Make your own legends of wrestling

[Guest Redhawk]

If you had the power to put any wrestler on the game, regardless of WWF licensing or copyrights or any of that, who would you have on there? Oh, and pretend that the game is actually worth playing, or as good as your favorite wrestling game. And that these guys would be in their prime. My 40:

 

1. Shawn Michaels

2. The Rock

3. Steve Austin

4. Ric Flair

5. Bret Hart

6. Vader

7. Sting

8. Jimmy Snuka

9. Road Warrior Hawk

10. Road Warrior Animal

11. Hulk Hogan

12. Randy Savage

13. Dusty Rhodes

14. Goldberg

15. Terry Funk

16. Cactus Jack

17. Bob Backlund

18. Rick Rude

19. Sid Viscious

20. Andre the Giant

21. Roddy Piper

22. The Undertaker

23. Ricky Morton

24. Stan Lane

25. Bubba Ray Dudley

26. D-Von Dudley

27. Kevin Nash

28. Scott Hall

29. Scott Steiner

30. Rick Steiner

31. Booker T

32. Stevie Ray

33. Lex Luger

34. Triple H

35. Rey Mysterio Jr.

36. Muta

37. Rob Van Dam

38. Arn Anderson

39. Ricky Steamboat

40. Ultimate Warrior

[Guest dreamer420]

1. bret hart

2. owen hart

3. tommy dreamer

4. rob van dam

5. dynamite kid

6. davey boy smith

7. raven

8. sandman

9. chris benoit

10. dean malenko

11. eddie guerrero

12. billy kidman

13. cactus jack

14. terry funk

15. ric flair

16. ricky steamboat

17. ax

18. smash

19. jeff hardy

20. sabu

21. sid motherfucking vicious

22. lance storm

23. shane mcmahon

24. kurt angle

25. razor ramon

26. arn anderson

27. the giant

28. andre the giant

29. sting

30. hhh

31. steve austin

32. spike dudley

33. d-von dudley

34. buh buh ray dudley

35. jerry lynn

36. undertaker

37. rick rude

38. mr. perfect

39. marty jannetty

40. ric blade

[Guest goodhelmet]

1. ric flair

2. ricky steamboat

3. andre the giant

4. hulk hogan

5. nick bockwinkle

5. lou thesz

6. frank gotch

7. rikidozan

8. giant baba

9. mr wrestling 2

10. bruiser brody

11. abdullah the butcher

12. mil mascaras

13. dory funk jr

14. terry funk

15. wahoo mcdaniel

16. superstar billy graham

17. bruno sammartino

18. iron sheik

19. harley race

20. dusty rhodes

21. tully blanchard

22. arn anderson

23. barry windham

24. tiger mask

25. dynamite kid

26. greg valentine

27. antonio inoki

28. gorgeous george

29. randy savage

30. fritz von erich

31. jumbo tsuruta

32. mitsuharu misawa

33. toshiaki kawada

34. stan hansen

35. bret hart

36. pat patterson

37. magnum ta

38. atsushi onita

39. junkyard dog

40. big john studd

[Guest Haku]

1. Mick Foley

2. Tenyru

3. Andre The Giant

4. Terry Funk

5. Undertaker

5. Lou Thesz

6. Hayabusa

7. Tiger Jeet Singh

8. Giant Singh

9. Tiger Mask

10. Hulke Hogan

11. Abdullah The Butcher

12. Super J

13. The Great Muta

14. Terry Gordy

15. Bret Hart

16. Owen Hart

17. Kabuki

18. Iron Sheik

19. The Sheik

20. Vader

21. Tanaka

22. Sato

23. Hawk

24. Animal

25. Dynamite Kid

26. Barbarian

27. Haku

28. Yokozuna

29. Macho Man

30. Ultimate Warrior

31. Jimmy Snuka

32. Masahiro Chono

33. Roddy Piper

34. Jado

35. Samu

36. Sabu

37. Rey Misterio Jr.

38. Juvi

39. Tajiri

40. Bam Bam Bigelow

[Guest papacita]

1. Shawn Michaels

2. Bret Hart

3. Macho Man'

4. RVD

5. Shane Douglas

6. Tazz

7. Booker T

8. Sting

9. Brian Pillman

10. Austin

11. Roddy Piper

12. The Great Muta

13. HHH

14. The Rock

15. Mick Foley (Mankind, Cactus and Dude Love)

16. Undertaker

17. Rey Mysterio, Jr.

18. Ric Flair

19. Andre the Giant

20. Bubba Ray

21. D-Von

22. Hogan (didn't want to but...)

23. Big Van Vader

24. Terry Funk

25. Bam Bam Bigelow

26. Arn Anderson

27. Curt Hennig

28. Jeff Jarrett

29. Owen Hart

30. Yokozuna

31. Davey Boy Smith

32. Dynamite Kid

33. Chris Jericho

34. Terry Funk

35. Hawk

36. Jerry Lawler

37. Nash

38. Hall

39. Animal

40. CHYNA!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

26. Barbarian

27. Haku

30. Ultimate Warrior

36. Sabu

39. Tajiri

...and yet no Ric Flair?

