I played quite a few of these, but you left out one that I played a lot. It was a Nintendo game called called Pro Wrestling, and it came out in 1987 (in the US). No real wrestlers, just characters like Starman, Giant Panther, Kin Corn Karn and King Slender. I can't be the only one who remembers this game.

I remember getting so excited over Royal Rumble for the SNES because the wrestlers finally got "finishing moves" like their real life counterparts.

There are a few notable releases you left off: 1986: Pro Wrestling (NES) 1988: The Main Event (Arcade) 1989: Champion Wrestler (Arcade) 1989: Wrestle War 1989: Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) 1990: HAL Wrestling (Gameboy) 1990: Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel (Sega Mega Drive) 1992: Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden (Sega Mega Drive) 1993: Onita Atsushi FMW (SNES) 1994: Natsumi Championship Wrestling (SNES) 1994: Hammerlock Wrestling (SNES) 1995: Stardust Suplex (SNES) 1995: Power Move Pro Wrestling (PS1) 2004: Galactic Wrestling: Featuring Ultimate Muscle (PS2) That's just to name a few. I'm sure there were many more

Does anybody remember Tecmo's World Wrestling for the NES? That game had cut scenes for some of the big moves, like the back suplex and the airplane spin. Kinda an underrated gem, if you ask me.

Yeah, list is incomplete without 1987's NES Pro Wrestling. I still consider that the best wrestling game ever made.

Had a lot of fun playing those WCW titles from THQ on the N64 in the late 90’s! Several of us played the heck out of those. Made for some inexpensive evenings, while in college

I dumped a ton of quarters into Wrestlefest (the sequel which you labeled it incorrectly in your video as WWF Superstars which was the first game and was also in your video) in the arcades when I was a kid! Also, no NES Pro Wrestling???? That was one of the VERY few wrestling games on home consoles worth owning in the 80s.

4 you forgot: Pro Wrestling on NES, Tecmo World Wrestling, Def Jam Vendetta, and Rumble Roses. Awesome video though 💪🏽

1986's Mania Challenge was so fun as a kid, and still holds up well against all that came after.

WWE SMACK DOWN SHUT YOUR MOUTH WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRESTLING GAMES AS A KID ON THE PS2.

You forgot a real gem of wrestling games; "Pro Wrestling" for the NES (1987). Six fictional characters with a unique set of moves, and a final "boss" that was the most supreme of wrestlers.

WCW Revenge and Wrestlemaina 2000 were 2 of the best games , ever. Ps Much Gratitude

When I was like 6 or 7, I remember watching the older kids playing WWF Superstars in the arcade in awe because I never had the guts to challenge them in the match.

Someone loves the Undertaker!

I just realized that I have played all of these and a few that were left out. Thanks for making this video. Brought back some cool memories 😎

For true fans of wrestling video games this timeline gets so sad right as 2011 comes.

Have you played all these wrestling games? Which one is your favorite? Who is your favorite wrestler? If any games are missing from this list, let me know in the comments. Thanks

Worth mentioning: Tecmo Pro Wrestling (NES), Pro Wrestling (NES), 3 Counts Bout (Neo Geo), Big Bang Pro Wrestling (Neo Geo Pocket), Knuckle Bash (Arcade), Blazing Tornado (Arcade) , The Main Event (Arcade), Ring Rage (Arcade), Power Move Pro Wrestling (PS1) Champion Wrestler (Arcade - Taito)

One of the best wrestling games is Konami's 1988 arcade game "The Main Event".

I'll be good enough with Technos WWFs Wrestlefest Arcade game, PERIOD.

Undertaker is there the whole time

Good wrestling games are so hard to do man. A truly great game has to be a satisfying fighter, a fun sports game AND be a fun storytelling tool...while also having robust creation systems for every facet of a show. The modern expectations of a wrestling game are a LOT to live up to.

Nostalgia, those were the times when life was just plain and simple..

Here comes the pain 🥲

Loved this video, brought back a lot of memories. If you ever do an updated video in the future, can you include Tecmo World Wrestling? Came out for the NES in 1989/1990 and was a great game.

God this made me feel sssooo old lol Kinda surprised you didn't toss in Rumble Roses to mix on this. Still all those old memories of the 80's and 90's playing arcade machines losing quarters, such a lost era when those places vanished.

I still have Mat Mania(1985) on my PS5 and Fire Pro Wrestling. Mat Manias graphics and gameplay was better than half the wrestling games that came after.

