As per usual in yearly release sports games, WWE 2K23 takes what was presented in WWE 2K22, and adds on to it. After a major revamp to how the game plays in 2K22, 2K23 brings a lot to start making the game feel complete again. MyRise has stepped up the quality of their storylines, now with two unique stories, one for each gender, that are decently written and include all sorts of wrestlers from the WWE Universe. Showcase Mode, showing off the career of legend John Cena, remains the series' weakest game mode, giving you a choppy, tedious series of matches that I only care to go through simply to unlock the wrestlers and arenas locked behind it. MyGM got some improvements, including the addition of up to 4 players within the multiplayer portion of the mode, and it remains a whole lot of fun to play with your friends. MyUniverse continues to suffer, even with the addition of the Rivalry system. A few features were actually removed from the 2K22 version of the mode, and it's still completely riddled with bugs, which is unfortunate because MyUniverse has the ability to be the greatest mode in the game. Online versus matches are still hit or miss, and can be filled with people exploiting glitches or abusing certain moves, so wrestler beware.

If you're a fan of the WWE, or wrestling in general, this game boasts one of the greatest customization systems in gaming for creating wrestlers, so you will never run out of new blood for your feuds. It's a lot of fun, and it looks great, however if you're an old school fan of WWE 2K19, you may find that it still does not live up to the more sim-like nature of that game.

And that's the bottom line, because Stone Cold said so.