[Guest Haku]

is there a rule which staes you have to go with the flow and add every 'legend'.....no I for one really liked Haku and Barbarian and happen to think that during there time Barbarian in the NWA and Haku in the WWF did enough to make them legends in my mind and besides I hate Ric Flair

[Guest dreamer420]

Holy shit.  A Haku and Barbarian mark.  You are a rare breed good sir.

[Guest TheHulkster]

That's one reason Fire Pro is one of my favorite series ever. They put in everyone (cept steamboat and bruno (bruno was in giant gram at least) =0() you can think of that has been a big name in wrestling. Even the old school guys like Lou Thesz. All of them are under assumed names, but they have all their moves, taunts, mannerisms, look, etc. All the top stars in MMA history are in there too and they have full sized Octagons and electrified barbed wire cages for the Death match wrestlers like Mr Pogo and Onita. I could go on all day about how much ass fire pro kicks. If you have a gba, buy fire pro wrestling (the sequel is coming in june, I can't wait). If you have a DC, import FPD.

[Guest alfdogg]

Barbarian can't be any worse than Test.

 

Here's my 40:

1. Hulk Hogan

2. Andre the Giant

3. Ric Flair

4. Rick Steamboat

5. Randy Savage

6. Sting

7. Superstar Graham

8. Bruno Sammartino

9. Bob Backlund

10. Ted DiBiase

11. Undertaker

12. Bret Hart

13. Steve Austin

14. Yokozuna

15. Mick Foley

16. Chris Jericho

17. Tito Santana

18. Curt Hennig

19. Roddy Piper

20. Honky Tonk Man

21. Owen Hart

22, 23. Road Warriors

24, 25. Demolition

26, 27. Steiners

28, 29. British Bulldogs

30. Jushin Liger

31. Vader

32. Lou Thesz

33. Harley Race

34. Brian Pillman

35, 36. Midnight Express

37, 38. Brain Busters

39. Rick Rude

40. Kurt Angle

 

I couldn't find a spot for him, but I'm glad to see I'm not the only Sid mark on this board.

[Guest papacita]

That 2nd Terry Funk on my list is supposed to be Ted Dibiase.

[Guest Redhawk]

Be honest, y'all ... Lou Thesz would suck on a video game. He'd be boring as all hell. He'd be the guy you never picked, like The Goodfather on Smackdown 2.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

is there a rule which staes you have to go with the flow and add every 'legend'.....no I for one really liked Haku and Barbarian and happen to think that during there time Barbarian in the NWA and Haku in the WWF did enough to make them legends in my mind and besides I hate Ric Flair

Well, OK, but Tajiri is nowhere near "legend" status.  And any "Legends of Wrestling" game that doesn't include Flair is severely lacking.  Like him or hate him, he's unquestionably one of, if not *the*, greatest North American wrestlers.

[Guest Haku]

oh Tajiri I thought you meant Haku and Babrarian!

 

I know Tajiri isn't a legend but he is one of the few cruisers that I have seen a lot of.

[Guest Risk]

My roster only involves stars who were present in 95.  The name presented is the name they have in this imaginary promotion.

 

Raven

Stevie Richards

Cactus Jack

"Stunning" Steve Austin

Brian Pillman

The Undertaker(dressed in 91 costume with grey gloves, no Paul Bearer)

Sting

Tom "Z-Man" Zenk

Ron Simmons

Booker T

Stevie Ray

The Blue Meanie

Michael Modest

Mike Awesome

Bret Hart

Owen Hart

Tommy Dreamer

"Big" Van Vader

Scott Steiner

The Sandman

Johnny Swinger

"The Franchise" Shane Douglas

"Flyboy" Rocco Rock

Johnny Grunge

Sabu

Rob Van Dam

Paul "Prodigy" Levesque

Jay Reso

Adam Copeland

Lance Storm

Chris Jericho

Jushin "Thunder" Lyger

Perry Saturn

John Kronus

Gary Wolfe

Anthony Durante

Kevin Nash

Scott Hall

Sean Waltman

Shawn Michaels

[Guest snuffbox]

