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aquamarineglow · 7 months

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Things I'd love to see in the Future of the Layton Series:

Some of these are unlikely, borderline impossible. But here's hoping Apollo may grant me the gift of prophesy on just one thing:

1. The rest of the Layton Games get a HD release on mobile.

This just makes sense! The original trilogy got a HD release, time for the prequels! And what if we get new cutscenes and content like Curious Village did? That would be amazing!

2. The entire series gets released on Switch.

This also makes sense. Since NWOS is releasing on the Switch, it makes sense to add the original games so new fans can play all of them! Especially since the Nintendo DS is dead. Rest in Peace. 💕

3. London Life gets a sequel/reboot and is available for all regions.

I've been playing London Life on an Emulator and it is so fun! It's a shame my region never got it!

My hope for the future is that if Spectre's Call gets a HD release, it will include London Life for everyone! But this version will include characters from Miracle Mask and Azran Legacy!

And here's a fun idea: what if befriending Dimitri Allen unlocks the ability to use his time machine! Unfortunately, it doesn't work perfectly; it can only take you twenty years into the future. So you can meet and befriend characters from Mystery Journey and Mystery Room!

4. Layton Brothers Mystery Room Sequel

It's been ten years since the mobile game was released and it's been largely ignored by Level 5. Until recently, with Alfendi's cameo in the anime, and then the manga series. It's clear that there's still love for this game. I think it's perfect time for Alfendi and Lucy to get the sequel they deserve! I'd love to see how they are doing!

5. Layton's Mystery Room Sequel/ Layton Mystery Detective Agency Season 2

I know Katrielle's game and anime wasn't the best received, but I think the series has a lot to offer! With the return of Layton and possibly an appearance from Alfendi, I believe the best is yet to come! Also, we still don't know the backstory of Sherl.

6. Lost Media gets found:

What is Professor Layton and the Phantom Thieves? What is Professor Layton Battle Royale? What is Professor Layton and the Deathly Mirror? I have no idea. But I'd like to know.

7. Roid Artwork

I don't know much about it, but I believe Level 5 had some kind of mobile app where, amongst other things, you received really cute artwork of various characters. Most of if the ones I've seen are poor quality, so I think it would be great if the Level 5 Twitter said, "check these out" and released HD images, including ones we've never seen before.

8. More Games

So, the original series was a trilogy. And the prequels were a trilogy. So what if NWOS is the first entry in a new trilogy, starring Luke in America! The Detective Triton Trilogy!

Also, it's been a while since Professor Layton's first and only crossover game. What about another? I don't know much about the Phoenix Wright series, but a crossover between Apollo Justice and Alfendi/Katrielle could be fun?

9. Rook and Bishop

This message is for Akihiro Hino's eyes only. If you are not Akihiro Hino, please skip.

Hey, Akihiro Hino. I know you read my blog. I will give you £29 and my ham sandwich if you put Rook and Bishop in the new game. They don't even have to do anything, just stand awkwardly in the background. It would be hilarious because nobody would care. Everyone wants to see characters like Flora, Emmy and Descole. You put Benny in LMJ and nobody cared about him. Do this for me.🥺

10. Flora

Just.... Acknowledge her existence in some way. Let her appear in NWOS. Give her something to do.

11. Mangas Series

I was so happy when it was revealed that Level 5 was making a manga series about Mystery Room. I can't read Japanese, but I just love the artwork. So expressive and fun! Completely different from the original 2d sprites.

So I was thinking, what if they made a manga about each of the original games? I don't mean like the Cheerful Mystery Manga, but with beautiful artwork that followed the original stories, maybe with new scenes? I'd like that.

Feel free to add what you'd love to see for the Layton Series! No matter how impossible it sounds! If the list is long enough, at least one thing has to come true, right?

#my theory is #if i write it down its more likely to come true #lets see if any of this ages well #professor layton #Layton series

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superkliqbaybays · 10 days

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Kevin Nash 🖤🤍 Scott Hall

Too Sweet 🤘 NWO 4 Life

RIP Scott Hall

#scott hall #kevin nash #wcw #wwe #nwo #too sweet #rip scott hall

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magnoliacharmed · 1 year

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Introducing.... Thunderstorm!

This is a series featuring Sting & fem!Reader. The prompt for this was an anonymous request I received. Thank you again, anon! This is gonna a lot of fun for me to write. It’ll be seven chapters and will hopefully be completed soon!

[Also available on Archive of our Own!]

Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4

Summary:

After debuting as the newest member of nWo, you begin to develop a tumultuous relationship with Sting. Your newfound fame and problems in your personal life threaten to creep into your in-ring work. Kevin Nash tries to maintain the peace between you and Sting before everything falls completely apart at WCW.

Tags: 18+, enemies to lovers, angst, eventual smut, heavy alcohol use, implied/referenced drug use, additional tags to be added

September 1996

The cheers… the cheers were always deafening. You had gotten used to the lights beaming down on you, flash bulbs popping away, pyrotechnics shooting off behind you… but the cheers. It sent such a crazy rush of adrenaline through you every single time. No matter what kind of mood you were in, as soon as you hit the stage and heard the people scream for you, that thousand watt smile spread across your face in an instant. The cocky demeanor was present as usual from your expression to your stride. You turned your face into the nearest camera and winked. Knowing your voice was mostly inaudible over the crowd, curse word laden praises about yourself tumbled out of your mouth. The urge to make a kissy face at the gigantic lens was strong. You could feel like the star of the show as much as you wanted, but you knew you weren't.

It was another taping of WCW's Monday Nitro and you were once again walking out onto the mat with the members of the New World Order. You stood close behind the group almost as if you were their reinforcement. The positioning was always funny to you. If it came down to it, there was no way you could physically defend these giant men in a fight with your strength alone. Eric Bischoff enjoyed the optics though, comparing your role in the group to WWF's Chyna in D-Generation X. When he excitedly mentioned this in an effort to convince you, your stomach twisted up inside. Matching up to Chyna was a hard bar to cross. She looked like she actually could kick some ass. You on the other hand? You understood immediately that you were not an enforcer. You were essentially eye candy with a little fight in you. A very feisty valet. A tricky sexpot. Sure, you had a few moves that'd get you out of a tough situation but trained wrestler you were not.

