WWE 2K23 Ruthless Aggression DLC Pack: Entrances, Signatures & Finishers!

Check out this showcase of the WWE 2K23 DLC content that is included in the WWE 2K23 Ruthless Aggression Pack!
The Ruthless Aggression DLC is exclusive to the WWE 2K23 Icon Edition and includes the following content:
- The Prototype John Cena
- Leviathan (Batista)
- Brock Lesnar '01
- Randy Orton '02
- WrestleMania 22 Arena
- The John Cena Legacy Championship
This video features all of the Superstars included in the Ruthless Aggression Pack and showcases each Superstars entrance, signature and finisher, as well as their new victory motions.
You can jump to a specific Superstar using the timestamps below:
☆☆☆ Video Chapters ☆☆☆
00:00 Leviathan Entrance
01:00 Leviathan Signatures & Finishers
01:46 Leviathan Victory
02:11 Randy Orton '02 Entrance
02:52 Randy Orton '02 Signatures & Finishers
03:34 Randy Orton '02 Victory
04:10 Brock Lesnar '01 Entrance
04:53 Brock Lesnar '01 Signatures & Finishers
05:47 Brock Lesnar '01 Victory
06:07 The Prototype John Cena Entrance
06:49 The Prototype John Cena Signatures & Finishers
07:32 The Prototype John Cena Victory
07:53 WrestleMania 22 Arena & John Cena Legacy Championship
What do you think of the WWE 2K23 DLC?
Let me know in the comments!
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[@jason.waterfalls33]

To this day, I still say it's an unfortunate shame that Shelton Benjamin didn't reach the same heights as these four.

[@hachi180]

Wonder why

[@jason.waterfalls33]

@LoneTM not as tall or a third generation wrestler like Orton and not as strong as the others. Shelton should have been WWE champion before Bobby, Kofi, or Big E. Sadly, he was saddled as a tag-team guy from OVW into WWE.

[@brunocastro1205]

Shelton lack charisma and that is very important for a World or WWE Champion. Cena didn’t had the skill of Shelton but his charisma was why he was at the top for years. Orton had both actually. Batista and Brock got to be what Vince liked in a wrestler and that helped their career. Still Batista was superior to Brock because of his mic skills.

[@jason.waterfalls33]

@Bruno Castro while you made some good points, I can tell you don't know anything about OVW Shelton. Brock and Rodney Mack were put with Shelton because he had the charisma and talent while they were just big. Shelton could have been huge if he were used correctly. A few lame gimmicks, no solid direction, and mediocre storylines aren't going to get you far. Could he have done more? Sure; could creative have done more for him? Absolutely.

[@brunocastro1205]

@@jason.waterfalls33 I’m talking in WWE, in the big game. Shelton made amazing performances in some matches but the only time he had a good use was the feud with Triple H. After that he simply disappear. I cannot remember basicaly anything (Also remember his mom to be his manager but that is also not a good thing) and to be honest if it wasn’t for Triple H and Flair to be in that feud probably we wouldn’t remember that even if Shelton made some good match performances.

[@letsgowrestling]

I love that we’re finally getting back the SmackDown fist arena again! It should’ve been a staple of classic arenas to begin with.

[@MidnightPodcastGaming]

They F'd us with the box in the name banner. Talk about sheer and utter pure laziness, man.

[@Lemmi7810]

I would like the 2006 or 2007 smackdown arena

[@Nicofioo]

If only the smackdown fist 06 arena..

[@eddiew.4650]

​​@@MidnightPodcastGaming Like you could've done better 🙄. There's always something people will nitpick over. Also, none of these guys had titantrons in 2001, so what'd you expect them to do for the banner?

[@Lemmi7810]

They making so much money with games nowadays so people have the right to criticise

[@lonewolffang]

I won't lie. When Brock had him in the fireman's carry, I expected the F5 but was shocked to see the Samoan Piledriver.

[@lonewolffang]

@Cairo Lee my bad

[@pjleon8391]

That was actually Lesnar's signature back than & his finisher was the shooting star press. He stole the F5 from it's innovator "The Widowmaker" Sean O'Haire acknowledge him! ☝️

[@gator9339]

​@@pjleon8391 RIP O'Haire

[@OffSumThraxx]

​@@pjleon8391 Brian Adams was doing it when he was apart of Kronik in WCW 2000.