1 Ric Flair

2 Bret Hart

3 Shawn Michaels

4 Sting

5 Terry Funk

6 Vader

7 Misawa

8 Eddie Gilbert

9 Dusty Rhodes

10 Tully Blanchard

11 Jerry Lawler

12 Buddy Rogers

13 Andre

14 Randy Savage

15 Dynamite Kid

16 Owen Hart

17 RVD

18 Cactus Jack

19 Mr Perfect

20 Jushin Liger

21 Roddy Piper

22 Arn Anderson

23 Brian Pillman

24 Steve Austin

25 Ted DiBiase

26 Ricky Steamboat

27 Rick Rude

28 Harley Race

29 Gorgeous George

30 Bobo Brazil

31 Dory Funk Sr

32 Dory Funk Jr

33 David Von Erich

34 Mike Von Erich

35 Kerry Von Erich

36 Chris Benoit

37 Sabu

38 Hulk Hogan

39 Harley Race

40,41 Road Warriors

42 43, Midnights (lane/eaton)

44 45 (Rock n Roll Express)

46 47 Steiner Bros

48 49 Demolition

50 Superstar Graham

Create a Wrestler

 

Match options - singles, 3 way, 4 way, tag, 3 way tag, 4 way tag, tlc, ladder, cage, texas death, iron man, 6 man tag, 8 man tag, survivor series, battle royal, war games.

 

Good game, wishful thinking

[Guest Ravenbomb]

1. Lou Thesz (yes I WOULD pick him and if it were like No Mercy or VPW2 I'd make him world Champion! )

2. Ric Flair

3. Raven

4. Ricky Steamboat

5. Bruiser Brody

6. Randy Savage

8. Rikodozan

9. Mitsuharu Misawa

10. Tommy Dreamer

11. Cactus Jack

12. Rey Mysterio Jr.

13. Tiger Mask

14. Chris Benoit

15. Great Sasuke

16. Jushin Liger

19. Harley Race

20. Jake Roberts

21. Terry Funk

22. Dynamite Kid

23. Davey Boy Smith

24. Owen Hart

25. Bret Hart

26. Dick the Bruiser

27. Kerry Von Erich

28. Steve Austin

29. Kenta Kobashi

30. Toshiaki Kawada

31. Bruno Sammartino

32. The Shiek

33. Tony Atlas

34. Great Muta/Keiji Mutoh

35. Shawn Michaels

36. Eddie Guerrero

37. Sting

38. Scott Steiner

39. Rick Steiner

40. Eddie Gilbert

15 slots for CAW

 

matches:

Wargames

HIAC

Barbed Wire Ropes

Ladder

and others

[Guest]

Hogan

Flair

Vader

Sting

The Giant

Macho Man

Ricky Steamboat

King Kong Bundy

Cactus jack

Jerry Lawler (Pre Horny old man days)

Warrior

Dusty Rhodes

Greg Valentine

Rick Rude

Jim Neidhart

Bret Hart

Owen Hart

Jake Roberts

Iron Sheik

Sgt. Slaughter

Arn Anderson

Chris Benoit

John tenta

Sid

Harley Race

Gorilla Monsoon

Mr. Perfect

Ted Dibiase

Demolition

Road Warriors

Dino Bravo

Steiners

British Bulldogs

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Kerry Von Erich

 

 

Managers:

The Brain

Freddy Blassie

Slick

Jimmy Hart

Miss Elizabeth

[Guest Cataclysm911]

I don't know if I can name 40, but we'll see.

 

1.) Hulk Hogan

2.) Ric Flair

3.) Ricky Steamboat

4.) Jimmy Snuka

5.) Jake Roberts

6.) Rick Martel

7.) Rick Rude

8.) The Ultimate Warrior

9.) The Honky Tonk Man

10.) Ted DiBiase

11.) Arn Anderson

12.) Tully Blanchard

13.) Barry Windham

14.) Andre the Giant

15.) Ole Anderson

16.) The Great Muta

17.) Terry Funk

18.) Sting

19.) Terry Gordy

20.) Micheal Hayes

21.) Dusty Rhodes

22.) Randy Savage

23.) Cactus Jack

24.) The Undertaker

25.) Steve Austin

26.) Road Warrior Hawk

27.) Road Warrior Animal

28.) Scott Steiner

29.) Rick Steiner

30.) Bret Hart

31.) Jim Neidhart

32.) The Dynamite Kid

33.) The British Bulldog

34.) The Big Boss Man

35.) Mr. Perfect

36.) Shawn Micheals

37.) Marty Jannetty

38.) Vader

39.) Bam Bam Bigelow

40.) Owen Hart

 

