head to head
WWE 2K22 asks more than Red Dead Redemption 2, and the gap is reads.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A wrestling simulation balancing grapple execution with strategic match management.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WWE 2K22 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
WWE 2K22 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
WWE 2K22
timing reversals and grapple execution
WWE 2K22 leans clearly harder on reads.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
WWE 2K22
reading human opponents' reversal timing and patterns
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
WWE 2K22
minor RNG in reversal windows
WWE 2K22 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
WWE 2K22
movesets and match strategy are learnable
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.