This coming Monday, 2K will formally announce the cover star for this year’s WWE 2K19 video game. A “Virtual Press Conference” will be streamed online at 11:00am EST / 8am PST via WWE.2K.com and the WWE 2K social media channels.
Fans have been buzzing about who will get the honor this year, with guesses ranging from Roman Reigns to Jinder Mahal. Ahead of the big announcement, Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that a 2K19 commercial was filmed this week in Memphis and reigning WWE Champion AJ Styles will be the cover star of WWE 2K19.
Each year, there is also a big name featured as a special downloadable character for players who pre-order the game. With recent pre-order bonus stars including Kurt Angle and Goldberg, this year’s bonus character will be Ronda Rousey.
Both Styles and Rousey were on hand this week when 2K filmed, along with several other Superstars, including Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio Jr. Mysterio is not currently under contract with WWE, but made several one-off appearances for the company this year – including the Royal Rumble and the Greatest Royal Rumble event from Saudi Arabia.
Although the release date has not been announced yet beyond ‘Fall 2018’, last year’s installment dropped on October 17th, so expect a similar time frame for WWE 2K19.