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The Story of WWE Brawl - Blue Tongue, The Avengers Effect, uDraw Tablet, Death of THQ And Brawl’s Legacy

Road to Brawl

In March of 2009, Publisher THQ and Developer Yukes launched WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania, a video game that served as a tribute to the classic WrestleMania events and superstars in WWE’s past. This was the first WWE spin-off title on the newest generation of consoles at the time. In the previous fall, they launched WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009.

While Smackdown vs Raw 2009 garnered pretty decent reviews, Legends of WrestleMania flopped with its stripped down, quick-time event based gameplay. Fans did not feel engaged enough with LOWM, however the way managers were incorporated into the game is still felt as a high positive to this day. Interestingly enough, the game received “Mixed” reviews from critics, whereas the fans would have you believe it got 1-3 out of 10 ratings across the board with the negative aura that surrounds the game.

Regardless of LOWM’s performance, THQ went back to the drawing board for more WWE spin-offs. Eventually, THQ ordered two from its internal studios. WWE All-Stars – which was to be developed by THQ San Diego (Formerly Midway Studios) – and WWE Brawl, developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment in Australia. During the development of these two games, Yuke’s would continue making the main line WWE Smackdown vs Raw series, next releasing WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010.

In June 2010, during the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) event week, THQ announced WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011, WWE All-Stars, and WWE Online (we’ll get to this one another day), however WWE Brawl was not announced at this event. While fans did not know of Brawl’s existence at this time, looking back it’s clear this was the first time it was in some danger, as THQ was touting 3 wrestling video games and Blue Tongue’s was nowhere to be found.

Even though WWE Brawl was being worked on at the same time, WWE All-Stars had been able to progress much faster. This is likely due to the fact that they had a good engine in place already, using Unreal Engine 3 and assets from Midway/THQ San Diego’s previous title, TNA: Impact.

WWE All-Stars released in March 2011 to generally favorable reviews and high fan-fare along with several post-launch DLC packs. It was even nominated for “Best Fighting Game” at the Spike Video Game Awards, an achievement not many WWE games have been able to get. The game was a success from a pure WWE business standpoint. It had made sense to continue the WWE spin-offs. But where was WWE Brawl, after supposedly being in development for two years?

Blue Tongue Entertainment

WWE Brawl would be developed by the studio “Blue Tongue Entertainment'', based in Australia. The company was founded way back in 1995, offering web development services. However, in 1996 they released AFL Fever Finals, and Riding Star in 1998. Very quickly, this earned them enough prestige to be given existing intellectual properties to adapt. Their next game would release in 2000 and was a tie-in to the 1997 film of the same name; Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy. The following game would be an adaptation of another classic film franchise; Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis which was their first release on a video game console.

In November of 2004 after the release of Operation Genesis, video game publisher THQ would acquire Blue Tongue Entertainment. THQ and Blue Tongue were already working together on the 2004 release of Polar Express. "THQ's long-standing licensing relationships and global publishing capabilities have made them a great partner over the past couple of years," said Steven Spagnolo, CEO, Blue Tongue Entertainment. This partnership with THQ led Blue Tongue Entertainment to become one of their leading Nickelodeon game developers.

Their following titles would be one based off of the film Barnyard, and three games under the Nicktoons banner. Their final Nickelodeon game would be El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Playstation 2. Blue Tongue Entertainment became a premiere developer for content aimed at a younger audience. This was also in line with WWE’s content shift in the late 2000s and early 2010s, being dubbed the “PG Era” of WWE. Perfect match, right?

However, before the studio got an opportunity to create a WWE game, THQ offered the company a chance to adapt a video game they had acquired from a small team of students from Utrecht University. Blue Tongue Entertainment released de Blob in September of 2008, a puzzle platformer. The game received rave reviews, such as gaming giant IGN calling it "one of the best third-party efforts to come over to Wii in a long time". It has since become a classic that spawned a sequel, 2011’s De Blob 2, and ports to modern hardware.

Fun fact, de Blob and WWE Brawl share something in common: both have lost ports. While all playable versions of WWE Brawl are deemed currently lost, de Blob had an infamous DS port in production that at times was rumored not to even exist. However – with how often liquidated THQ assets are traded – in January 2023 the YouTuber RebelTaxi acquired a dump of De Blob DS and was able to release it to the public.

