Online Pro Wrestling is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 video game released on the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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 console

Video game console

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 by YUKE's Future Media Creators

YUKE's Future Media Creators

Yuke's Co. Ltd is a video game company based in Osaka, Japan. It was established on February 26, 1993....

 in Japan

Japan

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. It is based on the WWE SmackDown!

WWE SmackDown! (video game series)

WWE is a series of professional wrestling video games developed by Yuke's and published by THQ...

video game series based on the professional wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

 World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

 (WWE).

Features

The game introduced a more traditional grappling system while retaining the series’ fast gameplay

Gameplay

Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and player's connection with it...

. This new grappling system also includes body damage meters, individual character scales consisting of stats such as strength, endurance and speed, and submission meters for both the person applying the move and the person breaking out of the move.

It was based as an online game where people could fight each other online in virtual tournaments, single matches, and tag matches.

External links

Community

• Online Pro Wrestling at IGN
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• Online Pro Wrestling at GameSpot
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• Online Pro Wrestling at GameFAQs
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