6. WWE - TNA
As unlikely as it seems this could ever happen, it would be a dream come true for fans of both shows and wrestling fans worldwide. The number 1 and 2 wrestling companies going head to head would make for a very exciting and unique game. WWE and TNA may not have the bitter rivalry that WWF and WCW, (and even ECW), had but its still prominent enough that fans would clamour to play a game that pits both rosters against one another. Thats exactly where the initial problems pertain, the roster. With wrestlers from RAW, Smackdown and NXT, WWE have a roster of more than 80, while TNA have 43, including Hulk Hogan, who would undoubtedly be playable if such a game were ever made. So if the two were merged wed have over 120 playable characters, which isnt that bad considering WWE 13 had 105 playable characters, including those released via DLC. WWE games dont usually include the NXT roster, although I believe it should, so that could easily be eliminated to make way for the TNA guys, thus lowering the overall number by more than 20. The roster could also be made smaller by having lesser members of the WWE roster, aka. Heath Slater, Hunico, David Otunga etc., be available through DLC, for those who really want them. There have been a couple of TNA games to date, the major title being TNA: impact! released for PS3, PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii in 2008. The game received moderate success and a sequel was planned but then scrapped. There hasnt been a console TNA game since and fans want one. The wrestling game market is completely dominated by WWE, with no competitors and an annualised series its easy to see why. For years fans have been creating and sharing TNA wrestlers in WWE games, obviously indicating the desire to play as these guys and to pit them against WWEs finest. This was only intensified when the create-a-story mechanic was introduced. This allows users to choose wrestlers, settings, music, dialogue etc. and put them into any number of scenes like backstage argument or championship theft etc., allowing entire storylines to be created, played out and shared online. This has been a popular game mode and if you check online there are countless user-generated storylines of TNA vs. WWE or TNA invades WWE. WWE 13 was the most successful Yukes iteration to date, largely due to its selling point: The Attitude Era. The game featured a replay-historic-storylines-style career mode and a divided roster of modern and 90s wrestlers like Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mankind, Shawn Michaels and Ken Shamrock. The game played like every other WWE game, which is satisfying but hardly exhilarating. WWE 14 looks to continue this trend with the inclusion of even older stars like Macho Man Randy Savage and the infamous Ultimate Warrior. A WWE X TNA game would be awesome from a fan POV if nothing else. Even just getting to play Daniel Bryan vs. Austin Aries, CM Punk vs. AJ Styles, Kane vs. Abyss, Triple H vs. Bobby Roode or, of course, Sting vs. Undertaker would be worth the money. Thats just the wrestler side of things, we could also get to play X-division matches with the likes of Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara and Seth Rollins, or playing an Elimination Chamber match with Bully Ray, Chris Sabin and James Storm. With the characters, match types, arenas and create-a-storyline potential, the possibilities are huge and would keep gamers entertained for a very long time. And I havent even mentioned the most interesting part, the career mode, which could give reason as to how the two companies come head to head and provide riveting confrontations we could only dream of seeing in reality. As well as allowing you to choose sides and play through twice. If any such game were to be made it would undoubtedly need clearance of both WWE and TNA and thus probably be created by WWE game developer Yukes and 2K Sports. The fact that this games existence basically relies entirely upon WWEs consent, (TNA would obviously love this idea), is the exact reason well probably never see it. A game like this would require promotion from both companies and inter-brand mingling, WWE are notoriously rigid when it comes to recognising other companies even exist and seeing as TNA are pretty far under their radar its extremely unlikely theyd ever want to acknowledge or bring attention to TNA.