The Slam Heard Around The World

[triverse]

Yep, you will finally get to recreate the Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan match from Wrestlemania III come March 24th when Legends of Wrestlemania is released. Of course you can do more than just that but for now try out the demo on PSN and Live.

Read more at Gamepro.com about what other matches and possible characters will be available.

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/209089...n-xbox-360-ps3/

[Hidinger]

Yep, you will finally get to recreate the Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan match from Wrestlemania III come March 24th when Legends of Wrestlemania is released. Of course you can do more than just that but for now try out the demo on PSN and Live.

Read more at Gamepro.com about what other matches and possible characters will be available.

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/209089...n-xbox-360-ps3/

Yeah, I have been watching this game for a while now. Too bad they can't get Randy "Macho Man or The King or Bonesaw" Savage in the game. That would just make it perfect. I am still not sure how some of these characters qualify as "Legends of Wrestlemania" I guess Legends of Wrestling wouldn't work as well. You can NOT convince me that Sgt. Slaughter and Big Boss Man (although great characters) ever qualify as a "Legend" for participation in Wrestlemania. Weren't they both in only one wrestlemania event?

Same with HHH....um, apparently it doesn't take much to become a "Legend" anymore. Remember when you had to retire or die for that honor.

Still, I will go download the PS3 demo when the wife is done teaching in the other room.

EDIT:

Ganked from Gamefaqs, looks to be legit for the most part as I have seen pics of these characters

ANDRE THE GIANT

ARN ANDERSON

BAM BAM BIGELOW

BIG BOSS MAN

BIG JOHN STUDD

BRET HART

BRITISH BULLDOG

BRUTUS BEEFCAKE

DUSTY RHODES

GREG VALENTINE

HONKY TONK MAN

HULK HOGAN

HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY

IRON SHEIK

JAKE ROBERTS

JIM DUGGAN

JIM NEIDHART

JIMMY SNUKA

JUNKYARD DOG

KAMALA

KING KONG BUNDY

KOKO B. WARE

LEGION OF DOOM

MICHAEL HAYES

MR. PERFECT

NIKOLAI VOLKOFF

RIC FLAIR

RICK RUDE

THE ROCK

RODDY PIPER

SGT. SLAUGHTER

SHAWN MICHAELS

STEVE AUSTIN

TED DiBIASE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR

UNDERTAKER

YOKOZUNA

??? (two people in the box)

???

???

???

???

??? (two people in the box)

BOBBY HEENAN

JIMMY HART

MR. FUJI

PAUL BEARER

[triverse]

http://legendsofwrestlemania.com/roster.swf

That site has pics of the wrestlers in the game so far.

Rumors say the following could be in it:

Demolition (please please)

IRS (Then they could have another tag team available in Money Inc)

DON MURACO

EARTHQUAKE

RAZOR RAMON (wonder if they get him if they would try and get Nash but he is in TNA right now)

RICKY STEAMBOAT

STRIKE FORCE

Here are some links from WWE.com with the characters so far for the game:

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300514 - Andre

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300522 - Animal

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300532 - Arn Anderson

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300546 - Big Bossman

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300554 - Big John Studd

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300562 - Bret Hart

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300570 - British Bulldog

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300578 - Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300586 - Dusty Rhodes

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300596 - Greg Valentine

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300608 - Hawk

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300616 - Honky Tonk Man

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300624 - Hulk Hogan

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300632 - Triple H (very old school)

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300640 - Jake "the Snake" Roberts

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300648 - Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300656 - Jimmy Hart

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300664 - Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300672 - Junkyard Dog

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300680 - KAMALA

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300688 - King Kong Bundy

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300704 - Michael P.S. Hayes

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300712 - Mr. Fuji

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300720 - Mr. Perfect

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300728 - (Nicolie Volcolff)sp

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300736 - Paul Berrar

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300744 - Ravishing Rick Rude

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300758 - Ric Flair

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300766 - Sgt. Slaughter

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300778 - Ted Dibiase

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300786 - the Iron Sheik

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300794 - the Rock

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300802 - the Ultimate Warrior

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300810 - the Undertaker

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300818 - Yokozuna

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300826 - Bam Bam Bigalow

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/small/29062/9300834 - Bobby "the Brain" Heenan

Here are some of the matches in the Wrestlemania Tour option for those interested:

RELIVE

WrestleMania 2: WWE Championship - Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy w/ Bobby Heenan

WrestleMania III: WWE Championship - Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant w/ Bobby Heenan

