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There was a very serious plan to add boxer Floyd Mayweather to the SvR series. A complete moves set and entrance animation for him was included in a few games. They were eventually assigned to fellow boxer Mike Tyson in WWE ’13.
Al Snow provided the voice for ‘Head’ in WWF Attitude.
Fred Durst’s appearances in ‘WWE SmackDown: Just Bring It’ and ‘WWE Raw’ were part of a royalty fee. The Undertaker had been using a Limp Bizkit song as his theme song at the time of development. As the band’s lead singer and record manager, Durst would only allow THQ to use the song if he was included as a playable character. He made the same demands for the ‘Fight Club’ video game.
The UK version of ‘Legends of Wrestling 2’ featured 4 additional characters that were not feature in any other regional copy. This makes it one of the very few video games that ever put more playable content into the PAL version instead of the NTSC or JAP formats.
Undertaker has appeared in more video games than any other wrestler, making nearly 50 unique appearances in total.
Vince McMahon reportedly hated a SvR09 storyline. He thought the idea of Undertaker demonically possessing opponents was too absurd. But he is said to have loved a SvR07 storyline in which Candice Michelle changed the appearance and gender of Superstars using genuine magical power.
THQ made four attempts at adding Mr. America to their games, but Hulk Hogan refused permission each time. This included for ‘WWE SmackDown: Here Comes The Pain’, in which Hogan was removed anyway.
The ‘Trainer’ that appears in the Acclaim games is based on Jeff Robinson, a lead designer on multiple wrestling games.
WCW never successfully acquired the rights for the official nWo theme song to be used in any video game. As a result, THQ were forced to compose a replica theme. Hulk Hogan would later use the replica theme as his own theme music in TNA Wrestling.
Two of William Regal’s finishing moves were officially named by THQ. Both ‘The Power of the Punch’ and the ‘Knee Trembler’ did not have official names until after they appeared in the video games. However, both names were adapted from Regal’s interview comments about the moves.
One of the hidden achievements for TNA Impact! on X-Box was that you had to play an online match against a genuine TNA performer.
Owen Hart is the first wrestler to appear in a licensed wrestling video game after their death.
All 6 fictional promoters in ‘Legends of Wrestling 2’ were all based on genuine promoters: Christine Jarrett, Hiro Matsuda, Jim Crockett, Paul Heyman, Ted Turner and Vincent K. McMahon.
WCW Mayhew was the very first wrestling game that made it possible to fight in a backstage area.
There was once a very serious proposal to re-release WWF No Mercy in 2007, but updated to reflect the current product. It would’ve been exclusive to the Nintendo Wii via the online store. WWE eventually decided against it for the same reason that THQ thought it was a good idea; the main audience would be modders.
Al Snow provided the voice for ‘Head’ in WWF Attitude.
Fred Durst’s appearances in ‘WWE SmackDown: Just Bring It’ and ‘WWE Raw’ were part of a royalty fee. The Undertaker had been using a Limp Bizkit song as his theme song at the time of development. As the band’s lead singer and record manager, Durst would only allow THQ to use the song if he was included as a playable character. He made the same demands for the ‘Fight Club’ video game.
The UK version of ‘Legends of Wrestling 2’ featured 4 additional characters that were not feature in any other regional copy. This makes it one of the very few video games that ever put more playable content into the PAL version instead of the NTSC or JAP formats.
Undertaker has appeared in more video games than any other wrestler, making nearly 50 unique appearances in total.
Vince McMahon reportedly hated a SvR09 storyline. He thought the idea of Undertaker demonically possessing opponents was too absurd. But he is said to have loved a SvR07 storyline in which Candice Michelle changed the appearance and gender of Superstars using genuine magical power.
THQ made four attempts at adding Mr. America to their games, but Hulk Hogan refused permission each time. This included for ‘WWE SmackDown: Here Comes The Pain’, in which Hogan was removed anyway.
The ‘Trainer’ that appears in the Acclaim games is based on Jeff Robinson, a lead designer on multiple wrestling games.
WCW never successfully acquired the rights for the official nWo theme song to be used in any video game. As a result, THQ were forced to compose a replica theme. Hulk Hogan would later use the replica theme as his own theme music in TNA Wrestling.
Two of William Regal’s finishing moves were officially named by THQ. Both ‘The Power of the Punch’ and the ‘Knee Trembler’ did not have official names until after they appeared in the video games. However, both names were adapted from Regal’s interview comments about the moves.
One of the hidden achievements for TNA Impact! on X-Box was that you had to play an online match against a genuine TNA performer.
Owen Hart is the first wrestler to appear in a licensed wrestling video game after their death.
All 6 fictional promoters in ‘Legends of Wrestling 2’ were all based on genuine promoters: Christine Jarrett, Hiro Matsuda, Jim Crockett, Paul Heyman, Ted Turner and Vincent K. McMahon.
WCW Mayhew was the very first wrestling game that made it possible to fight in a backstage area.
There was once a very serious proposal to re-release WWF No Mercy in 2007, but updated to reflect the current product. It would’ve been exclusive to the Nintendo Wii via the online store. WWE eventually decided against it for the same reason that THQ thought it was a good idea; the main audience would be modders.
