WWE 2K26 Ringside Report - MyGM

SEASON SETUP 

There are new updates when it comes to GM seasons. For starters, the default setting for a season is now 50 weeks.

We have also increased starting budget options based on the following: 

• $3M 
• $4M
• $5M (Default) 
• $6M
• $7M (For players who want more freedom in their GM booking experience)

The higher starting budgets will help increase the average roster size per show to approx 20-35 superstars per brand. This increase in average Superstars per brand will change the way players book their shows by adding more strategic opportunities.

If extreme difficulty wasn’t enough for some of our hardcore players, we have tuned and revamped our difficulties and AI. If you are looking for an even bigger challenge, we also added a new Game and AI difficulty setting - Immortal. Good luck, you’ll need it!

DRAFT

One new addition to the draft is that players can now easily sort by ring level.

MATCHES

WWE 2K26 ups the ante by introducing a significant increase in supported match types and rules into this year’s MyGM.

As part of that increase and in addition to all the match rules we have supported in the past,  we’re now supporting 5, 6, and 8-way matches, including handicap-type matches. The following match rules are now available in GM:

• 5 - Way
• 6 - Way
• 3 vs 3 
• Triple Threat Tag
• 8 - Way
• 4 vs 4
• Fatal Four Way Tag
• 1 vs 2
• 1 vs 3
• 1 vs 4

In addition to all our previous match types, MyGM will also feature the following match types to choose from on a weekly basis:

• Ladder Match
• Battle Royal
• Bloodline Rules
• I Quit
• Inferno
• Dumpster
• 3 Stages of Hell

PLES

As players progress through their season, they’ll notice we have added new PLEs to the mix, with the larger cross-brand PLEs supporting 6 and 8-way matches, and overall a larger pool of match types available during PLEs.

Below is the list of PLEs that will be included in this year’s MyGM:

• Backlash (Returning)
• Clash at Paris (New)
• Crown Jewel (New)
• Hell in A Cell (Returning)
• Money In The Bank (Returning)
• Battleground (New)
• Evolution (New)
• Great American Bash (New)
• Halloween Havoc (New)
• Night of Champions (New)
• No Mercy (New)
• Worlds Collide (New)
• Survivor Series: War Games (New)
• Summer Slam (Returning)
• Elimination Chamber (New)
• WrestleMania (Returning)

SCHEDULING SHOWS & MANAGING ROSTER

For this year’s MyGM, we are also introducing support for intergender matches, which opens up even further options when booking shows. Intergender matches do require small additional costs to utilize, so players will want to be strategic with how and when they put on shows.

We’re also adding support for custom championships for offline play! Custom championships are fully customizable. If you want to use women's belts for men’s championships, go ahead. If you want the same championship for every title, you can! If you want to use custom-created belts, you can do that too! 

Another new feature is double-booking, meaning players can now have a Superstar cut a promo and still be put in a match. Bear in mind It does reduce stamina costs for that superstar even further. As always, MyGM focuses on management and strategy, so double booking means that the promo location on your show is more important than ever. Which means we have introduced canceled promos. If a Superstar is double-booked in a match and a promo and injured before their promo is scheduled, the promo will be canceled, and the effects voided.  With those 50 weeks, injury times have also increased, so be sure to protect your roster!

For players who are getting competitive against their friends, we are making some updates to Power Cards.  For starters, players can now trade Power Cards during trade weeks.  In prior years, players were given 5 slots for Superstar trades, and this year, we’ve replaced 2 of those slots to fill with Power Cards.

For players who aren’t major fans of power cards and want fewer of them, or for fans who want a more strategic GM experience, there is also a new settings option to disable the Power Card Store when setting up your game. This means that Power Cards in this setting can still be earned, via perks, commissioner goals, seasonal challenges, etc., but they cannot be purchased directly from the store.

Last year, we introduced the timer to amp up the difficulty level during show bookings, but we heard from the community that having it start immediately was a bit much. This year, the timer will get paused before your week starts and require you to manually start your week, giving players some mental time and stability to prepare before booking their week. 

Lastly, when playing or spectating matches, entrances can now be disabled, allowing players to get into the action quicker!

PROMOS

In addition to canceled promos, we have also introduced Invasion promos. You can send a star to attack an opposing brand in an attempt to steal some of their fans. The amount of fans stolen is based on superstars promo skills. A good promo will net you fans, a bad promo will make your brand look bad and potentially cause you to lose fans.

MID SEASON PUSH

With 50-week seasons, we wanted to make sure that players had the opportunity to prepare some of their superstars for the last half of the season. After week 25 of each season, each brand will have the chance to select up to 6 superstars from their roster to boost both their stamina and morale. If you are familiar with how keepers work, you should be right at home here.

THE GENERAL MANAGERS

Of course, you can’t manage a brand without the actual General Managers.  In WWE 2K26, we are adding three new managers to the mix - Bobby Heenan, Stacy Keibler, and the Anonymous General Manager for a full GM roster of 20 GMs. Below is the full list of GMs:

• Adam Pearce
• Nick Aldis
• Paul Heyman
• Stephanie McMahon
• Xavier Woods
• Tyler Breeze
• Eric Bischoff
• Mick Foley
• William Regal
• Teddy Long
• Bobby Heenan (New)
• Ava
• Shawn Michaels
• Sensational Sherri
• Miss Elizabeth
• Stacy Keibler (New)
• Mr. Fuji
• CM Punk
• Anonymous General Manager (New)
• Custom GM

When choosing GMs, we are also adding the option for random GMs and Brand selections.

GMs who are playable within the game and have move sets are now available to draft with no restrictions. This means you can play as CM Punk as your GM AND CM Punk on your roster! Yes, this also means they will sometimes receive requests from themselves! 

SEASONAL CHALLENGES

With 50-week seasons, we have added new seasonal challenges and made some adjustments to seasonal challenges. Players will now receive up to 20 seasonal challenges per season, and every 5 they complete will earn them a Hall of Fame trophy.

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OTHER NEW ADDITIONS

• New shake-ups
• New slammies
• New commissioner goals
• New E-mails
• New Power Cards
• New Tweets
• New superstar perks
• Revised logistic unlocks
• Required number of superstars to draft has been slightly increased
• Timer ticking noise at specific intervals has been shortened
• Tuning for all of the above

We hope you are all as excited as we are for MyGM in WWE 2K26 and can’t wait for everyone to get their hands on it.

Until then, stay tuned for more Ringside Reports!