There was no way you could ever get used to all this. Not when it had become such a massive part of your life in a short amount of time.

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June 1996

When your friend Kevin Nash invited you to a taping of Monday Nitro you shrugged your shoulders. You had to admit that it wasn't something you were dying to see, but it gave you an excuse to dress up a little and party. He gave you and a friend the best seats in the house. The two of you pre-gamed pretty heavily before arriving. Cheap vodka settled in your lower stomach with the promise of providing a good time. Screaming fans in the arena helped you get amped up too, a frenzy quickly building around you as the show started. It didn't take long for you to notice how often the cameras kept focusing on you. One appeared so often you began to wonder if the smarmy cameraman had a crush on you. He constantly aimed the lens at your chest, pissing you off to the point that when he returned to zoom in on your breasts, you pointed a finger at him and grabbed his wrists up to put the camera on your face instead. A few harsh words drunkenly fell out of your mouth to him while you snarled. You then reached over the barrier to maneuver him to face back to the ring, accidentally giving him an even better view down your shirt in the seconds before he turned around.

Kevin watched the whole scene play out with a smile. Your reaction was the exact reason why he invited you. In the week after the show, Bischoff was shocked when a good chunk of the fanmail they received mentioned your name. Hardcore fans were wondering who the hell you were and casual watchers praised your outburst. Backstage, the other wrestlers kept asking Kevin to tell them more about you. He kept his mouth shut even though it was difficult. The plan slowly coming to fruition in his mind would make the silence all worth it.

"...Yeah, so they love you. Everyone keeps asking about you."

A few weeks after the show, Kevin's voice crackled over your house phone. Wherever he was it was loud. Thumping music and the voices of partygoers moved all around his voice.

"Are you in the club? Don't you have a show tomorrow night, man?"

"I can handle myself. You should come out with us sometime. You party harder than any of these fuckin' guys."

"I sincerely doubt that, Kev." You laughed. You were standing in your kitchen, leaning against the wall as a pot of water bubbled on the stove behind you. You'd known Kevin since middle school. Even with you moving away late in high school you stayed close friends. By the time you were able to reconnect in person he'd mentioned in passing that he was a wrestler for the WWF. He seemed very casual about the whole thing, probably because he'd always managed to fall into physical labor jobs due to his size and height. The WWF was just another gig as far as he was concerned. Eventually, he called you up again and said he was now with WCW. From the little you knew about wrestling it seemed to be a choice that made sense. WCW's programming was getting grittier with storylines that were aimed more at adults.

Kevin returned your laugh. "Okay, maybe not. You remember that time you killed--"

"The whole bottle of tequila? Of course, that was nothin'." You waved a hand in the air dismissively.

"Exactly. You can roll with the best of 'em. Which is exactly why…"

You sighed into the handset. Here he goes again.

"...you should join me in WCW. Give me one good reason why you won't."

"I can give you a few! One, I'm no wrestler. I can barely pick up a heavy box, what makes you think I can slam someone into a mat? Two, I don't want all that attention. Three, it sounds tiring. I can keep going."

"One, you don't have to be a wrestler. You can be like Ms. Elizabeth. Two, the attention isn't that bad, you get used to it. Sometimes it's even kinda fun. Three… yeah, you'll be tired. I can't lie about that one. It's worth it though, I'm telling you. The money's not bad. Aren't you tired of working at that beeper place?"

"Hold on," You set the phone down on your counter to check on the pot of water. As you turned the eye down on the stove and grabbed up your spaghetti, you stared into the rolling bubbles below you. What was that saying about the frog jumping into the water? It jumped in and right back out because the water was too hot. Although it wasn't quite the same, maybe you could jump into wrestling. Make some TV appearances and a little bit of money, then jump out before it got too, too hot. Your appetite vanished and the spaghetti no longer had any appeal to you.

Returning to the phone you were surprised Kevin was still there. You didn't understand why he was talking to you on a dirty club payphone when he could've been enjoying himself.

"Eh, Beeper City pays the bills. I like it fine. But you know, my little appearance on Nitro gave me a sales boost that week. I sold so many of those damn things the next day. My commission was crazy."

"If you come on the show every week, you won't have to worry about just 'paying the bills' on stupid pagers."

"What if I like my stupid pagers?"

Kevin scoffed into the phone at your stubbornness. Sometimes it made him laugh and other times it drove him up the wall.

Your lips pursed in thought. You'd been on the phone with him for a few minutes now and the same song was still playing in the background. The living room in front of you was so drab. You didn't see the point in decorating. Why decorate when you were barely "living" in it anyways? Nothing in the run-down apartment felt like it was truly yours. Your own life hadn't even felt like yours in recent months. You woke up, sold beepers, came home, drank 'til you fell asleep, then got up again the next day to do it all again. Sometimes you interspersed that riveting routine by going out to see a movie or a concert. It was no life to live.

You huffed nervously at the waiting silence on the other end. "Fuck it, Kev. Tell that Bischoff guy I'm in."

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Mid October 1996

Your life changed faster than you could blink your eyes. Suddenly you were hitting different cities every week with your face on televisions across the nation. You got a little training before your debut. It was mostly just the basics, like how to fall properly and defending yourself. Your beeper job didn't do much for you in the way of exercise so even the little bit of work you put in at the gym wore you out and toned you up. Kevin was impressed at how fast you caught on. After Bischoff was satisfied with your minimal in-ring training, he explained the New World Order to you. You actually started to get excited about being in a group of rebels after spending so long being a boring stickler. Kevin introduced you to the rest of the crew with enthusiasm. Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall seemed happy to have you around. nWo was truly a boy's club though, and you weren't crazy enough to think your addition would change that. You drank and partied with them after shows but left when they started getting a little too wild. You were happy to have Kevin with you to stick by your side when you felt like an outcast.

The first time you walked out onto the mat with the group, ratings jumped the same way they did at your first audience appearance. You would've liked to think the ratings spike was because people were so excited to see new talent. After rewatching the taping a few days later you realized it was because of another slimy cameraman's angles. He zoomed right in on your ass while you climbed in the ring. The tight black shorts you wore had bunched up while you climbed in. It all made sense that there was an increase in cheers when you had gotten between the ropes. You shook your head in anger while watching it. The game is the game, you thought. The better you played it the more you could control it. You let the overly exploitative camera angles slide because you knew it would lead to good ratings and better checks. Kevin nodded in approval when you vented to him about it, sympathizing with you on the outside and smiling on the inside. Everything was working out.

