WWE 2K22 Roster Features Controversial Wrestler Brian Kendrick

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With the WWE 2K22 release date right around the corner, 2K Sports and Visual Concepts have been revealing everything fans need to know before purchasing the game. Recently, the developers pulled the curtain back on the entire WWE 2K22 roster and their overall ratings, confirming every playable wrestler that fans will be able to choose from come launch. The WWE 2K22 roster features 163 wrestlers in the base game and 168 wrestlers for those that spring for the nWo 4-Life Edition, including some surprises.

The WWE 2K22 roster not only features the biggest stars of the current real-world WWE roster, but it also features some wrestlers who are no longer with the company. WWE released quite a lot of high profile talent between the launch of WWE 2K20 and WWE 2K22, but a few of them are still readily available to play as in the new game, including wrestlers like Braun Strowman and Samoa Joe. There are even some wrestlers on the WWE 2K22 roster who are actively appearing on the competing company's television, with stars like Keith Lee and Kyle O'Reilly appearing in the new game despite being signed to AEW.

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Out of all the cut wrestlers in WWE 2K22, one of the most surprising inclusions is The Brian Kendrick, also known simply as Brian Kendrick, who has a 74 overall rating in the game. Brian Kendrick being part of the WWE 2K22 roster is surprising not only because he's no longer with WWE in real-life, but because of controversies that actually saw his planned AEW debut derailed.

Brian Kendrick was released from WWE at the beginning of February, and pretty much immediately after that he was announced to appear on an upcoming episode of AEW Dynamite to wrestle Jon Moxley.