I was listening to some music from the old WWF Video Games earlier and it got me thinking - How Many Classic Matches Can You "Recreate" in those Individual Games?
So today, We're gonna find out that Answer.
Note: I'm only gonna be featuring the WWF Games from the 80s and 90s. Because 1 - I wanna keep this list from getting too damn long. And 2 - In The Modern WWE Games, Any Match can be "Recreated".
Also, WWF Attitude will be ommited, thanks to the Roster being pretty big and it would take me a while to come up with Every Classic Match "Recreation".
Anyway, here we go
WWF Superstars (Arcade; 1989)
Note: This Game and the Next are devoid of all 1-on-1 matches and are all Tag Team Contests. Also, one Team serves as unplayable bosses, which limits your Classic Match "Recreation".
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, The Ultimate Warrior, The Honky Tonk Man, and The Big Boss Man. And as the Unplayable Bossess -Andre the Giant and "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase aka Mega Bucks.
Match Ups:
- The Mega Powers (Hogan and Savage) v. The Mega Bucks (Dibiase and Andre).[Player v. CPU Fight Only].
Results: Only one match is "Recreatable in this game....and it's only in Single Player Mode thanks to Mega Bucks being Unplayable Bossess. Unfortunately, the same result returns in The Next Arcade Game.
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WWF WrestleFest (Arcade; 1991)
Note: Like it's predecessor, This Game is a 2-on-2 affair. However there Is Royal Rumble Mode which Does allow for 1-on-1 matchups for a few seconds. Also, like the last game, One Team are unplayable and serve as bossess.
Roster: Crush of Demolition, Smash of Demolition, "Macho King" Randy Savage, Mr. Perfect, Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Sgt. Slaughter, Big Boss Man, Earthquake, and "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase. And As the Unplayable Bosses - The Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal aka The Legion of Doom.
Match Ups:
- Demolition (Smash and Crush) v. The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) [Player v. CPU Fight Only].
Results: Only One "Recreatable" Classic Match can be done in this game..and Team 2 is CPU Controlled. Thankfully, the Console Games and the next Arcade Title doesn't have any of the issues that this game and it's predessessor had.
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WWF WrestleMania (NES; 1989)
Note: No Tag Mode in this game, unfortunately. Though the mode Does debut in the next game.
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, Andre the Giant, Bam Bam Bigelow, and The Honkey Tonk Man.
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Randy Savage
- Hulk Hogan v. Andre the Giant.
- Randy Savage v. The Honky Tonk Man.
- Randy Savage v. Ted Dibiase.
Results: 4 Matches "Recreated". A lot better than what we could accomplish with the Arcade Games.
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WWF WrestleMania Challenge (NES; 1990)
Note: This is the first WWF Game to allow you to play as a Generic Wrestler named "Yourself", which is supposed to represent the Player. Also, the Tag Team mode makes it's debut here.
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho King" Randy Savage, "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, The Ultimate Warrior, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, The Big Boss Man, Andre the Giant, and "Yourself"
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Andre the Giant.
- Randy Savage v. Hulk Hogan
- Randy Savage v. Jim Duggan
- Jake Roberts v. Ted Dibiase
- Hogan and Savage (Mega Powers) v. Dibiase and Andre (Mega Bucks)
- Jake Roberts v. Rick Rude.
- Jim Duggan v. Andre the Giant.
- Randy Savage v. Ted Dibiase.
- Big Boss Man v. Rick Rude.
- Ultimate Warrior v. Andre the Giant
- Ultimate Warrior v. Rick Rude
- Ultimate Warrior v. Hulk Hogan (The Ultimate Challenge)
- Ultimate Warrior v. Randy Savage (a match they'd have one year after this games release).
- Brutus Beefcake v. Randy Savage.
Results: 14 Matches "Recreated". A pretty good number compared to the previous games. Let's see how many the next game gives us.
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WWF WrestleMania - Steel Cage Challenge (NES; 1992)
Note: This game introduces the Steel Cage Mode.
