1 (Ricky Morton)
- Rock & Roll 2 (Robert Gibson)
- Rock The Promo Champ (A.J. Kirsch)
- Rowdy Rebel 1 (Ronda Rousey)
- Rowdy Rebel 2 (Ronda Rousey)
- Royal Flush (Kenny King)
- Ruthless (Rhett Titus)
- Samoan Dynasty (Rikishi)
- Samural Sister (Samantha Urai)
- Scottish Supernova (Noam Dar)
- Sea Creature (Sea Creature)
- Second Generation (Rachael Evers)
- Seeing Red (Amazing Red)
- Seismic Activity (Earthquake)
- Self High Five 1 (Diamond Dallas Page)
- Self High Five 2 (Diamond Dallas Page)
- Shake, Rattle & Roll (Honky Tonk Man)
- She’s On Fire (Alundra Blayze)
- Sheepherding Kiwis (The Bushwhackers)
- The Shield’s Lunatic (The Shield Dean Ambrose)
- Shining Star (Santana Garrett)
- Sign Of The Times (Scorpio Sky)
- Sky Pirate (Kairi Sane)
- Slam To Win (Mark Andrews)
- Smooth C (Chuck Taylor)
- SmoothShot (Shane Strickland)
- Spiritual Dragon (Shynron)
- Stand To Attention (Sgt. Slaughter)
- Starry Eyed Wrestler (Kris Statlander)
- Stunningly Hollywood (Stunning Steve Austin)
- Summer Days (Summer Rae)
- Super Hero (The Hurricane)
- Tech Chairwoman (ChairWoman Alexa Bliss)
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down (Sami Callihan)
- Thunderous Boom (Adam Cole)
- The Top Enforcer (Arn Anderson)
- Total Package 1 (Lex Luger)
- Total Package 2 (Lex Luger)
- Trinidad Rose (Zelina Vega)
- Tropical Cyclone (Typhoon)
- True Player (The Godfather)
- Twin Magic 1 (Brie Bella)
- Twin Magic 2 (Nikki Bella)
- Undead (Generic Zombie)
- Venice Surfer (Sting)
- Ver 1.0 (Matt Hardy)
- The Wanderer (Seth the Wanderer)
- War Machine (The Terminator)
- Warrior Princess (She-Lady Nikki Bella)
- Wastleland Creature (Arctic Shield Roman Reigns)
- WCCW Brotherhood 1 (Kerry Von Erich)
- WCCW Brotherhood 2 (Kevin Von Erich)
- Welcome To The Wasteland 1 (Konnor)
- Welcome To The Wasteland 2 (Viktor)
- What A Rascalz (The Rascalz)
- Woken One (Matt Hardy)
- World Strongest Man (Mark Henry)
- Wrestling Artist (Colt Cabana)
- Wrestling Genius (Kassius Ohno)
- The Yes Movement 1 (Daniel Bryan)
- The Yes Movement 2 (Daniel Bryan)
- Young Fraude (Adrian Quest)
- Zombie
The list of entrances includes a long list of names, many of which have multiple entrances based on different eras of their careers. For example, Sting technically has different four entrances, with “Venice Surfer” emulating the classic colorful Sting of the early 1990s, “The Icon” emulating his brief WWE run, and so on.
There are also many other random entrances based on DLC versions of characters that weren’t actually based on anything from real life. WWE 2K20 ran a line “WWE 2K20 Originals” DLC that included zombie, cyberpunk, and 1980s-style variants of wrestlers, several of which had unique entrances. Those entrances were moved forward to WWE 2K22.
