The Official WWE Legends of Wrestlemania thread

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The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Jimmy Mouth of the South Hart added to Legend roster.



THQ Inc. and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. today announced that six World Wrestling Entertainment® luminaries will be featured on the cover of WWE Legends of WrestleMania. Renowned Superstars Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, along with vibrant managers Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart, will set the tone for the new videogame property, which is poised to deliver a distinguished roster, arcade style gameplay and historic, vintage presentation. WWE Legends of WrestleMania is scheduled for release in March 2009 to coincide with WrestleMania 25 in Houston, Texas.

“Andre, Hogan, Austin and The Rock represent the breadth of incredible talent that players can use to relive, rewrite or redefine history in WWE Legends of WrestleMania,” said Cory Ledesma, senior creative manager, THQ. “In addition, they will have access to dynamic managers, such as Heenan and Hart, who will play important roles throughout critical gameplay moments.”

WWE Legends of WrestleMania will embrace the leading sports entertainment organization’s rich history to relive, rewrite or redefine the definitive elements of WWE from the Eighties and Nineties. Players will experience the entertaining lives of 40 larger-than-life Legends and have control over Legendary Managers, each of whom will play crucial roles in match outcomes. The game’s new grapple-based fighting system will capture the high-energy action and drama seen in vintage WWE matches, while a historically accurate representation of past WWE telecasts will set the stage, including dynamic visual treatments, signature ring entrances, renowned commentators and notable venues. WWE Legends of WrestleMania will also include a WrestleMania Tour Mode that allows players to participate in key matches from multiple WrestleMania events, a Create-A-Legend system to develop the Legends of tomorrow, as well as online functionality for players to compete on the biggest stages in WWE history.

I will have more on WWE Legends of Wrestlemania shortly in the my first ever Mike Video update. Check for that later this evening.

Also sent from THQ was the official boxarts for the two platforms that Legends of Wrestlemania will be on, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, check them out.



IMDB has the partial roster list for THQ’s upcoming Wrestling game.

IMDB is listing the partial roster for THQ’s upcoming wrestling game. While the article lists 35 legendary WWE Superstars it is missing a few. Including the just recently announced The Rock. Here is the list of Legends IMDB is reporting to be in the game. Now keep in mind that this list may very well be incorrect. And with THQ recently confirming the roster to have 40 playable legends there are still some surprises upcoming. Also note, that this lists some possible unplayable characters like the referee, commentators, and ring announcers.

Hulk Hogan

Steve Austin

Undertaker

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Shawn Michaels

The Nature Boy Ric Flair

Bret The Hitman Hart

Miss Elizabeth

Jerry The King Lawler

The Million Doller Man Ted Debiase

Yokozuna

Brutus The Barber Beefcake

Haku

Mr Perfect Curt Henneg

Davey Boy Smith

Rick Rude

Jake The Snake Roberts

Jim Ross

Mean Gene Olkerland

Bobby The Brain Heenan

Honkey Tonk Man

Ricky The Dragon Steamboat

Hawk

Animal

Sgt Slaughter

The Mouth Of The South Jimmy Hart

Iron Shiek

Tito Santana

Gorilla Monsoon

Earthquake

Mr Fuji

Virgil

Howard Finkel

source: IMDB.com

UPDATED: 12/01/08

We have received word from THQ that the roster list on IMDB is incorrect. Expect more information on the roster shortly.

credit - Mike Regan, GamingRing.com