Over the next few months your popularity shot up. In addition to your body doing you plenty of favors, fans loved the way you played off the rest of nWo. When they were in the ring you screamed from the sidelines in support of the group. You hit your rivals with steel chairs and innocently readjusted your shorts to distract them while they got pinned. The crowd screamed their heads off when Kevin would launch you like a rocket into the ring to knock someone down or latch onto their back to beat away at them.

After a few months of this routine you began to get fully comfortable with your persona. There was no need to fake it 'til you made it when you really had made it. People began to recognize you in public. They clamored around you for autographs and pictures together. To go from scraping by on quotas and commission, wondering if you'd have enough for a cheap six-pack of beer then to having more money than you knew what to do with made your head swim. Looking in the mirror at yourself was no longer an arduous task. Your eyes sparkled with new life and excitement. The hard work in and out of the ring sculpted your body in ways you never dreamed.

Your heart didn't feel like it was on the verge of jumping out of your chest. The deep simmering hatred for your life that manifested in your deepest reaches like snakes slithering around each other had finally subsided.

The world was yours.

"Can you move?"

Your eyes refocused themselves on your surroundings.

The girls smushed by you near the dirty bathroom sinks looked annoyed. You'd been standing there staring away at yourself after washing your hands. You gripped the cold porcelain of the sink to keep yourself steady.

"Oh shit. My bad," You stumbled out of the crowded bathroom. The girls immediately pushed forward to take advantage of the newly freed up mirror real estate. The brightly colored lights in the club dragged around you, little tails following them like shooting stars. The tight dress you were wearing suddenly felt a little oppressive. It was cute when you'd put it on earlier in the night but after a few hours of drinking it felt like a straitjacket around you. Your eyes were marbles clacking around your skull. You scanned the dance floor and bar looking for a familiar face. With little warning besides a shadow looming over you, Kevin appeared behind you.

"I was wondering where you went."

"Got a little lost in the bathroom."

"Don't tell me you've had too much to drink." Kevin glanced down at his watch while he laughed at you. The hands on it glowed a soft neon green around the purple illumination that hung in the air. "It's only 12:45. Kinda early for you."

"I just need to sit down."

Kevin placed his hands on your shoulders and pushed you forward to the nearest barstool. You plopped down on it and laid your head in your hands. Somehow you managed to miss Kevin ordering two beers and widened your eyes in shock when one appeared in front of you. The condensation on the bottle cooled your overheated skin down. The bubbles popped warmly in your stomach.

"So you know Sting right?"

"Huh?" You'd swung your body around to face the dance floor. You couldn't help but to clench the beer bottle between both hands, using it like an anchor. If you spun around again to face Kevin you were pretty sure you were gonna float away like a balloon. The marbles knocked to the side of your face to catch him in your peripheral vision.

"Sting. Steve."

The image of him appeared in the forefront of your mind. His spiky bleach blonde hair and colorful face paint made you giggle. Wrestling is so ridiculous, you thought. Your inner voice sounded pretty smashed. You hoped you didn't sound like that out loud.

"I don't know him. Why?"

Kevin finished off the last swigs of his beer. He raised up his hand to summon the bartender again. This time a glass of clear fizzy liquid was placed in front of both of you. You slammed it down with instant regret. The gin burned your throat and the bitter, medicinal taste of the tonic made you heave slightly.

"Alright, that's the last one for you--" Kevin grabbed the glass and beer bottle away from you. The music had gotten even louder in the last few minutes. It thumped in your head, bouncing around with vigor. "Scott came up with an idea for him. He's dropping the surfer thing and he's gonna do his facepaint like Brandon Lee in The Crow."

You covered your mouth at a little burp that escaped. "Kinda morbid, huh?"

Kevin shrugged. "Maybe a little. But it'll be cool. We're leaving all the corny shit in the past now."

"He makes anything he touches lame. If Bischoff wanted to leave the corny shit behind, he'd get rid of Sting."

Kevin was getting tired of sighing at you all the time. For all the years he'd known you he could count on one hand the people you disliked. Usually you had a good reason for not liking them and he was on your side when it came down to problems or arguments. The few times Sting had been brought up around you though, your face twisted up. The subject would get changed when you'd made a cold comment about him. Sting stayed to himself and was a good worker. There wasn't even any opportunity to have a problem with him! Whatever your issue was with him, Kevin needed to fix it ASAP.

"Seriously, what's your issue with him?" Kevin looked at you with annoyance in his eyes. It was easier to get the truth out of you when you were this drunk. With the way you were slurring and the slow movement of your irises he knew you were pretty fucked up, but not as fucked up as you'd gotten in the past.

You took the chance and swung your body around to face your friend. Luck was on your side since you didn't immediately vomit all over him.

"I think he's a jerk."

"Yeah, I can fuckin' see that. You don't even know him that well! How could you think he's a jerk?"

"I just have a feeling he thinks he's a big shot. Bischoff hasn't been able to stop talking about him and it's driving me up the wall. 'Sting, Sting, Sting!' What about us, man?"

Kevin couldn't help but to laugh at your misplaced anger. You never could see the bigger picture in life. "Sting doing this new gimmick is good for us. It's gonna be great. You thought we were on the moon now? Just wait until next week, we'll be in the damn stars. Don't be such a mark for yourself. He needs us just as much as we need him." Kevin grabbed your arms and shook you playfully.

"Shake me again and I'll throw up right in your hair."

A big laugh left Kevin's lips as he helped you down from the stool. Thank God you had a day to recover from the inevitable crazy hangover you'd have in the morning. The cool air of the night hit your face abruptly. After being stuck in the sweaty club for what felt like hours you were grateful for the rush of wind blowing your hair around you. You felt grounded to the Earth again. Maybe Kevin was right. Sting was probably a nice enough guy. It'd be better if you all got along for the sake of the show. The drunk part of yourself hated when you got rational. It was such a buzzkill!

A cab pulled up in front of both of you. Kevin opened the door up for you, then pushed you gently down into the seat. You looked up at him with bewilderment as he told the driver what hotel you were staying at.

