WWE 2K26 Adds Brian Pillman to Season 3 DLC

WWE 2K26, the latest installment in the popular wrestling video game series, will feature the late Brian Pillman as a playable character in its third season of downloadable content, an announcement delivered by his son, current NXT wrestler Lexis King. The game launches globally on March 13, with early access beginning March 6 for those who preorder special editions, including the King of Kings, Attitude Era, and Monday Night War versions.

King shared the news on his Twitch channel, a moment captured in a video posted to social media by WWE Games on March 4. "Ladies and gentlemen, it has been a dream of mine to reclaim my birthright and take what belongs to me in the WWE, and that dream is quickly becoming a reality because I just heard through the grapevine that the WWE 2K26 Ringside Pass number three is going to include the legendary Brian Pillman," King said. He added, "That's right. You're gonna get to play as me, you're gonna get to play as my father, and you're gonna get to play with us as a tag team and of course, you're gonna make us the tag team champions because it belongs to us and it is my birthright."

Pillman's inclusion marks his return to the WWE 2K series after...