WWE 2K26 Full Roster Revealed, Latest Rumors on AJ Styles, John Cena, Drew McIntyre and WrestleMania

Bleacher Report catches you up on the latest news from the WWE Universe.

WWE 2K26 Roster Revealed

Just over two weeks from the official release of WWE 2K26, 2K Sports has unveiled the full roster of players available to use in the game.

The official roster from 2K touts more than 400 current WWE superstars and past legends who can be used, including CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, The Undertaker, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Goldberg and John Cena.

2K previously announced a slight change to DLC for this year's game. Instead of traditional packs being made available throughout the year, new collections will be drop via Ringside Pass.

There is a pack of 40 free unlockables that includes various NXT bundles, Eighth Wonder of the World bundle and a Hart Foundation bundle. The premium Ringside Pass unlockables will include playable characters from AAA, including El Hijo Del Vikingo and Mr. Iguana.

CM Punk is the cover athlete on this year's game for the first time since WWE '13. The game will release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 and Windows on March 13.

Gamers who pre-order any of the various special editions will have early access starting March 6.

WWE Wants John Cena for AJ Styles' Hall of Fame Induction

After announcing at the end of Monday's episode of Raw that AJ Styles will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of WrestleMania weekend, the next big question is who will induct the Phenomenal One at the ceremony.

Per BodySlam.net (h/t Steve Carrier of Ringside News), WWE is hoping to get Styles' longtime rival John Cena to do the honors of inducting him.

There's no indication from the report that Cena has agreed to do it, but it's not hard to imagine him being willing to do so if his schedule lines up.

Cena recently signed on for a new Netflix movie titled One Attempt Remaining with Jennifer Garner and Kate McKinnon, though it's unclear when production will start on the project.

There are few people in WWE who would be better suited to inducting Styles into the Hall of Fame. He and Cena had many classic battles over the years, including a memorable final encounter at Crown Jewel in October as part of Cena's retirement tour.

After Styles lost to Gunther at the Royal Rumble, Cena posted a message congratulating the Phenomenal One on a terrific career.

Monday's episode of Raw took place in Atlanta, near where Styles attended high school in Gainesville, and he was given a retirement ceremony to close the show. The segment ended with the Undertaker announcing he would be part of the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame class.

Styles and Stephanie McMahon are the first two inductees in this year's Hall of Fame ceremony. WWE has not announced an official date for the event, though last year's ceremony took place the night before WrestleMania 41.

If WWE follows that same schedule, the 2026 ceremony will take place after the go-home SmackDown for WrestleMania 42 on April 17.

Reported WrestleMania Plans for Drew McIntyre

Even though Saturday's Elimination Chamber will seemingly set up the challenger to Drew McIntyre for the undisputed WWE title at WrestleMania, there could be more than one top contender on the biggest show of the year.

Per WrestleVotes (h/t Carrier), the expectation right now is that McIntyre will end up defending the title in a "five-pack or even a six-pack challenge."

Cody Rhodes is the obvious top contender since he is in the men's Elimination Chamber match that will guarantee the winner a title shot at WrestleMania 42.

WrestleVotes added that Jacob Fatu, Aleister Black and Sami Zayn are other names being bantered about as potentially being included.

If WWE doesn't go with a one-on-one bout between Rhodes and McIntyre, Fatu makes the most sense to be added because he's been feuding with both men since returning from injury on the Jan. 9 episode of SmackDown.

Black defeated Randy Orton for arguably his biggest win since returning to WWE last year. The victory was aided by McIntyre, who hit the Viper with the title belt.

One thing the lack of clarity around the McIntyre and the undisputed title going into WrestleMania does suggest is that the semi-controversial promo between CM Punk and Roman Reigns after the Royal Rumble to set up their bout had some merit.

This does make it feel as if WWE's creative team has struggled to come up with a strong enough storyline for the top men's title on the SmackDown brand, so they might just end up throwing as many names as possible into the mix.

One thing that's for sure is that the direction should be finalized by the end of the Elimination Chamber on Saturday because the build for WrestleMania will kick into high gear after that.