"What the hell man, aren't the rest of yall coming back too?"

"You drank as much as me and you're a foot and a half shorter, almost 150 pounds lighter. You need to take your ass back to the hotel and sleep it off so you don't act like an asshole tomorrow. We've gotta go to the gym and I need you up and ready for it."

"Booo! Booo, Kev!" You gave him a limp thumbs down as he closed the cab door. He was right and that was annoying. The cab pulled away with a jerk leaving Kevin to watch it turn into nothing but a little yellow dot in the distance.

#sting #sting wcw #steve borden #sting fanfic #sting x reader #kevin nash #wcw #world championship wrestling #wcw fic #wcw fanfic #wrestling fic #wrestling fanfic #wrestling #magnoliafanfic

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the--blackdahlia · 17 days

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An Analysis of Scott Hall (As Told By Me)

1.) American Starship Coyote (AKA American Airplane Coyotoe; Starship)

Oh man, the 80's were a time. Got some very creative names for wrestlers. And also, giants. Plus look at that mustache. Everything about this just screams 80's. Also those tights can't contain the thighs.

2. Texas Scott/Big Scott Hall (AKA Save a Horse)

Oh yeah he was ;) Still not giving up that mustache and keeping those thick curls going. Gotta keep the 80's alive one way or another.

3. The Diamond Studd (AKA Stripper Wrestling Connection)

Now that is a stud if I've ever seen one. Big meaty man slapping meat. He made normal-sized people (Dallas) look super small and always put on a show. Plus, he knew audience participation was key. Who here wanted to be that person that got to rip the pants off him? Just me. Okay, moving on.

4. Razor Ramon (AKA Him Not Being Cuban is the Reason I Have Trust Issues)

If you don't try to act like Razor every time you see a toothpick, you've let the Bad Guy down. Purple was definitely his color, and he just was so cool. There was so much potential for Razor storylines, but money, or the lack thereof, got in the way.

5. Outsider Scott (AKA You know who I am, but you don't know why I'm here)

There aren't too many people who can change an entire industry while wearing a Canadian Tuxedo, but Scott was one of them. Showing up on Nitro unannounced and cutting the promo of the year fired the first shots of the Monday Night War. What a time to be a wrestling fan.

6. NWO Scott (AKA The following announcement has been paid for by the New World Order)

Who would've known that three men who went by three letters would completely alter the face of wrestling? The charisma of Scott, Kevin, and Hogan got people who weren't interested in wrestling to watch. And he looked good while doing it.

7. Drunk Scott (AKA Fuck you Bischoff)

Fuck you Bischoff

8. TNA Scott (AKA He's the one dressed like Elvis)

Some love his TNA run, and some hate it. He was trying so hard to keep doing the thing he loved, but sometimes those demons swim. I for one, enjoyed many of his TNA matches. It just wasn't his past endeavors. But I'm proud he kept trying.

9. Hall of Fame Scott (AKA Long live the Bad Guy)

Honestly, the only HOF speech that I remember. He overcame a lot, and saved his life with help from his friends. Just remember that bad times don't last, but bad guys do. Long live the bad guy.

#scott hall #razor ramon #nwo #wcw #wwf #wwe #tna #analysis

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armchairlegdrop · 6 months

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Is CM Punk The Man Behind The Devil Mask in AEW? I Think So

Surprises and plot twists are the lifeblood of professional wrestling, from the legendary night Hulk Hogan dropped the leg on Macho Man forming the nWo, to any number of unexpected returns of fan favorites. Wrestling fans thrive on the unexpected.

With the pro wrestling rumor mill abuzz in speculation of who might be lurking behind the enigmatic Devil Mask, my theory, if true, has the strong potential to change the landscape of AEW and the wrestling world, as well as set the stage for an epic showdown that will have fans at the edge of their seats.

I Think CM Punk Is Under That Devil Mask

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The Devil has been a central figure in recent AEW storylines again. With numerous theories and conjectures circulating among wrestling enthusiasts, one theory that has gained considerable traction after being humorously floated by Bully Ray on Busted Open, suggests that the man under the Devil Mask could be none other than CM Punk. This idea raises many intriguing questions about the motivations behind Punk's return and the potential implications.

CM Punk's departure from AEW was already a major moment in the industry. If he is indeed the one behind the mask, it would indicate a significant reconciliation between Punk and the promotion after an ugly departure. Although, if true, it brings EVERYTHING that has happened, including Brawl Out, into question. How will all of that be woven into the story?

Setting the Stage for a Clash of Titans

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If Punk is revealed to be the man behind the mask, it brings the entire Devil storyline full circle. It harkens back to the ROH promo that MJF invoked on Punk, and I think Brawl Out, Punk's Firing, and everything in between could be the "Real" Devil (Punk) convincing the world he doesn't exist once again. This could set up Punk vs MJF on Collison for the 25th, putting arguably the hottest storyline in the wrestling industry up against a WWE big-four show.

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The timing is perfect. I think the reveal of CM Punk as the man behind the Devil Mask is set for some time on or before Dynamite in Chicago, which is November 22, just a few days before WWE's annual extravaganza, Survivor Series, on November 25, the same night as a live Collision. This proximity has led me to speculate that Tony Khan and CM Punk may have orchestrated a monumental surprise that could have AEW Collision overshadow WWE's marquee event. AFFILLIATE LINK: AEW Unmatched Series 4 CM Pun Figure

The stakes are high, and the potential impact of such a matchup is immeasurable. CM Punk's return was like a breath of fresh air for the wrestling world until all the ugliness. Maybe it's all just fueled by wishful thinking, but it would be nice if all that didn’t go to waste, and instead contributed to a historic storyline.

AEW vs. WWE – A Battle of Epic Proportions

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Wrestling fans are well aware of the historic rivalry between WWE and AEW. Both promotions have been vying for supremacy in the wrestling industry, and if CM Punk's return culminates in a championship match at AEW's event, it will undoubtedly serve as a direct challenge to WWE's Survivor Series to bring the thunder. If we don’t know until the 22nd, that doesn’t give WWE a lot of time to meet the challenge. This potential showdown between the two promotions could set the wrestling world on fire and lead to even more intense competition between the giants.

