WWE 2K24 Gameplay Trailer Drops Featuring Cody Rhodes, Legends and Muhammad Ali Tease

Mike Chiari@@mikechiariFeatured Columnist IVFebruary 6, 2024

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The official gameplay trailer for WWE 2K24 dropped Tuesday, featuring a look at some of the video game’s new features and a glimpse of boxing legend Muhammad Ali as a playable character.

In the minute-long trailer, 2K showed fans what they can expect out of some of the highly anticipated additions to this year’s game:

That includes ambulance matches, casket matches and special guest referee matches, as well as huge improvements to backstage brawls.

It was also revealed in the trailer that the WWE 2K24 will be made up of over 200 current Superstars and legends, making it one of the largest rosters ever in a pro wrestling video game.

Perhaps the biggest news to come out of the trailer is the inclusion of Ali, who is one of the most iconic athletes of all time.

Although Ali is best known for his legendary status in boxing as a multi-time world heavyweight champion, he had some involvement in in professional wrestling during his life as well.

In 1976, Ali famously had a run-in with WWE Hall of Famer Gorilla Monsoon, and he had a boxer vs. wrestler match against another WWE Hall of Famer in Antonio Inoki in Japan.

He is perhaps best remembered by the mainstream American wrestling audience for serving as a special guest referee at the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985 for the main event pitting Hulk Hogan and Mr. T against “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff.

Also featured heavily in the trailer were WWE 2K24 standard edition cover athlete Cody Rhodes and WWE 2K24 deluxe edition cover athletes Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair.

Legends like Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and The Ultimate Warrior were show as well in conjunction with the Forty Years of WrestleMania showcase mode.

The deluxe and Forty Years of WrestleMania editions of WWE 2K24 will be available to play on March 5 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC, while the standard and cross-gen editions will be available March 8.

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