THQ announces final roster for Legends of Wrestlemania Video Game

Photo courtesy of ign.com


Earlier today, I read over at ign.com that THQ has released the official roster for the upcoming "Legends of Wrestlemania" video-game, due out in March 2009 for Playstation 3 and XBox 360, and while the roster is impressive, there is one glaring omission, which I will discuss at the end.


FINAL ROSTER
Andre the Giant
Bret Hart
British Bulldog
Bobby Heenan
Brutus Beefcake
Earthquake
Gorilla Monsoon
Haku
Honky Tonk Man
Howard Finkel
Hulk Hogan
Iron Shiek
Jake Roberts
Jerry Lawler
Jim Ross
Jimmy Hart
Joey Marella [Referee]
Legion of Doom
Mean Gene Okerlund
Mr. Fuji
Mr. Perfect
Ric Flair
Rick Rude
Ricky Steamboat
Rock
Roddy Piper
Sgt. Slaughter
Shawn Michaels
Steve Austin
Ted DiBiase
Tito Santana
Undertaker
Ultimate Warrior
Virgil
Yokozuna


While the roster of wrestlers is impressive, the biggest omission from the roster and game itself is "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who not only competed in eight-of-the-first-ten Wrestlemania's but left the pay-per-view extravaganza with the WWE Championship on two separate occasions, Wrestlemania IV and VIII, each of which was a main event or co-main event match.

However, in all fairness to THQ, they are not the ones that made the call on Savage not being included in the game. That decision was made by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, who not only banned Savage from the game for unknown reasons but also pulled Mick Foley from the game as a result of their personal fallout earlier this fall that saw Foley leave WWE for Total Nonstop Action [TNA] wrestling.

Let's be honest...Savage is way more deserving to be featured in the video-game than Haku, who only competed in only four Wrestlemania's or Jerry Lawler, who I don't think EVER competed in a Wrestlemania match. It is a crime that someone who helped make Wrestlemania what it is today and inspired The Hardy Boyz to become wrestlers is being left-out in the cold because of some unknown personal grudge McMahon holds against him.

At least the game is giving us the create-a-legend feature which will allow die-hard fans to re-create Savage and since both the Xbox 360 and PS3 have hard-drives, all one has to do is put an excellent copy of Savage's theme song, "Pomp and Circumstance," onto the hard drive and upload it as his entrance music when creating him.

But its still not the same as having him fully included, which he should be.