It would really shake things up if AEW has just been taking it on the chin for the last couple of months to set up such a colossal clap back at naysayers.

The Art of Surprise and Speculation

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The wrestling world has always thrived on unpredictability and the element of surprise. The ongoing speculation surrounding CM Punk's next move epitomizes this essence. It's a testament to the power of storytelling and character development in professional wrestling even if he just moves on to WWE. Real life can still help keeps fans engaged and invested in pro wrestling characters.

AFFILLIATE LINK: MJF Kiss The Ring Shirt

While the anticipation and excitement surrounding Punk are palpable, it's essential to remember that professional wrestling is built on storytelling, and sometimes, the most unexpected twists are a part of that narrative. As we approach November 22, I am holding my breath and keeping my fingers crossed, eagerly waiting to see the mask fall, revealing the identity of the Devil himself once again: CM Punk.

Ultimately, whether CM Punk is revealed as the mastermind behind the Devil Mask or not, the story has already captured the hearts and minds of wrestling fans worldwide. It's a testament to the enduring appeal of the sport and the ability of its performers and promoters to keep fans guessing and coming back for more. The countdown to November 22 has begun, and I think we are in for a thrilling ride.

#aew #wrestling #wwe #survivor series #cm punk #mjf #Youtube

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seiwas · 7 months

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HELLO I AM ON MY KNEES FOR YOUR IWA THE SUBTLE PDA i am such a pda enthusiast BUT YES YES i can only think of iwa when he's with oikawa but HE WOULD SO OFFER UP HIS SEAT to the pregnant/elderly and play it off as oh dw i enjoy standing more, throws in a little smile and wink at you (and when you casually lean your forehead against his stomach and he caresses your head) and i KNOW he would look so hot with his legs crossed casually too like the figure 4 type of crossed leg

HE WOULD NEVER RAISE HIS VOICE ON YOU god forbid or he would duct tape his mouth shut for the rest of his life (but only after giving you so many soft kisses)

WHEN HE'S GOOD WITH KIDS>>>>>>>>>> stop i will buy the rings rn

the arm on the back of the sofa or behind your seat as he backs out (HE LIKES TO USE IT AS HIS EXCUSE TO LOOK AT HOW PRETTY YOU LOOK SITTING IN HIS PASSENGER SEAT!!!!!)

small tattoo. MAYBE THE 'RULE THE COURT' BECAUSE HE'S SENTIMENTAL LIKE THAT god small tattoo on the back of his neck so has to be canon i'm petitioning furudate RIGHT NOW

AND ALSO YOU'RE SO REAL WITH WANTING IWA AS YOUR HUSBAND BUT OIKAWA AS THE FATHER OF YOUR CHILDREN YOU ARE SO SO REAL (i also need to update that because i am LYING if it's only kenma samu oikawa (and iwa))

gosh i feel so like the adrenaline is rushing rn talking about iwa

i love iwa in muscle shirts i love iwa in loose clothing i love iwa in compression clothes i love iwa in athletic wear i love iwa shirtless i love iwa

AND I KNOW IWA HAS SHORTER HAIR BUT IMAGINE IF HE GREW IT OUT SOME AND HAD IT DOWN IMAGINE HOW HOT THAT WOULD PLEASE MS SEL PLEASE

speaking of shirtless iwa...... we cannot forget the rippling back muscles AND THE ARMS THE VERY VERY BITEABLE ARMS AND SHOULDERS

oh oh oh and loose tie iwa loose tie iwa plagues my mind BUTTON UP DRESS SHIRT WITH THE TOP BUTTONS UNBUTTONED, TIE PULLED LOOSELY FROM HIS NECK his collarbone peeking through and he just looks so so hot

i just had another thought but iwa kissing you senseless......... your back is pressed against a wall but his mind is just as blank and his fingers are moving just desperate for more of you more of the way you melt for him more of the way you become so weak for him more of the way that all he wants is to feel you and touch you and asldfkajsdlfkjdf

ALSO GOJO LEVELS OF MANSPREADING HAD ME CACKLING SDLFKSJDFLSDKFJ that man would do splits on the sofa if he could HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA

love letters and little notes in his cute and messy handwriting that you would recognize anywhere an the little doodles he tries to add with motivational saying and quotes to help you get through a hard day

THE MIRROR SELFIES HE WOULD SEND YOU

lax stance but his arms look so good and his face is turned at an angle just right that you see his super well defined jawline and adlfasdfasdlfaskdf

THIS GOT SO LONG AGAIN but please i have a newfound love of gushing about iwa with you thank you for indulging this :3

omf. koi i- omf.

I THINK IWA GETS... kinda shy with outright pda just bc he doesn't want to attract attention 😭 buT yEAH! he's so smooth w being well-mannered im cryinG RN SNIFFLING the little smile and wink IS KILLING ME ... when u lean ur head on his stomach omg........ smth so intimate with that... sigh AND HE REALLY WOULD LOOK SO HOT SITTING LIKE THAT LIKE . EXCUSE ME. maybe 4 will just always look good on him.

YES OMFG I THINK. THE FIRST TIME HE DOES IT IT DEFINITELY ISN'T ON PURPOSE 😭 he's just a little stressed... but he feels so bad for it afterwards omfg pls.

how pretty u look in his passenger seat PLS SHOOT MEN NWO SHGDFBSA my top 1 subtle intimacy gesture for iwa is hand on thigh while drive. plEASE TAKE ME AWAY. when he does this. with good music playing. and the vibes are immaculate. i could die.

shbgsdfj THERES JUST SMTH ABT IT I THINK!! the attentiveness of iwa as a husband is so pure, so beautiful, so... in love LIKE !! the acts of service man he is... BUT ALSO oikawa as a dad just imagining a lil girl who looks just like him, who puts his hair in mini pigtails, who he chases around the house and carries on his back only to put them back down and tickle them LIKE HJAHFABHBFHASHJF MY GOD

i just love him koi oh my god in anything nothing everything whatever !!!!

omg ..... iwa w a bit of longer hair.......... if he did a lil comma hair w it.... i would simply fade away and have him grip it tightly when he's working out too OOOOOO.. this is it.... the end of my days,......... pls do not even start w his muscles i think my brain would melt. oh my god..........

