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Wrestling fans are like the NDP: You have to throw them a bone every once a while to keep them pacified or they'll take it to the streets. Finally, there's a wrestling game that mimics the TV production values of the wrestling environment. The entrance, the lights, the glitz, the bizarre matches and the commentary that turn an ordinary fan into a fanatic are all found in one wrestling title. Whether it's a coffin match, where the winner is declared only after he puts his opponent into a coffin and buries him, or a bra-and-panties match in which two female wrestlers clutch and grab at each other until all that remains on one combatant is a bra and panties, the game is true to its roots as a crowd-pleasing spectacle.
Peter Baillie
category: best of 2005