No, LoM is an arcade style wrestler more reminiscent of Wrestlefest or WWE Royal Rumble than either of those games.
This is not a game where your wrestler is given an in-depth storyline ranging from Undertaker burying Eddie Guerrero alive a few days before he died in real life or where Trish Stratus wins the WWE Championship. There is no story/season mode here in Legends of Wrestlemania. Besides there’s only so long I can play 2k6 with CAWS like La Parka, Jushin Liger and Ultimo Dragon without wishing for next-gen graphics. Still, I had fun with the demo, so I decided to review Legends of Wrestlemania in hopes that after three and a half years, I was in for a decent wrestling game. Then there was TNA Impact which made me long for WCW Thunder and WWF Wrestlemania XXI. 2k6 was the best the had been in years and it was followed by a few more years of mediocrity.
Of course I haven’t been a fan of THQ wrestling games in a long time.
Raw series and a roster of people who, in real life, are either dead or over the hill, LoW promised to be a harkening back to the golden days of the WWF from Wrestlemanias I – XXV. With drastically changed gameplay from the Smackdown Vs. Well, that’s what Legends of Wrestlemania is all about. Hey, kids! Remember when wrestling used to be fun? When angles simmered for four to six, really allowing them to build? Remember when Wrestlemania wasn’t a throw away card put together at the last second and both world title matches revolved around the champion’s wives? Remember when wrestling wasn’t scripted by Vince Russo?