[@antoniosmith5350]

​@PJ Leon Actually, Sick Boy from Ravens Flock was doing it back on 97/98

[@OfficialRyanFouracre]

Some of these entrances from this pack might be very useful for modern-day Create A Superstars, especially for MyRISE.

[@joshconnolly5275]

Do the songs play ?

[@BillFinger27]

I just realized... Damn, I feel bad for Shelton Benjamin not having an OVW model. He was part of this class.

[@hmwpyro18]

Feels like a missed opportunity to not have an OVW arena with this pack. Though I'm certain it won't be long until someone puts one on CC

[@Smacktalks]

This was my feeling too, it would have been a better choice than the WM22 arena imo.

[@bebopman5]

@@Smacktalks 2 out of the 4 of these guys weren’t even at WM 22 😂

[@VictorFactor94]

OVW doesn't belong to WWE and are still around. I guess they didn't wanna bother with the licensing or whatever. I don't know about legal copyright stuff anyway.

[@Acillatem23]

I think the WM 22 arena looks amazing personally

[@austinburras2993]

they dont own the ovw arena so they would have to pay

[@Nachy]

These models look pretty neat, faces look accurate. But I can't help but feel like Brock's physique looks way smaller than it was in real life than at the time. Maybe it's to really make the difference between present day Brock and past Brock more noticeable, but yeah it kinda doesn't give justice on how beastly young Brock looked back then. Wish too they included another model for Randy and Batista as well outside the DLC, especially with present-day Batista already being bald like Leviathan, it would had been nice to get 2005 iterations of Batista and Randy.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

The faces look accurate, what are you on? Randy Orton '02 looks old as fuck. The modders in WWE2K22 did a better job giving us retro Orton with his younger face imported from past games.

[@kumarayush9950]

I won't care about Young Brock's model that much if they made Brock 2014 properly tbh 😅

[@rashawntaylorjr4717]

I agree that 2005 variations of Randy of Batista would’ve been dope to see, especially since the game has more Ruthless Aggression Era superstars and arenas than before, a few more variations would’ve been cool. When it comes to Brock 01’, while the more than likely scaled him down to show a difference between him and modern day Brock, unless it’s just me he looks accurate cuz of how he looked in OVW and in the dark matches he had in late 01’- early 02’

[@devanwilliams7914]

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Cope.

[@SleepTalkMetropolis]

Yeahhh, i'm glad i'm not the only one who feels that way about Brock's model

[@Doctor_Smith]

This is like the closest thing to a ‘Here Comes the Pain’ DLC Pack we’ll ever get 🙂 I hope people on CC do their attires from that game

[@ohyeah6453]

This is more of an OVW pack than it is a Ruthless Agression pack.

[@SamuRRAiGaming10]

@@DerHalbeEuro Ohio valley wrestling? i think it was the WWE's old development training grounds for new wrestlers before their debut.

[@pjleon8391]

I agree 💯

[@nzuzovilakazi901]

​@@DerHalbeEuro before NXT it was FCW ,Florida Championship Wrestling.

[@enigmaskull3495]

Love seeing the classic Smackdown nameplates and transitions.

[@coolsomeXD]

I remember that version of Randy Orton being on Shut Your Mouth

[@jreed7125]

3:56 Rather disappointing that they gave Randy Orton '02 his regular victory motion

[@user-fp1vy6vy9w]

Randy use his current winning animation... 2K Lazy..

[@DancyHercules3]

@@user-fp1vy6vy9w 2K: updates and give 100 new models, animations Fans: 2K Lazy!!!!

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@user-fp1vy6vy9w Orton didn't do the "arm raise" pose then in 2001-2002. He did the "hands-clasped held over his head" taunt instead.

[@user-bz7qg5xw6h]

@@DancyHercules3 The game wasn't even worked on for a full year. Yes, lazy. Now shut up lmao.

[@user-bz7qg5xw6h]

@@DancyHercules3 Like.. Bro. Thanks to cucks like you, 2k has been treating you all like beta testers. And you eat it up. You don't even realize how stupid you are and how the devs love it.

[@q.h.s5051]

I’d get the pack solely for classic Orton. I remember playing as Rookie Orton all the way through Smackdown Shut Your Mouth building him to be a main event star. True fun

[@walterreed5849]

The on screen graphic for the superstars name being on the 2002 smackdown arena is absolutely cool af

[@TheRV1HD]

I mean there's obviously a few minor issues with Orton doing his Orton pose at the end of his match and Byron calling him The Viper. As for Cena the ProtoBomb was his finisher but it was what this game refers to as the Protoplex. The Protobomb here is the AA/FU which he developed against Lesnar during their initial main roster feud. Side note... I'm sure Jawney is excited to see the Overdrive in this game.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Why? The Ozone was already in the game as MVP's Playmaker. The Overdrive/O-Zone/Playmaker are the same move.

