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3	->''A WINNER IS YOU''
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5	''Pro Wrestling'' is a WrestlingGame released by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in 1987 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. (It was originally released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in 1986, as ''Puroresu: Famicom Wrestling Association''.) The developers of this game went on as Creator/HumanEntertainment to create the ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series.
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7	Players can choose between the six wrestlers of the Video Wrestling Association (V.W.A.), and those who succeed in winning the title and defending it can face the perfect wrestler, Great Puma, champion of the Video Wrestling Federation (V.W.F.).
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9	Not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem game of the same title and released the same year, which was a masculinized version of the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling AJW]]-inspired Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Body Slam''. Or [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestling]] in general, for that matter.
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12	!!This game contains examples of:.
13	* AlliterativeName: Korea's Kin Corn Karn.
14	* AllYourPowersCombined: Great Puma can use any wrestler's move.
15	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Giant Panther. It's unclear if he has dark-skinned ancestry or if he's merely tan.
16	* AWinnerIsYou: The TropeNamer. The line appears after winning a match.
17	* CaptainErsatz: The entire roster is based on famous RealLife wrestlers.
18	** Fighter Hayabusa = Wrestling/AntonioInoki
19	** Starman = Mil Mascaras
20	** Kin Corn Karn = Killer Khan
21	** Giant Panther = Wrestling/HulkHogan and [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kerry Von Erich]]
22	** King Slender = Wrestling/RicFlair
23	** Great Puma = [[Wrestling/SatoruSayama Tiger Mask]]
24	* CombatPragmatist: The Amazon bites his opponents and uses a fork on them.
25	* DeathOrGloryAttack:
26	** Every character can use the brainbuster, which deals heavy damage, but the opponent has to be weakened first. If they're still healthy, it fails and they instantly reverse it on you.
27	** Fighter Hayabusa's back brain kick and Starman's flying cross chop. If either move misses the user is left flat on his back.
28	** Any move off the top rope. The opponent can roll out of the way, causing the attacker to hurt himself.
29	* FacePalmOfDoom: Giant Panther's iron claw
30	* {{Heel}}: The Amazon is clearly meant to be a heel wrestler given his illegal attacks. One could also make a case for Kin Corn Karn, since the crowd does not cheer for his signature attacks.
31	* HumanWeapon: Giant Panther is called the Ultimate Human Weapon and Kin Corn Karn is called a living karate tool.
32	* IKnowKarate: Kin Corn Karn has a karate kick special move.
33	* LifeMeter: Averted, unlike many other wrestling games of the era. Instead, you had to pay attention to sound cues that would play once you had done sufficient damage to the opponent (or vice versa): a quick series of chimes when they were a fair bit weaker, and much more shrill sirens once they were sufficiently hurt enough to be pinned. Without those, all you had to go on was the match timer and the referee's counting. The fighters' actions would also become more delayed as they took more damage.
34	* MaskedLuchador: Star Man.
35	* MediumAwareness: All your selectable characters compete in the '''Video''' Wrestling Association and Great Puma is from the '''Video''' Wrestling Federation. Probably also a nod to the Wrestling/{{A\|mericanWrestlingAssociation}}WA and Wrestling/{{W\|orldWrestlingFederation}}WF.
36	* MusclesAreMeaningless: Star Man plays the same as everyone else, for the most part, despite his 6'3 220lbs stats suggest him having the least amount on the roster, possible excepting King Slender, who is so much taller it doesn't matter. Downplayed with The Amazon, who isn’t much bigger than Starman but prefers using illegal tactics rather than his muscles.
37	* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: If you manage to defeat the "Invincible Warrior" Fighter Hayabusa.
38	* PartsUnknown: Amazon seems to be a resident or at least that is where he originates from. His date of birth is also unknown, as is Star Man's.
39	* RealMenWearPink: Star Man
40	* RecycledSoundtrack: ''Pro Wrestling'' shares the same title music as Nintendo's other sports games, ''Baseball'', ''Tennis'', and ''Volleyball''.
41	* RingOut: Unlike most real life professional wrestling organizations, a championship can be won by count out outside the ring.
42	* SomeDexterityRequired: Fighter Hayabusa's special move, the back brain kick, is the most unorthodox one in the game, requiring him to stand at a particular downward angle from his opponent before hitting A. It's also quite easy to dodge since it doesn't involve grappling.
43	* SpiritualSuccessor: ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' is one to this game. The programmer of this game even went to Human Entertainment and helped develop FPW.
44	* TimedMission: You only have five minutes to win in single-player mode.
45	* UseYourHead: Giant Panther does.
46	* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Fighter Hayabusa's only special move is the back brain kick (Enziguri) and King Slender's only special is the back breaker.
47	* AWinnerIsYou: The {{Trope Namer\|s}} is the Engrish conglaturatory message after winning a match. The actual "You Win!" screen consists of a picture of two trophies and your fighter (with one title belt on his waist, and another in his hand), and the message "Congratulations! You are V.W.A. V.W.F. Champion!", while the music repeats endlessly.
48	** Also overlaps with BeamMeUpScotty, as "A Winner is You" appears only in the earliest copies of the game, with the (much more common) revisions "correcting" the message to simply "Winner is You".
49	* WrestlingDoesntPay: Star Man is a wrestling space traveler.
50	* WrestlingMonster: The [[HalfHumanHybrid "half-piranha, half-man"]] Amazon.

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