WWE 2K23 Did You Know?: The Best Secrets & Easter Eggs in WWE 2K23!

Join us for a special episode in the Did You Know? Series featuring some of the best things from this years series, with 20 things you might not know in WWE 2K23, including new features, secrets, easter eggs and hidden content!
Today's featured things include:
- An alternate corner version of the Cody Cutter
- A new type of combo move
- How to perform alternate heavy car moves
- A referee slow count after taking damage
- Becky Lynch's missing visor in Create a Superstar
- A hidden championship entrance motion for Mandy Rose
- An update to Factions that see them working together in the Royal Rumble and the Elimination Chamber
- The identity of Uncle Howdy when removing his mask
- A hidden Titantron for The Rock '98
- How to perform the War Games forfeit finisher
- WCW Draft Reactions in MyGM
- A hidden tag team victory motion for The Creed Brothers
- Unique dodge and reversal animations for Reggie
- How to unlock the WWE Performance Center as a playable arena
- How to perform a roll-through lift into the carry position
- Max Dupri as an exclusive manager card in MyFaction (LA Knight)
- How to download and play as B-Fab (Play As Managers)
- A unique opponent taunt for Harley Race that includes a reversal (DLC)
- How to select the hidden DX theme song in Create an Entrance
- An alternate ending to the 2K Showcase when playing as John Cena against Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand
Enjoy! 🙂
☆☆☆ Video Chapters ☆☆☆
00:00 Intro
00:16 Corner Cody Cutter
01:18 New Move Type
02:06 Alternate Backstage Attacks
03:48 Referee Slow Counts
04:42 Becky's Missing Attire Part
05:46 Hidden Mandy Rose Content
07:06 Teamwork
08:30 Uncle Howdy's Identity
09:29 Hidden Titantron
09:51 Forfeit War Games
11:11 WCW Easter Eggs in MyGM
12:28 WWE to WCW Draft Reactions
13:12 Hidden Tag Team Victory
13:00 Unique Reversal & Dodge Animations
14:46 Unlock The Performance Center
16:33 Roll-Through Carry
18:04 Max Dupri MyFaction Exclusive Manager
18:43 Play As B-Fab
19:36 Unique Opponent Taunt
20:32 Hidden DX Theme
21:09 Alternate Showcase Ending
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[@Smacktalks]

*Thank you to everyone that's made suggestions for this years series, these are always my favourite videos to make and I can't wait to do it all again for WWE 2K24!* 🙏

[@RomanReignsOnTop]

W

[@milesmakesvideos6159]

Do you guys remember when this series would have like 50-60 episodes? It’s a shame we don’t get as many episodes anymore 😔

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[@thatskingbooker]

And wait to have championship matches on WWE2K24

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It Smacktalks Bro.

[@kadharefinley224]

I love the corner Cody Cutter and the Showcase alternative ending with John Cena getting absolutely destroyed by the ECW crowd 😂😂😂

[@makmakg242]

The ECW crowd weren't rioting beneath the barricade to jump on Cena. Should've animated that scenario instead since its a video game anyway

[@milesmakesvideos6159]

Did you know Rey Mysterio and Edge have rivals commentary? And did you know that Eddie Guerrero and JBL both use their special car entrances in the Raw 2002 arena?

[@milesmakesvideos6159]

@@amaril.francis7862maybe, all I remember is it’s the one you unlock in the woman’s myrise

[@haydenmarshall2010]

As 2k23 draws to a close so does another entry in the amazing DYK series. Thanks to Everyone who made suggestions and Smacktalks for putting this together! Onto 2k24 Everyone!

[@markipleur]

i was about to call you crazy before i remembered that wwe games come out in march 😂😂

[@kazuhasgloves]

Thank you for doing this series as long as you have done it! It's helped me a ton! Off we head into WWE 2K24! ❣️

[@wrestlingcaws17]

Fun Fact that royal rumble team thing that the ai does only works for teams that already have been made any additional team gets made the ai will still attack the partner even if you haven't attack the partner I know this from experience

[@Grizz.EditzYT]

Ik im late but it has nothing to do with teams, it has to do with Allies

[@farungarg2307]

The corner cody cutter he used it in summerslam against lesnar...i am glad that they included this much detail in the game

[@bullsh0t]

Me and my cousin were messing around on 2k23 in a match with Nathan fraser and Reggie and it was nuts

[@shawnmichaels568]

7:32 Roman would definitely betray Jimmy if it was real life lol.

[@ericmonaco4509]

Or actually would order them to eliminate themselfs

[@michaelschmidt7939]

Did You Know: if your opponent is in the corner, and you have a kendo stick,, by pressing hard strike you actually jab them in the neck with the tip of the kendo stick. I discovered that on my own but wanted to share since it's a pretty cool alternative.