WrestleMania VI: Intercontinental and WWE Championship - Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan

WrestleMania VII: WWE Championship - Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter

WrestleMania 13: Submission Match - Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold

WrestleMania XIV: WWE Championship - Stone Cold vs. Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania XV: WWE Championship - Stone Cold vs. The Rock

REWRITE

WrestleMania I: Intercontinental Championship - Junkyard Dog vs. Greg Valentine w/ Jimmy Hart

REDEFINE

WrestleMania I: Hell in a Cell - Andre The Giant vs. Big John Studd w/ Bobby Heenan

Even more facts about Wrestlemania for those interested:

Appearances

Most WrestleMania Matches:

16 – The Undertaker

Most WrestleMania Appearances:

16 – The Undertaker

Most Consecutive WrestleMania Appearances:

12 – Bret Hart

Heel & Face Turns

Wrestlers to Make a Face Turn at WrestleMania:

Brutus Beefcake (WM 3)

Andre the Giant (WM 6)

Randy Savage (WM 7)

Steve Austin (WM 13)

The Big Show (WM 15)

Kane (WM 15)

Wrestlers to Make a Heel Turn at WrestleMania:

Rick Martel (WM 5)

Curt Hennig (WM 10)

Bret Hart (WM 13)

Triple H (WM 15)

Steve Austin (WM 17)

Trish Stratus (WM 20)

Title Facts

Only Wrestler to Win and Lose the Same Title at the Same WrestleMania (excluding the multiple Hardcore Title matches at WM 18):

Yokozuna (WM9)

Only Wrestler to Lose 2 Belts at the same WrestleMania:

Kurt Angle (WM 16)

Most World Title Victories (WWF, WWE & World Heavyweight Championship)

3 – Hulk Hogan

3 – Steve Austin

3 - The Undertaker

Only man to win a World Title, a secondary title, and a tag team title at WrestleMania:

No one has done this yet

Only wrestlers to win a singles and tag team championship at WrestleMania:

Yokozuna (WWF Championship 9; World Tag Team Championship 11)

Christian (World Tag Team Championship 16/17; Hardcore 18)

Only female to win a men's championship at WrestleMania:

Mighty Molly (Hardcore Championship 18)

Only Tag Teams to Walk out as Champions at Consecutive WrestleMania Events:

Demolition (WM 4,5,6)

Edge & Christian (WM 16,17)

Win/Loss Records

Most WrestleMania Wins:

16 - The Undertaker

Most Consecutive WrestleMania Wins:

16 – The Undertaker

Most Wins at 1 WrestleMania:

4 – Randy Savage (WM 4)

Most WrestleMania Losses:

7 – Tito Santana & Big Show

Most Consecutive WrestleMania Losses:

7 – Tito Santana

Most Losses at 1 WrestleMania:

2 – Kurt Angle (WM 16)

Wrestlers That Have Won All of Their Matches at WrestleMania (min. 3 matches):

Animal 3-0

Ax 3-0

Hawk 3-0

Rob Van Dam 4-0

Sable 3-0

Undertaker 16-0

Wrestlers to Never Win at WrestleMania (min. 3 matches):

B Brian Blair 0-3

Bart Gunn 0-3

Bubba Ray Dudley 0-4

Crush 0-4

D-Lo Brown 0-3

D-Von Dudley 0-4

Finlay 0-3

Goldust 0-5

Jeff Hardy 0-4

Jim Brunzell 0-3

Kama Mustafa (The Godfather/Goodfather) 0-3

Koko B Ware 0-3

Raymond Rougeau 0-3

Savio Vega 0-3

Vince McMahon 0-3

Wrestlers Placement on the Card

Wrestler to Appear in the Most Final Matches at WrestleMania:

8 - Hulk Hogan

Wrestler to Appear in the Most Consecutive Final Matches at WrestleMania:

5 – Hulk Hogan (WM 5 – 9)

Wrestlers to be in the Final Match at Their First WrestleMania:

Hulk Hogan (WM1)

Mr. T (WM 1)

Roddy Piper (WM 1)

Paul Orndorff(WM1)

Ted DiBiase (WM 4)

Sgt. Slaughter (WM 7)

Sid (WM 8)

Yokozuna (WM 9)

Lawrence Taylor (WM 11)

Brock Lesnar (WM 19)

Wrestler to Appear in the Most Opening Matches:

3 – Shawn Michaels

Only Wrestler to be in the Opening & Final Match at the Same WrestleMania:

Bret Hart (WM10)

Only Wrestler to go From the Final Match to the Opening Match the Next Year:

Paul Orndorff

Wrestlers to go From the First Match to the Last Match the Next Year:

Chris Jericho

Edge

Wrestlers to be in Both an Opening & a Final Match at WrestleMania:

Big Show

Bret Hart

Chris Jericho

Edge

John Cena

Paul Orndorff

Shawn Michaels

Yokozuna

[Hidinger]

LOL - I had totally forgotten that the Mad Hawaiian Crush went 0-4 in Wrestlemanias

P.S. Razor Ramon would be awesome. Razor's Edge FTW Chico!

