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Time to toss caution to the wind! Ringside Pass Season 4 has officially landed in WWE 2K26, introducing tag team legends, a chart-topping artist, and a multi-time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion to the squared circle.
For players who choose to progress through the premium track, 4 new highlight-reel stuffing playable characters will be automatically unlocked right away. Making their return to the franchise are Matt and Jeff Hardy, the daredevil brothers who helped define an era of WWE tag team wrestling with their high-flying acrobatics and insane TLC and ladder match performances. The brothers have not been featured together as a team in over 5 years, and we’re excited to have them back.
Along with the Hardy Boyz return, Season 4 comes with over 40 new moves and taunts, including the Dokugumo Death Drop, Twist of Fate, and Poetry in Motion ‘25.
The brothers were recently face scanned a few months ago to ensure accuracy and fans will notice gear from their surprise NXT run in 2025. Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy, when used in a singles match, will also have their “Live for the Moment” and “No More Words” entrance theme songs as well!
For those playing as Jeff Hardy, you’ll also notice that you’re able to select a variant of his model that doesn’t include his signature face paint. Another fun tidbit to intimidate opponents, Jeff Hardy can rip off his shirt by holding the right trigger and down on the D-pad to activate. Check it out below.
Season 4 also features the debut of Jelly Roll, who joins WWE 2K26 as a fully playable character for the first time. A lifelong WWE fan, Jelly Roll has built his crossover into wrestling over the past year, with appearances at WWE events, including back-to-back appearances at SummerSlam 2025 and WrestleMania 42.
Jelly Roll brings his real-world persona into the ring and comes with his unique entrance animation and theme.
Wrapping up the Season 4 roster is Lady Shani, the “Tibetan Princess”. The former multi-time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion is also making her debut in a WWE video game. Lady Shani built her reputation in AAA with a high-flying style that has made her one of the promotion’s top stars.
Throwing it back to the 2000s, premium track players will also be able to unlock Personas of Lita and Jeff Hardy. Both Lita ‘00 and Jeff Hardy ‘00 feature unique gear and themes from their iconic high-flying Team Xtreme days.
The Ringside Pass Season 4 Premium Track also includes new gear such as:
Ripple Junction Lita Rebel by Design T-Shirt
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin Ripple Junction Unforgiven 2001 T-Shirt
Vintage Team Xtreme Hardy Boyz & Lita T-Shirt
Chalk Line DX Split Football Jersey
Retro Hardy Boyz Basketball Jersey
WrestleMania 2000 Retro Shorts
And features these new moves:
Dokugumo Death Drop
Black Tiger Submission
Springboard 450
Available for all players in the Free Track of Season 4 are these 3 Personas along with earnable VC and MyFACTION content as well:
Chad Gable ‘16
Shinsuke Nakamura ‘23
John Cena ‘25
Finally, Patch 1.14 will also include the return of Jalen Brunson and a few new themes as well:
The Brood
Radio - Zack Ryder
Rebel Heart - Johnny Gargano
Coming Back for You - Johnny Gargano
The full patch notes can be found here: https://support.wwe2k.com/hc/articles/53680315543827
Alwayz Ready! WWE 2K26’s Ringside Pass Season 3 has officially launched, bringing a multitude of WWE Superstars and Legends to the fray.
As part of the premium track, players will automatically unlock 4 new playable characters starting with Matt Cardona. The former Intercontinental, United States, and two-time WWE Tag Team Champion recently returned to WWE in January and makes his return to the franchise for the first time in 5 years, but for the first time under his new persona.
Joining Matt is WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson, who makes her highly-anticipated debut in the franchise in WWE 2K26 and marks her first console video game appearance in nearly 20 years.
There’s another big return to the WWE 2K franchise in the form of the volatile Brian Pillman. The “Loose Cannon” made his mark in WWE in the early days of the Attitude Era, with his explosive feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin, and as an unpredictable member of the Hart Foundation. WWE 2K26 marks nearly 10 years since Pillman’s last appearance in a console game.
The premium track of Ringside Pass Season 3’s new Superstar lineup is rounded out by the legendary and comically macabre dance machine La Parka, who is also making his WWE 2K debut. The latest incarnation of the La Parka character resurfaced in 2025 and has continued to delight fans in Mexico and around the world.
Finally, two new Personas are being added to the premium track: the highly-requested Kane ‘01 and a ‘01 version of Rey Mysterio Jr.
Players will also find a collection of new gear from Chalkline and Homage, plus new moves and taunts.
The free track of Ringside Pass Season 3 isn’t without additional playable characters either, as players will be able to unlock four Personas, including:
Tyrese Haliburton
Brock Lesnar ‘03
Mutiny Asuka
Solo Sikoa ‘22
MyFACTION content, VC, and MyFACTION Points will also be found spread across the Ringside Pass.
