Play WCW Backstage Assault Online

WCW Backstage Assault came out for the Nintendo 64 in 2000, a time when wrestling games were everywhere. Published by Electronic Arts, it tried to stand out by moving the action entirely out of the ring and into the gritty, improvised spaces behind the curtain. It was a bold idea for its time, even if the execution felt a bit rough around the edges.

You control a WCW wrestler and your main goal is to beat down your opponent until they can't get up, but the real focus is on using the environment. You fight through connected screens, picking up weapons like steel chairs or lead pipes to swing at your rival. The pacing is chaotic, with matches often feeling messy and unpredictable as you brawl from a locker room into a parking garage. It feels like a clumsy, sometimes frustrating experiment that never quite finds its footing.