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Million Dollar Man:"Ted DiBiase, I.R.S., Bret "Hit Man" Hart, The Undertaker, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Sid Justice, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, and The Mountie.
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Randy Savage
- Hulk Hogan v. The Undertaker
- Hulk Hogan v. Sid
- Hulk Hogan v. Roddy Piper.
- Randy Savage v. Ted Dibiase
- Randy Savage v. Jake Roberts
- Randy Savage v. I.R.S.
- Ted Dibiase v. Jake Roberts
- Bret Hart v. Randy Savage.
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker.
- Bret Hart v. Sid (steel cage match)
- Bret Hart v. Sid (1-on-1 match)
- Bret Hart v. Roddy Piper
- Bret Hart v. The Mountie .
- The Undertaker v. Jake Roberts.
- The Undertaker v. Sid.
- Roddy Piper v. The Mountie .
Results: 17 Matches "Recreated". Cool that you can "recreate" 3 matches from WrestleMania VIII.
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WWF Superstars (Game Boy; 1991)
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, and Mr. Perfect
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Randy Savage
- Hulk Hogan v. The Ultimate Warrior.
- Randy Savage v. Ted Dibiase.
- Randy Savage v. The Ultimate Warrior.
- Mr. Petfect v. Hulk Hogan.
Results: 5 Matches "Recreated". This is due to the small roster and the lack of matches that actually happened between it's members.
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WWF Superstars 2 (Game Boy; 1992)
Note: This game also has a Steel Cage Mode. Makes sense, considering that this game is basically a cut-down port of Steel Cage Challenge.
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, The Undertaker, Sid Justice, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and The Mountie.
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Randy Savage
- Hulk Hogan v. Sid.
- Hulk Hogan v. The Undertaker.
- Randy Savage v. Jake Roberts
- The Undertaker v. Sid.
- Jake Roberts v. The Undertaker.
Results: 6 Matches "Recreated". Given how this game is a port of Steel Cage Challenge, the Match-Ups are the same, sans the cut Wrestlers.
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WWF King of the Ring (NES and Game Boy; 1993)
Note: This game contains a Character named "You", whom you can rename and customize his stats. "You" looks like Tatanka, had he been in this game, leading to speculation that This Customisable Wrestler was indeed Tatanka at one point. Also, The Undertaker and Bam Bam Bigelow are not in the Game Boy Port.
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Bret "Hit Man" Hart, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon, Bam Bam Bigelow, Yokozuna, Mr. Perfect, "The Narcissist" Lex Luger, and "You" (who may or may not be a removed Tatanka).
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Randy Savage
- Hulk Hogan v. The Undertaker (NES Only)
- Hulk Hogan v. Yokozuna.
- Randy Savage v. Yokozuna.
- Bret Hart v. Randy Savage.
- Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker. (NES Only)
- Bret Hart. v. Bam Bam Bigelow (NES Only)
- Bret Hart v Mr. Perfect.
- Bret Hart v. Yokozuna.
- Bret Hart v. Razor Ramon.
- The Undertaker v. Yokozuna.
- Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon
- Shawn Michaels v. Mr. Perfect.
- Shawn Michaels v. The Undertaker (NES Only).
- Shawn Michaels v. Hulk Hogan.
- Mr. Perfect v. Lex Luger.
- Lex Luger v. Yokozuna.
Results: 18 Matches "Recreated" in total. But if you have only the Game Boy Version, Only 14 Matches can be "Recreated". And if you wanna imagine "You" as Tatanka, you can have him fight Shawn Michaels, Lex Luger, or Bam Bam Bigelow.
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WWF Super WrestleMania (Super NES; 1992)
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, The Undertaker, Sid Justice, The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), and The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon).
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Randy Savage.
- Hulk Hogan v. The Undertaker
- Hulk Hogan v. Sid
- Hulk Hogan v. Earthquake
- Randy Savage v. Ted Dibiase
- Randy Savage v. Jake Roberts.
