Going from a series of on/off grappling and striking attacks, to a furious amount of rapid button pushing, this game plays like a fitful bout of epilepsy.
With the relative popularity of wrestling, as a spectator sport goes, it amazes me how often the gameplay in your average wrestling title fails to live up to even cursory standards, often being a maze of ill timed button mashing and inane combo mov..
Wrestling may just be the all American sport. Basketball is from Canada, baseball is a variation (of sorts) of cricket, football is a variation (of sorts) of rugby, and hockey is so Canadian that you can't help but say 'eh' after saying it aloud.
The game features such great sportsmen as Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Irwin R. Schyster, Jake Roberts, The Mountie, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Sid Justice, Ted DiBiase, and The Undertaker.
For those fans that have been following 'professional wrestling' for decades, having a chance to see wrestling stars from the late '70's and '80's can be nostalgic at the least.
The player takes control of Bruce Blade, a rookie wrestler through a series of matches to win the Sega Wrestling Alliance championship belt by facing the following wrestlers, each possessing their unique wrestling moves.
Get RAW like never before! It's the ultimate 32X ringside slugfest: next-generation graphics, upgraded sound f/x, the hottest WWF superstars, mat-pounding new moves like the high impact powerslam, all new pins like the in-you-face "showboat" and mo..