[@Fashionkillacamm]

Thank you fammo

[@bullsh0t]

I wish you could use wet floor signs as chairs lmao I think that’d be fun

[@raymondsegura4987]

That alternate Cut scene if Cena beats RVD would have been awesome if the fans Jumped the barrier and Actually Had a RIOT!!!!!!!Showing John getting escorted to the back by WWE security, before he gets torn to bits by the rabid ECW faithful 😂

[@adityakrishnawestjava9201]

I like cody cutter moves in wwe2k23, and also throwing opponents to the car is very scary when the opponents took a massive heavy damage, well many secrets and easter eggs in wwe2k23, i will find out soon or later

[@Nomad416]

Not sure if this has been covered before, but Kane's commentary has a Halloween easter egg where Graves compares him to "Haddonfield's finest".

[@nuclear_panda86]

Its so annoying that you can do springboards as finishers/sigs in all the other positiona, but not the corners. Hopefully they fix that in 24

[@StephenAndrewsPTL]

If he wasn't champion, the moment at 8:23 would have been an insane rumble moment in real life. lol you can just imagine the pop.

[@thatskingbooker]

I’m still more then ready for WWE2K24 , can’t wait to have championship matches

[@DaveTugwell]

we can have them already.......

[@thatskingbooker]

@@DaveTugwellyeh I no , but on 2K24

[@theprowrestlingguy6851]

Excellent special episode of the "Did You Know?" series!

[@shawnmichaels568]

It's great to see that Becky's attire in the game.

[@moodyman2627]

Roll through carry is pretty cool

[@SALTER818]

Forearm 7 is available for grapple and finisher, but when assigned to finisher it has unique animation

[@urmie]

With 2K shutting down 2K22 servers soon, any chance you do a video for must-have community creations downloads?

[@SALTER818]

Liger Bomb also let's you turn it into a carry move, piper pit is perfect for Lashley to throw opponents in ring post from fireman carry position

[@Gamersean3000]

I love this game. This is my game right here. I love WWE 2K 23.

[@TSKyanite]

I wish that there was a different animation for the slow count it looks less like "im dead so slow" more like it was intended

[@paulcarpenter7844]

I wish we had a parking lot brawl like we did back in the day I wish there was more impact to the smashes on the things

[@ssjgotenks2009]

yes and dont forget in hctp you could go out side some with shut your mouth we need these back

[@craigdale5611]

Did you know you can do a corner springboard with any cruiserweight high flyer

[@samuelboschetto4984]

When Roman throws Sami Zayn through the glass window, it should send him knock out (this is just my opinion). It would be more believable.

[@kalebhawkeyekj1933]

Did you know There is a 3rd version of the Cody Cutter that can be set as a running springboard finisher and signature.

[@mattjindrak]

I wish we had the option to make WarGames matches elmination-style once everyone is in the ring, and also before everyone is in the ring.

[@jeysmoothies]

13:56 they still haven’t din3 thus and were in patch 1.22

[@jeysmoothies]

16:04 I don’t see this at all and I beat the tutorial twice

[@jmillzwavy1500]

Funny how solo parodic the future 😂😂😂

[@adrielrodriguez2604]

Did you know that if the arena is dark and undertaker 03 entrance is playing, his motorcycle light will light up

[@darryljackson866]

I remember when people thought the slow count was a glitch lol

[@RageTributes]

I made Sabu its on CC

[@percent1303]

Did you know it’s possible to place the opponent on the turnbuckle via cradle

[@kirran711]

Did you know: rock has a unique clothesline reversal, and that shit is Rock Bottom

[@jameswallace3439]

Did you know that Rey Mysterio and Edge both have rivals commentary.

[@rileyanthony]

I already knew all of this it’s really nice though

[@user-lg6dl3vj8b]

how do you get the rock '98 ?

[@LumisKnight]

Does that mean that Uncle Howdy was The Miz?😳

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

No. Uncle Howdy was portrayed by Bo Dallas (the brother of Bray Wyatt/Windham Rotunda).

[@ryankyle2467]

22:36- Awe…… that was kinda lame! That could have been so much cooler! Like have the crowd start throwing garbage at him. And then at some point a fan jump the barrier and Cena lays him out… and then the crowd gets really angry and security getting Cena out of there as fans go after him! Lmao I know they don’t want to show that but it would be great!

[@devinsantiago5357]

I hope hidden tag team for creed brothers is in 2k24

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[@chrisdanger5426]

Did 2k ever patch de creed brothers and Katana and Carter victory motions in the game

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Yes.

[@brandinstephens9933]

B fab character playing

[@mateuszmalag878]

For me that rumble teammates cooperate doesnt work.

[@ryankyle2467]

7:35- Lmao Out of everyone you could have picked to show stable team ups in the Royal Rumble, you picked the two guys that are 100% not on the same side!!! Lol And no, that didn’t happen after you posted this video! This video as of now is (or at least says) 2 months old! Jey had been out of the Bloodline for around 6 months now!

