6. Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
The Fire Pro Wrestling series has always been built around the idea of giving pro wrestling fans more content than they could ever possibly find anywhere else. Though the franchise has been consistently successful in that pursuit, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for the PlayStation 2 may just be the series’ greatest accomplishment.
Featuring over 300 professional wrestlers – essentially every noteworthy professional wrestler in the world at the time – as well as a host of character and match creation options, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns allowed wrestling fans to create matches they would otherwise never get to see. The gameplay is much more complicated than your average professional wrestling game, but what Fire Pro Wrestling Returns lacks in accessibility it makes up for by providing a game that you could spend years truly mastering.
There may be better looking or more amusing wrestling games out there, but no wrestling game will ever come close to matching the pure content provided here.