WWE Legends of WrestleMania

Pro wrestling fans relive glory days in WWE Legends of WrestleMania. The game's main "WrestleMania Tour" mode play through memorable moments from the league's history, featuring recreations of famous venues and TV clips from the era. More than 40 prominent pro wrestling personalities of the 1980s and 1990s are available for play, including Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Ted DiBiase, Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, and The Ultimate Warrior. The Create-a-Legend feature allows players to custom design their own wrestler, with a choice of costumes, moves, and arena entrance routines. Managers also play prominent roles, interfering from the corner and even joining in the fight, especially when it moves outside the ropes. Unlike the earlier Legends of Wrestling games, which were handled by the now-defunct Acclaim Entertainment, WWE Legends of WrestleMania was developed by the wrestling game experts at Yuke's and published by THQ, the same team behind the long-running WWE (and previously WWF) SmackDown and Raw games. Compared to the annually updated challenges of the contemporary Smackdown Vs. Raw series, Legends of WrestleMania is a showy, accessible, easy-to-play game, in theme with the larger-than-life matches and colorful broadcast coverage of the 1980s and 1990s. The game's March, 2009 release coincides with the real-life WrestleMania XXV event.

BASIC CONTROLS

Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right = move legend
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Away From Opponent) (Double-Tap) or Circle Button (Double-Tap) = run, bounce off ropes
Square Button = quick strike
Square Button (Hold) = strong strike
Square Button (Tap Repeatedly) = strike combinations
X Button (Double-Tap) = quick grapple
X Button = grapple moves
X Button (Hold) = strong grapple
Square Button + X Button = finisher (when you're at chain level 3)
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Away From Opponent) + Triangle Button = reversal
Triangle Button (Hold) = block
Circle Button = pin (when opponent is down)
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Away From Opponent) + X Button = lift up opponent from the mat (when opponent is downed)
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Away From Opponent) + X Button = irish whip into the ropes
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Away From Opponent) + X Button (Hold) = irish whip to corner
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Toward Opponent Who Is Groggy Against the Ropes) + X Button = begin rope chain (when opponent is in rope reaction or near ropes
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Toward Ropes) + Circle Button = enter or exit the ring
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Toward Groggy Opponent by Rope) + X Button = get object from under the ring
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Toward Turnbuckle) + Circle Button (Double-Tap) = climb a turnbuckle
Square Button = diving attack (while on turnbuckle
Circle Button = drop down to the ring (while on turnbuckle)
Circle Button (Hold) = talk to the manager (when near the manager)
Triangle Button + Circle Button or Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right + Triangle Button + Circle Button = taunt
Start Button = pause menu

ADVANCED CONTROLS

TAUNTS

Triangle Button = Circle Button = 2x momentum gained for 10 seconds
Left Analog Stick Up (Hold) + Triangle Button + Circle Button = strength up for 10 seconds
Left Analog Stick Down (Hold) + Triangle Button + Circle Button = recover 25 health
Left Analog Stick Left (Hold) + Triangle Button + Circle Button = become irreversible for 10 seconds
Left Analog Stick Right (Hold) + Triangle Button + Circle Button = durability up for 10 seconds

MENU NAVIGATION

Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right = navigate options
X Button = confirm selection
Circle Button = cancel selection

STEEL CAGE MATCH CONTROLS

Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Hold) (Toward Cage) + Circle Button = climb onto cage (when opponent is down)
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Toward Cage Door) + Circle Button = escape through cage door (when opponent is down)
X, Circle, Square or Triangle Button (Repeatedly) = pull opponent off cage, stop opponent from escaping through cage door (when down)
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Toward Groggy Opponent on Ropes) + X Button = steel cage chain

LADDER MATCH CONTROLS

Circle Button (Double-Tap) = pick up ladder
Square or X Button = ladder strike (while holding a ladder)
Circle Button (Hold) = set up and start climbing ladder (opponent must be down)
Left Analog Stick Up or Down = climb up or down ladder
Square Button = ladder diving attack (from the top of the ladder while the ladder is in a corner)
X, Circle, Square or Triangle Button (Repeatedly) = pull down championship

TAG TEAM MATCH CONTROLS

Circle Button (Hold) = tag partner (when near the partner)
X Button (Hold) = standing double-team (while partner is in the ring)
Left Analog Stick Up, Down, Left or Right (Away From Opponent) + X Button (while partner is in the ring)
Square Button + X Button = standing tag finisher (while partner is in the ring)
Square Button + X Button = corner tag finisher (while partner is on the apron, waiting for a tag)

ROYAL RUMBLE CONTROLS

X, Circle, Square or Triangle Button (Repeatedly) = apply pressure

HELL IN A CELL CONTROLS

X Button = grapple move using the cell (when facing opponent near cell)
Square or X Button = cell-top struggle (when opponent is teetering on the edge of the cell)