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WCW Saturday Night is a weekly Saturday night TV show on TBS that was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Launched in 1971 initially by Georgia Championship Wrestling, the program existed through various incarnations under different names before becoming WCW Saturday Night in 1992. Although initially the anchor show of the Ted Turner-backed wrestling company, the September 1995 premiere of WCW Monday Nitro airing on sister station Turner Network Television usurped the show's once preeminent position in the company, as the primary source of storyline development and pay-per-view buildup.

The show's place in the company was further devalued by the advent of WCW Thunder in 1998, airing on TBS and providing the secondary wrestling and storyline development that WCW Saturday Night had produced in the wake of Nitro's burgeoning three-hour-long format. Once the cornerstone of the WCW wrestling empire, WCW Saturday Night ended its run in 2000 as the company struggled creatively to meet the demands of producing over six hours of new broadcast material on a weekly basis. The rights to WCW Saturday Night now belong to WWE as a result of that company's 2001 purchase of selected assets of WCW (including its video library).

On April 2, 2018 some WCW Saturday Night episodes began being uploaded onto the WWE Network, with select episodes from 1992-1993 included.^[1] Previous episodes from 1985 to 1989 under the JCP banner were uploaded in 2015 and 2016 and are also available under the World Championship Wrestling bucket.

• 1History
  • 1.2World Championship Wrestling (1982–1992)
    • 1.2.2Under Jim Crockett Promotions (1985–1988)
  • 1.3WCW Saturday Night (1992–2000)

History[edit]

WCW Saturday Night premiered on April 4, 1992 as the showcase for the company's top talent. It grew out of two previous wrestling programs on TBS - Georgia Championship Wrestling, which began on the station (then known as WTCG-TV) in January 1972 and ran under that name until August 1982, when it became World Championship Wrestling. In addition, there was also a Sunday edition of World Championship Wrestling; however, in later years, Sunday editions became infrequent. In spring 1988, TBS replaced the Sunday edition with a new Sunday wrestling show called NWA Main Event.

In all of its incarnations, WCW Saturday Night would normally air for two hours. During baseball season, however, it would typically air for one hour, to be immediately followed by Braves TBS Baseball.

Georgia Championship Wrestling (1971–1982)[edit]

On December 25, 1971, Georgia Championship Wrestling aired its first show, which was considered a Christmas special, since the rest of the programming did not air until late January 1972. Beginning in 1972, the promotion switched its Atlanta television outlet from its longtime home, WQXI-TV (now WXIA-TV) to upstart UHFindependent station WTCG, owned by Ted Turner. Later in the decade WTCG became a national superstation, and in 1979 it was renamed WTBS. (The station in now called WPCH-TV after being spun off from the national TBS cable channel in 2007.)

When WTCG went on satellite in 1976, making the station available to cable systems all across the United States, the renamed Georgia Championship Wrestling became the first NWA promotion to be broadcast nationally. Many of the NWA's regional promoters were unhappy, but promoter Jim Barnett claimed since he was only using Georgia-based wrestlers, that there was no harm. Whether or not Barnett was in fact taking the promotion national is a matter of dispute, some wrestlers, such as Roddy Piper, say that he was in fact doing so, but prevented by fears of crossing organized crime figures involved with the sport. Throughout the 1970s, Georgia Championship Wrestling was one of the main shows that kept the Superstation alive.^[2]

The Georgia Championship Wrestling TV series, hosted by Gordon Solie, was taped before a small, live in-studio audience, as were most pro wrestling TV shows of that era. The show featured wrestling matches, plus melodramatic monologues and inter-character confrontations—similar to the programming offered by other territories, including the Northeast-based World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

World Championship Wrestling (1982–1992)[edit]

In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling changed its main programming name to World Championship Wrestling. Ted Turner had requested the name change in hopes of giving the wrestling programming on the Superstation a less regional scope. Also, by this point, GCW had been running shows in 'neutral' territories like Ohio and Michigan. Much like Georgia Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling was taped in Atlanta, Georgia, at WTBS' studios at 1050 Techwood Drive until March 30, 1989, when the taping location was moved to the Center Stage Theater, in Atlanta.

