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This suggested that Showdown: LoW was a rushed product with little attention to quality assurance on Acclaim's part.

The game was riddled with many serious bugs, glitches, crashes, and lock-ups. It has arguably the best roster of popular 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s pro-wrestlers, including many 'legends' who didn't appear in the first two games. The commentary system turned out to be a failure, however, being unsophisticated and repetitive. The inclusion of former WCW commentary team of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Tony Schiavone, and "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko was welcomed. With extra stank on it." Consumer reaction was negative too, though not excessively so, primarily tempered by the stellar roster available in the game. Xbox Nation called it "a steaming doodie. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 57% and 55 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version, and 55% and 57 out of 100 for the Xbox version.

Showdown: Legends of Wrestling was met with very mixed reception upon release. Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.Some minor new features included a tribute to deceased legendary wrestlers as well as a tutorial fully narrated by Bret Hart.Īnother major point in the game's favor was the inclusion of many famous arenas used for pro wrestling and many other sports.