CM Punk may be set to face John Cena for the WWE Undisputed Championship at Night of Champions, currently, but it’s only a matter of time before he’s brought into a storyline against Seth Rollins and his new faction consisting of Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed. In fact, in some ways, Seth Rollins' win at MITB is just more fuel for that fire. Seth Rollins is the second person to ever win theMoney in the Bank contracttwice (2014, 2015), with the first being CM Punk (2008, 2009). And while Seth Rollins and CM Punk exchanged a few words and a few blows after CM Punk’s return, that storyline has been on the back burner following CM Punk and Drew McIntyre’s feud. It’s bound to blow up sooner rather than later, though, and that’s fireWWE 2K26should utilize.
Although it has not had a proper reveal yet,WWE 2K26was confirmed in 2K’s financial reportin May alongsideWWE 2K Mobile. Fans can likely expect a concrete reveal and news around January or February, likely around the Royal Rumble, before a proper release happens in March 2026. It’s currently unknown what it will entail, but the return of MyRise is a given. Based on howWWE 2K25’s MyRise developed, telling a story based on the competition between CM Punk and Seth Rollins inWWE 2K26would work wonders.
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR WWE 2K25’s MyRISE STORYLINE
How a WWE 2K26 Storyline Could Use CM Punk and Seth Rollins' Ire
One of the coolestchoices inWWE 2K25’s MyRise storylineis how players make two superstars: a male and a female wrestler. Their storylines are intertwined and end in a cool betrayal followed by a “play which superstar?” question that determines the fate of WWE. It’s a cool gimmick and making two superstars should become a mainstay, but MyRise can’t tell the same story every time. Instead, ifWWE 2K26’s MyRise mode carried on this tradition but instead allowed fans to make two rivals of the same sex, the story could work the same whether they wanted to play male superstars or female superstars (and putting Evolution in the spotlight in case of the latter would be a wise move).
Instead of playing friends, former lovers, or training buddies, however,WWE 2K26could put players in control of rivals. This is only speculation, of course, but it would be fun to go back and forth playing these two superstars. Players could go back and forth winning titles and breaking records, while tapping into the same ire that CM Punk and Seth Rollins have for one another. At the heart of their feud is the fact that CM Punk left WWE but never lost popularity, while Seth was “left behind” by him and helped carry WWE through good times and bad. IfWWE 2K26’s MyRise storyline develops across decades, this same story could be told across indies or TKO properties, which would make promo battles between the two superstars tap into the same animosity that Punk and Rollins do every time. And, for good measure, throw someDrew McIntyrein there too.
Of course, where WWE goes with the Seth Rollins storyline and how the feud with CM Punk eventually happens remains to be seen, but the best part of that is it’s an open-ended question WWE 2K26could explore. Who is more important? The WWE superstar who gets chants for years at a company he’s not even involved in or the WWE superstar who has worked so hard at making WWE his home. It’s compelling TV, and it would be a compellinggame mode forWWE 2K26too.