Black Saturday (1984–1985)[edit]

In 1984, WWF owner Vince McMahon, hoping to expand the national reach of his Stamford, Connecticut-based company, bought a majority stake in the Georgia territory, and its WTBS time slot, for $750,000. On July 14 of that year, viewers tuned into World Championship Wrestling expecting to see Gordon Solie and the stars of GCW, only to witness McMahon introducing WWF programming instead, an event now known in professional wrestling lore as Black Saturday.^[3]Freddie Miller, an announcer, was the only member of the original Georgia Championship Wrestling on-air cast who did not either quit in protest or get replaced by McMahon.

McMahon had underestimated two major factors, however. The first was the difference in tastes between wrestling fans from different regions of the United States. GCW matches featured an emphasis on in-ring action with talented wrestlers in longer and more athletic matches, a style which is known as 'rasslin' (derived from the pronunciation of 'wrestling' in a Southern accent). The WWF, however, was more soap opera-like in character, with cartoonish characters and storylines (an approach which has since come to be known as 'sports entertainment'), and also tended to feature short squash matches in which one wrestler dominated the other. GCW's core audience thus did not receive the WWF product now shown on WTBS well.

Secondly, McMahon had promised Ted Turner that he would produce original programming for the time slot at the WTBS studios in Atlanta. Instead, WWF World Championship Wrestling was mainly used as a recap show, featuring matches which had previously aired on the WWF's main television programs such as WWF Championship Wrestling and WWF All-Star Wrestling, which were originally produced in the Northeast. Eventually, the WWF did have in-studio squash matches on the show on an infrequent basis. During this time, the show was co-hosted by Freddie Miller and Gorilla Monsoon, with Monsoon serving as the play-by-play announcer and Miller serving as the ring announcer. This did not stem the tide of negative viewer reaction to the WWF show, however. Angry viewers deluged WTBS with over a thousand complaints, demanding to know where GCW had gone.

Turner, angry both at the declining ratings and at McMahon's reneging on his promise of original programming for the WTBS time slot, made two moves to correct the problem. Firstly, he offered Ole Anderson, who had refused to sell his minority interest in GCW to McMahon and instead formed a successor promotion known as Championship Wrestling from Georgia, Inc. (CWG), a 7:00 a.m. time slot on Saturday mornings. He then gave Bill Watts, the owner of Mid-South Wrestling, a one-hour time slot on Sundays. These moves upset McMahon, who had assumed that the WWF would be the sole provider of professional wrestling content on WTBS with his purchase of GCW. Turner disagreed, citing McMahon's aforementioned breaking of his promise to provide original WWF programming for the WTBS time slot.

Under Jim Crockett Promotions (1985–1988)[edit]

The decline in ratings for the WWF's Saturday evening show, and the fans clamoring for GCW, began to make the WWF's foray onto WTBS one that lost the federation money. Eventually, McMahon cut his losses and sold the former GCW time slot to Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) for $1 million in March 1985.^[4] The final WWF produced edition of World Championship Wrestling^[5] aired on March 25, 1985.

JCP, based in Charlotte, North Carolina and run by Jim Crockett, Jr., was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and ran NWA-branded shows in Virginia and the Carolinas. Crockett's first order of business was to merge his promotion with CWG, thus allowing his wrestlers to compete on CWG's Saturday morning WTBS time slot and vice versa. This deal (which former Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Jim Barnett helped broker), however, forced the elimination of the Mid-South Wrestling program, which had been the highest-rated program on WTBS, from the WTBS schedule. Bill Watts had been poised to take over the former GCW time slot from McMahon, but instead ended up selling his promotion (by now known as the Universal Wrestling Federation) to Crockett in 1987.

JCP retained the World Championship Wrestling name. Crockett filled the time slot with two hours of original programming filmed in Ted Turner's Atlanta studios. The program name would also become the promotion's name following the purchase of JCP by Ted Turner in 1988. In addition, the Championship Wrestling from Georgia program would become Championship Wrestling and use the same set as the Crockett-era World Championship Wrestling Saturday evening program.

Superstars in Supertowns (February 7, 1987)[edit]

The February 7, 1987^[6] edition of NWA World Championship Wrestling was a special called Superstars in Supertowns. It promoted the return of Magnum T.A. (who was forced to retire due to a near fatal car accident in October 1986^[7]) and opened up with a first-person view of a car driving on the road. Tony Schiavone and David Crockett, dressed in tuxedos, hosted the show which showed different matches from cities like Philadelphia, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and St. Louis. The opening contest was Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson from the Philadelphia Civic Center.