In between the two de Blob titles, Blue Tongue obtained the Marvel license and released a child-targeted video game in 2009 titled Marvel Super Hero Squad. The game was based off of the Hasbro toy line of the same name. While the game didn’t play well with critics, it must have impressed Marvel enough. THQ and Marvel would eventually release a sequel in 2010 titled The Infinity Gauntlet, but this time developed by Griptonite Games. One would assume Blue Tongue was busy starting work on WWE Brawl, however another title’s development stood in the way. Marvel had ordered The Avengers from THQ and Blue Tongue.

The Avengers

While Blue Tongue Entertainment were working on WWE Brawl, they were also tasked with providing help to THQ Australia on a video game based off of Marvel’s The Avengers. Blue Tongue were tasked with porting the game to Windows. The game was to be a “first person brawler”, with up to four player co-op multiplayer locally and online. The game was to be released around the time of Marvel Studios’ upcoming film of the same name, however there would be no actual ties to it. The video game’s storyline was reportedly written by Brian Michael Bendis and an adaptation of his famous comic storyline, Secret Invasion. An in-depth dive on The Avengers can be found at Unseen64.

The reason this article brings up The Avengers is because it shares something very much in common with WWE Brawl. They were both canceled, and presumed to be lost media. Both games were being developed by THQ in Australia, and both were shut down in an attempt to save THQ from bankruptcy. However, one major difference between them is that a partial build of The Avengers has been dumped online and fully playable. A website called ObscureGamers obtained a copy. One of its members had acquired old THQ hard drives, and was able to dump a hard drive clone that contained a build of the game. The build is dated July 14th, 2011 and is downloadable from the Archive.org database.

Even though it was the Xbox version that was leaked (Developed by THQ Australia, while Blue Tongue handled Windows), one could hope that Blue Tongue’s WWE Brawl is still on the cards for being leaked the same way. It took a decade for The Avengers, maybe it’ll take a little more for WWE.

The Remnants of WWE Brawl

Unfortunately, WWE Brawl was never officially revealed by THQ. The first mention of WWE Brawl existing came from WWE Corporate in a “Corporate Initiatives” video. The hyperlink to that specific page, and the original full video is now seemingly lost, however the section for Brawl still exists thanks to TonyPizzaGuy. The trailer features gameplay footage of various superstars performing over-the-top combat in a variety of stylish environments, spliced with concept art of finishing moves that probably had yet to be programmed or animated. The Undertaker is shown to be doing a move called “Soul Crush”, which wraps the opponent into a dark trap in a style similar to fighting games like Marvel vs Capcom. Amongst the environments shown are a Graveyard map, a Subway or Metro City, what looks to be an Egyptian Film Set and a burning Junkyard. The video ends with concept art key art of Triple H, John Cena, and who one can assume to be Kelly Kelly. A final screen displayed promises a 2012 release date, with Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii as the release platforms. Blue Tongue Studios was not mentioned.

This would be the first game along with WWE ‘12 to ditch Playstation 2, Playstation Portable and Nintendo DS as release platforms for the WWE line of video games, committing fully to the then current generation of consoles years after their release.

However, it has been revealed that a 3DS port was planned for WWE Brawl. The first and only WWE game fully released on the Nintendo 3DS is a post-launch port of WWE All-Stars in 2012. Upon doing research in a Discord group for sharing prototypes for video games – ObscureGamers – I had encountered a Japanese auction for a WWE Brawl prototype on the 3DS. The description mentions that you can make wrestlers in cosplay, which could hint at a Create a Wrestler mode. The listing mentions it was canceled during THQ’s bankruptcy but fully playable. It doesn’t seem as if this auction had sold, nor has it seemingly been dumped anywhere. Upon referring to this auction to an anonymous source, they didn’t deny a port had existed, but rather in fact said they expect it to be dumped before any other platform’s version. Blue Tongue artist Alex Ries told us that they didn’t have any knowledge of a 3DS port as an artist.

The auction also has various screenshots taken of the prototype, showing combat in progress in a developer test environment. One screenshot seems to contain a more complete environment. This version of the game only had 16 selectable characters, as opposed to 18 in the console prototype.

