8 Video Game Goons You Felt Awful For WASTING

The sport of wrestling is one built around complete and utter trust in your opponent.

After all the reason you see WWE superstars on TV each and every week isn't just down to them being the physical elite, it's down to their opponent not absolutely necking them for real. Therefore each and every match you see (outside of CZW which is just....well....deranged) are balletic displays of well-timed saves, making the action look utterly stanky but ultimately protecting each wrestler as much as possible.

This is why it's always very nerve-wracking when wrestlers square up against other talents within the company who aren't ring-trained, as here the risk of injury skyrockets. Thankfully in Smackdown Vs Raw 2011, the broken bones and permanent scars are digital, but that still doesn't stop you from feeling bad when it comes to beating the everloving piss out of the iconic Paul Bearer.

Bearer of course is well known for being the long-time manager/puppet master/goonish urn carrier for The Undertaker, and because SVR 2011 lets you challenge the dead man's undefeated streak in it's Road To Wrestlemania mode, Bearer soon falls within your crosshairs. A match is set up and you're given just one task, put Paul six feet under.

The thing is though, Bearer isn't much of a fighter, in fact, his only action within this match is to run away, cower, attempt to hide, and maybe reverse some of your moves occasionally. Meaning that what you have is a supremely one-sided fight against a man who wants absolutely none of you, but which you have to absolutely batter as there's a time limit to the match and you need to knock his ass out quick sharp.

Poor old Paul.