The WWE2K25 patch update 1.7 launched on 04/09/25 to mixed results
The long-awaited, much-anticipated patch 1.7 launched this week for WWE2K25 to mixed results. While highlights of the patch included the addition of the modern NXT men’s and women’s championships as well as the free addition of the Saturday Night’s Main Event arena and assets, the match also moved a lot of progress and features backward. The following list overviews the listed patch updates from 2k from WhatsTheStatus on X. (Reports of game features broken by 1.7 will follow)
General
Stability and Performance improvements.
Championships
Added the new NXT Championship and NXT Women’s Championship.
Camera
Addressed reported concerns of the Money in the Bank briefcases clipping in Creations. Addressed reported concerns of the Camera Cuts presentation options not updating in AI vs AI matches. Adjusted Hell in a Cell roof transparency to make it more opaque.
Addressed reported concerns of the camera losing the target in a multiplayer brawl within the WWE Archives and NXT Parking Lot environments and when a Superstar exited the ring during an Underground match.
Addressed reported concerns of the camera not focusing on the AI winner after a human player was eliminated from a Royal Rumble.
Improved camera tracking, angles, and targeting.
Addressed reported concerns of Superstars disappearing at the end of brawls.
Addressed reported concerns related to Replays/Highlight Reel for the following: Back tattoos, Spectator Camera UI, drag attacks against car hoods, and closing of the casket in a Casket Match now display correctly in replays.
Battle Royal highlights now span the entire match.
All participants snow show up correctly in Elimination Match highlights.
Pin rope break is captured properly for highlights .
Addressed reported concerns where the manual camera would not engage in CAA and CAS during part and image customization.
Stability improvements for all modes
Create-an-Arena:
Addressed reported concerns of the revert dialog not appearing when cancelling from Arena Lighting.
Addressed reported concerns of the thumbnails being incorrect for templates and saves.
Addressed reported concerns where the commentary team would not appear when announcer tables are present.
Addressed reported concerns where previously applied images were not removable if the part was switched to one with less customizable sections.
Addressed reported concerns where images placed on the barricade corner could not be moved left or right. Addressed reported concerns where the text for sub-parts and the announcer table were incorrect. Addressed reported concerns where the inner LED ringposts could not be individually customized. Addressed reported concerns where covers and bases for announcer tables could not be individually customized.
Address reported concerns of venue features blocking the ring mat.
Now the venue features will turn off when in the ring menu and return to the previous setting when exiting the ring menu. Added the ability to toggle venue features from all screens.
Addressed reported concerns of the lighting rig being hidden based on users venue feature preferences. Updated the object highlight blinker for better visibility.
Create-a-Superstar:
Addressed reported concerns of not being able to reorder image customizations.
Environments
Added the Saturday Night’s Main Event Arena Improvements to player and camera collision with objects in multiple arenas Updates to multiple Superstar Trons
MyGM
Brand updates: Added Women’s midcard championships for RAW, SmackDown and NXT Brands.
Brands with new midcard belts have had their Popularity bonuses reduced for balancing against other brands.
Updated NXT belt visuals.
NXT brand now receives two copies of their power card per season.
Roster tuning: Stat updates for various superstars Game tuning: Tuning for fan retention and cash gain across the game.
Fan retention rate now increases from season to season up to a max. of 99% Reduced the arena capacity for the largest arena from 50k to 45k. PLE Victory bonus has been tuned and reduced from 10k fans to 5k fans. Tuning updates to seasonal challenges. Reduced the maximum amount of fans a charity promo can grant.
E-mails: New email interactions E-mail tuning so that some e-mails appear more often.
Tutorial updates Better clarity on PLE fan and cash gain, these tutorials can be activated on the post show breakdown.
Other Updates: General stability updates and improvements. Available managers like CM Punk now appear in custom draft games if unselected as a GM and if fewer than 30 stars are removed from the Active roster category. Wrestlemania now requires all brands on all difficulties to book 2 midcard matches during week 25.
Graphics General stability improvements. Addressed reported concerns of body bruising not appearing on Superstar alternate attires.