Brawl Game Design

Initially, WWE Brawl’s original foundation came from a single idea internally being called “WWE Smash Bros”. We were told that it was pitched that way during it’s recruitment phase. Super Smash Bros is a 2d platform fighting game that has been thriving for over two decades. In actuality, WWE Brawl ended up being more 3D arena brawler allowing the player to move freely within a full 3D Environment while battling. It was akin to the classic fighter Power Stone, and later games of similar style like Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.

The game would boast a roster of re-imagined WWE Superstars in fantastical outfits with powers beyond any human comprehension fighting in various destructible and interactive environments. The prototype menu shows the potential for 18 playable characters, although more could have been added later in development.

A few characters had their own environments based off of their personality, presumably where their boss fight would have taken place in the final campaign. Some examples include John Cena having his own auto garage, Edge was in charge of a night-club styled arena, Triple H had a dark throne room and Rey Mysterio hosted a Mexican Plaza space. All of the environments would be fully destructible, with the linked concept art showing a “before a fight versus after” versions of the environments.

Gameplay was described to be very “fast-paced and destructive” according to senior artist Drew Morrow in an interview with WWE.com. Brawl would take the action to the fictional “Brawl City”. The campaign mode would have the Superstars trying to take down a fictionalized evil Mr. McMahon. Unlike in the previously mentioned Power Stone and Marvel Nemesis, the environments of WWE Brawl would be much tighter and enclosed to still capture the feel of having a space that feels as enclosed as a wrestling ring.

Years ago in their retrospective, WWE.com also released the very first raw gameplay videos of WWE Brawl. Stone Cold vs The Miz was backed up on YouTube.

The Gameplay video shows multiple selectable attires for each Superstar with former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts providing the voice over announcement of the character you select. Upon selecting your character, the game shows you what seems to be your character's superpower icons, as well as a choice to equip stones that seem to provide buffs for the match. Upon loading into the start of the match, characters had a voice over introduction similar to that of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.

The controls for the game were relatively simple, especially when compared to Yukes’ Smackdown vs Raw series. Movement was standard and on the left thumbstick, the character could dash by holding Right Trigger. Left Trigger would be used to pick up objects in the environment, and left bumper would be a modifier that allows the face buttons to execute Superpowers. As for the face buttons, X (on Xbox) would be a light strike, Y would attempt a heavier, stronger strike, B would attempt to grapple the opponent and A would allow the character to jump on objects and platforms in the environment.

The Art design of WWE Brawl started with the intent of possibly being spun-off as an animated series. Early designs showed a more streamlined aesthetic that seemed in line with contemporary children’s animated movies.

Initial test designs had Darren Tibbles creating 2D Animation to see if the designs were compatible with future spin-off projects. “So, we wanted to make sure the characters could work in 2D. I created some 2D test animations and looked at creating all the cutscenes as 2D animation.” said Tibbles in an interview with WWE.com.

Later along the way of the development, the art-style took the shape of a more “tough” style. The characters became bulkier, the colors became darker, more detail was drawn into the models as it started straying away from the fairy-tale Disney style of animation.

Environments were fully sketched out and some were near perfectly replicated in the final game. Most of the environments can be seen on the Artstation of Alex Ries, who told us nothing but good things about his time at Blue Tongue. “I was a regular artist since late 2007 and worked on the Marvel project Super Hero Squad 3. I learned a TON, as it was over many years. I trained in 3D and developed my career as a concept artist while there” said Ries.

You can see many of his artworks for the video game on ArtStation. Ries also told us some of his favorite work for the game was the environmental arenas, stating “I like the big environment artworks I produced, particularly the arenas”.

If there’s one thing Blue Tongue Entertainment was able to finalize, it was the art-style. Rumors point to multiple creative production issues along the way for the game, especially being around 3 years old by the time it was revealed by WWE Corporate.

In an effort to help out, the THQ “Fight Group” was assigned to the game. The Fight Group was a group of people who are shuffled amongst different WWE projects to help guide them along. Regular names included in this group were Cory Ledesma, Bryan Williams, Jason Vandiver, Arnaud Frey and others.

However, Brawl seemed especially troublesome when its sister game WWE All-Stars released so fast and easily. WWE.com’s interview also noted that the story had not settled in a final place, and was still undergoing writing changes when the studio closed and development had ceased. They note that the game had “early growing pains and some late developmental gains”, but was also “six months to a year from completion”.

