*☆☆☆ WWE 2K23 2K Showcase Match List ☆☆☆* 1. John Cena vs. Kurt Angle - SmackDown (2002) 2. John Cena vs. Batista - SummerSlam (2008) 3. John Cena vs. Edge - SummerSlam (2006) 4. John Cena vs. Edge - New Year’s Revolution (2006) 5. John Cena vs. Triple H - Night of Champions (2008) 6. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar - SummerSlam (2014) 7. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar - Backlash (2003) 8. John Cena vs. Undertaker - Vengeance (2003) 9. John Cena vs. Randy Orton - Hell in a Cell (2009) 10. John Cena vs. Roman Reigns - SummerSlam (2021) 11. John Cena vs. The Rock - WrestleMania 28 12. John Cena vs. AJ Styles - SummerSlam (2016) 13. John Cena vs Undertaker - WrestleMania 34 14. John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam - ECW One Night Stand (2006) What do you think of the match list? 🤔

Im kinda disappointed we don’t have his Wrestlemania 24 match against Triple H and Randy Orton. It was his first Wrestlemania loss (and one of the few times he did lose at WM) and would’ve switched things up in having a triple threat match included instead of all them just being 1 on 1.

Keep in mind that Rey's showcase had a bonus match at the end. So maybe there'll be a bonus match for Cena's showcase

I'm a little disappointed that we aren't getting the WWE Championship Triple Threat from WrestleMania 24, but I'm happy with most of this list. Hopefully we get a Randy Orton showcase next year

Every year I hope for a 2004 to 2008 era Randy Orton with his burn in my light theme. Maybe one day 😂

This is awesome! I'm so glad they are focusing on The Ruthless Aggression aspect this year. New Years Revolution and classic Brock God I can't wait!

FINALLY A RETRO BORK!

Sheamus vs cena at tlc 2009 would’ve been a good addition as well

Here' hoping that 2K recreates John Cena covered in blood from after the Elimination Chamber match from 2006 but I highly doubt they will

Now the most important question is if we're going to be allowed to use the graphics in universe mode or are they going to hide them so we can't use them, last year not letting us use the overlays was extremely stupid

I hope they add Cenas double title entrance from Sumerslam 2014. That would make my life complete.

Yes! Thuganomics John Cena is in 2K Showcase. We’re also getting Cena vs Styles from Summerslam 2016 I’m even more excited for the game to drop 🔥💯

Cena vs Undertaker Vengeance 2003 is in the showcase. That’s one of the matches I wanted in the showcase. LFG!

Overall its a pretty good match listings although I'm surprised they didn't added his match with Shawn Michaels from Raw in 2007 or his match with Kevin Owens at Elimination Chamber 2015 in the mode but other than that I'm completely fine with the matches they've chosen. I'm also glad to see the ruthless aggression era get more love in the game this year.

Glad to see the SummerSlam 2006 arena. Though I was sick of the then, I believe they used the same or a similar one for like 4 years straight, after the HD/Reality era where they only change logos on a LED screen it's quite refreshing.

I think the only match I’m sad isn’t in is his match with Kevin Owens as that was a great moment for Owens.

Very good list of matches overall for the showcase. The biggest omissions I see are: - John Cena vs Cartilo (Smackdown 2004) - John Cena vs Sheamus (TLC 2009) - John Cena vs CM Punk (Money In The Bank 2011) - John Cena vs Daniel Bryan (SummerSlam 2013) - John Cena vs Kevin Owens (Elimination Chamber 2015)

Random examples of some matches that I presumed would be in this showcase: Royal Rumble 2015, Raw 2007 in London against HBK, Backlash 2009, WrestleMania 36 Firefly Funhouse, No Mercy 2016 Triple Threat, SummerSlam 2013, TLC 2013, and maybe No Way Out 08 and 09. Can't complain at all with the quality of matches we're gonna get to play through, even though Cena loses all of them. P.S.: Thankful there's not a trace of Wade Barrett or the Nexus in this Showcase list this year.

I'm so pleased Brock vs Cena at Backlash got featured in the showcase. I called it a couple weeks back

Thanks for sharing SmackTalks!

Pretty stoked about the showcase, not gonna lie. Some nice additions. Now, the real question on my mind: Universe Mode. Is it actually as different as claimed? Looking forward to footage of that first

I don't know if this existed before but I found that Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns' entrance where Heyman praises him is now basic when assign Heyman as Reigns manager.

Angle vs Cena was a must.

wow this is dope! love the amount of new content there is in just the showcase mode!

Been waiting for to drop 😅

Hopefully Lita has multiple attires

John Cena in his retro jerseys bring back a lot of memories.. the feud with the undertaker at vengeance is my all time favorite

Happy to see '16 AJ Styles, with the bullet club attire it will be perfect

I find it weird that the preorder pack is called "Ruthless Aggression" pack and not OVW pack. A true Ruthless Aggression pack would've included Batista 05, Orton 07, Lesnar 02, and Cena 07 (SVR 2007 attire). It's also weird that they're giving us Wrestlemania 22 arena. A year late, I'd say.

