Read ahead to see what my favorite wrestling game is and why.

WCW vs. NWO – World Tour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F9WCVliVdU

Fuck yeah, man. While the previous one on the N64 was pretty damn good, this one was also pretty epic. It features great music, awesome animations, different crowd noises depending on the situation (very new and different back then), great sound effects, an impressive lineup of wrestlers, a create your own thingy, several modes of play, and easily endless hours of enjoyment. I’m normally not a big wrestling fan, but this game floored me.

If AKI and THQ would get together again (or if they have already), I would absolutely pick up anything at all they’d produce. Sadly, AKI went on to do the Def Jam titles, which were pretty damn fun until the third one, but now I have no idea where they are. THQ’s off doing their own thing, but it should be noted they weren’t that great of a company back in the day, so making a game like this was a stroke of brilliance on their part, though I wonder how much of it was really just AKI.

I would totally pick up a revamped version of this for XBLA, if it ever happened.