Ries told us that he didn’t even get a chance to properly play the game; “I never got to experience tests of the gameplay so dont know how the game would have felt, or if it could have been popular. We didn't make it very far before it all collapsed”.

From a complete business perspective, it makes sense as to why THQ picked WWE Brawl as one of its first projects to shelve. The game failed to make huge progress with seemingly most of its time being spent on pre-production. The roster at the time of cancellation was the smallest of any notable THQ WWE game to date. The game did not progress at the speed a publisher would want, it was just contributing to THQ’s ongoing money sink. Could Blue Tongue have been allocating too many resources to the PC version of The Avengers?

THQ Bankruptcy & Death of Brawl

The original THQ was beloved by gamers and wrestling fans on the surface level for many years. The products were niche and catered to certain markets at most times (Nicktoons, WWE, etc) and seemed to work just fine. However, at a management level, THQ had many problems festering for years and made bad financial decisions across the board. The biggest nail in the coffin was the uDraw tablet, an absolute disaster that was one of the direct reasons for THQ’s financial death.

The original uDraw tablet was conceived as a Wii peripheral, a drawing tablet comparable to those for digital artists. Included was a software called uDraw Studio, where Wii users could learn to and also create works of art on the scale of professional artwork. Early analysts predicted the peripheral could sell up to one million units easily, and THQ promised a three to five year commitment. The uDraw for Wii saw enough success for THQ to continue investing into it. Popular gaming website Joystiq said "simple mostly-white design makes it a perfect companion for the Wii". THQ decided to double down on the uDraw, releasing a black version for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 a year later in November 2011. Ten more titles were commissioned by THQ, using the uDraw tablet to enhance gameplay mechanics. Some of those titles were SpongeBob SquigglePants, The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns - Again, Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat and Pictionary: Ultimate Edition.

Unfortunately, the uDraw flopped tremendously on the Playstation and Xbox consoles – an audience which mostly demanded edgy, adult-oriented products at the time. The investment caused the company to lose over 100 million in unsold stock alone.

"From a contribution margin perspective, we would have doubled the profitability in the quarter were it not for uDraw. So it was something in excess of $30 million in operating loss in the quarter as a result of uDraw." said CFO Paul Pucino in an investor Q&A. "Sales of the uDraw GameTablet and related software, and other titles in the kids, family and casual category were far weaker than anticipated, substantially reducing our financial results for the quarter," said CEO Brian Farrell.

In February of 2012, THQ admitted defeat and ceased all development and further creation of all uDraw brand related products. In their quarterly earnings call, they reported a net loss of 55.9 million dollars.

Even though the uDraw cannot be directly linked to the end of WWE Brawl, its impact on THQ Australia/Brisbane and Blue Tone Entertainment ended the long reign of development for the 1995-founded Aussie studio. THQ had closed down all of their Australian operations in a “strategic realignment”. Most people note that the Australian dollar was too high at the time to keep these studios running. I wouldn’t have kept them around to make niche market games.

From an outsider’s perspective, it seems that THQ closed down projects and studios that weren’t progressing in order to make the uDraw on Playstation and Xbox a bigger success. Unfortunately, none of that can be confirmed.

In November of 2012 – about one year after the closing of the Australian studios and failure of the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of uDraw – THQ Inc had reported that they could not pay back a 50 million dollar loan from Wells Fargo and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In desperate attempts to earn back some money, THQ did various actions such as selling a new “Full Package” version of Saints Row: The Third, delaying games like Metro: Last Light, introduced a “THQ Humble Bundle”, which was a bundle of classic THQ games for a price the customer could choose. The bundle raised a reported 2-5 million dollars for the company, giving fans some hope their cherished publisher could survive. On December 19, 2012, THQ’s bundle effort proved to be for nothing as they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, attempting to sell their assets to Clearlake Capital Group so they could continue business privately. A judge denied the bid and ordered THQ to sell off its assets individually and cease operations, ending a true era in video gaming.

