WWE 2K25 Early Reviews: 13 Major Details We Learned

13. Special Guest Referee Has More Options

Reintroduced in WWE 2K24 after a decade of dormancy, the Special Guest Referee match was a welcomed addition to the growing list of digitised match types. Working exactly as it did in WWE 2K14, donning the black and white stripes allowed the player to call the action down the middle or recreate the Montreal Screwjob, favouring one Superstar over the other at the risk of a referee replacement service being enforced.

It was fun...for the first three or four times. There was no buzz left in guest officiating what was effectively the same match rehashed, but thankfully, the stipulation has been developed in WWE 2K25.

Now a match option instead of a match type that can be toggled in the same screen as entrances being disabled and switching a match to be for a championship, guest referees can be implemented into a broader range of match variations, though an exact list is yet to be publicised. Hell in a Cell was mentioned as an option by Derek Donahue, the game's lead gameplay designer, while tag team, Triple Threat, and Fatal Four Way matches are also confirmed as being guest referee-friendly.