[@vinnielangdonshow]

Just imagine if the graphics looked this good back in 1999-2005 during this era!

[@kadharefinley224]

I can’t wait to play as 02 Brock Lesnar so I do a Shooting Star Press 🔥

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

They should've had a young Shelton Benjamin with hair (and his better "Ain't No Stoppin' Me" solo theme) to team up with Brock Lesnar '02 to form the Minnesota Stretching/Wrecking Crew with.

[@yvngdragon]

Bruh thank you so much I’ve been waiting for this I can’t wait to play at midnight

[@ReginaldOglesby]

Change your time zone to New Zeland and you can play now.

[@kyber8117]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ReginaldOglesby]

@@kyber8117 You really can

[@yvngdragon]

@@ReginaldOglesby do I make another account to do that or do it on my main account

[@ReginaldOglesby]

@@yvngdragon use your main account. I have a Series X. I'm literally playing right now.

[@jamiejury7780]

Will definitely buy this Dlc Pack later down the track

[@NathanTG]

It's a shame that Batista doesn't have voodoo for his Leviathan gimmick. But instead he has "animal" which isn't a bad trade tbh 😁

[@equitypark1865]

Man that smackdown arena should be in every game

[@MovieEggman]

I love how you used the SmackDown! Fist Arena because three of the OVW Four debuted in this arena.

[@Garf_malarf]

5:04 one of the coolest submissions I have ever seen. Brock had some innovative moves back in the day

[@YasinAdorCB5]

Hyped af because I can finally do a proper OVW vs NXT faction war now with WarGames in the mix

[@xeitty2433]

Damn that WrestleMania 22 arena is so cool. They are already stepping it up from last year dlc's!

[@thesoul_in_callisscyth6051]

I CAN'T WAIT LESS THAN 24 HOURS!!!!! LESS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@DrenTheLiar]

Is love to do a 4v4 WarGames match with these guys against their current selves.

[@CyberCaed]

Ruthless Aggression 👊🏻

[@nicktinson2950]

Toothless Aggression 🦷

[@duanewade4285]

Been playing all day. Love the graphics!! Gamelan is great. Can't wait until the dlc are released.

[@YGTVYassirsGamingTechVlogs31]

Same here!

[@dragonzlucas]

Randy Orton 02 is going to be the New Legacy pick of 2023

[@jasonsmith530]

Graphics are scary realistic on leviathan

[@charlieconner9668]

Awesome. Can't wait to create the rest of the disciples of synn.

[@jamarithedripking]

Getting deluxe today 🔥🔥

[@MikoTruStar]

I've always bought the season pass.. this is the first year I bought the extra pack that doesn't come with the deluxe. As I feel besides the attitude Era, this is my favorite era

[@danny.4506]

Omg ❤❤ I’m so excited getting icon edition for Xbox series x

[@johnrouille5428]

Why is randy ortons entrance the fastest thing I’ve ever seen lmao 🤣 did he really come out that fast? I never watched them in ovw

[@Prodigy_Sheldon]

they hadnt much entrance there was just a small way to the ring

[@uncensoredreality]

When he first started he would always speed down to the ring like that 😂

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

Luv ur vids! ❤

[@SamirTripleA]

I feel like every new WWE game the ring looks smaller and smaller so the movement looks limited I remember being able to fit loads of weapons in the ring now it seems like there’s not much space

[@NiyiDaNinja]

Looks pretty good, gonna needa change Leviathan's corner wake up taunt and Spear (those are Edge's) and Randy's victory animation tho

[@JohnBrown-ox8pl]

Did yall see those physics?? When Cena got powerbombed again....his leg bended and it wasn't a standard "sports game" laying animation....this game impresses me with each gameplay clip I see...😛😅

[@PsyberKing48]

Some of these aren’t too bad. But what would happen if there was a survivor series traditional elimination tag between these 4 from OVW to their prime selves but their OVW version are exactly like them in their prime (in terms of ability in the ring).

