WWE 2K14 Roster: Biggest and Best Additions to Stable of Superstars

WWE 2K14 is out this Tuesday, with many chain retail stores doing a midnight release for that game as well as Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. While it's the first WWE title from 2K Sports, development was started under THQ and the same team—led by Cory Ledesma—was in charge of development.

Not unlike with last year's Attitude Era mode, the title has eschewed a traditional career mode for the single-player campaign.

This year, it's 30 Years of WrestleMania, which gives the game quite a varied roster of legends. Between new and old stars, let's take a look at some of the best new additions to this year's roster.

The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns)

The biggest and best new stars in WWE this year, they debuted on the main roster a few weeks after WWE '13 came out and made a huge impact. They were unbeatable as a team for months and had consistently incredible matches along the way.

The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neill)

While they've been teaming since early 2012, they came into their own and got more exposure in 2013. Oh, and they turned babyface when Darren Young became a mainstream news story.

While they haven't gotten a big push yet, they're a really good team and steady presence in the tag team division that should really break out in 2014 as the division gets a bigger focus. Their power moves should also translate really well to a video game.

Bruno Sammartino

Having made various licensing deals when he returned to WWE for his Hall of Fame induction this past spring, this is The Living Legend's first appearance in a WWE video game. He had previously appeared in two of Acclaim's three Legends of Wrestling games.

As an old school powerhouse type, he doesn't have a lot of cool video game moves, but it's a huge deal that he's here.

Big E. Langston

Fresh off his babyface turn, Langston will be available as DLC in December's WWE Superstars and Moves Pack. Like The Prime Time Players, he has a lot of cool power moves that should make him a fan favorite to play as and it's nice to see him here even if he should be on the default roster.

The Ultimate Warrior

Available as DLC free with pre-orders—but really in all copies in the initial shipments—this is his first appearance in the regular annual WWE games. He had appeared in older games from other licensees as well as THQ's arcade-style WWE Legends of WrestleMania and WWE All-Stars games.  

While he was certainly a...limited performer to say the least, the many hours of WWF No Mercy I played as Bradshaw showed how fun it is to play as wrestlers who can just clothesline everyone out of their boots.

If you haven't seen it yet, here's the whole roster for this year's game:

Wrestler	Notes	Wrestler	Notes
AJ Lee		Layla
Aksana		Lita	Retro?
Alberto Del Rio		Mark Henry
Andre The Giant	Retro	Mick Foley
Antonio Cesaro		Miss Elizabeth	NPC
Batista		Mr. Fuji	NPC
Big John Studd	Retro	Mr. McMahon
Big Show/The Giant	2014 + DLC x2	Mr. Perfect/Curt Hennig	NPC + NWO DLC
Big E Langston	DLC	The Miz
Bobby Heenan	NPC	Natalya
Bret Hart	Retro	Nikki Bella	DLC
Brie Bella	DLC	Paul Bearer	DLC
Brock Lesnar	2014 + Retro	R-Truth
Bruno Sammartino	DLC	Randy Orton
Brodus Clay		Randy Savage	Retro + NWO DLC
Chris Jericho	2014 + Retro	Razor Ramon/Scott Hall	Retro + DLC x2
Christian		Rick Rude	DLC
CM Punk		Rey Mysterio
Cody Rhodes		Ricardo Rodriguez	NPC
Fandagngo	DLC	Ric Flair	Recent + Retro
Damien Sandow		Ricky Steamboat	Retro
Daniel Bryan		The Rock	2014 + Retro
Darren Young		Roman Reigns
David Otunga		Ryback
Dean Ambrose		Santino Marella
Diesel/Kevin Nash	Retro + DLC x2	Scott Steiner	NWO DLC
Dolph Ziggler		Seth Rollins
Drew McIntyre		Sgt Slaughter	Retro
Dusty Rhodes	DLC	Shawn Michaels	Recent + Retro
Eddie Guerrero	Retro (Not WM?)	Sheamus
Edge	Retro	Sin Cara
Goldberg	Retro	Stephanie McMahon
The Great Khali		"Stone Cold" Steve Austin	Retro
Heath Slater		Summer Rae	DLC
Hulk Hogan	80s + Hollywood	Syxx	NWO DLC
Jack Swagger		Ted DiBiase	Retro
Jake Roberts	DLC	Tensai
Jinder Mahal		Titus O' Neil
John Cena	2014 + Retro	Triple H	2014 + Retro
John Bradshaw Layfield	Retro	Ultimate Warrior	"Pre-Order" DLC
Justin Gabriel		The Undertaker	(2014, Retro, & Biker DLC)
Kaitlyn		Virgil	DLC
Kane	2014 + Retro	Wade Barrett
King Kong Bundy	Retro	Yokozuna	Retro
Kofi Kingston		Zack Ryder

David Bixenspan has been Bleacher Report's WWE Team Leader and a contracted columnist since 2011. You can follow him on Twitter @davidbix and check out his wrestling podcasts at LLTPod.com.

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