- Jake Roberts v. The Undertaker.
- Sid v. The Undertaker.
- The Natural Disasters v. The Legion of Doom.
Results: 9 Matches "Recreated", including 2 WrestleMania VIII Matches. Not many of these Wrestlers had notable matches with each other.
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WWF Super WrestleMania (Sega Genesis; 1992)
Roster: Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, The Ultimate Warrior, Papa Shango, Irwin R. Schyster aka I.R.S., "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, and Shawn Michaels.
Match Ups:
- Hulk Hogan v. Randy Savage
- Hulk Hogan v. The Ultimate Warrior.
- Shawn Michaels v. Hulk Hogan
- Shawn Michaels v. The British Bulldog.
- Randy Savage v. I.R.S.
- Randy Savage v. Ted Dibiase.
- Randy Savage v. The Ultimate Warrior.
- The Ultimate Warrior v. Papa Shango.
Results: 8 Matches "Recreated". Not too much, but very few of these guys had notable Matches with each other.
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WWF Royal Rumble (Super NES; 1993)
Roster: Bret "Hit Man" Hart, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Crush, "The Narcissist" Lex Luger, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Yokozuna, and Tatanka.
Match Ups:
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker.
- Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels.
- Bret Hart v. Razor Ramon.
- Bret Hart v. Mr. Perfect
- Bret Hart v. Yokozuna
- Bret Hart v. Randy Savage.
- The Undertaker v. Shawn Michaels.
- The Undertaker v. Yokozuna
- Randy Savage v. Yokozuna.
- Randy Savage v. Crush.
- Lex Luger v. Yokozuna.
- Lex Luger v. Mr. Perfect.
- Lex Luger v. Tatanka
- Ric Flair v. Bret Hart
- Ric Flair v. Randy Savage
- Ric Flair v. Shawn Michaels.
- Ric Flair v. Mr. Perfect.
- Ric Flair and Razor Ramon v. Randy Savage and Mr. Perfect.
- Crush v. Lex Luger.
- Ted Dibiase v. Randy Savage.
- Ted Dibiase v. Razor Ramon.
- Shawn Michaels v. Mr. Perfect.
- Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon
- Shawn Michaels v. Tatanka
Results: 24 Matches "Recreated". The most so far. But will that change? Let's press on.
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WWF Royal Rumble (Sega Genesis; 1993)
Roster: Bret "Hit Man" Hart, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, "The Bag Guy" Razor Ramon, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Crush,"The Narcissist" Lex Luger, Hulk Hogan, I.R.S., "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, "The Model" Rick Martel and Papa Shango.
Match Ups:
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker.
- Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels
- Bret Hart v Razor Ramon
- Bret Hart v. Randy Savage
- Bret Hart v. Papa Shango
- Shawn Michaels v. The Undertaker
- Shawn Michaels v. Hulk Hogsn
- Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon
- Randy Savage v. I.R.S.
- Randy Savage v. Hulk Hogan
- Randy Savage v. Crush
- Hulk Hogan v. The Undertaker
- Razor Ramon v. Rick Martel
- Jim Duggan v. Randy Savage
- Lex Luger v. Crush
- Shawn Michaels v. Rick Martel.
Results: 16 Matches "Recreated". Not as many as it's SNES Counterparts, though still good.
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WWF Rage in the Cage (Sega CD; 1993)
Note: Despite there being 3 Tag Teams, this game has no Tag Team Mode, which is kinda dumb.
Roster: "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Bret "Hit Man" Hart. The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Tatanka, Mr. Perfect, "The Narcissist" Lex Luger", "The Model" Rick Martel, Yokozuna, "The Ugandan Giant" Kamala, The Big Boss Man, Bam Bam Bigelow, Money Inc ("Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase and I.R.S.), The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags), and The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu).
Match Ups:
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker.
- Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels.
- Bret Hart v. Razor Ramon.
