According to recent interviews, Rockstar was close to buying the rights to the ECW wrestling league.
From bowling with Roman Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV or playing tennis as Michael in Grand Theft Auto V, to the surprisingly excellent Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, Rockstar is no stranger to sports.
Now, thanks to VGC, it has surfaced that the legendary developer almost made a wrestling game back at the turn of the century.
The YouTube channel Hard4Games recently interviewed the wrestler Tommy Dreamer regarding newly released alpha footage from the 2000 game ECW Hardcore Revolution. And Dreamer, who was part of the wrestling company ECW back then and thus included in the game, had an interesting anecdote to share:
« There was a fan, who worked for this company, and they were like ‘man, we want this ECW game to be our number two behind this other game, and it’s revolutionary, it’s a perfect fit for ECW. They all came to an ECW Arena show and this one guy was such a big fan, and all this stuff was supposed to happen.