loose tie iwa is another SIGHT MY GOD. IMAGINE attending an event with him and u get home... he's tired... downs a class of water on the couch... and ure tipsy so maybe just a lil bit more touchy w him than normal... and u go on his lap w his legs spread out... collar unbuttoned like u said... tie loose... collarbones peeking i am... oh i am....

i cant believe u went to the kissing koi i would literally die. i cant even answer this. my mind is going INSANE. i just know he grips ur waist rlly tight. grips ur thighs. hips. JUST GRIPS. hand on neck too... oh the hand on neck im GOOOOONEEEEEE

and hIS GYM SELFIES PLS OMFG. dont even GET ME STARTED. his jawline ????? CUT ME OPEN. i ASHFVAGSFHGjk pls oh my god i just know he's perfected all his gym poses from doing it so much while he was taking progress shots in college

PLS KOI I LOVE HIM feel free to gush abt him anytime w me i STG

#dear-koi #ask #rep #seiwa.🤍

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littletroubledgrrrl · 1 year

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#matt jackson #too sweet #nwo 4 life #young bucks #the young bucks #birthday #happy birthday

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ok so i just got home and turns out everything is going to shit so lengthy vent post bc i don't want to burden anyone with this bullshit so interact or not i don't really care

tw for death mentions and general shitty parenting

i've never been more tired in my life like i can physically feel myself deteriorating bc i barely sleep these days, i ate maybe like hardly a full meal today and apparently that's too much but at least i'm semi hydrated but i have headaches all the time and i always feel like im going to pass out bc im just so fucking stressed like i got too much on my plate but i cannot drop shit or else i'm screwed

like this college application shit, it's enough going through it the normal way but i literally am taking ten thousand extra steps just to protect myself adn to get into college on my onw terms because that's too much to fucking ask for some reason

and it's not even just college like it's literally my only way out of this house and situation and it's been my only way out for as long as i can remember and nwo that i'm so close to it, everything is going so so wrong and the only thing keeping me going rn is the fact that i'm not going to die in this fucking house and stay a second longer than i have to

like i don't know if this amount of stress will ever have an end and it's literally all because my parents can't find it in themselves to be decent fucking people like some of these effects are lifelong and i'm just going to have to live with that and it's not even because of anything i did and i've just had to come to terms with that

i just want to go to sleep for longer than 4 hours so fucking bad but no. literally never. and even worse i'm skipping meals wihtout knowing it like the other day i went so long without eating adn i hardly noticed until i actually sat down adn thought about it and it's just so bad it's so bad i just want to fucking go to college

but yk i'll be fine nothing's going to happen i'm just so fed up and tired of everything and i hate that life has to be like this for me because i never fucking did anything to go through this i never asked for these parents or to be trans but i am and now i gotta deal with it

im seriously not expecting anyone to read this i just had to get it out there for my own sanity but if someone actually is reading this do not worry too hard i'll be okay

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i had a poll asking if yal wanted me to post my wrestling video game reviews here so heres the first one its a review of the game WCW vs nWo World Tour for the N64. TL;DR this game especially for its time pretty much fucks i mean it's just a great game even if it doesn't have a season mode. AKI made awesome wrestling games

this was written in like 2019 as a potential youtube script so if it reads like a youtube script i was writing it to be a youtube script ok ty also i just put in some pictures so it's a little less drab ok ty again

Graphically, for 1997, World Tour looks pretty good… for the most part. The crowd is a strange flat texture that doesn’t necessarily even resemble a crowd, but it does its job, and reacts accordingly with the crowd noise. The wrestlers themselves generally look good, although body proportions can be totally off at times. Everyone appears to have the same height, meaning Rey Mysterio Jr. and The Giant stand practically shoulder-to-shoulder. It’s quite strange, but besides this, each wrestler has a decent approximation of their real-life look and attire for the era. That is, with the exception of the faces. Sometimes, the faces look good enough, and sometimes they just look totally off. For example, Rick Steiner looks okay, but Scott Hall just looks strange.

There are some strange quirks like the 'back spike' which can be seen every so often, as well as things like parts of a body disappearing from view in certain camera angles. All-in-all, the models themselves are rather detailed, and the faces kind of fall into the back of your mind while you’re playing anyway. Each wrestler in the game has four attires, clearly accounting for the possibility that 4 players would all want to play as the same character. While half of the time, this amounts to alternate colors, this feature is deeper than one may expect. For example, both Hogan and Sting feature their ‘classic’ look in alternate attires. The feature clearly wasn’t just an afterthought by the development team. (2024 edit: also the alternate colors are probably relatively accurate to real world gear they've worn for all i know)

Each wrestler has a drawn picture as their menu sprite, which sometimes looks great and sometimes just looks odd. It’s quite like the in-game faces in this way.

While the action plays out, the camera angle will often change to give a better or more exciting view of the moves being performed. At first, this may seem distracting, but as the camera angle typically reverts back to the same view by the time you’re back in control of moving your character, it just serves to make the match seem that much more dynamic.

Each wrestler has a variety of moves at their disposal, which I’ll get into later, but in general, these moves look GREAT. There is a lot of very fluid animation and the sheer variety of available moves goes to show that the developers were passionate about professional wrestling. Especially for the time, the animations in general are top notch. In addition, as wrestlers take damage, they will get visibly weaker, with arms clutching at pains in the chest and head, for example. This level of detail is above and beyond what one would expect from a product of this time. There are also a variety of fighting stances, taunts, etcetera for each wrestler, and the fictional wrestlers even get plenty of totally unique animations. Each character truly feels distinct, from their movesets down to their unique animations, even though they all control the same way.

There is one arena for each promotion in the game. These are generally unremarkable, and don’t really reflect any actual arenas, but the visual variety is nice. Each arena has differences such as turnbuckle colors and the size of the crowd. The Independent Union even has a very unique Japanese-style ring. Some may be disappointed that arenas such as the one for Monday Nitro were not included, but I’m just surprised the different promotions have this many differences in their arenas, and find them to be a worthy inclusion.

