10 WWE Superstars Who Never Made It Into A WWE Video Game
Even the pixelated versions of these superstars were undervalued.
The history of the WWE is littered - polluted, even - with the wreckage of under-utilized gimmicks, underrated superstars, and tragically short careers. Vince McMahon might be a genius, but there are times where he seems more like a mad scientist than a mastermind, throwing things against the wall until something sticks.
And so a lot of great talent went to waste, even if they were over with wrestling fans.
Likewise, the video game market has become increasingly overcrowded with annual instalments in the WWE series, meaning heaps and heaps of rookie wrestlers and previously overlooked superstars are now finding themselves shoved into this interactive realm in order to feed gamers' insatiable desire for more content.
Yet even with the weighty demands of the gaming public and the treasure trove of forgotten talent in the WWE's back catalog, developers of WWE video games seem content to offer up the same characters over and over again.
Unfortunately, this means that a lot of quality WWE superstars may never be afforded the chance to play as pixelated version of themselves. Here are some of the most egregious examples of gimmicks that are still AWOL in the archives of WWE video games.
10. Giant González
Now, hear me out. It's not that Giant González was a super popular, ultra-entertaining figure during his short stint in the WWF. He wasn't. He was, however, the tallest professional wrestler in history. The monster was billed at 8' 0", but he was actually closer to 7' 7" in real life. And he wore a bodysuit with airbrushed muscles and tufts of hair on it.
How does that not find its way into a video game during the early '90s? Kids would have played a game starring only Giant González for months on end without ever swapping out the cartridge.
It seems his absence from video game lore is due to poor timing, as his incredibly short tenure in the company never lent itself to lining up with their game release schedule. The closest one González was in contention for was Rage in the Cage, which remains one of the best wrestling games of all time.
Unfortunately, Rage in the Cage came out two months after González had left the WWE to take his freakish height over to New Japan.