Legends of Wrestling II/Walkthrough

Exhibition
You can either take on a CPU controlled opponent or another human player in all sorts of game modes including single, tag, 3 way dance, 4 way dance, 6 man tag, 8 man tag, 6 or 8 way tag (3 or 4 different teams versus each other), ladder match, cage match, or battle royal. You can also control the referee. You can change the rules of the match such as DQ, countouts, and interference ON/OFF in the screen that asks: Ready to wrestle? In that screen, you can also turn on in-game cheats that you have unlocked and purchased. You can also make the tag matches Survivor Series elimination style matches from that screen as well. Finally, you can put your acquired titles on the line from that screen.

Create
This is where you can create a wrestler. I am not going to get into much detail here on that section of the game. You can either create a male or female wrestler. Unlike the original Legends of Wrestling you cannot clone or edit pre-existing wrestlers.

Tournament
You can schedule and compete in single, tag, or win the tag belts in a tag team title tournament.

Shop
You can bet your earned green coins in the gambling mode to win red and blue coins from this screen. Once you have won some blue and green coins, you can buy and unlock wrestlers, arenas, clothing, abilities, cheats, and concept art.

Theatre
From here, you can watch fantastic interviews with some of the in-game legends, or see the career ending FMVs of wrestlers in the game, as well as view all of your unlocked concept art.

Options
Self-explanatory here. You can change game options, turn on a custom playlist, edit the sounds settings, etc.

Battle royal strategies
Battle royals are tough. This is probably the best way I have found to win them. First off, stay in the center of the ring. Concentrate on one wrestler, and let the other 2 wrestlers fight as long as they want. You can only eliminate a wrestler when he loses about 1/4th of his health bar. After you get past your first opponent, start to taunt. By the time your original opponent makes it to the dressing room and the next opponent comes out, you should be close to having your special. If you do have your special, punch the new opponent as soon as he comes in to make him groggy. Now, hit your special. This will take off more than enough to eliminate him. Pick him up, and toss him out of the ring and eliminate him. Continue to taunt while staying away from the other 2 wrestlers in the ring. Continue this strategy until you win the battle royal.

If you really want to be cheap, if a wrestler pins you, don't press anything to kick out. Unless you are in the northern lights suplex, you will not lose energy. You can let the other wrestlers in the ring fight it out until the very end.

Cage match strategies
The easiest way to win cage matches is to climb the side of the cage and jump off with either an axe handle or moonsault. You can keep doing this repeatedly, and the CPU will get hit approximately 85% of the time. Do not attack the cage door until the opponent is completely drained of energy. Once they are out of energy, any move applied to them will make them groggy. That is when you can attack the cage door. For what it is worth, the fastest way to break down the cage door is to change your focus to the door, and then press "B" to shake it. Once the cage door is off its hinges and the opponent is out of energy, one strike will make your opponent groggy and you can escape out the opening by pressing L.

Ladder match strategies
The strategy to winning the ladder match is similar to the cage match. First drain your opponent of all their energy. Do not go get the ladder until the very end. Once they are drained of all their energy, you can go get the ladder. Hit your opponent with the ladder. Set it up in the middle of the ring. Now, pick up the fallen opponent and toss them out of the ring. Now climb the ladder and press B to reach for the belt. Sometimes there is a glitch where the opponent cannot climb into the ring once you are reaching for the belt. It does not happen all of the time, but I have seen it numerous times.

Tag match strategies
I love the tag team matches. They are a lot of fun. The best way to win them is to use your double team moves. Either tag your opponent in with the A button or call them in the ring with White button. Now, go bump the referee so the ref's count stops. With the referee down, you and your partner can double team as much as you want. When the ref gets up, run into them again to allow you to continue to double team. If you did not know, you cannot call your opponent in the ring if the word "Cheat" does not appear under your names. However, you can still double team after a legal tag. Keep bumping that referee.

To avoid being double teamed when your opponent makes a tag, try this. Simply exit the ring. Both wrestlers will follow you out. When you roll back in, only the legal man can enter for the opposite team. If that is too cheap for you, you can grapple the illegal man and throw him over the top rope, and he cannot reenter at that time, either.

Help playing the gambling game
I hate gambling. However, if you want to unlock any of the hidden wrestlers or arenas, you have to do it. The best way to win your bets is to only gamble 1 green coin at a time. Place it in the first square, in the upper left. Concentrate on that square alone while the cursor bounces around. As soon as the cursor stops on your square, stop the cursor. You will find that you will be successful about 85% of the time using this method.

Cheats/helpful hints
Unfortunately, there are no known cheats to allow you to unlock all of the characters without gambling or going through career mode. Listed below are a couple of things that will help you get through the game quicker and enjoy it more:

Northern Lights Suplex glitch
There is a glitch with the northern lights suplex. If you hold them down for the pinfall when executing the move, you continue to drain their energy and your spirit bar grows as well. You can quickly drain your opponent's energy this way, and build your spirit bar just as fast.

Big John Studd unlimited green coins trick
Take any wrestler besides Big John Studd through career mode in the Pacific region. Choose any storyline besides "Sensationalized Violence." Once you reach the bodyslam match with Big John Studd, save right before you start the match. Now compete and win the bodyslam match. After you win the bodyslam match, you will be awarded with 35 green coins. You can then quit the match, and exit career mode. When you are asked to save career mode, choose "NO." Reenter career mode and win the bodyslam match again, to get +35 more green coins. Exit career mode without saving again. You can keep doing this as many times as you want. Before you turn off your Xbox, make sure you go into the options menu from the title screen, and save from there. Go into Shop mode and you will notice that you have lots of green coins.