Didn't the Razor get all coked up and do the Razor's Edge on someone for real and like paralyze them? I could have sworn I saw that on the news not too awfuly long ago

[triverse]

LOL - I had totally forgotten that the Mad Hawaiian Crush went 0-4 in Wrestlemanias

P.S. Razor Ramon would be awesome. Razor's Edge FTW Chico!

Didn't the Razor get all coked up and do the Razor's Edge on someone for real and like paralyze them? I could have sworn I saw that on the news not too awfuly long ago

Not sure about that news article about Scott Hall, I do know that he has battled various addictions in real life for years.

[E-Day]

I was going to download this demo yesterday since I have been watching this game since I first heard about it, but you have t o be a gold member to download it right now. Animals.

Now that the WWE and Randy Savage have patched up their little fued, there's a chance he could be added as a downloadable character at some point. I am almost certain they will release downloadable updates to this game.

[meppi]

Same with HHH....um, apparently it doesn't take much to become a "Legend" anymore. Remember when you had to retire or die for that honor.

Apparently you only need to marry the right woman to become the biggest legend to ever have stepped into the squared circle.

Seriously, he doesn't deserve to be in that roster whatsoever.

Same goes for his "career" right now. It's just a bunch of BS.

He's basically depicted as being unstoppable nomatter who he faces, unless they somehow use an underhanded trick of some sort or they want to put someone over very very hard. So boring.

The new angle with Orton and everything could have been great, but once I saw HHH steaming in the ring for about 3 minutes so that the stage monkeys would have enough footage to cut promos for the next month leading up to Wrestlemania of him being foaming at the mouth from pure rage, it just turned the cheese factor up to that France blue moly variety for me.

Wonder if they will have the same stipulations for the sites and magazines that will be reviewing this game like the previous WWE games.

Meaning that they will have to sign an agreement that they will not picture HHH in any screenshots in a way that portrays him as anything less than the master of the universe.

I love wrestling, but BS like that makes me wish WCW never went down and Bishoff ran MCMahon out of business instead.

[triverse]

Apparently you only need to marry the right woman to become the biggest legend to ever have stepped into the squared circle.

Seriously, he doesn't deserve to be in that roster whatsoever.

Same goes for his "career" right now. It's just a bunch of BS.

He's basically depicted as being unstoppable nomatter who he faces, unless they somehow use an underhanded trick of some sort or they want to put someone over very very hard. So boring.

The new angle with Orton and everything could have been great, but once I saw HHH steaming in the ring for about 3 minutes so that the stage monkeys would have enough footage to cut promos for the next month leading up to Wrestlemania of him being foaming at the mouth from pure rage, it just turned the cheese factor up to that France blue moly variety for me.

Wonder if they will have the same stipulations for the sites and magazines that will be reviewing this game like the previous WWE games.

Meaning that they will have to sign an agreement that they will not picture HHH in any screenshots in a way that portrays him as anything less than the master of the universe.

I love wrestling, but BS like that makes me wish WCW never went down and Bishoff ran MCMahon out of business instead.

I agree with you on most points there, except the WCW thing, if it was the other way around, we would just be watching someone like Hogan doing the same thing (remember he was the mastermind behind the fingerpoke of Doom). Of course some things would be different and we could hope that it would be more entertaining.

[meppi]

Well I actually liked the fingerpoint of doom.

But that was because it was deliberately done to let everyone know that Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Scott Steiner and Hulk Hogan had set everything up that happened.

Quite a funny moment and a great way to reunite the old clan.

Just look at how the crowd reacted.

Oh and Goldberg is the Master of the Universe done the correct way.

[triverse]

Well I actually liked the fingerpoint of doom.

But that was because it was deliberately done to let everyone know that Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Scott Steiner and Hulk Hogan had set everything up that happened.

