5 non-WWE pro-wrestling video games you totally forgot about

#3 Pro Wrestling (Sega Master System)

Yep. This was a game.

In 1986, a pro wrestling game - in fact, simply titled Pro Wrestling was released on an 8-bit system that, despite its technical limitations, managed to capture the spirit and the fun of the sport. It had a cast of original, colorful characters, yet also referenced wrestling stars of the day in both America and Japan. It received critical acclaimed and is still regarded as a fun game to this day.

This is not that game.

Pro Wrestling for the Sega Master System also came out in 1986. Like all the original titles for the system when it released, Sega went with original artwork for the cover, as opposed to images from the game itself.

Sega's Pro Wrestling was actually a tag team wrestling game, and gave players the option of playing as one of four different teams: the Crush Brothers, the Orient Express (not the WWF version), the Great Soldiers, and the Great Maskmen. In order to win the championships - basically beating the game - your team had to survive through ten rounds of matches.

Interestingly enough, the Japanese version of the game was similar to Rumble Roses, in that the teams were all replaced with female wrestlers. And there were actual wrestlers, like Bull Nakano and the Jumping Bomb Angels. Otherwise, though, both games were basically the exact same.

Also, there was a secret mode that let you wrestle aliens. So, that's weird.

Did you play this game back in the day? Please tell us how you survived in the comments section.

Our next game was actually based on a movie about pro wrestling. But maybe one you aren't thinking of.