You missed Pro Wrestling in the Master system. It was the first game I bought when I got my Sega in 1987. I loved that game.

WWF Smackdown PS1 was my first. I got randomly interested in WWE because of it. I still remember that move names were displayed during execution in-game. I watched WWE and found that most moves were called the same by the commentators. Found it fun somehow lol

The good old days still love the old wrestling games good times can anyone feel the nostalgia in the air?

Such a wonderful nostalgic Video i played Like 35% of the Games i Loved SmackDown series, Kingdom of Wrestling 2, fire pro Wrestling 2, days of reckoning so much memories i played for hours ❤❤❤❤

I had most of these WWF/WCW/ECW games. But I wish I knew about the old school mid to late 90’s Japan wrestling games. They look amazing for the era.

Amazing clip! I miss: Rock n wrestle, C64, 1985. This was a very cool game with amazing sound effects!! :-) I am a bit imperessed about this Saturday night slam masters on SNES, arcade-quality, i have never played, but looked good! I played those two coolest wwf arcade-games superstars and wrestlefest. I think we later had WWF Super Wrestlemania on Genesis 1992 that was something at that time (!) but not as cool as those arcade games. 🙂 later I went with WWF wrestlemania 1995 on PC. Then there was a time for me just having PC and no wrestling-games until I later tried Nintendo64 emulator and later i was buying Playstation 2 with those cool smackdown games. But I think WWE wrestlemania x8 and x9 on Gamecube is the absolute best wrestling games before 2020.

My favorite ones were on SNES, N64 and PS2. WCW/NWO Revenge, WWF No Mercy, Smackdown - Here comes the pain, are my top 3.

I use to play WWF Superstars all the time in the arcade. Big Boss Man was my favorite.

What happened to "BOP N WRESTLE"? We all loved that game as little kids

"Mat Mania" and "Mania Challenge" look like AWESOME Pro-Wrestling video games.

That was cool. Ill def have to check out the games I never heard of. Thanks!

Not having NES pro wrestling is basically not including Larry Bird or Magic Johnson in top 80s BBall players.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Where is Pro Wrestling from the NES? Anyway, it's always great to see the beginning of these videos and just see programmers trying to do their best. Just to make a game that they would want to play themselves.

ECW & Smackdown games were my absolute favorites. I would play them for hours and hours.

I remember WWF 1989 as clear as day lmao.. Me and my cousin playing it. I could not figure out how to get on the ropes .

How could you forget Pro Wrestling for NES? Came out 86

The first Wrestling Game in my collection in 1990 was wwf Wrestlemania for the NES. Since them I collected Wrestling Games for every plattform 😁 and 32 years later I have a lot of them 😅😅😅

'WWF Superstars' arcade version is definitely my favorite, despite the absence of Savage which i never understood. 'WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game' (ironically never actually in arcades) was fun too. I played 'WWE All Stars' a bit with my friends son when he was a kid and really enjoyed the over the top, cartoon-like style of it as well.

What I loved about wrestle-mania 2000 was that it was dedicated to Owen Hart.

I was a legend on Mania Challenge at my local arcade back in the day. I once won 32 matches vs CPU on one quarter. That beats Taker’s Wrestlemania streak by 11.

I liked the video. Though a few additions, Rock 'n' Wrestle on C64 1985, The Main Event on the Arcade in 1988, and WCW Nitro on PC in 1998.

Just remembering playing most of these games as a kid at the arcade back in the 80's

Some classic wrestling games. Still play some of them

Great classic nice 😊

💪🏼Muscle. I haven't been reminded of that game till now. Awesome game and good job with the list💪🏼

How many of us played these game in the era of their origins and thought..."Damn, these graphics are incredible!" 😂

WWF No Mercy is GOAT of Pro Wrestling video game Long Live AKI Wrestling Games

That thumbnail is A+++++! 👍🏻

OMG M.U.S.C.L.E, I still got this game. Is in my garage with all the other NES stuff. I just remembered. Miss playing that game

came A long way! wwe 2k22 is very realistic sometimes. I'm excited for 23 and etc.

How you leave out Pro Wrestling and Tecmo Wrestling for the NES??? Both are bona-fide classics.

The Undertaker has been in the most games of all time for wrestling. Taker should get a Guinness world record award.

