Legends of Wrestling II/Career Mode

In the career mode, you take a wrestler through 5 different wrestling regions (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and Pacific.) In each region, you will have a specific storyline, and meet a different promoter.

Once you win all of the titles in the U.S. regions, you go on to the World Region to win the World Title.

Northeast storylines

 * 1) Fixed Match = Promoter "The Boss" wants you to throw a match for him. The storyline will change whether or not you choose to throw the match.
 * 2) Injured Opponent = In your first match, you wrestle a mid-carder. After you beat him, the promoter tells you that he was injured in the match. He then interferes throughout the rest of your career in the promotion.
 * 3) Vindictive Opponent = You face a mid-carder in the first match, and after you beat him, he interferes throughout the rest of your career in the promotion.
 * 4) Daughter's Crush = The promoter's daughter has a crush on you. The promoter wants you to do well so you do not disappoint his daughter. She ends up falling for the pizza delivery boy.
 * 5) Disappearing Jobbers = Inferring to his mob ties, "The Boss" states that there has been a problem in the promotion with jobbers "disappearing" after the kept on losing matches. The Boss wants to make sure that you do well or else you may disappear.
 * 6) Bundy vs. Pillman = King Kong Bundy and Brian Pillman have a feud in the region. Depending on whether you’re a babyface or heel, one of those 2 wrestlers join you in your corner.
 * 7) The Animal = The storyline revolves around George "The Animal" Steele.
 * 8) Albano in Charge = Captain Lou Albano manages a group of wrestlers that are causing problems for the promoter.
 * 9) Former Friends = The promoter tells you that he has friends in the prior region you just competed, and those friends were pals with the champion you defeated. The friends want the promoter to make life rough for you.
 * 10) Critical Promoter = The promoter advises that he is not impressed with your former accomplishments, and gives you tough matches in the region.

Southeast storylines

 * 1) Hitting on Promoter = You are making eyes at the promoter, and she does not like it. She constantly tells you to keep your mind on wrestling.
 * 2) Amorous Promoter = Direct opposite of the first storyline. The promoter is hitting on you.
 * 3) The Comic Wrestler = The storyline revolves around the historic Andy Kaufman/Jerry Lawler feud. This storyline is specific for Jerry Lawler.
 * 4) Pilfered Gear = The promoter wants you to steal Jerry Lawler's crown and robe as a favor. When you do, Lawler causes problems.
 * 5) Rock N' Roll Express = The storyline revolves around the Rock N' Roll Express. Lots of tag matches in this storyline. You also have to win the singles title too.
 * 6) Jimmy Hart in Charge = Jimmy Hart manages a group of wrestlers that are causing problems for the promoter.
 * 7) Mr. Wonderful = The promoter advises that a tag team from another promotion has come in the region and taken the belts. She assigns a partner to team up with Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff to take the titles back. This storyline is specific for Paul Orndorff.
 * 8) Unimpressed Promoter = The promoter advises that he is not impressed with your former accomplishments, and gives you tough matches in the region. Storyline ends with a battle royal.
 * 9) Vindictive Former Champ = The wrestler from the previous promotion you just competed in comes to this region and causes problems

Midwest storylines

 * 1) Knock off the Old Champ = The promoter wants you to defeat the longtime champion of the region.
 * 2) Vindictive Rival = You face a mid-carder in the first match, and after you beat him, he interferes throughout the rest of your career in the promotion.
 * 3) Desperate Manager = The manager in the region has control of the region. When you start winning matches, he sends his wrestlers to interfere in your matches.
 * 4) Gambling Promoter = The promoter gambles, and puts money on you to win.
 * 5) The Road Warriors 1 = The storyline revolves around The Road Warriors. Lots of tag matches in this storyline. You also have to win the singles title too.
 * 6) Wrestling's Richest Man = The storyline revolves around Ted Dibiase. The storyline ends with a battle royal.
 * 7) One Man Gang Warfare = The storyline revolves around The One Man Gang.
 * 8) The Posse = Cowboy Bob Orton is the champion, and he also manages a group of wrestlers that are causing problems for the promoter.
 * 9) Road Warriors #2 = After winning a title in a different promotion, you go to the Midwest Region. Scotty tells you that you should compete in tag team competition against The Road Warriors. Basically the same as storyline Road Warriors #1.
 * 10) Promoter's Kid = You are the promoter's son's favorite wrestler. The promoter wants you to do well. Eventually, the promoter's kid takes down your poster and puts up posters of a pop singer.
 * 11) The Baron = The storyline revolves around Baron Von Raschke.

