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All WWE 2K25 Match Types, Explained

Author : Gabriella Mar 14,2025

Get ready to step into the ring with WWE 2K25, a massive offering for wrestling fans! This year's game boasts a huge variety of match types, including exciting new additions that debuted in 2024. Let's break down every match type in WWE 2K25.

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Bloodline Rules: Reflecting the dominance of The Bloodline in 2024 (and Roman Reigns' cover art!), Bloodline Rules matches are all-out brawls. No disqualifications mean anything goes—expect interference, weapons, and chaos! Win by pin or submission.

Intergender Matches: Finally! WWE 2K25 lets male and female superstars clash in thrilling intergender matches.

Underground Matches: Blending pro wrestling with MMA, Underground Matches remove the ropes, creating a brutal, no-holds-barred fight contained by other superstars lining the ringside.

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WWE 2K25 also brings back a massive roster of classic match types. With variations in wrestler numbers and rules, the possibilities are endless:

Normal Rules – Pin or Submission Victory

  • One on One
  • Triple Threat
  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 5-Way
  • 6-Way
  • 8-Way

Tag Team – Evenly Matched Teams

  • Two on Two
  • Two on Two – Mixed Tag
  • Two on Two – Tornado Tag
  • Three on Three
  • Three on Three – Tornado Tag
  • Triple Threat Tornado Tag
  • Four on Four
  • 4-Way Tornado Tag

Tag Team (Handicap) – Imbalanced Teams

  • One on Two – Tag
  • One on Two – Tornado Tag
  • One on Three – Tag
  • Two on Three – Tag

Ambulance Match, Casket Match – Close the opponent in the Ambulance or Casket

  • One on One only

Backstage Brawl – Fight Outside of the Ring Backstage, in the NXT Parking Lot, or WWE Archives

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Triple Threat
  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 6-Way
  • 8-Way
  • Handicap – One on Two

Battle Royal – Go over the Top Rope and you lose, last one still in the Ring wins

  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 5-Way
  • 6-Way
  • 8-Way

Elimination Chamber – Random Superstar enters at intervals, Elimination Match

  • 6-Way Only

Extreme Rules – No Countouts or Disqualifications, Weapons Encouraged

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Triple Threat
  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 5-Way

Falls Count Anywhere – Pin or Submission against the opponent anywhere in the arena

  • One on One
  • Triple Threat
  • Fatal 4-Way

Gauntlet, Gauntlet Eliminator, and Gauntlet Turmoil

  • 4 Entrants
  • 5 Entrants
  • 6 Entrants
  • 8 Entrants
  • 10 Entrants
  • 20 Entrants
  • 30 Entrants

Hell in a Cell – Win by Pin, Submission, or leave the Cage

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Three on Three
  • Triple Threat
  • Triple Threat Tornado Tag
  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 5-Way
  • 6-Way

Iron Man Match – Endurance match runs for set time, Superstars with most pins at the end wins

  • One on One only

Ladder Match – Grab the Object hanging above the Ring to win

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Three on Three
  • Triple Threat
  • Triple Threat Tornado Tag
  • Four on Four
  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 4-Way Tornado Tag
  • 5-Way
  • 6-Way
  • 8-Way

Last Man Standing – Knock a Superstar down for the Ref’s 10-count

  • One on One only

No Holds Barred – No Disqualifications or Count-Outs, anything goes

  • One on One only

Royal Rumble – Massive Matches where more Superstars enter the Ring as it Progresses

  • 10-Man Royal Rumble
  • 20-Man Royal Rumble
  • 30-Man Royal Rumble

Steel Cage – Ring surrounded by a Cage, Win by Pin, Submission or Exiting the Cage

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Triple Threat
  • Fatal 4-Way

Submission Match – No Pins, Superstar has to tap out to lose

  • One on One only

Table Match – Put a Superstar through a table to win

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Three on Three
  • Triple Threat
  • Triple Threat Tornado Tag
  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 5-Way

Tables, Ladders, and Chairs – Variant of Ladder Match featuring lots of props

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Three on Three
  • Triple Threat
  • Triple Threat Tornado Tag
  • Fatal 4-Way
  • 5-Way

Tournaments – Challenge Superstars across several match types

  • One on One
  • Two on Two
  • Tag Team Tournament
  • Dusty Rhodes Classic

WarGames – Entrants enter at intervals, pin or submission once all are in the Ring

  • Three on Three
  • Four on Four

WWE 2K25 also offers custom matches, letting you create your own unique rulesets. Get ready to rumble!

WWE 2K25 is available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on March 14th, with Early Access starting on March 7th.

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