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WCW vs. nWo: World Tour is a professional wrestling video game released in 1997 for the Nintendo 64 game console.Released at the peak of World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) dominance in the Monday Night War, World Tour was THQ's first foray into the N64 wrestling scene and is a semi-sequel to the lesser known WCW vs. the World for the PlayStation.
The game was also a commercial success, selling over 1 million units, making it the third best-selling wrestling game for the N64. [ 2 ] WWF No Mercy received nominations in the "Console Fighting" , "Console Game of the Year" and "Game of the Year" categories at the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , which were ultimately awarded to ...
The following is a list of wrestling video games based on professional wrestling, licensed by promotions such as WWF/WWE, WCW, ECW, NJPW, TNA, AAA, and AEW. Promotion-based games [ edit ]
WCW/nWo Revenge surpassed the success of its predecessor, World Tour.Within a month, it became the highest selling console game in North America. [8] Like its predecessor, Revenge also won "Console Fighting Game of the Year" by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, marking the second consecutive year an AKI/THQ title achieved the honor. [9]
His last WCW PPV match was the World War 3 battle royal on November 22, 1998. In his final televised match, aired on the November 6, 1999 WCW Worldwide, he wore attire much like he did in his early WWF days as Brutus Beefcake (though still under the Disciple ring name) as he lost to Hacksaw Jim Duggan. [22] [23]
The event took place on January 24, 1998 from the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. [1] Unlike the previous year's event, this year's event was billed as a joint production by WCW and the nWo (in storyline) and the pay-per-view events until the following year's Uncensored were jointly produced by WCW and the nWo. The event featured a double main event.
He instead brought out nWo Sting and held a mock interview that berated the real Sting and praised Hollywood Hogan. Farmer appeared in the video game WCW vs. nWo: World Tour as nWo Sting, labeled in the game as "Sting". In March 1997, Farmer joined nWo Japan in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and began to split his time between NJPW and WCW.
Nick Patrick (referee; outed as a nWo referee on October 27, 1996, at Halloween Havoc, quit the nWo on the April 21, 1997, episode of Nitro) nWo Hollywood (nWo Black & White) April 27, 1998 – January 4, 1999 Heel faction of the nWo formed when Kevin Nash, Randy Savage, and Konnan left the group and created the nWo Wolfpac, splitting the group ...