Southwest storylines

 * 1) Promoter's Nephew = This is probably my favorite storyline in the game. The promoter's nephew is just starting to be a wrestler. The promoter wants you to take him under your wing. You compete in a lot of tag matches with Bubba as your tag team partner. You finally get to control a jobber. If you lose a match, the promoter punishes you with tough matches.
 * 2) Manipulative Champion = You start this region out skipping the jobber matches and go right into matches against the mid-carders. The champion is demanding that you face tougher competition.
 * 3) The Champ's Girl = You hit on the champion's girlfriend, and he wants revenge.
 * 4) Fill-In Tag Team = Tex has a tag team with an injured partner, so you get plugged in with the healthy member of the team.
 * 5) Protective Champ
 * 6) The Von Erichs = The storyline revolves around The Von Erich family. Fritz Von Erich is the champion. Other members of the family interfere during the matches.
 * 7) Tough as Nails = The storyline revolves around Terry Funk. Tex goes on and on about how tough Terry Funk is. The storyline ends with a cage match for the title.
 * 8) Beat Down = The champ is Terry Funk. You start out by facing Dory Funk Jr. After beating him, both Terry and Dory Funk Jr. interfere later on in the region.
 * 9) Superstar = Superstar Billy Graham is the champion, and he also manages a group of wrestlers that are causing problems for the promoter.
 * 10) Family Feud 1 = Centers around the Funk/Von Erich feud. This storyline is specific for The Von Erichs.
 * 11) Cutbacks = There are tough financial times in the promotion, and Tex had to fire a lot of wrestlers. When you finally win matches, the crowds increase, and Tex is able to hire back everyone else he fired.
 * 12) Unimpressed Promoter** = The promoter advises that he is not impressed with your former accomplishments, and gives you tough matches in the region.
 * 13) The Man of a 1,000 Masks = The storyline revolves around Mil Mascaras.
 * 14) Family Feud 2 = Centers around the Funk/Von Erich feud. This storyline is specific for The Funks.

Pacific storylines

 * 1) Rival Tag Team = Randall has a tag team with an injured partner, so you get plugged in with the healthy member of the team.
 * 2) Coalition of Wrestlers = There is a group of wrestlers who constantly interfere in your matches.
 * 3) Movie Star = Randall has a movie part open to either you or the champion of the region. Whoever wins the title match gets the movie role.
 * 4) Sensationalized Violence = The promoter wants bloody, violent matches. NOTE: This is the only storyline that Big John Studd can compete in, although it is not specifically made for him
 * 5) Promoter's Girl = You hit on the promoter's girlfriend, and he schedules you in tough matches.
 * 6) Martial Arts Master = The storyline revolves around Ricky Steamboat.
 * 7) Snuka vs. Muraco = Snuka and Muraco are feuding. You get involved in the feud.
 * 8) Gimmick Envy = You are heard talking bad about Ricky Steamboat's gimmick. It gets back to The Dragon, and he causes problems in the promotion.
 * 9) Big John Studd = The storyline revolves around Big John Studd. Of course, you have to win a body slam match before you get a title shot.
 * 10) Rock and a Hard Place = The storyline revolves around Don Muraco.
 * 11) Killer Champion = The storyline revolves around Killer Kowalski.

World region storylines

 * 1) Enemies from the Past = A bunch of wrestlers that you faced in previous regions invade the world region and cause you problems
 * 2) World Class Battle Royal = When you finally work your way up to a title match, there is a 30 man royal rumble battle royal that you have to win to get a title shot
 * 3) Rival Promotion = There is a rival promotion competing against the World Region. Hiro Natsume schedules you in exciting matches to draw big crowds.
 * 4) Superfly = The storyline revolves around Jimmy Snuka. The storyline ends with a battle royal.
 * 5) The Iron Sheik The storyline revolves around The Iron Sheik. The Iron Sheik is always accompanied by Nikolai Volkoff, and halfway through, you face Volkoff and Sheik in a tag team match.
 * 6) Hulkamania = The storyline revolves around Hulk Hogan.
 * 7) Andre the Giant = The storyline revolves around Andre the Giant
 * 8) The Best There Is = The storyline revolves around Bret Hart.
 * 9) The Red Champ = The storyline revolves around Nikolai Volkoff.

A quick note about storylines. If a storyline is about a specific wrestler, it will be blocked out when you are taking that specific wrestler through career mode. For instance, when controlling Baron Von Raschke, storyline #11 "The Baron" in the midwest, will be blocked out. Additionally, when controlling a female created wrestler or the Promoter Belle in career mode, all of the storylines involving romances will also be blocked out. Sorry guys, no lesbian storylines.