- Bret Hart v. Mr. Perfect
- Bret Hart v. Yokozuna
- Bret Hart v. Randy Savage.
- The Undertaker v. Shawn Michaels.
- The Undertaker v. Yokozuna
- Randy Savage v. Yokozuna.
- Randy Savage v. Crush.
- Lex Luger v. Yokozuna.
- Lex Luger v. Mr. Perfect.
- Lex Luger v. Tatanka
- Lex Luger.v. Crush
- Ted Dibiase v. Randy Savage.
- Ted Dibiase v. Razor Ramon.
- Shawn Michaels v. Mr. Perfect.
- Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon
- Randy Savage v. I.R.S.
- Big Boss Man. v. Mr. Perfect
- Big Boss Man v. I.R.S.
- Kamala v. The Undertaker
- Razor Ramon v. Rick Martel
- Tatanka v. I.R.S.- Tatanka v. Shawn Michaels.
- Tatanka v. Bam Bam Bigelow
- Bam Bam Bigelow v. Bret Hart
- Rick Martel v. Shawn Michaels.
Results: 28 Matches "Recreated". The lack of a Tag Team mode makes any match with the Headshrinkers and Nasty Boys impossible to "Recreate". Though Money Inc. still has singles matches. Still, 28 Matches is pretty big.
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WWF RAW (Super NES and Sega Genesis; 1994)
Roster: Bret "Hit Man" Hart, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michales, The Undertaker, "The Bad Guy, Razor Ramon, "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel, "The Beast of the East" Bam Bam Bigelow, The 1.2.3. Kid, "The Rocket" Owen Hart, Yokozuna, "Made in the U.S.A." Lex Luger, Doink, and Luna Vachon.
Match Ups:
- Bret Hart v Shawn Michaels.
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker
- Bret Hart v. Bam Bam Bigelow
- Bret Hart v. Yokozuna
- Bret Hart v. Razor Ramon
- Bret Hart v. Owen Hart
- Bret Hart v. Diesel
- Bret Hart v. The 1.2.3. Kid.
- Bret Hart v. Doink
- Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon
- Shawn Michaels v Diesel
- Shawn Michaels v. Owen Hart
- Shawn Michaels v. The Undertaker.
- The Undertaker v. Diesel
- The Undertaker v. Yokozuna
- Razor Ramon v. Diesel
- Razor Ramon v. Owen Hart
- Razor Ramon v. The 1.2 3. Kid.
- Diesel v. Owen Hart
- The 2 Dudes with Attitudes (Michaels and Diesel) v. Owen Hart and Yokozuna.
- Diesel v. Bam Bam Bigelow
- Bam Bam Bigelow v. Doink
- Owen Hart v. The 1.2.3. Kid
- Lex Luger v Yokozuna
Results: 24 Matches "Recreated". Not as much as Rage in the Cage, but still great. Expect repeat match-ups for the next game.
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WWF WrestleMania - The Arcade Game (Arcade, Super NES, Sega Genesis, and Sony Playstation; 1995)
Note: Due to incompetence and laziness by the porters, Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna were omitted from the Super MES version.
Roster: Bret "Hit Man" Hart, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shaen Michales, The Undertaker, "The Bad Guy, Razor Ramon, "The Beast of the East" Bam Bam Bigelow, The 1.2.3. Kid, Yokozuna, "Made in the U.S.A." Lex Luger, And Doink.
Match Ups:
- Bret Hart v Shawn Michaels.
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker
- Bret Hart v. Bam Bam Bigelow (Genesis and Playstation Only)
- Bret Hart v. Yokozuna (Genesis and Playstation Only)
- Bret Hart v. Razor Ramon
- Bret Hart v. Doink
- Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon
- Shawn Michaels v. The Undertaker.
- The Undertaker v. Yokozuna (Genesis and Playstation Only)
- Bam Bam Bigelow v. Doink (Genesis and Playstation Only)
- Lex Luger v Yokozuna (Genesis and Playstation Only)
Results: 11 Matches "Recreated" in Total. However, if you were playing the SNES Version, You'll only able to "Recreate" 6.
