The answers may not surprise you, but WWE 2K Creative Director Lynell Jinks has revealed three of the most selected women in recent WWE video games.
The number of women playable in WWE games has undoubtedly grown since Luna Vachon was the first selectable women's wrestler interview game in WWE Raw in 1994. Nowadays, women compete in all of the gimmick matches men do, and modern video games reflect that in the options available for women to select when purchasing the latest WWE 2K game.
When asked by DS of Ring The Belle if he's been given any information about the most often-selected women WWE Superstars in recent WWE video games, Lynell Jinks noted that they are given that information, and Becky Lynch, Rhea Ripley, and Bianca Belair often top the list.
"We do [have access to that information]. I will say Bianca, Rhea and Becky are always on the top of that list. Bianca and Rhea, because of how hot they've been in the WWE in the last few years, have been huge for us, and the fact that they were also our cover athletes last year," he said.
Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley were the cover athletes of the deluxe edition of WWE 2K24. This year, The Undertaker is on the cover of that edition.
"Being able to like in women versus women matches, not intergender matches. You can not only, like, cut someone open and see some color on women Superstars, but also bruising, too. If you're pounding somebody, you'll start to see bruises on their face or on their body or whatever," said Jinks. "Making sure that we're trying to represent the WWE you would see on TV, like when Becky Lynch got her moniker, right? That's how it started. That broken nose from Nia, right? So, being able to finally see that in our game is huge for us."
Elsewhere in the interview, Jinks discussed the update of having blood in women's matches for the new video again. Learn more here.
Learn more about the updates to WWE 2K25 here. The game will be released on March 14, and players who pre-ordered the deluxe editions will get access on March 7.
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