Addressed reported concerns of Face Photo image positions resetting when selecting the image after making modifications to it.
Addressed reported concerns on XB1/PS4, where images placed in custom arenas would display gaps and move improperly during matches.
MyFACTION
Updated displays for Pack Contents within different Play modes. Updated empty images. General stability improvements.
MyRISE
General stability and improvements.
Universe
Calendar Added Saturday Night’s Main Event to the Universe calendar and as a PLE template.
Active show will no longer be automatically simulated when deleting simulated show.
Addressed reported concerns with show deletion from the Calendar and improved general stability and functionality.
UI
Addressed reported concerns of Divisions not being editable on a Custom show Managers can now be selected when editing a match, even if they are not on that show. Addressed reported concerns of changes being reset in the participants menu also resetting changes for all shows.
Championships will now be properly vacated when removing Champion Superstar from a show.
Addressed reported concerns of Judgment Day(R-Truth) being used even with R-Truth Judgement Day locked.
MITB cash in sliders will now properly reset to default when resetting Universe Updated Ridge Holland nameplate
Matchmaking Tuned logic for how many managers are assigned during a show’s matchmaking.
Tag Team Matches will be prioritized when you select a member of a Tag Team in Superstar mode. Addressed reported concerns of two-day Royal Rumble PLEs causing a third Royal Rumble match to appear.
Addressed reported concerns surrounding intergender matchmaking and generating title shots Addressed reported concerns with tournaments, including the inability to add Custom Superstars to a tournament PLE. Rivalries & Cutscenes
Added ability to set up rivalry actions on PLEs.
Addressed reported concerns surrounding MITB assignments, targets, rivalry actions, and entrances. Updated Referee attire in Rivalry Actions.
Addressed reported concerns of some Rivalry Actions being locked to male Superstars only and cutscenes Addressed reported concerns of Rivalry Outcomes and momentum not being applied, as well as adjusted UI when setting up and displaying rivalries Addressed reported concerns with Promo cutscenes and showing their base match correctly.
The “Win Match in 5 Minutes” promo will now show a timer in the next match
Gameplay
Addressed reported concerns of “Run-In” and “Paparazzi” Paybacks not functioning in Universe
Addressed reported concerns of Manager Attire appearing as Ring Attire
Additional improvements around Bloodline Rules Match, Alt Attire usage, and Custom Match Rules applying correctly
Addressed reported concerns with a rope break automatically happening in Underground Matches
Other Enabled Payback MyRISE 2K25 and WrestleMania 31 Day/Night arenas for Create-A-Show and Universe Enabled win/loss tracking for all Superstars in Universe mode
Addressed reported concerns with Championship stats
Made various adjustments to the initial Universe mode roster and setup
*Render for John Cena 2010 updated to reflect attire correctly
*DX tag motion and template added
*Fraxiom tag template added
What The 2k25 1.7 Patch Broke:
Renders for managers (Jimmy Hart & Captain Lou Albano) Removed
Hair/Beard glitch patched: All custom attires using this method are now showing the “invisible” gear. Community Creation downloads affected include CM Punk 2012, CM Punk 2009, DDP 2002, Bron Breakker ’25, Bully Ray’24, and any other upload that was previously utilizing these glitches.
Render sizing on CAWs:
CAWs with renders are now appearing even smaller in creation menus
CAWs with championships in Universe mode appear to be cut off
CAWs with renders now will occasionally appear with a glitch featuring another superstar’s render behind them.
Championships
While the update added sideplate compatibility for the United States and Intercontinental championships, it also seems to have caused issues with the belt images lining up correctly.
Sideplates appearing askew
Main plates appearing shrunken
Reports of Custom Championship assets being removed from Create a Championship
In Match
Issues reported on the Carry System being limited/not working for AI
The submission system automatically reverts to the button mash minigame when playing multi-man matches
Reports of games crashes when editing PLEs in universe mode
Reports that CAW hair loses texture and is “shiny” during matches on PS5
More bugs or issues following the 1.7 patch?
Let us know below if you’ve experienced other issues since the latest patch update and be sure to report any other finding to the 2K Team.