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WWF In Your House (Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn; 1996)
Roster: Bret "Hit Man Hart, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Vader, "The King of Harts" Owen Hart, Ahmed Johnson, Goldust, and The Ultimate Warrior.
Match Ups:
- Bret Hart v Shawn Michaels.
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker
- Bret Hart v. Owen Hart
- Bret Hart v. The British Bulldog
- Bret Hart v. Vader
- Bret Hart v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Shawn Michaels v. Owen Hart
- Shawn Michaels v. The Undertaker.
- Shawn Michaels v. Vader
- Shawn Michaels v. Goldust
- Shawn Michaels v. British Bulldog
- The Undertaker v. Goldust
- The Undertaker v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Ahmed Johnson v. Goldust
- Ahmed Johnson v. The British Bulldog
- Vader v. Goldust
- Goldust v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Goldust v. The Ultimate Warrior
- Owen Hart v. The British Bulldog
- Owen Hart v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Results: 20 Matches "Recreated". Most of these matches will be carried over to the next game.
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WWF War Zone (Sony Playstation and N64; 1998)
Note: This is the first WWF Game that features a Create-a-Wrestler, where you can make wrestlers that are not in the game like Vader, Jeff Jarrett, and "Marvelous" Marc Mero. So, to keep this list from getting too long I will only be listing matches that you can "recreate" using the Actual In-Game Roster.
Roster: Bret "Hit Man" Hart, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, "The Black Hart" Owen Hart, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, Goldust, Ken Shamrock, Ahmed Johnson, Mankind, The Undertaker, Kane, D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Hunter Hearst Helmsley), The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher), The Nation of Domination (Rocky Miavia and Farooq), Cactus Jack (Unlockable Character), and Dude Love (Unlockable Character).
Match Ups:
- Bret Hart v Shawn Michaels.
- Bret Hart v. The Undertaker
- Bret Hart v. Owen Hart
- Bret Hart v. The British Bulldog
- Bret Hart v. Steve Austin
- Bret Hart v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Shawn Michaels v. Owen Hart
- Shawn Michaels v. The Undertaker.
- Shawn Michaels v. Steve Austin
- Shawn Michaels v. Goldust
- Shawn Michaels v. British Bulldog
- The Undertaker v. Goldust
- The Undertaker v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Ahmed Johnson v. Goldust
- Ahmed Johnson v. Farooq
- Ahmed Johnson v. The British Bulldog
- Goldust v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Steve Austin v. Owen Hart
- Steve Austin v. The Undertaker
- Steve Austin v. The Rock
- Steve Austin and Dude Love v. Owen Hart and The British Bulldog- Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels v. Owen Hart and The British Bulldog
- D-X v. The Hart Foundation 2.0.
- Ken Shamrock v. Shawn Michaels
- Ken Shamrock v. The British Bulldog
- Ken Shamrock v. The Rock
- Ken Shamrock v. Owen Hart
- Hunter Hearst Helmsley v. Cactus Jack
- Hunter Hearst Helmsley v. The Rock
- Mankind v. The Undertaker
- Mankind v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Mankind v. Shawn Michaels
- Mankind v. The Rock
- Mankind v. Kane
- Kane v. The Undertaker
- The Rock v. The Undertaker
- The Rock v. Owen Hart
- Owen Hart v. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Owen Hart v. The British Bulldog
- Farooq v. The Undertaker
Results: 40 Matches "Recreated".The Largest so far. There would've been a lot more had I included Custom Wrestlers,but as I stated earlier, I didn't wanna make this list too long. I won't be doing the rest of the Games, for obvious reasons. So, War Zone is the end of the line.
That was kinda fun. Hope everyone enjoyed. So, until next time, Punch Nazi's, Kick Commies, Resist Modern Attitudes, and Stay Gold.