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First 
off, Fire Pro Wrestling has many wrestlers to choose from. Each one of them looks coincidentally like wrestlers from the WWF, WCW, Japan and even Puerto Rico. There is this one wrestler who has a penchant for middle fingers and hitting the Stone Cold Stunner as his finisher. There is another wrestler who does this really silly People's Elbow move. Wonder what wus wrestler does that? Kane has an obvious rip-off as well. I mean, this wrestler looks exactly like him, and if you want, you can even edit his name. You can edit all the wrestlers to match their real life counterparts and make for some really great dream matches. All these wrestlers are part of varying leagues, all looking to beat one another for wrestling dominance. You can even create your own league and include as many wrestlers as you want (up to 64). These wrestlers will then fight each other and at the end of it all, the one with the best record is the world champ. The name of my federation cannot be printed here.
Another cool feature of this game were the tag-team matches, tag-team tornado matches, (all men in the ring at once) and a battle royal, all of which may be primitive on our PS Ones or 2's, but are pretty much brand new to the Game Boy Advance. There are even elimination matches where your team of wrestlers fights another team of wrestlers in one-on-one elimination matches that resemble a Survivor Series match without all the competitors appearing on the screen at once. Even better is the Octagon Cage where wrestlers fight in a match where the only way to win is by submission. There are no ropes and there is no disqualification. Use the cage and beat your opponent senseless with a variety of moves until he gives up. How is that for brutal? Oh, yeah, there is also an exploding ring match, for all you Japanese wrestling and Mick Foley enthusiasts out there.
However, You must choose your moves carefully and be careful not to get hit with too many moves to a specific part of the body, because that could spell trouble as the match progresses. Wow! Strategy in a wrestling game: that's unique.
Badseed's Bottomline: 7 out of 10. I love this game. The graphics are pretty good, and the music, which you can choose is sort of cheesy, but the game play and options are phenomenal. There are many moves to perform on your opponent and many different styles of wrestlers to choose from, each with their own move sets. You can even pick the referee and ring you want to compete in. I would have liked to have seen some blood, weapons and maybe a Royal Rumble match, but that could wait until the next edition. At this time, I am content with what I have. I don't need big name stars to appreciate a great game with so much to offer. Let's get it on!!
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