In terms of entrances, there… kind of aren’t any. I say ‘kind of’ as there are match introductions which play out as a name card and a brief taunt by your wrestler. It’s bare-bones, but it’s passable. (2024 edit: this is basically a truncated version of how Japanese wrestling promotions do wrestler introductions)

Let’s talk about sound. Like the arenas, the music in the game is pretty unremarkable. Unless you play the game a lot, a definite possibility in 1997, you probably won’t remember any of the songs after turning the console off. Most of the tracks have a rock ambiance to them, but they strike me more as Japanese video game music than, say, an edgy late 90s kind of rock you may expect based on the license. There are also no wrestler themes, or WCW-related themes included in the game. Each wrestler seems to have a single sound effect associated with them which they will use pretty much every time they do anything. Most of these are simple grunts, and they’re not, say, voiced by the original wrestler, so they’ll probably fall to the back of your mind as play continues. The aforementioned crowd noise provides a good backdrop to the action. The crowd will ‘ooh’ at moves during their setup, and cheer when the move lands. If a wrestler happens to take an attack to their dick area, the crowd will react with shock. It’s easy to overlook, but the crowd noise does a good job all the same.

Let’s talk roster. This is one MAMMOTH of a roster for the time. Forty-two total wrestlers, each with their own distinct look and move set, in 1997 no less, is nothing short of impressive. There is a caveat here, however. Many WCW fans were and will be disappointed to hear that only about half of the included characters are from WCW, and for that matter, the other half are entirely fictional. This is where the “World Tour” aspect comes into play. Ostensibly, this other half of the roster is foreign wrestlers with all sorts of strange personalities. Unfortunately, this means that for many people, there won’t be much appeal in half of the roster, as they are, for the most part, inherently uninteresting compared to the WCW wrestlers. However, there is a hidden secret behind these characters. Each one is actually a stand-in for a wrestler, mostly Japanese, which wouldn’t have made it into the game otherwise as they didn’t have the license to use those likenesses outside of Japan. So, if names like TAKA Michinoku, Genichiro Tenryu, The Great Sasuke and Abdullah the Butcher interest you, they made the game in the form of these fictional characters. The full moveset for these characters are based on these wrestlers. It’s a smart way to include these move sets, although it may still disappoint fans, as the character who receive these move sets usually bear little resemblance to the wrestler they represent. It is good to have these extra characters, though, as they make the roster fuller than it would otherwise be.

Back to the WCW guys, there’s 23 of them, and most of them are worthy inclusions. You have guys like Hogan, Hall, Nash, Syxx, Macho Man, DDP, Regal, Sting, Dean Malenko, Ric Flair… if you were a WCW fan at the time, you were pretty much guaranteed to have one of your favorites make the cut. I know most people would have preferred if the entire roster were WCW guys, but by all accounts, this is still a big, impressive roster.

In terms of general presentation, I think WCW vs. nWo World Tour does its job quite well. The biggest issue here for me is a tenuous link to the WCW license. There is, for example, no Monday Nitro arena. There aren’t any WCW belts seen in the game. There’s no commentary of any kind, there’s no music from WCW, there isn’t really anything that relates the game to the WCW license other than the included talent and the logo being seen in the WCW ring. And, of course, half the roster isn’t WCW guys. It’s not a huge deal, but it does give a bit of an air of having the WCW license put on in the final stages of development, which I’m not sure was actually the case.

A big roster doesn’t mean much if the gameplay doesn’t hold up, and fortunately, World Tour delivers. It has a gameplay system I’d describe as easy to pick up but complex to master. The A button provides access to grapples, and the B button handles strikes. The C buttons handle things like running, pinning and exiting the ring, while R and L provide ways to evade or block attacks. Unusually for a Nintendo 64 game, movement is controlled by the D-pad, with taunts and special attacks mapped to the analog stick. You can do a strong version of a strike or grapple by holding down the respective button. For grapples, there are 12 total moves that can be done from a front standing position alone, by using any combination of A or B, up and down, after getting your opponent into a hold with the A button. Moves are context sensitive, you can grapple your opponent at a turnbuckle, from behind, and there’s even different moves on a grounded opponent depending on what side they’re laying on and whether you go for the head or the legs. The opponent can also be irish whipped and attacked while you’re running. There’s a lot of different ways to deal damage to your opponent, and most importantly, all of this has a great flow to it. Reversals can be done by tapping R at the right time, there’s backing away to evade grapples with L, you can use a strike to interrupt the opponent or go for a surprise strong grapple when you catch them guarding too much. In addition, when both you and your opponent go for a grapple at the same time, a test of strength occurs. I’m not sure how this feature works, but it may just be that the winner is whoever can button mash the fastest. Speaking of button mashing, both pin falls and submissions work this way as well. Submissions will occur whenever a wrestler happens to have a submission move in their moveset, so it pays to explore each wrestler’s moveset thoroughly to find out where his best submissions are. The gameplay is a bit slow paced, but it does a fantastic job of emulating an actual wrestling match. As I’ve intimated, the game features simple controls with a lot of depth built in, for those who are interested in getting skilled at the game. There’s even unique maneuvers and moves that I haven’t mentioned, as there are just so many of them for seemingly every situation. Overall, I have no hesitations in saying that based on what I’ve covered already, WCW vs. nWo World Tour was the greatest wrestling game that had been released to America at the time of its release.

We can’t talk about gameplay without bringing up the Spirit meter. This shows how well your wrestler is doing, and is another way that the game emulates wrestling fantastically. When your wrestler is doing well, his Spirit meter will rise, and when it reaches its peak, you are allowed to do special moves. There are two ways to do special moves in this game, done by strong grappling an opponent from the front or back and using the analog stick. If your wrestler is getting beat down, his spirit meter will become smaller. However, much like a real wrestling match, a comeback can be initiated by turning the tide of the match into your favor, and this will inspire the Spirit meter to rise rapidly. The Spirit meter has a surprising amount of depth to it, much like the rest of the gameplay, it isn’t a simple bar you fill up to gain super attacks. Keeping a close eye on your Spirit meter is key to success.

You can go outside the ring and attempt to find weapons given to you by the crowd, but I haven’t found a way to bring these weapons into the ring. Unlike most aspects to the game, the weapons seem to be a bit of an afterthought. You can’t get disqualified, and I haven’t observed weapon attacks to do that much more damage than, say, a regular heavy strike. Additionally, you can cause your opponent to bleed if you have ‘realism’ set to ON. How this passed on a rated K to A game is beyond me, but it’s fun to see happen. As for how this happens, I’m not quite sure. It seems to just happen at random in my experience.

