This week, we take a look at Champion Wrestler. Taito's overlooked Fire Pro clone released for the PS1 in 1996. News includes the tumbleweed passing through the desert that is AEW Fight Forever, UPW announcements and more.

A bit of a different episode this week as instead of reviewing a specific game, we look at the video game career of White Thunder, the Superstar, the Big Bad Booty Daddy, Freakzilla, the Michigan Math Mack Daddy, Scott Steiner. This is also an XXL sized episode as there's a lot to go over in Figure Talk due to San Diego Comic Con.

Sorry for some of the audio issues I was experiencing this week.

Today, we look at Saturday Night Slam Masters aka Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion. Considered an arcade classic by fans, but sadly overlooked by Capcom itself. We also talk Ultra Pro Wrestling and the AKI influence, WrestleQuest, The Wrestling Code and of course, action figures.

It's Wednesday. You know what that means. CRITICAL! Special Report #2 is live, and this time, we're talking AEW Fight Forever.! We talk about the good, the bad, and the outright wacky. Is it worth your time?....

I apologize for some of the audio issues with this episode. Had to record from a new location this week.

King of Colosseum II is the best wrestling game of all time.

Spike's King of Colosseum Red & Green, the follow up to Soul of Champion. Two games combined that would have been considered by some as the best wrestling game of all time if it wasn't for the next game we're going to talk about. We also go over the boatload of Fight Forever news and media that has been released.

This week, we take a look at Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling: Ouja no Tamashii, which translates to All Japan Pro-Wrestling: Soul of Champion. This game serves as the precursor to the King of Colosseum series on the PlayStation 2. A frustrating first step but it would pave the way for what some consider the best wrestling game of all time.

Edit: This episode was recorded before the AEW Fight Forever achievement leaks and release date news.

Rest in Peace DEAN~! Rasmussen

This week it's SEGA's All Japan games. All Japan Pro-Wrestling featuring Virtua Fighter, Giant Gram and Giant Gram 2000. The third game especially is considered a classic of the wrestling genre. Damn, we didn't talk about Jim Steele as the real life Wolf Hawkfield.

Note: We're switching to a bi-weekly format to better fit work schedules.

This week, we're talking about the All Japan Pro-Wrestling games developed for the Super Famicom by Natsume. If you're outside Japan, you may remember Natsume Championship Wrestling, a port of the second game in the series without the AJPW license.

This week, we talk about Wrestle Kingdom 1 + 2 which are...in my opinion, some pretty boring games with great rosters. Also, Doug Basham and D-Von Dudley's severed leg. No new episode next week!