November 5, 1988 – World Championship Wrestling[edit]

The November 5, 1988^[8] edition of NWA World Championship Wrestling began with 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair cutting a promo and pointing out a large group of Turner executives in the crowd. This was a subtle nod to Ted Turner purchasing Jim Crockett Promotions. This program launched the WCW brand under the banner of the National Wrestling Alliance, initially designed as a mutually beneficial arrangement, but ultimately one that proved divisive. On this first program, the infamous Jim Cornette–Paul E. Dangerously feud took center stage as their dueling versions of the well-known tag team Midnight Express commenced an intense feud that would last until the following February.^[9]

WCW Saturday Night (1992–2000)[edit]

World Championship Wrestling would be renamed WCW Saturday Night on April 4, 1992.^[10] This reflected an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta with some footage from matches in Columbus, Georgia. The show was presented in a 'neon' style, with a blue and pink color scheme. Neon signs displayed the show's logo, and the wrestlers entered through a silver mylar curtain. The show was given a new look again in March 1994,^[11] with a futuristic design with a unique entry way of slide-open doors and billowing smoke as the performers made their way to the ring.

When the show originally premiered, it was hosted by Jim Ross^[12] and Jesse Ventura.^[13]Bruno Sammartino also appeared sporadically as a guest color commentator during certain weeks in 1992. Tony Schiavone took over the hosting duties following Ross' departure for the WWF in 1993 and remained until 1998.^[14]Bobby Heenan would replace Ventura after joining WCW in the beginning of 1994.^[15]Dusty Rhodes, who affectionately referred to Saturday Night as 'The Mothership', replaced him in 1995 and continued until January 1998. Rhodes and Schiavone were removed from the broadcast so Schiavone could focus on his other broadcasting duties and Rhodes could take a managerial role after having turned heel, joining the New World Order. They were replaced by Scott Hudson and Mike Tenay, who was later replaced with Larry Zbyszko. Gene Okerlund often handled interviews after he joined WCW in 1993, as did Tenay, Schiavone, and Lee Marshall.

In the summer of 1996, WCW Saturday Night was taped at WCW Pro's Disney–MGM Studios set in Orlando, Florida due to all of Turner's mobile production units being used by other broadcasters for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Live episodes[edit]

Episodes of WCW Saturday Night were usually filmed well in advance, with the exception of three live editions.

The first one aired on July 9, 1994. Sting wrestled Ric Flair as voted on by fans. Hulk Hogan made his first in-studio appearance, and he and Sting were attacked by Sherri Martel.

The second aired from downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 27, 1995.^[16] It started raining halfway through the outdoor show, causing the ring mat to become slippery at times.

The third live airing, again outdoors, took place on August 10, 1996,^[17] from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The show took place right before the Hog Wildpay-per-view event, which was held on a Saturday night instead of the usual Sunday night slot for WCW pay-per-views. Hence, WCW Saturday Night was used as a lead-in to the pay-per-view show, much like WCW Main Event was used as a lead-in for Sunday pay-per-views until 1996.

Decline and end (1998–2000)[edit]

As previously mentioned, when WCW introduced the live programs Monday Nitro and Thunder, Saturday Night became WCW's third-tier program. The majority of airtime would be used to display up-and-comers and recent graduates of the WCW Power Plant (with the occasional squash match) as well recapping the major events of the other shows. The main event would often feature mid-card performers such as the current Cruiserweight Champion, World Television Champion, or U.S. Heavyweight Champion in a non-title match. Hudson, Tenay, and Marshall manned commentating and locker room interviewing duties throughout this period. Backstage, 'Mean Gene' Okerlund would regularly promote his WCW Hotline for 'just a buck sixty-nine a minute,' which provided fans with insider information on recent events in the company.^[18]

On April 1, 2000, WCW Saturday Night aired its final episode under its usual format; one week later, it became a recap show and no longer featured exclusive matches. From July 1, 2000, the show was re-titled WCW Saturday Morning, and moved from its established evening timeslot to a late morning timeslot; however, the show was canceled one month later as a result of low viewership. The last episode aired on August 19, 2000.

Title changes[edit]

Throughout the years, WCW Saturday Night has had numerous title changes.

• Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (December 6, 1986)
• Dick Murdoch and Ivan Koloff defeated Ron Garvin and Barry Windham to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on March 14, 1987 (live show)
• The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated Ron Garvin and Barry Windham in a tournament final to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on May 16, 1987 (live show)
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship on November 18, 1989 (taped November 1, 1989)
• Tom Zenk defeated Arn Anderson to win the NWA World Television Championship on December 29, 1990 (taped December 4, 1990)
• The Patriots (Todd Champion and Firebreaker Chip) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) to win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship on September 7, 1991 (taped August 12, 1991)
• Greg Valentine and Terry Taylor defeated Ron Simmons and Big Josh to win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship on February 29, 1992 (taped February 17, 1992)
• Barry Windham defeated Steve Austin in a two out of three falls match to win the WCW World Television Championship on May 9, 1992 (taped April 27, 1992)
• Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham defeated Steve Williams and Terry Gordy to win the NWA and WCW World Tag Team Championships on October 3, 1992 (taped September 21, 1992)
• Dustin Rhodes defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final to win the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship on January 16, 1993 (taped January 11, 1993)
• Dustin Rhodes defeated Rick Rude in the final match of the best-of-three series for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship on September 11, 1993 (taped August 30, 1993)
• 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Bagwell defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on October 23, 1993 (taped October 4, 1993)
• Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat in a Spring Stampede rematch to regain the held-up WCW World Heavyweight Championship on May 14, 1994 (taped April 21, 1994)
• Larry Zbyszko defeated Lord Steven Regal to win the WCW World Television Championship on May 28, 1994 (taped May 2, 1994)
• Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Stars and Stripes (The Patriot and Marcus Alexander Bagwell) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on January 14, 1995 (taped December 8, 1994)
• Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on July 22, 1995 (taped June 21, 1995)
• Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on October 28, 1995 (taped September 27, 1995)
• Lex Luger defeated Johnny B. Badd to win the WCW World Television Championship on March 9, 1996 (taped March 6, 1996)
• Lord Steven Regal defeated Lex Luger to win the WCW World Television Championship on August 31, 1996 (taped August 20, 1996)
• Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on October 5, 1996 (taped October 1, 1996)
• Chris Jericho defeated Alex Wright to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship on August 16, 1997 (taped August 12, 1997)

References[edit]

1. ^'WWE Network Officially Adds 38 Episodes of WCW Saturday Night; Comes To Over 50 Hours as Advertised'. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
2. ^Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.226)
3. ^John F. Molinaro. 'End of an era on TBS Solie, Georgia and 'Black Saturday''. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
4. ^http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcwsaturdaynight85.htm
5. ^The End of WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling [TBS 1985-03-25] on YouTube
6. ^http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcwsaturdaynight87.htm
7. ^http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcwsaturdaynight86.htm
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12. ^Role: Announcer - Himself (1991 - 1993)
13. ^Role: Announcer - Himself (1992 - 1994)
14. ^Role: Announcer - Tony Schiavone (1991 - 1995)
15. ^Role: Announcer - Himself (1994 - 1995)
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18. ^Zimmerman, Christopher Robin 1998 IN QUOTES SlashWrestling.com. Retrieved on 3-12-11.

External links[edit]

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Wrestlemania? Forget about it. Survivor Series? Please. Everybody knows the Royal Rumble is THE wrestling event of the calendar year. In honour of this weekend's annual over-the-top rope extravaganza, Digital Spy has decided to pit 30 wrestling games of the past and present against each other to see which is the best.

Only one game will walk out with that championship belt, so without further ado, it's time for the 2016 wrestling game Royal Rumble...

30. WCW SUPERBRAWL WRESTLING (1994) - SNES

It's the Miz, alright. Superbrawl has it behind the scenes - with awesome digitised mini-promos before the action starts - but once it steps into the squared circle everything goes wrong and you realise it's just a bit, well, rubbish. Thrown over, out, into the front row of the crowd.

29. WWF WRESTLEMANIA: THE ARCADE GAME (1995) - PSONE, SATURN, SNES, MEGA DRIVE

The kind of lighthearted, bright and silly thing you're supposed to laugh at but instead cringe at, WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game is the Eugene of wrestling games. Mixing WWF with Mortal Kombat might sound good on paper, but it is not. Over the top rope, bye bye.

28. SHOWDOWN: LEGENDS OF WRESTLING (2004) - PS2, XBOX

The novelty entrant we all secretly want to see, Showdown gives us a mediocre game, but also some of sports entertainment's biggest heroes. Hogan, Sting and Jake the Snake make it look special, but it's soon outplayed and dumped over the top.