WWE 2K22 tag teams ring entrances
- Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross
- All Night (Kenny King and Rhett Titus)
- American Alpha
- Aussie Aggression (TM-61)
- The B Team
- Banker & The Creature 1 (Mr. Mackelroy and the Sea Creature)
- The Bar
- The Bludgeon Brothers
- Breezango
- Brothers Of Hardcore (The Dudley Boyz)
- Bulgarian Brute (Rusev and Lana)
- The Bull Fighters (Los Matadores)
- The Club (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
- Cyber Link Up (CyberNaomi and Daemon_Deville)
- Diamond In The Rough (Diamond Dallas Page and Cactus Jack)
- The Dream Team (Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake and Greg Valentine)
- Extreme Weather Conditions (The Natual Disasters)
- Familia Mysterio (Rey and Dominik Mysterio)
- Fire & Desire
- Fists In The Air (The Nation of Domination)
- Freedom Birds 1 (The Fabulous Freebirds 1)
- Freedom Birds 2 (The Fabulous Freebirds 2)
- The Funkadactyls
- Generic Tag 1
- Generic Tag 2
- Generic Tag 3
- Generic Tag 4
- Generic Tag 5 (The Great Muta)
- Generic Tag 6 (Tyson Kidd and Cesaro)
- Generic Tag 7 (#DIY)
- Imperium
- The Hardy Boyz
- Heavy Machinery
- The Hollywood Blonds
- The Hooliganz
- The Hype Bros
- I Got Kids (Heath Slater and Rhyno)
- The IIconics
- Just Fists (The Revival)
- Kane With Manager
- Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong
- Last Names Only (Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy)
- Legado Del Fantasma
- LoveBirds (Maria and Mike Kanellis)
- Lovely Couple (Maria and Mike Kanellis)
- The Lucha Dragons
- Million Dollar Movies (Prime Time Players)
- Mix Tag 1
- Mix Tag 2
- Mix Tag 3
- Mix Tag 4
- The Miz & John Morrison
- The Miz & Maryse
- The Miztourage
- Mustache Mountain
- Never Defeated (Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins)
- The New Day Big E & Kofi
- The New Day Big E & Woods
- The New Day Kofi & Woods
- Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch
- Package Deal (Red and Tre)
- Painful Literature 1 (The Authors of Pain)
- Perth Preppies (SouthPaw Ilconics)
- The Pride Of Puerto Rico (The Colons)
- R Truth and Kofi Kingston
- The Rider
- Rock & Roll (The Rock & Roll Express)
- The Rock ‘N’ Sock Connection
- The Sami & Kevin Show
- Seth Rollins & Murphy
- Sheepherding Kiwis (The BushWhackers)
- Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable
- Sons Of The Bayou (Wyatt Family Luke Harper and Erick Rowan)
- The Street Profits
- Strongmen & Gentleman (The Vaudevillans)
- Tag Team Extreme Party (Public Enemy)
- The Usos ’14
- The Usos 1
- The Usos 2
- The Viking Raiders
- The WasteLand (The Ascension)
- World Class Siblings (The Von Erichs)
- World’s Greatest Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas)
- Ziggler & Mcintyre
As with the singles entrances, there are several unique entrances here that are rolled over from the WWE 2K20 Originals DLC line. Unlike the singles entrances, many of them are directly named for the tag teams they’re based on. There are also some dedicated “wrestler with manager” entrances as well.
WWE 2K22 stable entrances
- Absolution
- Evolution
- Generic Stable 1
- Generic Stable 2
- Generic Trio 1
- Generic Trio 2
- Generic Trio 3
- Generic Trio 4
- Imperium
- Jinder Mahal With Bollywood Bro 1
- Jinder Mahal With Bollywood Bro 2
- Legado Del Fantasma
- Lucha House Party
- Miztourage Trio
- The New Day 1
- The New Day 2
- The O.C.
- Painful Literature 2 (Authors of Pain and Paul Ellering)
- The Shield
- Titus Worldwide
Finally, players have a handful of stable entrances to work with. Some of these are meant for more than three wrestlers, such as Imperium, while others are meant to include a manager alongside two other wrestlers, such as “Painful Literature 2” which is an entrance meant to include former manager Paul Ellering.
