WWE 2K22: 10 Best Looking Characters

The best looking grapplers of an utterly stunning looking game.

WWE 2K22 Alexa Bliss
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After the dumpster fire that was WWE 2K20, 2K Games is finally back in the wrestling, err, game with WWE 2K22.

Thankfully, 2K22 is a vast improvement on its predecessor. While that's not saying much, this latest release really does feel like one of the better wrestling games of the past decade or more.

This time, 2K Games and Visual Concepts have gone for a more stripped back approach when it comes to gameplay, and the arcade-like focus - rather than the 'wrestling simulator' focus of past games - has paid dividends. Simply put, WWE 2K22 is fun. Not just is the gameplay enjoyable, mind, but the game itself looks utterly glorious.

While we've already detailed the 10 Worst Looking Wrestling In WWE 2K22, it's only fair to shine a spotlight on the other 95% of the roster who look stunningly realistic and accurate.

On that front, then, here are the ten wrestlers who visually steal the show on 2K22. And to be fair to the vast majority of the other grapplers on the game, it was impossibly hard to narrow this down to a set of ten, for WWE 2K22 does such a magnificent job in making so many names look jaw-droppingly lifelike.

11. Honourable Mention: Edge

WWE 2K22 Alexa Bliss
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As mentioned in the introduction, it was so hard to get this list down to a ten-entry affair.

So many wrestlers on WWE 2K22 just looks ludicrously great, and one that gets some attention here as an honourable mention is the Rated-R Superstar, Edge. These days, the WWE Hall of Famer is battle-worn, is rough around the edges, has plentiful stories in the crevices of his face, and all of that is captured perfectly by WWE 2K22.

But if we're doing honourable mentions, there's Asuka, there's Dolph Ziggler, there's Sasha Banks, there's Kevin Owens, there's Shayna Baszler, there's Roman Reigns, there's Charlotte Flair, there's... ah, f**k it, here's at least a glimpse at Asuka's amazing character model, for this is another that's so hard not to include here.

WWE 2K Games Asuka
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