27. ECW HARDCORE REVOLUTION (2000) - PSONE, DREAMCAST

The plucky upstart got itself a couple of video games, and neither was that bad. ECW Hardcore Revolution was like a reskinned version of WWF Attitude, only with more jean shorts and fewer household names.

26. WWF ATTITUDE (1999) - PSONE, N64, DREAMCAST

Speak of the devil. WWF Attitude is like the Mark Henry of wrestling games: mediocre - even if it did feature practically every match type under the sun and had Shane McMahon on commentary. In fact, a young Mark Henry is actually on the roster, which tells you how old it is.

25. TNA IMPACT (2008) - PS3, XBOX 360, PS2, WII

Like Rey Mysterio, nobody thinks this underpowered challenger can contend. But unlike Rey Mysterio, Impact actually can't contend. Impressive visuals and intuitive controls work in its favour, but its appearance is derailed by serious injury (i.e. Midway closing down). Impact retires during the match.

24. WWE 2K14 (2013) - PS3, XBOX 360

Boring, turgid, but oddly compelling, WWE 2K14 has a lot in common with Randy Orton. The in-ring action isn't anything to shout 'YES!' about, but that Wrestlemania mode is pure nostalgia. But it's not enough to save it from getting clotheslined over the top.

23. WWE RAW 2 (2003) - XBOX

An annoying footnote in wrestling game history - sort of like Scott Steiner - WWE Raw 2 makes a big show of itself being the 'real deal', especially with an extensive list of customisation options. But in the ring? Nothing but a huge let down. Eliminated quickly.

22. ULTIMATE MUSCLE: LEGENDS VS NEW GENERATION (2003) - GAMECUBE

Stupidity doesn't always mean something is bad. Look at Damien Mizdow. Ultimate Muscle is a bizarre mash-up of cartoon and wrestling, but it's still capable of giving you a good time. Resolutely in the mid-card, it is quite obviously eliminated.

21. PRO WRESTLING (1987) - NES

Like a less extreme Terry Funk, Pro Wrestling for the NES just won't let it go. Seeming more basic with each passing year, one of the first home console wrestling games is capable of holding its own for a bit... but then does its back in and has to be (carefully) thrown out.

20. WWF SMACKDOWN 2: KNOW YOUR ROLE (2000) - PSONE

A simpler time, a less demanding audience, Smackdown 2 desperately craves a return to those days - when it could get away with being a barely dressed-up arcade brawler. Its time has passed, though, and the fun button-masher's elimination is a suitable spectacle.

19. WRESTLING SPIRIT 2 (2006) - PC

While a third game was released, it simply isn't as good as the second - an indie, mostly one-man production of solid quality and full of interesting ideas. It's a deep simulation with role-playing elements where you guide the career of one wrestler. Still, it's got no chance of winning this one.

18. WCW VS THE WORLD (1997) - PSONE

This creaking midcarder of a bygone generation has seen itself overtaken in every respect - graphics, sound, and especially the now-strange, semi-technical way of playing the thing. Once a legend, now a relic, it can't keep up with the pace and is eventually eliminated.

17. SATURDAY NIGHT SLAM MASTERS (1993) - ARCADE, MEGA DRIVE, SNES

When styles shouldn't really mix but end up turning out really well, you have a Goldberg situation. While Capcom's Slam Masters doesn't quite build up the streak, its scrolling beat-'em-up style - and the appearance of Haggar from Final Fight - helps it last longer than expected.

16. WWF ROYAL RUMBLE (2000) - DREAMCAST, ARCADE

The Ziggler of the two dedicated Royal Rumble releases, the newer, Dreamcast-only release isn't a bad game, it's just not as good as the one that came before (*cough* Shawn Michaels *cough*). As such, this arcadey brawler feels a bit hollow, lacking game modes and failing to significantly tap into that Attitude Era roster.

15. WWF ROYAL RUMBLE (1993) - MEGA DRIVE, SNES

The older of the two Royal Rumble games isn't exactly an icon or showstopper, but you've just got to love that classical grappling gameplay. But you might not feel the same way if you had the Mega Drive version, which sacrificed SNES mainstays Ric Flair and Mr Perfect for Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Papa Shango. Over the top rope you go.

