WWE '13

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WWE '13 does some great things that WWE '12 lacked. Our huge irk with WWE '12 was the reversals. Found it extremely tough to reverse but in '13, you can actually time it to get it working.

Attitude Era story is very cool. Great time period to look back on. Best part is you get to use many different characters in different matches. Breaks up the dullness of being one character throughout. Loved being the Undertaker in one match and then facing off as Kane in the next.

The side objectives are great to keep the game interesting. In '12 we would never go back and re-do a stage. In '13, if we miss an objective, we replay immediately to get everything accomplished.

We do not play online or have gone though the WWE Universe options but everything we have played thus far is a vast improvement. Thank you Paul Heyman and THQ. Pick up a copy at Amazon.com.

Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches

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Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches by Oliver Hurley was given to us as a gift. We had heard about it and really enjoying it so far. We figured there would be some great old time stories but there are stories in the 90s and 2000s as well. It does a good job of spanning many different eras of pro wrestling. Very easy read and each story is only a page or two. That is great considering we do not have time to sit and read a novel. We pick up the book, read a couple of stories whenever we have a couple of minutes. The book has a cool design, look and feel. Hurley is not American so you will pick up on some literary differences when reading.

One of our favorite stories early on in the book is about Andre the Giant wrestling at the end of his career in Mexico. Andre lost control of his bowels on none other than Bad News Brown. Simply awesome. There are stories of matches that never aired, titles that changed hands but really. Some really good insight on the launch of ECW with Paul Heyman and Shane Douglas and how shady the wrestling business can be.

Amazon is almost out so get it while you can.