The player chooses a character from a roster of six wrestlers, each with a unique set of wrestling moves.

In addition to punching, kicking, and running attacks, wrestlers may "lock up" with each other to execute body slams, piledrivers, and other professional wrestling moves.

In effect, if the referee is on the other side of the ring when an opponent initiates a pin, the player will have additional time to try and escape.

The game was also the first wrestling title to feature a cameraman and commentators at ringside (though they do not interact with the wrestlers).

After winning five matches, the player fights King Slender, the Video Wrestling Association (VWA) Champion.

If the player has selected King Slender for play, then he will face Giant Panther for the VWA Championship, though some versions of the game have a bug requiring King Slender to win more than the usual five matches before being granted the title shot.

It is worth noting that some Nintendo aficionados consider the Great Puma to be one of the most difficult boss characters to ever appear on the NES.

Masato Masuda thought up the game system and was the sole programmer while he was at TRY,[4] which later merged with Sonata to become Human.

[8] Famitsu reported that Pro Wrestling was the #1 video game in the United States for about two months.