Every single WWE 2K cover star

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WWE 2K14 (2013): Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

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WWE 2K15 (2014): John Cena

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WWE 2K16 (2015): Stone Cold Steve Austin

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WWE 2K17 (2016): Brock Lesnar

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WWE 2K18 (2017): Seth Rollins

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WWE 2K19 (2018): AJ Styles

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WWE 2K20 (2019): Becky Lynch & Roman Reigns

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WWE 2K Battlegrounds (2020): Multiple superstars

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WWE 2K23 (2023): John Cena

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Find out which celebrities and superstars were in John Cena’s WWE 2K23 cover video!

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