STAGE 19: WRESTLING GAMES - a podcast by Retro VGM Revival Hour

It's WrestleMania season, and for many wrestling fans this is the pinnacle of a years worth of storylines, subplots, feuds and rivalries . Their desire to see their favorite superstars compete against each other in whats considered the Super Bowl of wrestling is the greatest experience to behold.

Wrestling video games are built for our imagination. To take your favorite wrestler and put him down a path that you won’t see on TV, or to make your own pro wrestler and have him chase the for Championship.

So Today we are going to look at some of the best video games to ever be made about Pro Wrestling by listening to their amazing Music.



Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System


*WWF WRESTLEMANIA - David Wise - "Girls in Cars (Ted Dibiase)" - 1989 - RARE/Acclaim - NES

*Tecmo World Wrestling - Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki & Mitsuhito Tanaka - "1st Match - Akari Dragon" - 1990 - Tecmo - NES

*Wrestle War - Anupon - "BGM 2” - June 28, 1991(japan & Europe Only) - SEGA - Sega MegaDrive(Genesis)

*Super Fire Pro Wrestling X - Chiyomaru Shikura - “Opening Theme” -March 29, 1996(japan Only) - Human Entertainment - Super Famicon(SNES)

*WWF Wrestlemania Challenge - David Wise - “Player 2” - November 1990 - RARE/LJN - NES

*Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden - Takeshi Saito & Garheu "Match BGM 10” - March 27, 1992(japan Only) - Human Entertainment - Sega MegaDrive(Genesis)

*WWF Royal Rumble - Paul Webb, Dean Morrell & Kingsley Thurber - “Tournament Victory" - September 15, 1993 - Sculptured Software/Flying Edge - Sega Genesis

*Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel - Akihiko Mori - “Strawberry, Star Light” - December 12, 1990(Japan Only) - Copya System Ltd/Asmik Corporation - Sega MegaDrive(genesis)

*Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 - Kouji Niikura - "Fight for the Championship" - December 19, 1997(Japan Only) - Asmik Ace Entertainment & AKI Corporation/Asmik Ace Entertainment - Nintendo 64

*WCW vs. nWo Revenge - Kouji Niikura & Yukie Sugawara - “Starrcade" - October 26 1998 - Asmik Ace Entertainment & AKI Corporation/THQ - Nintendo 64

*WCW Wrestling(World Championship Wrestling) - Kenji Yoshida - “Match Theme" - March 1990 - Nichibutsu/FCI Incorporated - NES

*WWF Super WrestleMania - Mark Miller & Dean Morrell - “Title Screen” - February 12, 1992 - Sculptured Software/Flying Edge - Sega Genesis

*Pro Wrestling - Masamichi Yamazaki - “Match Theme" - March 1987 - NINTENDO - NES

*Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome - Yusuke Takahama - “Theme of Shinya Hashimoto” - September 14, 1993 - Varie - Super Famicom(SNES)

*Fire Pro Wrestling Returns - Atsuhiro Motoyama - “Kick & Submit" - November 13, 2007 - Spike/Agetect - PS2

*Saturday Night Slam Masters - Masaki Izutani & Syun Nishigaki - “Tokyo" - July 13, 1993 - CAPCOM - SNES

*Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling 2: 3-4 Budoukan -
Iku Mizutani, Kinuyo Yamashita, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, & Haruo Ohashi - “Staff Roll“ - April 7, 1995 - Natsume/NCS - Super Famicom(SNES)

*WWF Wrestlemania Challenge - David Wise - “Andre the Giant” - November 1990 - RARE/LJN - NES

*WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge - Paul Webb - “Jake Roberts (Snake Bite)” - April 21, 1995 - Sculptured Software/LJN - NES

*WWF Royal Rumble - Paul Webb, Dean Morrell & Kingsley Thurber - “Crush’s Theme" - June 8, 1993 - Sculptured Software/LJN - SNES

*WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game - Mike Stock & Pete Waterman - “WrestleMania” (character select screen)- October 18, 1995 - Sculptured Software/Acclaim Entertainment - Playstation


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