Do we reckon that it will be in yearly order in the game or be in this order ?

This showcase is excellent 🔥😉

ShowCase Matches For 2k23 Are Lining Up To Be Absolute Bangers

Amazing..I can't wait to play Wwe2k23 showcase 👍

Another year without the Burn in my light theme😢 I hope it will come as a hidden theme song

it would've been awesome if they added that TLC match he had with Edge at Unforgiven 2006 and that 1 hour ironman match with Randy at Bragging Rights 2010

When I read the confirmed list of matches for the showcase mode I am so happy we got the 03 version of John Cena not only that of Brock lesnar and the undertaker that is fire not only that I'm very disappointed since they include the 02 debut they should have included another 03 of Kurt Angle at no mercy or the classic HBK Monday night raw 07 I would replace the wrestlemania 34 match with one of those mostly the shawn Michael's match which I'm so disappointed they never added But other than that I'm very excited for the matches can't wait to play it and most of all so looking forward to WWE2K23 coming out very very soon everything looks fire looks tremendous cant wait

It’s good we get to see classic versions of certain superstars especially old cena and Brock since we didn’t get a here comes the pain remaster .

Awesome with these showcase was longer I remember 2k15 being like 21 matchs. And 30 year's or Wrestlemania had a lot as well. They could have made us play every Randy vs Cena match and other big rivals matchs like all the edge matches.

I can’t wait to play this game

‘03 Brock and ‘06 Edge 🔥

Yaay Lita is back ... 👊😄

So am happy about it and excited to play it as well 🔥🔥🔥

Stacked 🔥🔥but I match is missing..it was against Shawn in Raw

What a great 2kshowcase we are going to have, I hope that option to remove the suspenders returns as in wwe2k18, and on 19 that was a very realistic detail and I don't understand why that was removed but I hope it is in the base game

Very Happy with this list

I am so ready for this

Eyy I remember watching Lesnar vs Cena at Backlash on John Cena's Word Life DVD

I wasn't expecting it to be in the showcase by any means, but I was disappointed John Cena vs. CM Punk (MITB 2011) isn't featured.

It's cool that they're including all this stuff, but I hope in the future we'll see a showcase mode for someone like The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Edge...someone who has been around even longer so we can have arenas, attires and wrestlers from pre 2000. Could you imagine the amount of content there'd be for an Undertaker mode? There would be arenas dating back to 1990 through to today.

I really hope Lita gets more models cause the Lita we saw is so disappointing

It's a lot of summerslam classic arenas, would like to see others also 😅

so glad to see Charles Robinson in his SmackDown! Ref shirt in the game

Hot take, but I feel like you should be able to choose who you play as for each match in a showcase mode with each having their own objectives and some different cutscenes and the ability to unlock different things for the person you play as and more rewards for completing the match as both/all wrestlers in the specific match

Hey @Smacktalks in the brock lesner vs cena backlash '03 match, does brock have tape on his forehead?

YESSS!! EDGE IS IN! Twice! Amazing! That's unholly cool! I wanted so bad to get a Long-hair version of Edge. I wasn't expecting to also get the Hell In A Cell match with Orton!! This is beyond the sky! And to also get the 2009 Hell In Cell arena???!? WOOOHOOOO!! I CAN'T WAIT!

praying for a ruthless aggression dlc

Aww man No Carlito. Well the rest is cool to. I look forward to the Dr of Thuganomics Entrance. 😈😈😈

Shaved Orton was the best version of Orton to me.

Solid list. Just wish they included a match when Cena was the United States Champion. Would be cool to see a retro Cena coming out with the spinner u.s. title.

We've seen 2k have one off matches that have a one off star for the showcase. Like Mikey Whipwreck in the Austin showcase for his time in ecw. I wish they did the same for Carlito. His debut was beating Cena in his hometown no less. It would fit with the narrative of never giving up that Cena was humbled that night embarrassed because he look Carlito lightly and paid for it. Plus it'd just be nice to have Carlito back in game after so long. I thought he was overall on good terms with wwe. Granted we haven't seen em in wwe since his rumble appearance and his random tag match on raw. But he would've been a great inclusion, that's not cool he's not in.

It's a shame they didn't put John Cena vs Kevin Owen at Elimination Chamber 2015

I hope that they add the DX Titantrons and music this time around

SMACKTALKS! I cannot wait man! I can play this game on the 13th Of March! I will have fun with this game when it comes out!

I’m digging the different mode in showcase. My only thing is that I hope they update the arenas instead of making them all look the same (Nitro, ONS) and put the bell in before the intros and put Mike Rome and the ref in the ring during intros

Awesome

It looks fire

I'm liking the early 2000's stuff.