Help in career mode
The point behind the career mode is to gain 100% popularity with the crowd in the region. Along the way, you may be asked to do different things by the promoter, like winning the tag team title or throwing a match when the promoter is betting against you. You raise your popularity bar by the way you perform in the ring during your matches.

In your matches, you can earn percentage points in the following ways: 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴
 * Win Match
 * 3-Way Dance
 * 4-Way Dance
 * Ladder Match
 * Cage Match
 * Battle Royal
 * Counters or Reversals (3 times)
 * 40% less damage spread
 * Turnbuckle (3 times)
 * Damage Bonus (3 times)
 * Fight on Apron
 * Attack outside Ring
 * Ref Bump
 * Linked ISP (2 times)
 * Move Variety
 * Finisher
 * Bleeding
 * Weapons
 * Minimum High Spots
 * Taunt (3 times)
 * 2 on 1 moves (3 moves)
 * Break up Pinfall/Submission
 * Tag minimum
 * Eliminate Opponent (2 times)

You can lose points in the following ways: 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴
 * Lose match
 * A.I. Pins opponent
 * Never Call in partner
 * Never distract ref
 * Stalling
 * Repetitive moves
 * Not enough tags
 * Not enough ISP
 * Not making minimum high spots

No matter how much your final match percentage is, the maximum you can raise your region popularity is 17% in the U.S. regions, and 12% in the World region.

So that means even if your end match percentage is 146%, your region popularity will only raise 17% at a time. If your end match percentage is around 85%, your region popularity may only raise 13%. While competing in the career mode, a helpful hint is to let one of your first 2 matches against the jobbers not gain 100%. You will only advance to the next cut scene with a region popularity total of 34%. If you have not reached 34% after your first 2 jobber matches, you will face another jobber, which is an easier match than the other more well-known wrestlers.

You can also change your upcoming opponent in most situations. For instance, if your next scheduled match in career mode is a 4 way dance, and you do not like 4 way dances, you can press "B" to exit career mode. Make sure that you save your career. Go back into career mode, and your next opponent probably has changed. It should be noted that key points in the storyline cannot be changed. If you have to win a battle royal to get a title shot, your next match will always be a battle royal; there is nothing you can do about it.

Personally, I always liked 3 way dances. That way, you can exit the ring and grab a weapon. You can taunt 3 times, and you will get percentage points for each time you taunt. While the other 2 wrestlers are going at it, you can go to the top rope and dive off. If you hit both of them, you will get turnbuckle points for each wrestler. You can also gain points for double team moves. Finally, you receive big percentage points when you break up a pinfall or submission.

A note about tag team storylines. When you have a storyline like "The Rock N' Roll Express" or "Promoter's Nephew," and you reach a critical part of the storyline like a title match, make sure that the wrestler you control gets the pin, and not your partner. If your partner gets the win, the promoter will act like you lost the match. In a similar aspect, if your partner gets pinned in any tag match, you will not lose the percentage points like if your character was pinned.

A way to speed up the career mode is to turn off the introductions before each match. You can cut almost a minute off each match. To make you not lose your mind hearing the same songs over and over, make your own playlist for the background music in the game.

Fast way to defeat career mode
First off pick a wrestler with the northern lights suplex and a submission hold for a finisher. Bret Hart and Rick Martel are 2 examples. In career mode, use the northern lights suplex, and make sure you hold them down for the pin. After you hit the move 3 times, you will be very close to getting your special. Exit the ring and grab a weapon. Do your taunt 3 times. You will get points each time for every taunt. By now you will have your special. Unless your opponent is in the red: DO NOT DO YOUR SPECIAL. Instead, strike them and get them groggy. Use this time to work on your linked ISP moves. Hit at least 1 in the match (and get the points for it) so you don't get deducted for "Not enough ISPs" at the end of the match.

When your flashing spirit meter ends without you using it, your spirit bar will drop to half. In your match, don't forget to bump the ref as well as do an apron grapple. Those are easy points to earn, as well as fighting with weapons and fighting outside of the ring. You can also get points for turnbuckle attacks 3 times. In tag matches, make sure to get your minimum tags and also call in your partner into the ring. You get big points for breaking up a pinfall as well.

Anyway, once your opponent is in the red and you have your special, applying your submission special twice will drain them completely of all their energy, and a quick 3-4 minute win.

You can use that to build up to a title match very quickly. In the title match and the match that follows, it does not matter how much in percentage points that you get. Therefore, use the northern lights suplex glitch over and over to get an easy 2 minute win.

Follow that formula and you will beat career mode in about 4 hours.

Add your own playlist. You will go nuts hearing the same 5 or 6 songs over and over again. Make your own playlist and add as many songs as you want to it.