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WWE '12
''WWE '12'' is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. It was released on November 22, 2011, in North America, November 25 in Europe, and on January 26, 2012, in Japan. A Europe-exclusive ''WWE '12 WrestleMania Edition'' was released on May 25, 2012. The thirteenth overall installment in the ''WWE'' series, ''WWE '12'' is the successor to '' WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011'', and first game in the series to be developed exclusively for the seventh generation of home consoles. The game was succeeded by ''WWE '13'' in 2012. Gameplay Exhibition Mode The weak/strong grapple system from the past games has been removed. Characters now perform different moves based on their opponent's current physical state. Players now have a window of opportunity to attack while still in a downed state and can also interrupt moves and Royal Rumble eliminations with attacks. Similarly, the pinning meter from the past gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Orton
Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since 2000, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. Orton is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, and has the tied-third most world championship reigns in history, with a career spanning over 20 years. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, father Bob Orton Jr., and uncle Barry Orton were all wrestlers. Before being signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), he trained in and wrestled for the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association and Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling. He was then signed by the WWF and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he held the OVW Hardcore Championship twice. He became a member of the Professional wrestling stable, stable Evolution (professional wrestling), Evolution shortly after his WWE debut, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Professional Wrestling Terms
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of Traveling carnival, carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WrestleMania III
WrestleMania III was a 1987 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of WWE pay-per-view events, event produced by the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the third annual WrestleMania and held on March 29, 1987, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. There were 12 matches, with the main event featuring Hulk Hogan successfully defending the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against André the Giant. WWF claimed that paid attendance was 93,173, which would have made it the largest crowd for a WWF event as well as the largest recorded attendance of a live indoor event in North America at the time; however, retrospective analyses of the event have determined the actual attendance to be around 78,000. The event is considered to be the pinnacle of the 1980s professional wrestling boom, 1980s wrestling boom, with almost one million fans watching the event at 160 closed-circuit locations in North America and the number of people watching via pay-per-vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWE '12 Predator Technology
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into fields outside of wrestling, including film, football, and other business ventures, such as licensing its intellectual property to other companies to produce video games and action figures. As in other professional wrestling promotions, WWE does not promote a legitimate sporting contest but rather entertainment-based performance theater, featuring storyline-driven, scripted, and partially choreographed matches; however, matches often include moves that put performers at risk of serious injury or death if not performed correctly. The pre-determined aspect of professional wrestling (an industry open secret) was publicly acknowledged by WWE in 1989 to avoid regulation by athletic commissions. WWE markets its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, where he is a three-time TNA World Championship, TNA World Champion and a six-time TNA X Division Championship, TNA X Division Champion, and Ring of Honor (ROH) where he was the first multi-time ROH World Championship, ROH World Champion. He is also known for his time with WWE, where he competed in the 205 Live (WWE brand), cruiserweight division as well as doing color commentary. Between TNA/Impact and ROH, Aries has held 14 total championships and has also held numerous international and U.S. independent championships. Aries began to work with ROH in 2004, joining the Generation Next (professional wrestling), Generation Next faction. He won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with his teammate Roderick Strong, and at Final Battle 2004, ROH's biggest ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by businessman Leonard Asper. Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following the end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. The promotion dropped the "NWA" brand from its name in 2004, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA continued to use the NWA NWA World Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Championship, Tag Team Professional wrestling championship, championships until this agreement ended in 2007; after which, the company would create its own TNA World Championship, World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team Championship, World Tag Team cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque (; born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer. Levesque began his wrestling career in 1992 under the ring name Terra Ryzing, and gained his first mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, becoming known as Jean-Paul Levesque. In 1995, he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and became known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, which was later shortened to Triple H. In WWF, he gained fame during the Attitude Era as a member of The Kliq and of . He is a world champion in WWE, having won the WWE Championship, WWF/WWE Championship nine times and the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013), World Heavyweight Championship five times. He is also a WWE Intercontinental Championship, Intercontinental Champion, World Tag Team Championship (WWE), WWE Tag Team Champion (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheamus
Stephen Farrelly (born 28 January 1978) is an Irish Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw brand under the ring name Sheamus. Prior to joining WWE, he wrestled on the European independent circuit. After becoming part of WWE's main roster in 2009, he went on to become a four-time Professional wrestling world championship, world champion, having held the WWE ChampionshipSheamus' first two reigns were when the title was known as the WWE Championship while his third reign was as WWE World Heavyweight Champion. List of WWE Champions, three times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013), World Heavyweight Championship List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE), once. He is the first Irish world champion in WWE history, and is also a List of WWE United States Champions, three-time WWE United States Championship, United States Champion and a five-time tag team champion (List of World Tag Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WrestleMania XXVII
WrestleMania XXVII was a 2011 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards, event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 27th annual WrestleMania and took place on April 3, 2011, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw (WWE brand), Raw and SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand divisions. This was the first WrestleMania held in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the second to be held in Southeastern United States, after WrestleMania XXIV in 2008 in Florida. It was also the final WrestleMania held during the first brand extension, which ended in August, but was reinstated in July 2016. This was also the company's final event to be promoted under the full name of World Wrestling Entertainment, as immediately following this event, the company strictly began to refer to itself solely by the WWE abbreviation. Dwayne Johnson, Dwayne "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WrestleMania XXVI
WrestleMania XXVI was a 2010 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards, event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 26th annual WrestleMania and took place on March 28, 2010, at the State Farm Stadium, University of Phoenix Stadium in the Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw (WWE brand), Raw and SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand divisions. It was the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania XI in 1995 with a non-title match as a main event, the first WrestleMania held in the U.S. state of Arizona, and the third held in an open-air venue, after WrestleMania IX in 1993 and WrestleMania XXIV in 2008. The Card (sports), card consisted of eight matches, including three main matches. The final match on the card was a No Disqualification match, no disqualification, No Count-Out match, no countout match where The Undertaker defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutscene
A cutscene or event scene (sometimes in-game cinematic or in-game movie) is a sequence in a video game that is not interactive, interrupting the gameplay. Such scenes are used to show conversations between characters, set the mood, reward the player, introduce newer models and gameplay elements, show the effects of a player's actions, create emotional connections, improve pace (narrative), pacing or foreshadow future events. Cutscenes often feature "on the fly" rendering, using the gameplay graphics to create scripted events. Cutscenes can also be pre-rendering, pre-rendered computer graphics streamed from a video file. Pre-made videos used in video games (either during cutscenes or during the gameplay itself) are referred to as "full-motion videos" or "FMVs". Cutscenes can also appear in other forms, such as a series of images or as plain text and audio. History ''The Sumerian Game'' (1966), an early mainframe game designed by Mabel Addis, introduced its Sumerian setting wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
