T2D has both “Bad to the Bone” and “Guitars & Cadillacs”. Hell yeah

My god straight out of WCW Photoshop @wcwworldwide.com

Watching this old Giant Bomb video covering Acclaim’s 2001 holiday releases. Legends of Wrestling footage begins at 37:40 and starts with Hogan gorilla pressing Kamala. Kamala wasn’t in the final version. youtu.be/H7UlZr0XF74?...

Mongo is flying solo today as I battle this viral infection. He takes a look at Jikkyou Power Pro, a unique title for the SFC that has electrified barbed wire matches and commentary by Yoshinari Tsuji. He also checked out F4: First Steps and Superman. t.co/XlkTvP5rRR 🤼

I’ve had a pain in my side for the last few days. Last night, I coughed and my side popped making it a lot worse. I think I’ve torn or strained muscles. My dad had this viral infection before me and he’s still not over it. Has to be over a month now.

Mongo pointed out that one of palette swaps for Spider-Man in Marvel Cosmic Invasion is Arachnaman

I’m still dealing with a horrible viral infection so there won’t be a new episode today. If nothing else fucks it up, we hope to record the next episode, the first weekend of December.

I have a viral infection and today I either can’t talk or I sound like Shohreh Aghdashloo.

PG Era nostalgia is the word thing to happen to wrestling. Those days shouldn’t have aged.

Remaking an 80s sword and sorcery classic without the nudity should be a guaranteed lifetime sentence.

I don’t know where the live action image is from but it seems to be real.

The description says both Hogan and Warrior are in and if that’s true, that’s another unique version of Steel Cage Challenge. Of all games. www.wayfair.ca/furniture/pd...

I’m really tired, I just saw this picture of Milo Ventimiglia in COD and the first thing on my mind was to call him, “Milo Vegetativestate”.

I was able to check out The Wild Rings for the original Xbox. A game many aren't aware of. We also talk about Mortal Kombat fans hatred for MK, lack of variety in modern wrestling, AEW Blood & Guts, Tanahashi vs Okada, and UPW's pitch video. t.co/XlkTvP5rRR 🤼

GTA V was disappointing and GTA VI discussion will be wrapped up in talking about how it was overhyped and probably culture war bullshit so I don’t care.

I can’t sleep and it’s Dynamite. Thursday? Maybe? Can he afford to pay me to wrestle Ron? I dunno

Scratch that, it’ll be up on Wednesday. Please find something else to do with your time until then.

I had an issue recording the long video of The Wild Rings today but I have uploaded two matches here. The long video will be re-recorded tomorrow. youtube.com/@criticalpod...

Haven’t been able to find a complete/accurate listing of fighters in The Wild Rings so I put this one together.

The Luchacitos by Boss Fight Studio and Masked Republic are available at Dollarama stores in Canada for $3 each.

We’re going to cover this in the next episode if Xemu is nice to Mongo.

Mail Day

So this will have Warrior but do they keep Hogan in now?

As always, we discuss current topics such as UPW, AEW, figures, but we really get nostalgic for arcades, Degrassi Junior High, and department store food courts. linktr.ee/criticalwrestling 🤼

The company that put up Scarface on Steam and Epic, hasn’t existed since 2019. The scammers also put a free game on Steam and charged for it, without the developer’s knowledge. youtu.be/FlHtaV-WaB8?...

No new podcast today as we’re tired old men. I thought last week was fun so check that out if you haven’t already. I’m sure we’ll talk WrestleDream next week and any other crazy shit that happens.

Alexander Skarsgood of the Right to Censor

There's quite a lot of stuff coming out of Comic Con, whether it's figures, TV or comics. There's also the disastrous release of Basic Fun's WWE WrestleFest, which should serve as an example for anyone hoping for ports of games featuring licensed characters. t.co/XlkTvP5rRR 🤼

Put that alt mask on him and that’s an unlicensed Liger in a Japanese wrestling game.

No LOD and Slaughter in Wrestlefest, no Savage or Andre in Superstars. I hope this serves as a reminder to people who think old licensed wrestling games can be ported with a click. Also again shows the importance of emulation and game preservation.

WWF WrestleMania for the Nintendo Entertainment System is a very bad video game. Very bad. MARVEL Cosmic Invasion feels like it's going to be very good. Bust-A-Move rules! t.co/XlkTvP5rRR 🤼

Dude looks like The Ripper from Last Action Hero

Get on Buyee, just don’t buy anything I want.

If Tony was smart

Today, we look at Pro Wrestling on the NES, a game which would end up becoming very important to the history of the genre. Also, HAL Wrestling,a game developed by Human Entertainment. Mongo reviews the new Nightmare on Elm St. 4K set. linktr.ee/criticalwrestling 🤼

Congrats to PWI 500 #1

Saw this shirt on Buyee. I feel like we didn’t get a lot of Photoshopped Wolfpac Hogan.

Had they given her the Wolfpac theme, it would have been exactly the same.

We're back! Good thing nothing has happened for the past three weeks. Nothing at all. Note: There were some issues with Discord during this episode that I kept in for nondramatic effect. t.co/XlkTvP5rRR #superherosimulator #keymailer

So far, the TRON Ares soundtrack is no where near as good as the Legacy soundtrack. Legacy had an orchestra behind it and everything felt so big in scale. This is boring in comparison.

I’d rather have Yautja stick its mandibles up my anus than watch WWE.

Did we know about Superstars, The Big Pro Wrestling (Tag Team Wrestling), and Super Dodge Ball?

Superhero Simulator is out today! I checked it out and became the worst superhero of all time. youtu.be/oDZEypmnLGY game.page/superherosim...! #superherosimulator #keymailer

This is actually a great entrance but it’s funny they have used RAW ‘02 because for whatever reason, they refuse to put Attitude Era RAW in the game.

We won’t have a new episode until next Sunday. Hopefully, we’ll get back on track after being off and on for a few weeks. I’m sure we’ll talk about the Acclaim showcase, the embarrassing PowerTown podcast and whatever craziness happens within the next week.

Dying at 50 Cent actually having the Balrog hair