On its 20th anniversary, WCW/nWo Revenge still belongs in the Hall of Fame of wrestling's greatest video games

Don't ask me to explain the why's, what's and wherefore's of professional wrestling. A huge part of my life revolves - or more accurately "revolved" - around the pseudo-sport of pretend fighting. Not just as a ticket-buying fan, but as a student of the game, a backstage producer and, for a short but painful time, a worker myself.

Since those heady days of ego-maniacs and self-diagnosed concussions, I've grown weary of defending "Sports-entertainment" from its naysayers. It's hard when the product I catch on TV gets more poorly-written and less logical by the week. It hurts at this current moment in time, when the WWE has an embarrassment of amazing, hard-working, and incredibly talented young athletes, yet is completely stumped with how to showcase them.

I used to truly love pro-wrestling with a passion. I still do, to an extent. I definitely believe, on an independent level, it's in a better place today that it has been in decades. If only I'd stuck around, I coulda been a contender. Curse my ruined, made-from-crystal body. Today though, I want us to travel back to a time and place where pro-wrestling was always fun, exciting and enjoyable. That place is on the Nintendo 64.

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