[@jasonmorgan8936]

So excited to play WWE 2K23 AFTER work today on the PS5 I just hope this game doesn't have any bugs or anything like WWE2K20 Never touched the game since it kept giving me problems

[@TheShadowyu90000]

I love the ovw throwbacks but feel like they should have added a ovw area..

[@c-historia]

this is amazing!

[@TheMondayVibes]

I’m gonna introduce that legacy title after Cena retires in my universe. Let the winner of the belt use it like TNA’s x-division belt where they can trade it in for a world title shot at the following ppv.

[@VideoLuchas]

Nice video. This is nothing compared with we are going to present tomorrow😉 See you.

[@ryanpulliam8987]

They really gave Randy Orton 02 his legend killer victory motion...

[@Studio-cj9ne]

Just purchased it, as a plus pack. When i want to buy the Icon Edition, my wallet was not enough. So i bought it today and felt really happy with it, even thought i haven't load it yet. Feels so much better compared to the NWO edition, and in 2k23 we got the whole NWO version anyway.

[@kaythedon2]

Genuinely excited for this game! GOD bless you all and have a blessed day🤎

[@Hipnosys]

At first "ugh! They just gave Brock the F5 instead of a shooting star press" Brock swings him the OTHER way: "... wait, hol up they cookin'"

[@MrSkinny]

Can’t wait til tomorrow

[@dr.loomis4221]

This game is not worth $120 bucks. You guys must not value your money.

[@MrSkinny]

@@dr.loomis4221 facts but I look at it as supporting the wwe brand.

[@MackManning27]

​@@MrSkinny WWE 2K23 sucks

[@ovoxo3domi]

I wonder where that Rey Mysterio render from the Mania 22 arena is used. So far only modern Rey and WCW Rey are confirmed. Would be nice to get a '02/'03 version of him as well. MyCrapshion maybe? Also that Orton render next to him makes no sense, since that's Viper Randy (probably from Showcase??). I hope we can use the '02 Smackdown and Raw graphics in universe unlike last year...

[@brightblackgrouse6236]

Orton looks great

[@soullessexistence8952]

Would've been nice if they used the appropriate font on the nameplate for the SmackDown arena. And more glass shattering on the titantron video!

[@AwesomeGuy772]

You can tell cena legitimately mocapped his motions. Has his mannerisms and all. Unless whoever else did it is really good

[@mikefloyd3152]

La knight does the mocap

[@Nicholas-hp1si]

They got everyone right except Batista still has his older face model when he's supposed to be younger

[@PinBiohazard]

Can you tell us the names of all the theme songs used?

[@hbkx5]

Love how all of these are from OVW

[@kevinv.j.4330]

HERE COMES THE PAINNNNN!

[@user-fp1vy6vy9w]

Randy use his current winning animation... 2K Lazy..

[@aimanishak4364]

Yeah sucks

[@DTownNash]

What's lazy is having the perfect opportunity to include a Legend Killer Orton and not doing it. Second year in a row too.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@DTownNash Orton hates "Burn in My Light", so even if we had "Legend Killer" Orton, he would've been given "Line in the Sand" (Evolution's stable theme).

[@NitroNEXT]

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Wrestlers don't have a say in what themes are used in a videogame ffs

[@NitroNEXT]

I feel that the entrance taunt is wrong. He used to grab his wrist when he first came in, not a simple muscle pose.

[@brightblackgrouse6236]

Does showcase ft. Entrances?

[@jonathonsanok4389]

Very awesome

[@ROBken2654]

When they were just only Rockies and. Now look at them All four have won multiple championships and future Hall of Famer‘s

[@deadpoolnerd]

For the Orton victory I thought he was gonna do the Randy O on the turnbuckle. Did he do the pose at that time?

[@GeekyG95]

Yoooo it’s pretty cool to watch Brock lesnar hit the shooting star press 🔥

[@majidgamings]

Same Batista bomb animation

[@georgedrake3686]

Will baptista ever grab the ropes b4 finish move ?

[@herotheancient1352]

Oh well. This Randy Orton gonna be my legend killer model since this is the only Randy model that look younger and had hair. I use pc so I can just change his theme with mod once it Available.

[@Stunner5290]

For those who purchased the Icon edition, are all of these characters given to you for My Faction like the nWo pack for 2K22? I only received Cena as Prototype this time around instead of the whole Ruthless Aggression pack..

[@JeremyPeeples]

Wouldn't mind a replica of the Cena legacy title.

