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| Developer(s) | Aki Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release | February 28, 1997 (USA) December, 1997 (EU) |
| Genre(s) | Wrestling |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
WCW vs. The World is a wrestling game that was released in 1997 for the Sony PlayStation video game console. It was the first game developed by Aki Corporation to be released outside of Japan. To date, the game has sold over 500,000 copies.
Featured wrestlers
Since the game is the North American version of Japanese wrestling title Virtual Pro Wrestling, each of the "fictional" wrestlers in the game are actually based on real life wrestlers. Only their names were changed due to American copyright laws.
World Championship Wrestling
- Chris Benoit
- Dean Malenko
- Eddy Guerrero
- The Giant
- Jeff Jarrett
- Hulk Hogan
- Lex Luger
- Ric Flair
- Rick Steiner
- Scott Steiner
- "Lord" Steven Regal
- Sting
- Ultimo Dragon
"Fictional" wrestlers
- 200 Wins (Yoji Anjoh)
- Abispa (Jushin "Thunder" Liger)
- Akira (Akira Maeda)
- Bad Blood (The Great Muta)
- Bear Breath (Gary Albright)
- Billy Gaijin (Scott Norton)
- Black Belt (TAKA Michinoku)
- Black Ninja (The Great Sasuke)
- Blackheart (Tarzan Goto)
- Bolt Jamison (Kensuke Sasaki as Power Warrior)
- Chono (Masahiro Chono)
- The Count (Stan Hansen)
- Dakota (Hiroshi Hase)
- David Harley (Sabu)
- Dojo (Shinya Hashimoto)
- El Borador (Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
- Fujigami (Tatsumi Fujinami)
- Grizz Lee (Bruiser Brody)
- Habanero (Hayabusa)
- Jaguar (Tiger Mask)
- Kaiji (Yoshiaki Fujiwara)
- Kapuna (Toshiaki Kawada)
- Kim Chee (Koji Kitao)
- Konaka (Shiro Koshinaka)
- Moma (Nobuhiko Takada)
- Mongol (Keiji Muto)
- Mongrel (Jumbo Tsuruta)
- Mukluk (Kensuke Sasaki)
- Overdose (Road Warrior Hawk)
- Puchteca (Atsushi Onita)
- Saladin (Genichiro Tenryu)
- Sam Song (Kenta Kobashi)
- Samoa (Giant Baba)
- Shanghai (Karl Gotch)
- Shaolin (Jinsei Shinzaki)
- Sherlock (Ken Shamrock)
- Siberia (Steve Williams)
- Steel Talon (Antonio Inoki)
- Thunder Dome (Bas Rutten)
- The Turk (Dynamite Kid's body with Vader's moves)
- The Unknown (Super Delfin)
- Uraki (Masakatsu Funaki)
- Wu Fang (Mitsuharu Misawa)
- Yamagiwa (Kazuo Yamazaki)
See also
External links
- WCW vs. The World @ AllGame.com
- Aki Corporation website (English version)
- WCW vs. the World at MobyGames
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