10 Worst Looking Wrestlers In WWE 2K22

5. Samoa Joe

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Bar Hulk Hogan, Samoa Joe is the wrestler on this list whose video game model looks most like the real deal.

Why is the Samoan Submission Machine featured here, you may ask? Well, that's down to his beard.

Facially, Joe looks insanely brilliant. Every feature and every crease are all shown in spectacular life-like detail, the former NXT Champion's hair is spot on, and his body and attire tick all the right boxes.

It appears to be a texture issue, but Joe's beard on WWE 2K22 looks ludicrous. Sure, we've seen the veteran sporting various styles of facial hair over the years, yet his beard here is way longer than anything Joe has had in real life. But it's not even the length of the beard that's necessarily the issue here, for it's more how the beard sticks out as if it has a mind of its own, whilst also appearing to be some sort of bizarre permed facial hair or even look like its a fake beard stuck on his chin.

While 2K22 does allow for you to tweak or remove elements of wrestlers' attires, it unfortunately doesn't afford you the same opportunity to edit facial hair - and thus Samoa Joe's beard tarnishes an otherwise flawless character model.

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