The roster reveal for the upcoming WWE 2K19 was hosted by Lana and Rusev along with B Team members Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas once again. The game will be released on October 9, 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

As noted, Styles will be on the cover of the game while Rey Mysterio and Ronda Rousey will be featured as the pre-order bonus characters.

The second batch of Superstars have been revealed as playable characters in the upcoming game on Thursday, September 6th, which you can see here:

Second Batch

– AJ Styles
– Asuka
– The Miz
– Lince Dorado
– Shinsuke Nakamura
– Mandy Rose
– Shelton Benjamin
– Becky Lynch
– Maryse
– Andrade “Cien” Almas
– Rusev
– Luke Gallows
– Karl Anderson
– Jey Uso
– Jimmy Uso
– Lana
– Harper
– Rowan
– Peyton Royce
– Billie Kay
– Big E
– Kofi Kingston
– Xavier Woods
– Samoa Joe
– Charlotte Flair
– Naomi
– Carmella
– Ariya Daivari
– Sonya Deville
– Tony Nese
– Drew Gulak
– Mustafa Ali
– Jeff Hardy
– Daniel Bryan
– Aiden English
– Akira Tozawa
– Alexander Wolfe
– Cedric Alexander
– Cesaro
– Chris Jericho
– Epico Colon
– Eric Young
– Gran Metalik
– Hideo Itami
– Jack Gallagher
– John Cena
– Kalisto
– Killian Dain
– Nikki Bella
– Noam Dar
– Paige
– Primo Colon
– Randy Orton
– R-Truth
– Shane McMahon
– Sheamus
– Sin Cara
– Tamina
– TJP
– Tye Dillinger

The first batch of names for the game was announced last week and you can check them out.

First Batch

– Braun Strowman
– Kairi Sane
– Adam Cole
– Sasha Banks
– Pete Dunne
– Akam
– Aleister Black
– Alexa Bliss
– Alicia Fox
– Angelo Dawkins
– Apollo Crews
– Baron Corbin
– Bayley
– Bianca Belair
– The Big Show
– Bo Dallas
– Bobby Fish
– Bobby Roode
– Bray Wyatt
– Brock Lesnar
– Chad Gable
– Curt Hawkins
– Curtis Axel
– Dana Brooke
– Dash Wilder
– Dean Ambrose
– Dolph Ziggler
– Drew McIntyre
– Elias
– Ember Moon
– Fandango
– Finn Bálor
– Goldust
– Heath Slater
– Jason Jordan
– Jinder Mahal
– Johnny Gargano
– Konnor
– Kassius Ohno
– Kevin Owens
– Kyle O’Reilly
– Lars Sullivan
– Liv Morgan
– Matt Hardy
– Mickie James
– Mojo Rawley
– Montez Ford
– Natalya
– Nia Jax
– Nick Miller
– No Way Jose
– Oney Lorcan
– Otis Dozovic
– Rezar
– Rhyno
– Roderick Strong
– Roman Reigns
– Ronda Rousey (Pre-Order Bonus)
– Ruby Riott
– Sami Zayn
– Sarah Logan
– Scott Dawson
– Seth Rollins
– Shane Thorne
– Shayna Baszler
– Titus O’Neil
– Triple H
– Tucker Knight
– Tyler Bate
– Tyler Breeze
– The Velveteen Dream
– Viktor
– Zack Ryder

The following is an updated list of WWE and NXT Superstars who are injured and their expected return dates, courtesy of Reddit user u/Gear4Vegito:

Main Roster Superstars

Sin Cara – Knee Surgery (Unknown Return Date)
– Underwent surgery August 15th

Maria Kanellis – Broken Wrist (Expected to Return Late October)
– Broke her wrist whilst training for a return post maternity

Tamina – Torn Rotator Cuff (Approx. Return in Fall 2018)
– Underwent surgery shortly after the Royal Rumble on January 28th

Big Show – Hip Surgery (Approx. Return in Fall 2018)
– Written off TV, September 4th 2017

Samir Singh (The Singh Brothers) – Torn ACL (Return Expected In Final Quarter of 2018)
– Injured January 16th in a brawl with Bobby Roode

Fandango (Fashion Police) – Left Labrum Tear (Return Expected in January/February)
– Injury announced on July 6th

Rowan – Torn Bicep (Return Expected in the First Quarter of 2019)
– Injured during SummerSlam match on August 18th; written off TV on August 20th

Sami Zayn – 2 Torn Rotator Cuffs (Return Expected In the First Quarter of 2019)
– Written off TV after a loss to Bobby Lashley at Money In The Bank

Unknown Injuries: Ariya Daivari (Unknown) and Nia Jax (Leg)

Uncertain Returns

Additionally, there are a few superstars that have injuries that are, sadly, leaving a future return in question:

Jason Jordan (Neck – February 5th)

Matt Hardy (Various Injuries – August 14th)

Goldust (Double Knee Surgery – July 10th)

NXT Comebacks

Finally, NXT Superstars with estimated return dates:

Aleister Black – Torn Groin (Late August/September)

Bobby Fish (The Undisputed ERA) – Torn ACL and MCL (Late 2018)

Tino Sabbatelli – Torn Pectoral Muscle (Early 2019)

Riddick Moss – Torn Achilles Tendon (Early 2019)

Last week’s episode of Raw suffered a drop in the viewership, but it appears that the big returns and multiple Shield segments helped the viewership to stay steady this week.

The episode featuring Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor and the locker room heels unleashing a beatdown on the Shield recorded 2.872 million viewers.

This is only a slight downgrade from last week. As noted before last week’s episode of the show featuring Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman vs. Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler drew a total of 2.877 million viewers.

The interesting thing to note here is that the third hour of Raw which is usually the lowest watched hour of the show did better in comparison to previous weeks.

The first hour of this week’s episode of the show drew 2.945 million viewers and the second hour drew 2.933 million viewers. In comparison, last week’s episode had drawn 3.076 million and 2.927 million viewers respectively.

The third hour, however, saw a slight increase in the viewership compared to last week and it drew 2.740 million viewers which is up from last week’s 2.630 million viewers.

Though it’s worth mentioning here that next week’s episode of the show will have more competition than this week due to the beginning of pro football season so it’s possible that the overall numbers will see a more significant drop.