During an interview with Bashworld (via Fightful), Andrea Listenberger, the developer behind WWE 2K23, discussed the writing process for MyRise and emphasized that every member of the team had previous experience working for WWE. Below are some key points from the interview:

On the choices for players in MyRise mode: “I mean, I would even say that some players are going to want to play it through once and then go and play the story mode again because you can access different things, different elements based on some of the choices you make. I’m going to leave it at that because I don’t want to spoil it.”

On the writing process: “All of the writers for MyRise worked at WWE, and as you know, WWE may be famous for having swerves, surprises, twists, and turns; and we follow the product. We write to the product. So when you play MyRise, you’re going to have swerves, twists, and turns. You might be able to create a few of your own as your character.”