[@ryankyle2467]

I am also curious about what you mean by “________ was the first to discover it”?!? If you are talking about people that found it out a long time before this video came out….. I guess…. But I don’t know how you would be able to determine who found it first?!? But if you’re talking about people that just told you about finding it and that’s why you made this video, then I’m pretty sure other people figured it out first lol

[@cirilojimenez24]

My Birthday January 19 2024

[@Smacktalks]

Happy Birthday in advance! 🥳

[@cirilojimenez24]

​@@SmacktalksThank you 😊

[@cirilojimenez24]

​@@SmacktalksMeets 24

[@thatskingbooker]

Have a good one whatever u get up too

[@cirilojimenez24]

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[@caeert2962]

5:43 "Hopefully this will be fixed in a future patch." Nope...

[@whatup8427]

Does anybody know if they'll ever fix the elimination rule glitch on PlayStation 4? All I want to do is have a fatal 4-way elimination match and it won't let me lol

[@bennyjohnson8953]

Im on next gen Xbox but im sure its no glitch are u doing it right bro

[@Stefan_86]

Ich habe den Cody Cutter noch nie geschafft🤷‍♂️

[@NickToxic]

Ist aber eigentlich sehr einfach. Oder du musst ihn für die Ecke noch einstellen. Aber es geht wirklich sehr einfach.

[@santiagosaccomano1496]

Es mas extremo el juego que el programa .... jaja

[@ryanlovell7917]

Refs are slow anyway

[@keanedevadatta7055]

Present 2 Hours

[@ryankyle2467]

Oh, I forgot to add this last little bit… Kinda disappointed! I thought with the picture for this video you were going to show use some way to get up to the rafters and fight!?!

[@PinkiePie45838283734666o9]

Hey, can you do me a favour and unlock Paul Bearer's CAW formula for WWE 12 made by GrumbleMonkey? Thank you.

[@blahblah44125]

This video does not apply if you haven't paid extra money since the initial purchase.

[@powdered-toastman8082]

Did I miss the part where you go above the ring? The thumbnail showed that and that's why I clicked it

[@GH0STX1093]

15 mins👍 early

[@ThereGoesKitty]

teams working together in rumbles etc doesn't seem to work anymore, I was doing a rumble today in universe and all the teams went right for each other. it annoyed me since they acted like it was a big deal this year

[@ChronicaalsSubscribe]

I can't do the Piper's Pit one, where do you need to go exactly?

[@mindrover777]

F5 still looks the same. Angle immediately gets up after a ronda finisher

[@sassytroy8282]

I hear that next year when you toss CM Punk through the windshield he will yell It's real glass!

[@cqmorrell]

Found the WOR reader.

[@SadPenguinsfan2017]

1st

[@Smacktalks]

🥇

[@Whodatwhodatwhodatwhodat]

They were so lazy with this game 😂😂

[@badjokecoke]

Ngl, still kinda miffed about the whole Becky Lynch thing. Multiple patches later and they never fixed it 💀

[@theprowrestlingguy6851]

First

[@Smacktalks]

🥈

[@theprowrestlingguy6851]

@@Smacktalks Although I'm in second place, but hey. Thanks, Smacktalks!

[@trennwilliams1066]

Why does 2k hide stuff, just put the shit in the game.. I really hope wwe games go somewhere because 2k is doing nothing good for the game

[@elijahkamy]

Am I first?

[@milesmakesvideos6159]

Unfortunately not

[@Smacktalks]

Almost, 3rd place! 🥉

[@elijahkamy]

@Smacktalks Damn.... love your content btw😎

[@semsiismayilov2913]

please don't be put in dlc pack ken shamrock wwe 2k24 next year😡😤🎮

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Whyever not? We could have an Attitude Pack (Ken Shamrock [added due to merger of the WWE & UFC under Endeavor & Shamrock being a UFC legend as well as an Attitude Era successful upper mid-carder, who had the potential to go down the Kurt Angle or Brock Lesnar route if he was given more opportunities to reach the main event], The Headbangers & of course, any retro version of Attitude Era favorites that hopefully aren't otherwise locked away as MyFaction exclusives), an Original ECW Pack (Terry Funk, Dudley Boyz, The Sandman [hopefully, with proper "Enter Sandman" Metallica theme included this around, rather than the generic rock theme he had in SDVSRAW 2008], etc.), an NXT Pack (headlined by the likes of Jade Cargill & Lexis King [aka Brian Pillman Jr.]), a Windham/Rotunda Family Pack (I.R.S [Mike Rotunda], "Widowmaker" Barry Windham, Bo Dallas/Uncle Howdy, and Bray Wyatt [predominately Wyatt Family Cult Leader, The Fiend, and the final version of him we got in WWE2k23]), and a Returns/Comebacks Pack (CM Punk [and possibly his wife, AJ Lee if she, say, makes a surprise appearance as an entrant in the Women's Royal Rumble in January of 2024], William Regal, Sasha Banks/Mercedes Mone -- with her rapper cousin Snoop Dogg perhaps added in as the new "celebrity" included into the game's playable roster alongside Logan Paul, Bad Bunny & the actual official inclusion of Pat MacAfee, who was initially planned to be in the roster for WWE2K23, but never fully made it into the game, even though his Titantron, entrance motion & move set are still available for use -- et al).