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Three games.
One ring.
No DQ.
A love letter to Wrestling Empire, WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain and Fire Pro Wrestling: the sandbox chaos machine, the PS2 legend and the purist's grappling sim.
Tonight's card
Meet the competitors
Three very different philosophies of digital wrestling: improvised chaos, arcade-perfect spectacle and timing-based simulation. Each one has a fanbase that would fight you in a parking lot over it.
Wrestling Empire
- Developer
- MDickie
- Debut
- 2021
- Platforms
- Mobile · Switch · PC
A physics-fuelled wrestling world where backstage grudges, contracts and flying chairs matter as much as what happens between the ropes.
Enter the ring → 02 The PS2 legendHere Comes the Pain
- Developer
- Yuke's / THQ
- Debut
- 2003
- Platform
- PlayStation 2
WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain is still the game many fans name as the greatest WWE game ever made. Brock on the cover, the Chamber in the disc.
Enter the ring → 03 The purist's simFire Pro Wrestling
- Developer
- Human → Spike Chunsoft
- Debut
- 1989
- Latest
- World · PC & PS4
A sprite-based series built on lock-up timing and match psychology, with an edit mode so deep that fans have rebuilt practically every wrestler who has ever lived.
Enter the ring →Tale of the tape
Head to head
How the three stack up, side by side.
| Category | Wrestling Empire | Here Comes the Pain | Fire Pro Wrestling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | MDickie (Mat Dickie) | Yuke's, published by THQ | Human Entertainment, later Spike Chunsoft |
| Debut | 2021 | 2003 | 1989 (series) · World in 2017 |
| Platforms | Android, iOS, Switch, PC | PlayStation 2 | Many over the years; World on PC & PS4 |
| Look | Low-poly 3D, cheerfully odd | Licensed 3D, peak PS2 era | Classic 2D pixel sprites |
| Feel | Physics & improvisation | Arcade-sim grappling | Timing-based simulation |
| Signature | Backstage career politics | Elimination Chamber debut | Edit mode & CPU logic |
| Best for | Storylines & mayhem | Couch-multiplayer nostalgia | Purists & fantasy bookers |
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Who walks out champion?
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