In a quick summary of what happened to the THQ assets, Homefront went to Crytek, Warhammer went to Sega, and the WWE franchise landed a new home at Take-Two Entertainment, who was able to complete Yukes’ final solo entry on the game and release it under a new banner and name; WWE 2K14. All assets that failed to be auctioned off, including the brand itself, was acquired by Nordic Games who eventually launched a new successor; THQ Nordic. Whilst THQ Nordic lost the WWE license, in 2021 they were confirmed to be the publishers of the upcoming Yukes wrestling game, AEW: Fight Forever. This marks the first time Yukes and THQ’s brand names are on a title since WWE 13. Sources have indicated to us that AEW: Fight Forever is currently slated to be released in late April or May.

Brawl vs All-Stars: The Differences

One has to wonder that with both games being ordered in 2009 – was there a feud between WWE All-Stars and WWE Brawl to be released first? Sources indicate no, there wasn’t. Both games were intended to be released on schedule, and more WWE spin-offs presumably would be coming in the future had THQ not folded. Another one in production that didn’t lift off was WWE WrestleFest. It just seems that sadly, Blue Tongue took a really long time in pre-production to find a version of Brawl they were satisfied with, and by that time it was too late. Let’s take a look at the key differences between WWE All-Stars and WWE Brawl.

The first key difference between WWE Brawl and WWE All-Stars is the environment in which the games take place. In All-Stars, matches take place in the traditional WWE setting. An arena venue with a full crowd and a standard (albeit inaccurately sized) wrestling ring to contain all the action. Players can freely leave the ring to grab weapons, and bounce off the ropes and turnbuckles to create devastating high flying attacks. Each venue available in the game was based off a real WWE event, giving players the feeling that they are in a fantastical WWE setting.

WWE Brawl opted to get rid of the WWE venues entirely, and even the removal of spectators watching the action. WWE Brawl had each map being a fictional district that the city inhabits. Sgt. Slaughter’s level was a war-torn battlefield area whereas The Undertaker’s level was the city's dark, gloomy graveyard. In WWE Brawl, most of the environmental weapons are swapped out from traditional wrestling objects to use the city’s destructive remnants and set dressings.

Players could pick up pieces of destroyed buildings and everyday objects like patio tables, but a kendo stick would be a rare find. It is unknown whether or not Brawl would have added spectators in the finished product, but the environments feel quite lifeless without them. Unfortunately, sources – including Ries, could not give us more information on the lore of Brawl City.

Both WWE All-Stars and WWE Brawl boast over the top animations and gameplay. Despite that, they play very differently. WWE All-Stars is a tight, fast-paced grapple-oriented game. Grapples and strikes connect seamlessly and are the main method of combat similar to pro wrestling itself. Wrestlers can bounce off the ropes and dive off the turnbuckle posts for high flying moves that can transition into reversals and “juggle combos”, a feature that was highly praised by fans.

WWE Brawl, however, is less wrestling oriented. There doesn’t seem to be a constant “targeting” system that is present in most wrestling games, making attacks more of a “aimlessly swinging” mechanic. Grapples are present, however, and gameplay videos look like there is potential to lead into juggling. Players are not enclosed in a traditional wrestling ring, but rather the environment boundaries create a tight ring-like space to force combat between the two opponents. While it’s assumed one could climb objects in the game and dive off of them, there is no video evidence of such a mechanic. It’s possible that WWE Brawl did not contain any diving.

WWE All-Stars roster seemed to be more robust compared to what we know about WWE Brawl. All-Stars boasted a roster of over 30 WWE Superstars, with more added via post-launch DLC packs. Its “Fantasy Warfare” mode gave them the luxury of having an equally balanced roster of legends and then-current WWE Superstars. This included famous legends such as Andre The Giant, Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan and The Rock. WWE All-Stars also managed to bring Macho Man Randy Savage back into the WWE family for the first time in many years. The present day roster included big names such as Triple H, John Cena, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston and Sheamus.

WWE Brawl, however, didn’t seem to have much of a balance towards that idea. Its roster seemed to be driven by characters selected by the writers of the story.

Of all the released concept art for the game, we can confirm the following roster members were possibly final; The Undertaker, Sgt. Slaughter, Rey Mysterio, Triple H, Edge, John Cena, Sheamus, The Miz, Randy Orton, Randy Savage, R-Truth, The Big Show, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Batista, Ted DiBiase, and Hulk Hogan. Oddly, The Rock is missing despite being a mainstay in nearly every WWE video game.

