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Wrestling was pretty damn sweet back in my day. In fact, I like to think I grew up during the golden age of wrestling.
As a kid I was treated to the heroic Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior shaking the ropes, and Ted DiBiase and Ric Flair doing their best to advance their nefarious schemes. When I was a teenager, I had Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Rock, Chris Jericho and the awesome subterfuge of the New World Order. My friends and I watched every week of Nitro and Raw, and used money we did not have to order the pricey pay-per-views. When we went to school on Tuesday, the previous night's shows were the only thing anyone wanted to talk about. Honestly, it was pretty nice.
Of course, being a wrestling fan goes with video game fandom like peanut butter and chocolate. What is wrestling, after all, other than a live-action equivalent of fighting games and superhero tales? The only problem was this: there really were not any good wrestling games. Yes, you had Tecmo Wrestling, which was nominally cool, but after that, what? WCW Wrestling? Eh. It was terribly repetitive, as were all of the old WWF War Zone and Raw games. WWF Steel Cage Challenge (way back in 1992) had its moments, but if you're being honest with yourself, none of the titles were all that much fun to play.
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As a kid I was treated to the heroic Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior shaking the ropes, and Ted DiBiase and Ric Flair doing their best to advance their nefarious schemes. When I was a teenager, I had Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Rock, Chris Jericho and the awesome subterfuge of the New World Order. My friends and I watched every week of Nitro and Raw, and used money we did not have to order the pricey pay-per-views. When we went to school on Tuesday, the previous night's shows were the only thing anyone wanted to talk about. Honestly, it was pretty nice.
Of course, being a wrestling fan goes with video game fandom like peanut butter and chocolate. What is wrestling, after all, other than a live-action equivalent of fighting games and superhero tales? The only problem was this: there really were not any good wrestling games. Yes, you had Tecmo Wrestling, which was nominally cool, but after that, what? WCW Wrestling? Eh. It was terribly repetitive, as were all of the old WWF War Zone and Raw games. WWF Steel Cage Challenge (way back in 1992) had its moments, but if you're being honest with yourself, none of the titles were all that much fun to play.
Read More - Out of Bounds: The Late, The Great, WWF No Mercy
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