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Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home

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Hardcore wrestling with weapons, custom wrestlers, and career competition

The briefing

About this game

Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home brings extreme wrestling action to unconventional arenas, including backyards, gas stations, and strip clubs. Matches emphasize brutal combat with weapons such as car doors, stop signs, barbed wire, and light bulbs.

Players can compete against friends in versus mode, create a wrestler with custom appearances and attacks, and pursue a career to become the King of Hardcore. The game also includes a soundtrack with more than 40 tracks from artists including CKY, Sum 41, Insane Clown Posse, Rancid, American Hi-Fi, and Anthrax.

Game Details

  • Release date: October 8, 2003
  • Platforms: PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Genres: Fighting, Sport
  • Developer: Paradox Development
  • Publisher: Eidos Interactive