Quite a funny moment and a great way to reunite the old clan.

Just look at how the crowd reacted.

Oh and Goldberg is the Master of the Universe done the correct way.

Imagine if Goldberg had done the car window smashing right and joined the NWO the next week on Nitro, as planned (rather than the 8 or so weeks of rehabilitation he ended up going through because he threw down the nightstick he was supposed to use on the window).

[Gnash]

Where's Macho man?

[triverse]

Where's Macho man?

Macho Man and Vince McMahon haven't seen eye to eye for a long time, there are rumors over what but no concrete proof. Of course the Macho Man DVD is back on schedule so it is possible that he is going to be a DLC offering for the game. Which would be cool because then you could pair him and Hogan up and recreate the Mega Powers and pit them against other great tag teams they never wrestled.

[E-Day]

The game will be incomplete to me until Macho Man is added as a character through a downloadable update.

That is, if this game even turns out to be any good.

[Hidinger]

The game will be incomplete to me until Macho Man is added as a character through a downloadable update.

That is, if this game even turns out to be any good.

I agree, Macho Man is needed to be a legends of wrestling game.

Yeah, remember when no one could stop Goldberg. I would have died for Andre vs. Goldberg when they were both in their primes. I remember watching Goldberg lose his win streak and feeling more robbed then the worlds quickest ten count against Mike Tyson when he lost his belt. *I personaly think it was that quick 10 count that put him over the edge*

[Thor]

I hope that this is better than the last one they did on GameCube or PS2. It looks nice but I have not liked a wrestling game since the N64 days. And that was just one game I can't remember the name of it right now though.

[triverse]

I hope that this is better than the last one they did on GameCube or PS2. It looks nice but I have not liked a wrestling game since the N64 days. And that was just one game I can't remember the name of it right now though.

No Mercy or Wrestlemania 2000?

[Gnash]

I hope they will add macho man. You really need them for the fights with the Hulk. Now what costume should they add. I say the zebra print one

[E-Day]

I hope they will add macho man. You really need them for the fights with the Hulk. Now what costume should they add. I say the zebra print one

Any costume that includes one of his incredibly glittery robe!

Was anyone else sorta disappointed with the demo? For me, the controls take a lot of getting used to. And some aspects of the presentation bother me, probably because I am very picky about the old school stuff and think it should have been recreated to the tee.

[Hidinger]

Any costume that includes one of his incredibly glittery robe!

Was anyone else sorta disappointed with the demo? For me, the controls take a lot of getting used to. And some aspects of the presentation bother me, probably because I am very picky about the old school stuff and think it should have been recreated to the tee.

I can't get the PS3 version to download. Kinda sucks since I was looking forward to it.

[Thor]

No Mercy or Wrestlemania 2000?

Must have been No Mercy. Because I don't remember it having anything like Wrestlemania or anything like that.

[meppi]

Must have been No Mercy. Because I don't remember it having anything like Wrestlemania or anything like that.

Or perhaps nWo VS WCW Revenge or World Tour. Those were great games, I especially loved the first one.

[triverse]

For those interested in the story as to what has happened between Vince and Macho Man apparently Bret Hart broke the news in his book. It seems that Macho Man was implying to Vince that he would resign with the WWE and even shook hands on it but then turned around and signed with WCW. To make matters worse, he then called Vince at around 4 a.m., drunk and had 'words' with him.

Surely they can get over something as trivial as that when there is decent money to be made.

[Gnash]

I hope they can and I think they will. Or at least I hope so.

[E-Day]

I read Bret's book a while ago. I just never remembered that part until you mentioned it. Makes a lot of sense. Perhaps Vince takes someones word and a handshake to heart, and might consider it important enough a gesture as to not deal with the person who breaks their word even if there is a lot of potential money. Though time heals (almost) all wounds. Hall of Fame for Savage next year.

[triverse]

I read Bret's book a while ago. I just never remembered that part until you mentioned it. Makes a lot of sense. Perhaps Vince takes someones word and a handshake to heart, and might consider it important enough a gesture as to not deal with the person who breaks their word even if there is a lot of potential money. Though time heals (almost) all wounds. Hall of Fame for Savage next year.

Yeah, Vince (even today) is a handshake is just as good as a contract (till the contract is drawn up) type of guy. I am sure they will work something out (look at them inducting Bret in the Hall of Fame, I mean, he has been down on WWE quite a lot over the years).

I am sure Macho is not the only one to do something similar and be let back in the WWE fold years later.