While sources could not indicate what engine WWE Brawl ran on, WWE All-Stars ran on Unreal Engine 3. Not only that, it already had a game base to start off with as the studio formerly already made a wrestling game; TNA: Impact. This gave All-Stars a massive head start as fundamental code had already been written and in place for a WWE title, it just needed heavy modification to make their dream a reality. Considering Blue Tongue Entertainment had never made a 3D brawler before, one could assume it required much heavier work to get a prototype in place for WWE Brawl.

These are just some of the differences between the two games that illustrate the fact they would hit two different demographics and both are worthy of release. Despite the fact that WWE Brawl was lacking compared to the scope of All-Stars, I still think it would have been an enjoyable game to play, especially online. The concept came together well enough in the end but it is obvious why THQ decided to cut it to save some money.

Brawl Post-Mortem & Autopsy

It’s unfortunate that WWE Brawl never made it into the hands of gamers. Most purist wrestling fans wouldn’t mind, but the niche fanbase of over-the-top variants of WWE Superstars in outlandish environments still feel a hole in their heart at the loss.

Over the years, though, both WWE All-Stars and WWE Brawl have left a legacy and influence on WWE video games that would come in the future. There have been video games that simply feature caricatured graphics in a realistic wrestling combat setting like WWE All-Stars and games that take the WWE Superstars out of the ring into stylish worlds to wage war against each other similarly to WWE Brawl. While there’s no proof that Brawl had any influence on the games that followed it, gamers can get a taste of what it would’ve been like through these titles. The closest a person can get to Brawl was the mobile title WWE Immortals.

WWE Brawl was set to release in 2012, but gamers had to wait 3 more years to get a taste of fantasy fighting with WWE Superstars. In January 2015, Warner Bros Interactive published WWE Immortals on mobile devices which was developed by NetherRealm Studios – the studio behind Mortal Kombat.

Immortals features over the top, comic book-like versions of WWE Superstars fighting in meticulously detailed crazy environments such as the pits of hell, haunted swamps and graveyards. The combat had nothing to do with professional wrestling, but instead was a traditional fighting game with special finishers inspired by the real life wrestling move counterpart. Just these two sentences alone sound a lot like it could be describing WWE Brawl. However, veteran mobile gamers were a bit upset that the game was merely a clone of the already released Injustice: Gods Among Us Mobile. Immortals did well enough to continue service for three years until its closure at the start of 2019, when their license with WWE expired.

In the years since Brawl’s unfortunate demise, prototype collectors and wrestling fans have always been curious about more information about the game.

It is considered a “white whale” to myself, and I have been checking every THQ liquidation asset dump for a hint of the WWE Brawl prototype’s existence since. This game could even be entirely lost, as it is unknown what happened to Blue Tongue’s assets after their closure. The game also never had any presence at a floor show like E3, so the chance of a showcase demo leaking is even slimmer. In an attempt to get more information, I cold messaged Blue Tongue’s old Facebook page. Whilst I didn’t receive a reply to my questions, Facebook Messenger indicated to me that it was actually read, and a person still operates that page.

One interesting thing to note in the recent years since WWE Brawl’s death is that the trademarked was renewed in 2021 by WWE, for video game software as well. Does this mean that WWE Brawl is resuming development and releasing? Extremely unlikely, but it does mean the name itself could return.

Perhaps it could be reserved for a future mobile game, or perhaps it is the name of the mysterious WWE Role-Playing Game mentioned by Stephanie McMahon in 2022. Further information about this mysterious game is unknown, but sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed to me that it was never a 2K Sports title, but most likely expanding the license to other publishers. Could we hear about a brand new WWE Brawl in the coming years? Could it be the game birthed from the EA/WWE contract talks reported by Mike Straw?

To any collectors who may have WWE Brawl, whether it be the console prototype showcased on WWE.com or the 3DS Prototype leaked on a Japanese auction site, please dump it for preservation's sake! Archive.org would be a fantastic place to host it. If you have more information on WWE Brawl that wasn’t covered in this article or previously known, feel free to contact me. WWE Brawl was truly an enigma of a video game – never announced but consistently remembered due to being one of the few failed WWE projects mostly developed.

Would you have bought WWE Brawl, had it been completed?

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