New Superstars Unleashed in WWE 2K25 WrestleMania 41, Fearless DLC Packs

We have known about the release of the Fearless Pack for WWE 2K25, and from minute one, it was probably one of the most-anticipated pack of roster members yet. We did not know, however, that the WrestelMania 41 pack would include a new member of the roster alongside other character-related content. Beyond WM 41-outfitted versions of “Main Event” Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes, the WM 41 Pack also brings Aleister Black back into the WWE 2K series for the first time in half a decade. He was last featured as Malakai Black in AEW Fight Forever and now returns to this series after being a standout character in prior games he was used in thanks to his fast-paced kicks and slick-looking submissions. This DLC first hit in June and offered up solid value with just the variants on the arena for WM 41 offering a totally different vibe depending on the day. The Fearless Pack combined with the WM 41 Pack bring a lot of content to the game.

The Fearless Pack features KSI in a Prime Bottle, ECW legend New Jack, former WWE Women’s Champion and hall of famer Bull Nakano, former TNA and current WWE star Jordynne Grace, and former AAA, AEW, Lucha Underground, TNA and current WWE star Penta in its roster. Both Penta and Grace played pretty large parts in the rise of TNA over the past decade, with Penta having a killer run there as World Champion. In the case of Grace, she was the dominant women’s champion there since signing in 2019 after shining at the ALL IN pre-show battle royal in 2018 and dominating the division until making her WWE debut as TNA Women’s Knockouts Champion at the 2024 Royal Rumble and then hitting the NXT roster in WWE in 2025.

She’s the Juggernaut

Her addition to the roster alongside Bull Nakano puts two female heavy-hitters in the lineup and Nakano is someone who it felt like would never be in a WWE game. She wasn’t in any during her WWF or WCW runs, but was a popular character to see featured in an unofficial capacity in the Fire Pro Wrestling series and 2K25 nails her high-risk, high-workrate style perfectly. She has the somersault legdrop as her super finisher and a variety of legdrops alongside the Bull’s Angelito/PTO submission. It’s rare that you could transplant someone across decades and have them work just as well, but you could put ’90s Bull Nakano into a time machine and she’d work out just as well now. Her match at Summerslam ’94 with Alundra Blayze/Madusa was something of a classic in its time and now she’s available in a WWE game for the first time ever.

A Vintage Raw Beatdown

The same holds true for New Jack, who was featured in ECW games on the PS1 and Dreamcast, but hasn’t been in anything since. With his passing, it probably made things easier to get him in and Visual Concepts did a fantastic job capturing the essence of his matches. While he was in Smoky Mountain Wrestling and an absolute heat magnet there, his biggest fame came from ECW and having “Natural Born Killaz” blare through his weapon shot-filled matches was something different. While the song has been changed to his longtime WWE dub theme, it still plays throughout his whole match and his brawling style has been retained nicely alongside some custom animation for him with his windup punch. He was not someone anyone expected to see in a game, but it’s fitting for a game with such a heavy Paul Heyman influence throughout its showcase and marketing to give him a gaming spotlight once again.

Penta Shows Zero Fear

The Fearless Pack is available on its own or as part of the Deadman or Bloodline editions of WWE 2K25 on Xbox One/Series platforms, PlayStation 4 and 5, and PC. There’s a ton of variety offered up with this pack and many more dream matches added to the game with just Penta and Bull Nakano added to the lineup, let alone bringing New Jack in for fans of hardcore wrestling to really sink their teeth into. Today also marks the release of WWE 2K25 on the Nintendo Switch 2 — marking the first portable entry in the series on consoles since WWE 2K18 on the Switch.

WWE 2K25

4.0/5

Released

March 14, 2025

ESRB

Teen // Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op, Local Multiplayer, Local Co-Op