This seems good to me. You have the original Four Horsemen, you have a strong tag team division with The Hollywood Blondes, The Brainbusters, The Bristish Bulldogs, The Hart Foundation, The Legion of Doom/Road Warriors, The Steiner Brothers, The Rockers & The Fabulous Freebirds. The mid card is phenominal with stars such as Mr. Perfect, Jake Roberts, Rick Rude, The Honky Tonk Man, etc. You can also recreate great matches of the past such as Flair/Steamboat or Savage/Steamboat. Of course, you would have to have different outfits so that certain wrestlers could perform certain roles. For example, you would need both Hollywood Blonde Austin as well as bald Stone Cold.

 

The only match types would be single, tag team & Cage. I'm talking about the old blue bar cage. No door. The wrestlers get in the ring & the cage is lowered over them. You would also be able to leap off of the top of the cage, which is why it is a good think that Randy Savage & Jimmy Snuka are in the game.

 

It turns out that naming 40 wasn't so hard afterall. Actually, I have more that I could add such as Bob Backlund, The Iron Sheik, & Harley Race. Oh well.

[Guest Redhawk]

In addition to different outifts, they should have different body types and wrestling styles.

 

The Steiner Brothers version of Scott Steiner would not only dress different and have brown hair, but he'd also be not-so-huge and be able to do Frankensteiners and stuff. The "Big Poppa Pump," version of Steiner would be like the one we see today.

 

The Hollywood Blondes Steve Austin would be skinnier and wrestle like he did back then, with no Stunner move and less power moves as opposed to technical stuff.

[Guest Cataclysm911]

In addition to different outifts, they should have different body types and wrestling styles.

 

The Steiner Brothers version of Scott Steiner would not only dress different and have brown hair, but he'd also be not-so-huge and be able to do Frankensteiners and stuff. The "Big Poppa Pump," version of Steiner would be like the one we see today.

 

The Hollywood Blondes Steve Austin would be skinnier and wrestle like he did back then, with no Stunner move and less power moves as opposed to technical stuff.

Yup.

 

I have also dreamed of a season mode that was on-line. People could select different superstars & join different "leagues." There would have to be divisions, otherwise people would just complain about who they had to play as. Personally, I think that a real life season mode would be fantastic.

 

How about a career mode? You have to break into the business, then go through training, indies, etc. all the way up until you retire from the ring or die. That could be amazing if it was in depth enough.

 

I have so many ideas I baffle myself. I should start writing some of this shit down. I have had the idea of a season mode in my head for a long time. Injuries, retirements, deaths, and all.

[Guest J*ingus]

Any forty wrestlers?  In their primes?  Hmmm.  In no particular order:

 

1. Ricky Steamboat

2. Terry Funk

3. Bruiser Brody

4. Steve Austin

5. Tiger Mask 1

6. Kenta Kobashi

7. Shawn Michaels

8. Keiji Muto

9. Lou Thesz

10. Bob Backlund

11. Hulk Hogan

12. Stan Hansen

13. Mr. Pogo

14. Ric Flair

15. Kurt Angle

16. Antonio Inoki

17. Mick Foley

18. Jerry Lawler

19. Tommy Dreamer

20. Billy Graham

21. Killer Kowalski

22. HHH

23. Jimmy Snuka

24. Andre the Giant

25. Chris Benoit

26. Atsushi Onita

27. Bret Hart

28. Randy Savage

29. Jushin Liger

30. Bruno Sammartino

31. Roddy Piper

32. Dynamite Kid

33. Jake Roberts

34. Shane Douglas

35. Brian Pillman

36. Abdullah the Buther

37. Sting

38. Vader

39. Great Sasuke

40. Kevin Nash (we'd need a jobber)

[Guest Redhawk]

How about a career mode? You have to break into the business, then go through training, indies, etc. all the way up until you retire from the ring or die. That could be amazing if it was in depth enough.

How weird would that be when you died? You just finished a match, and then it says: "Ric Flair died in a plane crash yesterday. Game over." That's harsh.

[Guest Cataclysm911]

How about a career mode? You have to break into the business, then go through training, indies, etc. all the way up until you retire from the ring or die. That could be amazing if it was in depth enough.

How weird would that be when you died? You just finished a match, and then it says: "Ric Flair died in a plane crash yesterday. Game over." That's harsh.

