Fire Pro Wrestling/YMMV


 * And the Fandom Rejoiced: Fire Pro Wrestling Z was intended to be the last game of the series (hence the "Z"). However, the game was rather poorly received and was considered a rather weak ending to such a long-running series. Two years later, Spike announced Fire Pro Wrestling Returns and fans were now quite happy.
 * No Problem With Licensed Games: The series is mainly known for a handful of renamed wrestlers from different federations worldwide thrown into one game, yeah, but some of its' installments are actually licensed and are spinning around one or two Japanese promotions. For the record, the first one was Fire Pro Women: All Star Dream Slam on Super Nintendo, which featured actual female performers from All Japan's Women Pro Wrestling.
 * Ruined FOREVER: The fans' reaction for the new Xbox Live Arcade being in works, called just Fire Pro Wrestling... which is Spike's attempt at making a FPW game for the casual audience that discards everything the series had before, including 2D graphics and tons of useable characters (well, considering it's a future online title, there WILL be tons of characters, but definitely not a handful of wrestling federations). Everything except, dur, the wrestling itself.
 * Sequel Displacement: Returns for the many, many gamers overseas. Guess whom to thank.
 * Suspiciously Similar Song: Once the games started including entrance themes for the wrestlers, they simply used slightly altered versions of popular wrestlers' themes.