Regardless of his obscure in-ring involvement, Muhammad Ali joins the WWE 2K24 roster when the sport releases on March 8. He’s proven briefly in a current trailer printed Tuesday.

Muhammad Ali will probably be becoming a member of a roster of over 200 WWE Superstars when the sports activities leisure sport releases subsequent month. With him being a boxer, his moveset will doubtless revolve round punches as proven within the trailer.

Ali has appeared on WWE programming twice. First and most notably, the boxer was a visitor referee through the first Wrestlemania 40 years in the past. It was throughout the principle occasion with Hulk Hogan and Mr. T (from The A-Crew fame) towards “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. Regardless of his place of authority, he did lay in a punch or two towards Piper and fought off one in all his allies attempting to insert themselves into the match.

One more reason why Muhammad Ali is perhaps in WWE 2K24, regardless of being arguably one of the best boxer of all time, is that he really fought a wrestler within the ring earlier than. He interrupted a match with Gorilla Monsoon and matched his fists towards Monsoon’s grappling prowess.

This yr’s WWE sport will probably be trying again at 40 years of Wrestlemania, so it is smart that Ali is included. In case you’re going all the best way again to the unique Wrestlemania, you’d in all probability wish to embrace such a notable look.

Different confirmed wrestlers in WWE 2K24 embrace Cody Rhodes, Andre The Big, Chyna, Hulk Hogan, and Kevin Nash, amongst many others. Attributable to current occasions, Brock Lesnar might or might not make it into the ultimate roster, particularly after his removing from the cellular title Supercard.