I hope they did this like 2k19 where they gave us some of the parts from the showcase mode stages in the custom arena mode.

The one I am hoping they add is the triple threat match in WM 24. My First WM I watched fully and ONLY one i watched thus far...Back then they was a subscription but it wasn't locked in yet so watching was the only way i saw the match. Crazy how those 3 had 20-30 years in them. that match was and always will be the Dream Match of Dream Matches.

Ive been wanting that Aj model for ages

I Just pre ordered the icon edition my Twitter account got deleted so I haven’t been able to look at the updates on the wwe 2k social media however I cannot wait to play

YES! Finally, we're getting retro Brock Lesnar 03! The time when he was the dominant wwe champion.

Looks good. Think it would’ve been funny if they had his SummerSlam cinematic match against Bray Wyatt.

Hope they add the ECW theme in the game

im am actually a fan of this showcase alreayd and tones a variaty to it

Yes ! Happy to know we'll get a 2003 Lesnar, 2008 Batista, and longer haired versions of Edge and Triple H. As I much prefer these versions, than the current/updated ones. So that's great news. Happy that we get One Night Stand 2006 and Night Of Champions 2008 arenas, too. Vengeance 2003 is a nice addition too. I didn't like Lita's model revelead when they showed her entrance, 'cause the hairstyle is bad. Her hair on the top of her head looks pulled back and almost like they are tied in the back of her head. Her hair never looked this way, so the model is off, and since we can't change hairstyles, that's a big issue. But hopefully, with the 2 Edge matches from 2006, maybe we'll get a model version with the right hairstyle, this time. I was hoping for a few more arenas from between 2002 to 2006 ( that was when the arenas looked the best IMO ) , but hey, at least we're getting a few ones, so that's cool. Sad that they removed the WM21 arena though. I know Cena won it, but, since both Cena and JBL are in the game, and knowing that arena was in 2K22 already ( so they didn't have much work to do to put it in 2K23 ) not taking advantage of it and add that cool WM21 is disappointing. WM XX arena would be great too, but that one is impossible, due to Show being in AEW, sadly. WM21 would've been possible though... Plus, it wouldn't break the concept of this year's showcase, as it is centered on never giving up. They could've used this match to make us play as Cena, to show that never giving up pays, becoming world champion for the first time and all. So, yeah, that's a missed opportunity to keep that cool WM 21 arena in the game IMO.

Retro Brock and Cena with the SD Fist 👀 now we’re talking

Imagine doing a John Cena showcase without the greatest Raw match in history between John Cena and Shawn Michaels

yes the next big thing !!!.....a 2003 brock !!! always thought he looked better in the trunks !!

I am happy to seeing brock lesnar retro attire after 2k14!!! This is looks awesome all of retro superstars!!..

Yoooo The new years revolution ppv Is so underrated

Finally we are getting Brock 2003&2014 and triple h 2008 and Randy 2008 I'm excited

Where is John Cena vs Shawn Michaels Raw 07? We aren’t getting the old Raw arena after all?

I hope with it being shown, we can put straps down again. Always added an extra layer when playing

i was literally just thinking to myself that i wish they would put the loss to edge at new year’s revolution in the game !!!!!! well done 2k well done

I hope they have bonus matches in this showcase 🙏🏾

Taker vs Cena 2003 is a must. Fantastic feud, mostly because of the vignettes that led up to. They're not PG, because they include offensive language, offensive acts like John Cena pissing on a tombstone, but there was a nice edited promo that had a lot of good parts that was used for the pay-per-view that would be nice to be seen an in-game but I know they won't do that because the superfans at 2K probably don't know this. Shame because they were fantastic especially the one where John Cena burn the Undertaker's dead man logos into the ground, which would look girl really cinematic in in-game graphics.

ahhhhh, let's goooooooo !!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Does anyone know when the dlc packs will be announced.

John cena vs Big show at Wrestlemania 20 was also ❤️as it was his first US championship win & cena vs Great khali at judgement day

Would been nice to have more Cena matches from Ruthless Aggression Era. Cena vs Carlito, Cena vs JBL Cena vs Shawn Michaels. Wouldve all been great picks.

Honestly this Is the most hyped I've Been about showcase since Austin all classic matches you are their opponents so takes repetiveness out of being the same guy.

I didn’t appreciate his feud with AJ Styles until recently. Glad it’s in there.

A 'Beat up John Cena' Mode was a wonderful idea!

LOVE that they have classic Brock.

I hope we get a Legacy tron, I’m making my own version of the stable with Cody as the leader

That classic AJ Styles is no duplicate model, the hud says AJ Styles not AJ Styles '16, so its an attire for regular AJ Styles.

That showcase mode seems pretty decent if you ask me

hey smacktalk any news about that tease the other day when 2k tweeted saying "30 days" but zoom in you see wade Barret from the nexus and it's not in the list so any news on that

That's what's a Banger 🤣🤣