One Christmas, my parents bought me Mat Mania stand up arcade machine. I truly thought I was the luckiest kid in the world, and actually I was, to have two parents who would do anything to make the holidays special!

Amazing thanks for all the evolution videos lucky I’m old and blessed to have seen it all so far in gaming

No 'A Winner Is You' NES Pro Wrestling, or Tecmo World Wrestling, but at least we get to see some Fire Pro and Slam Masters representation.

@ 2:44 min ( epic video scene 👍)

There must be a sign in the fact that wrestling games reached their pinacle at the exact half mark of the video with No Mercy. The best wrestling game ever, top 10 of the entire N64 library and must be in any top 500 of all time games of all consoles.

Fantastic retrospective

nice edit @3:43 (elbow smash from one game to the next with Undertaker)

The 1993 WWF Royal Rumble is my 'All-Star'!❤

smackdown 1 and 2 had the BEST season mode ever made since it would just go on forever

No “Main Event” by Konami. You had several arcade games early in the list. This an okay one that you missed. Was 4 players at a time.

Taito Champion Wrestler definitely should be on here.

you really see how graphics took a deep dive at first when 3d came along. took a couple of years until it looked decent enough 🙂

That WCW Nitro game is the greatest/ most historic/biggest/ most important video game in the history of our sport.

Bring back alot of memories, but you forgot "The Main Event". That one was in the arcades during the late 80's

Ohhhh man that 5-1 TV game takes me back too the good days

Amazing how undertaker is in practically every game for decades. 🐐

Thursday night wars 🔵- late 90s/early 00s WWE- SmackDown!- UPN WCW- Thunder ⚡- TBS

Forgot Tecmo World Wrestling...My favorite on the NES. Still fire that one up every now and then.

Oh wow! I'm an 80's baby, but I didn't even know that half these games existed!

My all time favorite was WCW versus NWO for N64

War Zone, Attitude & Smackdown 1 & 2 were my main 4 back in the day.

Nice complete collection

I used to love all these games when I was a kid but the best WWE game out has to be WWE smackdown vs raw 2008

1:14 My dad bought me This game for my b-day back in 89 4/25/24

I was just smiling through the rest of the videos and reminiscing on playing most in the list.

When I was a kid superstars was the end all be all, followed by wrestlefest because nothing at home was close. I remember renting an n64 from blockbuster to play the crap out of wcw nwo world tour, becaus I was a PlayStation guy. Then I eventually got one just for revenge and no mercy.

Superstar 1990 graphics was ahead of it’s time

Ditched school so many times to go to pizza hut arcade and play the 91 wrestlemania. Great memories

Missing Tecmo Wrestling too. Great game. Otherwise great video.

My favorites growing are 92 WWF Super Wrestlemania Genesis,93 WWF Royal Rumble Genesis,95 WWF Wrestlemania Arcade Game Genesis,96 WWF In Your House PlayStation,2000 WWF Smackdown PlayStation,2000 WWF Smackdown 2 Know Your Role PlayStation,2001 WWF Smackdown Just Bring It PS2, You forgot to show Pro Wrestling and Tecmo World Wrestling for NES

WCW vs. The World is under-appreciated IMO. Same goes for Pro Wrestling on the SEGA Master System from 1986. Weird box art on that one though.

The 2nd game shown, Mat Mania, i used to play that as a young kid at the local takeaway store. Would finish school, ride into town to see mum at work, get a few bucks and go play that game. Back when the machines took 20c pieces (Australia), 2 bucks could last a while.

Royal Rumble 1993 was my fav back when I was a 9 it's the only wrestling game I've ever liked.

Nice for doing it, but how can you not have Ultimate Muscle and Rumble Roses? Or the Ultra Man games on the SNES?

Starman, King Slender, the Fighting Habusee, Pro Wrestling on Nintendo was awesome.

Skipped a Good chunk of time between 1986 and 1989 and missed some absolute classics like Wrestle War by Sega, Tecmo Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling on the NES

the 83 Tag Team game was a lot of fun. wasted quite a few quarters at Flipper McCoy's playiing it with friends.

So far, nothing will beat Wrestlemania Arcade.

Whoever put together this video deserves a medal 🏅👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I worked at an animal hospital just so I could buy a Nintendo system, and WWF Wrestlemania was the first game I bought. I played it all the time.

I am a bit shocked that NES Black Box game "Pro Wrestling" isn't on the list. How can it be overlooked for a vid like this? lol