The game features a variety of different modes, such as tournaments and leagues that task the player with winning bracket-style competitions against up to 15 and 63 opponents, respectively.

There is also exhibition modes, allowing player to tweak rules and music, and also a robust create-a-wrestler mode, which allows players to build a character from more than 1,200 different techniques and hundreds of body parts.

[5] Reviewing the game for GameSpot, Gerald Villoria spoke positively of the game, describing it as having "made the transition from Japan to the USA extremely well", praising its 'create a wrestler' system and describing the controls as "absolutely flawless".

[8] Bad Hare of GamePro said, "fans would be wise to cut Fire Pro Wrestling some slack in the name of depth.

"[14][a] Nintendo Power was far more critical of the title, noting it as having "choppy animation and sluggish controls", and specifically criticized the graphics, describing them as "graphically underwhelming" and negatively describing the game "looks and feels like it should be for the GBC rather than the GBA".