[@lisgod3]

the Lesnar SSP? right on!

[@Kacpi55]

No emerald flowision for the Prototype?

[@samuelboschetto4984]

Amazing models

[@geomarloduran1370]

Randy finally looks younger

[@fivejedis]

Did they remove King Booker's clothing pieces? That's weird. Hope they patch it back in, was trying to make King Booker but couldn't find his gear that was there last year.

[@SpoonerMan03]

Can't wait till tomorrow

[@realprincegino]

Randy’s had the fastest entrance

[@Lukemasonmedia]

Can somebody, anybody please explain to me why there is no young shelton Benjamin? He's been in the game the last few years and never got one when they easily could have made one. Now this was the perfect place to do it , he was almost as big a name as brock coming in from ovw

[@nytrsa]

8:12 a newer randy orton on the rafters at WrestleMania 22??

[@ABigBowlOfChips]

Well I’ll be dammed. They got Cena's expensive $1,000 Legacy Championship in the game. I wish they added the other Legacy Championships but we have Community Creations so it isn’t a big deal

[@GreaterGewd]

Baristas face looks like the Mandarin from Iron Man 3

[@rooneykwami4820]

The prototype and leviathan 😂😂

[@RojoCube]

I wish I could play the game now. Gotta wait like 12 hours though.

[@DrBundy9]

I’m assuming they can’t due to copyright and what not but having Orrin’s original theme would have been awesome

[@urmie]

Wait a minute, when Prototype Cena fights Leviathan Batista near the end, Batista looks huge, almost like 7 feet tall making Cena seem small. Is that how they really compare?

[@toxicvanetti]

is this with the deluxe edition or the icon one

[@Jay-us8ko]

Shelton Benjamin was apart of the group to

[@aaronkumar2226]

Please tell me Randy's theme is burn in my light

[@zacharydixon8835]

No problem why would that be his theme especially with this being ovw superstars

[@Demon_8670]

No,this is his 2002 version, he had that song in 2004.

[@FifaForumOnline]

Nah, Orton didn’t get that theme song until after he won the WHC in 2004.

[@Chrisheart322]

It would be his theme "Blasting"

[@Smacktalks]

Sadly it's not, it's his original "Blasting" theme song from FCW

[@babayaga1988]

randy orton would do the o pose in the corner they speed up the entrance

[@Uzumakipavel]

3:08 you heard that? Someone from newLegacyinc losing his marbles

[@mavendorf121]

where are all their actual theme entrance music? i hope they included the tracks for the entrances as well otherwise its a big cop out

[@timothycrawford3476]

They should have released Star Maker Kenny, I mean, he was the manager for some of these guys.

[@PantheraTK]

Are these characters and moves not otherwise available as CAWs?

[@alzackcamberly3632]

They should put Stacy Trish Lita and Molly on that list

[@samueldunne7544]

Shame theirs no OVW arena 😢

[@MrMikail06]

Batistas model looks like anton lavey

[@-RE-imagined-RECS]

What about the theme songs.!?

[@craigfennell4962]

I want the legend killer persona smdh I got my hopes up.

[@deadpoolhd3311]

I'm Watching someone now I can Confirm Retro Brock Randy Cena Are In the game. Thuganomics Cena. Burn My Light Orton. I'm more excited now then I was before

[@DTownNash]

This is 2002 Orton so no burn In my light smh. They should've had a 2008 Orton in the showcase. Sad AF how HHH and Cena have 2008 attires but not Orton. Second year in a row they had the perfect opportunity to include a Legend Killer Orton and didn't.

[@deadpoolhd3311]

@@DTownNash no I mean there are separate alternative versions of Randy Cena Brock Batista I'm not Sure Of Yet Trust me Go To A KZbin Channel Called Phoenix Nitro Hes Live now you'll see for yourself

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

​@@DTownNash They do have bald (or rather, shaved head) 2009 "Apex Predator" Randy Orton. They also have current-day bearded Randy Orton. But yes, this is 2002 Randy Orton (initial babyface & then Randy News Network heel post-injury). He doesn't even become the "Legend Killer" properly until beating [redacted] & getting kicked out of Evolution in 2004. Even when we had "Legend Killer" Randy Orton in past WWE2K games, he had the Evolution stable theme "Line in the Sand" by Motorhead, because Randy Orton himself personally HATES "Burn in My Light" by Mercy Drive.

[@jona2979]

Are these four also available for MyGM mode