Believe me when I say this, this is a finely crafted game from a gameplay perspective, and it’s still quite fun to play to this day. That especially goes for multiplayer, which was a particular highlight for many people at the time. The Nintendo 64 was equipped with 4 controller ports out of the box, and as such, four players can battle in an all-out war in the battle royal mode. This works in an elimination style, although eliminated wrestlers still stick around and can mess with other players by grappling their feet.

In terms of match types, it’s pretty basic. There’s the standard one on one, tag team matches, a two on one handicap match, and the aforementioned battle royal. That’s all there is in terms of exhibition, but even having a battle royal match in the game made for a great plus to the total package in a time when players probably weren’t expecting things like cage and table matches. Speaking on the tag team matches, they are actually quite fun in this due to your partner’s ability to interrupt the action and help out, whether it be hitting or grabbing an opponent from the ropes, opening an opportunity for their partner to make an attack, breaking up pin attempts, or just jumping into the ring to kick ass. With two players against computers, this can be quite engaging, and I’d imagine it would be even more fun against a second team of players.

There are three other exhibition modes seen on the main menu, these being the eponymous WCW vs. nWo, League, and Tournament. The tournament mode is pretty self explanatory, although there is support for a tag team tournament as well. The league plays out a Round Robin style tournament, commonly seen in Japan. I’d imagine this would take quite some time to complete if you go with the maximum of eight wrestlers and have them all controlled by people. I wonder what was the last time someone actually did that. Hmm. In these modes, matches that include only computer players can be skipped and simulated. WCW vs. nWo mode pits teams of up to 5 against one another in a gauntlet format. One wrestler stays in until they are defeated. It goes on like this until one side has won. Your reward for all of these three modes is the same basic congratulations screen. These modes don’t add a lot to the game, but they certainly don’t take away anything either.

The main single player mode and your path to unlocking this game’s 6 hidden characters is League Challenge. Each promotion in the game has a series of battles to face en route to a championship opportunity. In each promotion, finishing the Heavyweight title run will reward you with a WCW character, most notably DDP and Randy Savage. There are also Tag Team and cruiserwight paths to try out. Upon completing all of the other challenges of a type, a new challenge in a new promotion will open up, allowing you to unlock the strangest characters in the game, Joe Bruiser and BlackWidow. BlackWidow is the only female character, but she works exactly like everyone else and there aren’t any kind of restrictions against fighting or even bloodying her. She does look a bit odd, though. Joe Bruiser, on the other hand, is a boxer who has no grapples to speak of, just a lot of different punches. It’s worth unlocking Bruiser just for how unique and strange he is as an inclusion. Sadly, the hidden promotion doesn’t also unlock a new hidden arena, as the promotion just uses the WCW arena. Once you have these two, you can consider this game finished.

League Challenge is a pretty straightforward series of matches with no flavor or cutscenes. In the end, you are rewarded with a simple trophy screen and another check mark on the list. Besides the unlockable wrestlers, there isn’t much if any reward, so the tag title paths are essentially pointless. It shouldn’t take very long for most players to unlock all of the hidden characters. The game allows you to pick the difficulty of your computer controlled opponents, from Easy to Medium to Hard, which may add a little spice to this. My biggest issue with this mode is how damn long some of them can take. Some of these championships will require what feels like an endless amount of battles to win, especially the WWW challenges. It gets a bit stale simply doing matches one after the other, so it may be better to chip away at these over time rather than try to get them all done as soon as possible. And as a small note, as Wrath and Glacier are unlocked by doing the fictional promotion Heavyweight paths, they are put onto the selection screen in those promotions. I would have expected them to be put with the WCW characters, but instead they stick out put next to all these fictional wrestlers. Just a bit odd.

Although I have been pretty positive with World Tour so far, there’s a couple of gripes I have with it. For one thing, having only front and back specials means some wrestlers like Hollywood Hogan are out in the cold. His leg drop is just a regular move which requires no preamble and doesn’t do much damage. You can still finish a match by using it, but as it’s not contextualized as a special, it feels a bit odd. As well, Hogan’s actual front special is… a chokehold? Some wrestlers don’t have entirely accurate specials, either, with Nash famously doing a not-Outsider’s Edge, for example. As the moves are generally on point, seeing some guys lacking in terms of accurate specials is a bit disappointing. This also contributes to the ‘not-quite-WCW-enough’ feel that the game has. Another thing that may be an issue to some is that it is impossible to save your progress without a Memory Pak. All it does is save your settings and the League Challenges you’ve defeated, but this means if you don’t own a Memory Pak, you will have to unlock all the characters you want to use every time you turn on the game. Saving via the Memory Pak wasn’t a totally uncommon thing back in 1997, and most N64 fans will most likely have one or two laying around, but it’s worth noting nonetheless.

WCW vs. nWo World Tour is a very solid game. While it may feel rather bare bones by today’s standards, it was revolutionary for the time and basically wrote the book on how 3D wrestling games should work in the future. It’s a hell of a lot better than contemporary games such as WWF War Zone, and is still a fun time today. With no creation aspects and a simple arcade mode for single player content, wrestling fans may find themselves uninterested after a while. The gameplay is the main star here, however, and with a big roster, good graphics for the time, a selection of unique arenas and the famous battle royal mode, World Tour stands up to this day as a good wrestling game, and a great starting point for the AKI/THQ wrestling game series.

+Revolutionary, skill-oriented gameplay +Large roster including not just WCW but foreign wrestlers as well under aliases, each with their own unique moveset +Stellar animation work along with solid graphics for its time +4-player Battle Royal and a variety of side modes such as tournaments give the game multiplayer replay value -Single-player League Challenge mode is no-frills arcade style, with little in the way of personality, which gets repetitive -More WCW names could have been included -Saves need to be done with a Memory Pak -Not a lot of content outside of the standard Exhibition matches -Some wrestlers don’t have their accurate finishing moves, either because of a wrong move choice, or because their finishing move doesn’t fit one of the 2 Special move types included

Fake Sting here is playing the Japanese equivalent to this game, Virtual Pro Wrestling 64

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