Nah, it wouldn't be game over, you would just have to start from scratch again, though the year would stay the same.

 

That way, you would have different influences when you tried to break into the business. There would be different trainers, etc.

[Guest]

How about a career mode? You have to break into the business, then go through training, indies, etc. all the way up until you retire from the ring or die. That could be amazing if it was in depth enough.

How weird would that be when you died? You just finished a match, and then it says: "Ric Flair died in a plane crash yesterday. Game over." That's harsh.

Nah, it wouldn't be game over, you would just have to start from scratch again, though the year would stay the same.

 

That way, you would have different influences when you tried to break into the business. There would be different trainers, etc.

What would be even cooler, is if they took the concept from this old Super Famicon game called "Hybrid Wrestler." Basically, you created your wrestler and took him through all the circuits across the world. There were three main feds, and your goal was to win all three titles and unify them. BUT, as time went on, you (obviously) got older. You could even get married and have a kid, and once you retired, if your kid was at least 18 years old, he could take over as your successor. The game would just go on & on. Granted, there wasn't much point in it, since they didn't really have the space to make a huge story mode so you'd just basically keep fighting the same 12 matches over and over, but it was an interesting idea.

 

Just think of the possibilities for this type of feature on a Gamecube or PS2...

[Guest Redhawk]

Just to make it more realistic, you could get "performance evaluations." Like some JR-type dude would tell you they'd push you more if you cut better promos or used a different style. And at various points, you would be offered steroids and have the option to take them or not. You could even be presented with giving your promoter a blowjob for a push. Or pretend to make friends with the promoter's kid to get a push.

[Guest kurtangledoesnotsuck]

1.Mick Foley

2.Stone Cold

3. The Rock

4. Kane

5. Undertaker

6. Chris Jericho

7. Ric Flair

8. Ricky Steamboat

9. Terry Funk

10. Hulk Hogan

11. Randy Savage

12. Andre the Giant

13. Bret Hart

14. Owen Hart

15. British Bulldog

16. Rocky Johnson

17. Sgt. Slaughter

18. Jim Cornette

19. Jack Brisco

20. Lou Thesz

21. Iron Sheik

22. Bob Backlund

23. Triple H

24. Kurt Angle

25. Roddy Piper

26. Vader

27. Dynamite Kid

28. Shawn Michaels

29. Vince McMahon

30. Harley Race

31. Rob Van Dam

32. Matt Hardy

33. Jeff Hardy

34-35 Midnight Express

36-37 Rock and Roll Express

38-39 Dudley Boys

40. Fred Blassie

[Guest caboose]

1. Shawn Michaels  

2. The Rock

3. Steve Austin

4. Ric Flair

5. Bret Hart

6. Chris Jericho

7. Sting

8. Jimmy Snuka

9. Ted Dibiase

10. Tiger Mask

11. Hulk Hogan

12. Randy Savage

13. Owen Hart

14. British Bulldog

15. Terry Funk

16. Mick Foley

17. Bob Backlund

18. Rick Rude

19. Brian Pillman

20. Andre the Giant

21. Roddy Piper

22. The Undertaker

23. Kevin Nash

24. Scott Hall

25. Ultimo Dragon

26. Chris Benoit

27. Triple H

28. Rey Mysterio Jr.

29. Muta

30. Rob Van Dam

31. Arn Anderson

32. Ricky Steamboat

33. Kurt Angle

34. Eddie Guerrero

35. + 36. New Age Outlaws

37. + 38. The Steiners

39. + 40. Harlem Heat

[Guest Anorak]

1. Hulk Hogan

2. Randy Savage

3. Bret Hart

4. Steve Austin

5. Roddy Piper

6. Owen Hart

7. Rick Rude

8. Ultimate Warrior

9. Ric Flair

10. Arn Anderson

11. Barry Windham

12. Ricky Steamboat

13. Lex Luger

14. Vader

15. Sting

16. Shawn Michaels

17. Cactus Jack

18. Brian Pillman

19. Chris Benoit

20. Curt Henning

21. Terry  Funk

22. Davey Boy Smith

23. Dynamite Kid

24. Bobby Eaton

25. Stan Lane

26. Hawk

27. Animal

28. Ricky Morton

29. Robert Gibson

30. Ax

31. Smash

32. Rick Steiner

33. Scott Steiner

34. Rey Misterio Jr

35. Great Sasuke

36. Jushin Liger

37. Great Muta

38. Misuhara Misawa

39. Toshikai Kawada

40. Kenta Kobashi