History VideoGame / FireProWrestling

** For some reason, the only game in the series on the [[SegaGenesis Mega Drive]] is called ''Thunder Pro Wrestling''.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: ''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 [[VideoGameLongRunner long-running]] series. Two years later, Spike announced ''Fire Pro Wrestling Returns'' and fans were now quite happy.

* OneHitKill: Extremely rare, but if a character has a move that can be done at the start of a match and potentially cause a critical, it's possible to knock out, pin, or force a submission in on move.

* NintendoHard: Most of the early games, but ''Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout'' was so insanely hard that a remake with an easier AI was made (''Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Easy Mode'').

* NoExportForYou: Only three games in the series have had an official release in the US: ''Fire Pro Wrestling A'', ''Final Fire Pro Wrestling'' (called ''Fire Pro Wrestling 2'' in the US), and ''Fire Pro Wrestling Returns'' (''Four years'' after the Japanese release).

* PortingDisaster: [[YourMilageMayVary Debatable]], and a rare case where the port is between countries rather than systems. The Japanese ''Final Fire Pro Wrestling'' and the American ''Fire Pro Wrestling 2'' are the same graphically and in game play. However, the Japanese game includes "Manager Mode," where the player takes the role of an owner of the wrestling league and attempts to make money by putting on shows that pleases the crowd. Basically ExtremeWarfareRevenge but the matches actually play out. The US game has Manager Mode removed, and instead has a basic Career Mode and more wrestlers based on American wrestlers not in the Japanese game.

* NintendoHard: Most of the early games, but ''Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout'' was so insanely hard that a remake with an easier AI was made.

* OddlyNamedSequel: After Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3, none of the games number their sequels.

* NoExportForYou: Only three games in the series have had an official release in the US: ''Fire Pro Wrestling A'', ''Final Fire Pro Wrestling'' (called ''Fire Pro Wrestling 2'' in the US), and ''Fire Pro Wrestling Returns''.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: Once the games started including entrance themes for the wrestlers, they simply used slightly altered versions of popular wrestlers' themes.

* OddlyNamedSequel: There is no way to know which game follows which simply by looking at the titles, especially once games were being developed for different systems.

* VideoGameLongRunners: 26 games have carried the Fire Pro name from 1989 to the present.

* InsistentTerminology: Most fans insist on calling create wrestlers "Edits" (which is what's used in the game menus) rather than the more common "CAW" (Create-a-Wrestler).

* ColonCancer: ''Wrestling Universe: Fire Pro Women: Dome Super Female Big Battle: All Japan Women VS J.W.P.'' TheresNoKillLikeOverkill, I guess.

* OddlyNamedSequel: There is no way to know which game follows which simply by looking at the titles.

''Fire Pro Wrestling'' is a series of [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestling]] games. The games were made by Human Entertainment from 1989-2000, and then by Spike from then on. The series is very well-known for having rather large rosters of characters [[CaptainErsatz based on]] real-life superstars as well as having the most customizable AI for created wrestlers than any other game.

* InsistantTerminology: Most fans insist on calling create wrestlers "Edits" (which is what's used in the game menus) rather than the more common "CAW" (Create-a-Wrestler).