Legends of Wrestling II is the sequel to the professional wrestling video game Legends of Wrestling. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment and released on November 26, 2002 for both the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. It was then released later for the Xbox on December 5, 2002. Legends II contains 24 wrestlers that were not in the first game, though also excludes Rob Van Dam, presumably because he had recently been signed to a WWF contract. The game did contain Eddie Guerrero, however, who, although unemployed at the time he signed a likeness deal, re-signed with WWF when the game was released.
The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions included video interviews with many of the legends featured in the game while the European version of the game exclusively included four legends from the United Kingdom: Kendo Nagasaki, Big Daddy, Mick McManus and Giant Haystacks.
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New Legends
- Abdullah the Butcher
- André the Giant
- Andy Kaufman
- Bam Bam Bigelow
- Baron von Raschke
- Big John Studd
- Bob Backlund
- Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
- "Nasty Boy" Brian Knobbs
- British Bulldog
- Bruno Sammartino
- "Dr. Death" Steve Williams
- Eddie Guerrero
- "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
- "Nasty Boy" Jerry Sags
- Killer Kowalski
- Mil Máscaras
- "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
- Owen Hart
- Rick Steiner
- Rocky Johnson
- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- Scott Steiner
- Sid Vicious
- The Grand Wizard
Returning Legends
- Hulk Hogan
- Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
- Road Warrior Hawk
- Road Warrior Animal
- Bret "Hitman" Hart
- The Iron Sheik
- Mr. Fuji
- Terry Funk
- Don Muraco
- Jerry "The King" Lawler
- George "The Animal" Steele
- "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas
- Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
- Nikolai Volkoff
- Ted DiBiase
- Tito Santana
- King Kong Bundy
- Koko B. Ware
- One Man Gang
- Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
- Harley Race
- Dynamite Kid
- Ricky Morton
- Robert Gibson
- "Flyin'" Brian Pillman
- "Superstar" Billy Graham
- "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
- Rick Martel
- Ivan Koloff
- Ivan Putski
- "Cowboy" Bob Orton
- The Sheik
- Kerry Von Erich
- Fritz Von Erich
- Kevin Von Erich
- Michael Von Erich
- David Von Erich
- Dory Funk Jr.
- Sabu
- "Captain" Lou Albano
- "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart
Fictional territorial promoters
Within Career Mode, your wrestler will be working for a specific promoter in each area. By winning the belt for that division and successfully defending it, said promoter will become available for purchase in Shop Mode. Note that the world region is only available after completion of all the American territories. Each territory has between 8-12 storylines chosen at random with a push of a button. Certain storylines may not be available based on the wrestler used by the player. For example, if the player uses Jerry Lawler, the only storyline he can play in the Southeast region is based on the famous feud Lawler had with comedian Andy Kaufman.
The game also features a Create A Legend Mode (CAL). Players can create their own custom made characters which can be used for storyline mode as well as exhibition play.
Reception
The console versions of the game received mixed reviews, while the Game Boy Advance version was critically panned. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 66% and 62 out of 100 for the Xbox version; 61% and 59 out of 100 for both the PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions; and 28% and 24 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version.
