10 Best Wrestling Video Games Ever

3. WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (N64, 1999)

After WWF saw the stampeding success of THQ's WCW/nWo Revenge title, the company dumped Acclaim to take THQ on for themselves, and the result was a wildly fun game that utilised many of the attributes that had made Revenge such a resounding knockout in the first place.

If boasting a stacked roster that reflected WWE's growing star power at the time wasn't enough, Wrestlemania 2000 also built on the editable wrestler attire function that Revenge introduced, adding bonus slots for created wrestlers that meant there were tons of different combinations and characters to eventually choose from.

Throwing in fan favourite match types like cage and First Blood matches, as well as offering the best entrances seen on a wrestling game at that time, added more depth to an engine that was already a tried and tested win, making this one of the finest fighting games of its generation €“ only overshadowed, in fact, by its own sequel, which we'll get to in just a minute...