We’re back with a new edition of the Ringside Report, and this time we’re digging into what players can expect with the launch of Season 2 of the Ringside Pass.
As we previously announced, players who installed before April 15, 2026, will be awarded 20 free tier skips. In addition, starting with Season 2, the new DLC characters will now be unlockable immediately in Tier 1 with the Ringside Premium Pass.
Here’s a refresher on all the new changes.
With Season 2, we are seeing four WWE 2K franchise debuts with Ax, Smash, and Crush of Demolition, and Kelly Kelly.
Ax and Smash were three-time WWE Tag Team Champions, holding the titles for 478 days during their first run before bringing in Crush as their third member in the final stage of their WWE careers.
The duo will also be going into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania weekend, so great timing for their addition to WWE 2K26.
Between the three members, players will find a combined 27 new moves and taunts, including the team’s Decapitation finisher. We’ll also be supporting both two-man and three-man tag entrances for the team.
Kelly Kelly, the former WWE Divas and 24/7 Champion, is one of our most-requested additions to the game, and we’re excited about her debut in WWE 2K26.
Kelly brings 8 new moves to the game, including her K2 finisher.
With Season 2, we’re bringing an updated version of Oba Femi as a Sapphire Persona based on his look from his Saturday Night’s Main Event match against Cody Rhodes from December 13, 2025, featuring his highly-requested hair-down hairstyle.
This Oba Femi SMNE 2025 Persona will be available to all players in tier 40 of the free track!
Now let’s get into something really unique - three additional Personas, each of them of the Ruby rarity, as part of the Premium track, all the way from Kairos:
Rhea Ripley “Ripper Queen”
CM Punk “Ripper”
Becky Lynch “Lilith”
Each of these new Personas comes with unique entrance music and animations that can also be used with other Superstars or CAS, and there are a total of 19 customizable CAS parts.
Each of these new Personas comes with unique entrance music and animations that can also be used with other Superstars or CAS, and there are a total of 19 customizable CAS parts.
Throughout the Premium Track of the Ringside Pass, players will also find some new CAS parts and moves, including the following:
Stephanie McMahon’s black corset and thigh-high boots from WrestleMania 32
Ripple Junction shirts:
Liv Morgan
Dominik Mysterio
Rhea Ripley
OTC 1 shirt
Fur Boots (customizable)
New Moves:
Amethyst Storm
Base Drop
Ringside Pass Season 2 will be preceded by Patch 1.08.
As part of that patch, we’re adding a new trios entrance of Alpha Academy for Maxxine Dupri, Akira Tozawa, and Otis. Here’s a sneak peek below:
We've seen the player experience not being what's intended, so we're implementing some changes with Patch 1.04 today*, including:
Custom Matches will now award RXP.
RXP earn rates for matches increased by 20%
Match Complete: 25 (current) > 30
Match Win Bonus: 85 (current) > 105
Minimum match time requirement added for Match Win RXP rewards
If a match is completed faster than 60 seconds, players will receive completion RXP, but not additional win bonuses. We know you're enjoying making Eric Bischoff tap out but let's give poor "Eazy E" a breather
You can read the full details HERE!
Overall, we hope these changes support a wider variety of match types and playstyles and help keep the experience fun and rewarding for everyone. And as a thank you to those who jumped into the ring with us early, we’re providing Early Access players with the locker code MZFGCPCR for 32,500 VC, which can be redeemed in-game by 9 AM PT on March 12th.
Stability and Performance improvements
Addressed reported concerns over earnable RXP
Addressed reported concerns over Game Pass subscriptions being required to access The Island and MyFACTION
Addressed reported concerns over 2K account linking occasionally not working
Addressed reported concerns with Dominik reward mask
Addressed reported concerns of various attacks not working as intended
Addressed reported concerns over performance issues when playing The Island
*Note that while these updates will go live on PS5, Xbox Series X, and Steam today, Nintendo Switch 2 updates will be live on March 30th.
Last week we had some of our incredible Creators join us in Stamford at the WWE Headquarters for WWE 2K26 Creator fest! We were excited to share some never-before seen content from WWE 2K26 with some of the people who make our Community shine, and they brought the excitement. If you are interested in seeing the Community Fest Recap, click HERE!
With that behind us, the Creators we invited have started making some incredible content highlighting some of the features we showcased during the event. You can check below for just a few of those videos. For even more content coming from Creator Fest, make sure you check out our X Page!
From brand-new match types to expanded Crowd Combat and wild new weapon interactions, #WWE2K26 is leveling up in a BIG way. Dive into all the details and READ MORE HERE!
The stage is set!
Here is what you can expect in the coming weeks on the road to early access!
Starting today, WWE 2K26 is available for Pre-Purchase! With four fantastic versions to choose from, pick your favorite today!
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