14. WWF WRESTLEFEST (1991) - ARCADE

Big, dumb and strong, Wrestlefest has the sort of unexpected longevity you'd associate with the Big Show. Hardcore before hardcore was cool, fights take place in the ring, outside of the ring and even in the confines of a steel cage - the proper one with big blue bars that took half an hour to put up.

13. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2007 (2006) - XBOX 360, PS2

You were supposed to be the next big thing, Glacier... sorry, Smackdown vs Raw 2007. But you just look weird and can't live up to the hype - and even though you're better in the ring than you get credit for, the booking is against you. Up, out.

12. WWF RAW (1994) - MEGA DRIVE, SNES, 32X

A decidedly old-school affair, WWF Raw brings the solid fundamentals but unspectacular out-of-ring talents you would expect from a pre-billionaire McMahon era. Diesel vs Razor gets a good pop, but it just can't quite stand up to its contemporaries.

11. WWE ALL STARS (2011) - PS3, XBOX 360, PS2, WII

When the old guys still have it, it's something special. Like Ricky Steamboat, All Stars is riddled with age but surprises absolutely everyone with how fast and fun the arcade action is. You know it's never going to win, but you enjoy every second of its all-too-brief appearance and over-the-top in-ring style.

10. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW (2004) - PS2

The brand split produced one good thing: the first Smackdown vs Raw game, which makes a respectable showing of itself thanks to its semi-technical movesets and gorgeous looks. It's never more than a B-plus player, though, and soon finds itself dumped outside.

9. FIRE PRO WRESTLING RETURNS (2007) - PS2

Like Chris Jericho's endless comebacks, Fire Pro's return is hyped, special and surprisingly good. But it lacks that initial spark to keep us interested, even if the systems are as deep as ever. A dodgy, annoying elimination follows, along with a lot of boos.

8. WCW VS NWO: WORLD TOUR (1997) - N64

The first step towards the N64 stable's domination of videogame wrestling, World Tour paved the way for the greats. A deep, technical wrestling system mixed with a bunch of licensed warriors makes for a fine experience. Its overconfidence proves fatal, however, and it gets bundled over the top.

7. WCW/NWO REVENGE (1998) - N64

With almost every wrestler in WCW at the time and a refined, improved engine over its now-eliminated World Tour partner, Revenge is up there with the best. But like Hogan in TNA, it's past it. It doesn't belong. It is eliminated.

6. WWF WRESTLEMANIA 2000 (1999) - N64

Third in a row from the once-dominant Aki stable, WM2K might still have it where it counts, but the game just wants to use its many skills and features to put over its younger opposition. Like Hogan getting pinned by The Rock, it also represents a passing of the torch, as THQ takes over publishing duties from Acclaim.

5. WWE DAY OF RECKONING 2 (2005) - GAMECUBE

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Fifth place is far better than many would expect of the lesser-known GameCube exclusive, which punches above its weight and pulls out a number of big eliminations thanks to its fun technical action and solid story mode. It's also got George Clooney's ex Stacy Keibler on the cover, so there is that.

4. WRESTLE KINGDOM 2: PRO WRESTLING SEKAI TAISEN (2007) - PS2

Blazing in from the Far East like a kick from KENTA, Wrestle Kingdom 2 surprises everyone with how viciously talented it is. The Japan-only PS2 title is technical and deep, but ultimately let down by the fact WWE doesn't seem to like foreigners. So it doesn't win.

3. SUPER FIRE PRO WRESTLING X PREMIUM (1996) - SNES

The Shinsuke Nakamura of the wrestling game world, SFPWXP is beloved by the purists and unknown by the masses. Insanely deep and technical, endlessly entertaining and just bloody great fun, it would win... but that wouldn't be best for business. A respectable third place.

2. WWE SMACKDOWN: HERE COMES THE PAIN (2003) - PS2

It's been a hard-fought one, but HCTP with its mix of technical and arcadey brawling has made its way to the final two. The roster was bigger than Hulk Hogan's pythons, and it had a great grappling system and a brilliant season mode packed with player choice. Perhaps if it didn't have that bra and panties mode it would be number one.

1. WWF NO MERCY - N64

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Originally launching with a game-breaking bug, No Mercy was given no chance in hell of winning this thing... but a deep roster, countless modes, a solid, branching story mode and some of the finest technical wrestling seen in a game push it, ever on, to victory. In the end, it's not even close.

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And with that, your winner and reigning, defending, undisputed champion is cemented: WWF No Mercy takes home the title and respect it deserves.