WWE 2K26 has a multi-tier Ringside Pass that you will need to grind XP for, in order to unlock everything in the game. You can progress it the intended way while simply enjoying the game, but that path will take you quite a bit of time and effort.
This WWE 2K26 guide is all about quickly and efficiently grinding for unlocks in just a few hours.
Ringside Pass XP (RXP)
Playing Island on easy is the fastest way to rack up plenty of early RXP from challenges and match actions. The Island Weekly, MyFACTION, MyGM Season challenges, will all contribute more recurring RXP than mere exhibition matches, whether won or lost.
One-shot sources of RXP include completion of Showcase Matches, the MyRise Story, Island Quests, and MyFACTION Lifetime challenges.
Showcase Gauntlet
The most important thing you can do to ease progression is navigate to the Gameplay settings and switch the Submission Mini-Game to ‘Slider’, rather than ‘Rapid’. This has you move a rotating slider to overlap or avoid opponents. Slider should greatly improve your ability to successfully clear submissions.
Just this setting should allow you to breeze through the showcase quickly and unlock everything related.
Grinding RXP
The easiest way to make up the remainder of the RXP you will need in order to reach Tier 40 is with matches in Falls Count Anywhere.
Begin by modifying some settings to eliminate downtime between rounds, since you will be repeating matches over and over for around two hours.
Head to the Gameplay settings, and change Difficulty to ‘Easy’, Weight Detection to ‘Arcade’, Allow Match Start Actions to ‘Off’, and Postmatch Replay to ‘Off’.
In the Advanced settings for the Submission Mini-Game, set both the Strength bars for the Player to 100, and the Penalty sliders to 0. Do the opposite for the AI’s sliders, so Strength to 0, and Penalty to 100. This should make Submissions a cakewalk.
Now load up Falls Count Anywhere, which is a mode where you can win by pin or submission anywhere in the arena.
- Select One on One.
- Choose any arena.
- Play as The Great Muta.
- Select Eric Bischoff as your opponent.
- Start the Match
The Submission Mini-Game advanced settings should let you get a successful submission within seconds of starting the match. The other settings should get you to the Ratings menu immediately after, where you can elect to just hit Rematch to rinse and repeat this method until you have filled out your RXP bar to its maximum.
If you find yourself getting bored with the same wrestler pairing, feel free to switch things up to other wrestlers with whom you have some grappling experience.
That is everything there is to know about grinding RXP in order to quickly max out the Ringside Pass at Tier 40 in WWE 2K26.
