40 Fun Facts About WWF No Mercy

Which wrestler, later the star of the Jumanji films, shares WWF No Mercy's North American cover with Triple H?

The Rock fronts the North American box with Triple H, Edge and Jeff Hardy, a cover that puts two main-eventers beside two tag-team daredevils.

Which French-born legend, who died in 1993, is a hidden unlockable wrestler in WWF No Mercy?

Andre the Giant appears in the game seven years after his death, one of the few legends on a roster built around the WWF's stars of 2000.

Which wrestler appears on WWF No Mercy's roster under three names, including Mankind and Cactus Jack?

Mick Foley is playable as himself and as two alter egos: Mankind starts on the roster, while Cactus Jack and Foley under his own name are hidden unlockables.

What did a notorious bug in early WWF No Mercy cartridges do, prompting the publisher to replace copies?

Erased save data plagued the first production run, wiping progress without warning. Fixed cartridges came only through the exchange program, so they are now rare collector's items.

Which Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medalist, a WWF newcomer in late 1999, is on WWF No Mercy's roster?

Kurt Angle won his gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite a broken neck, then made his televised WWF debut in November 1999.

Which referee, the official in 1997's Montreal Screwjob, is a playable hidden character in WWF No Mercy?

Earl Hebner is unlocked along one branch of the WWF title story, and players can then send the WWF's senior referee into matches as a wrestler.

Which woman on WWF No Mercy's roster had twice held the men's Intercontinental Championship?

Chyna was the first woman to hold the Intercontinental title, and the first to qualify for the King of the Ring tournament.

Which match type, a specialty of the Hardys and Edge & Christian, was newly added in WWF No Mercy?

Ladder matches were the headline addition to the exhibition modes, arriving alongside a new guest referee option.

Which sumo-styled wrestler on WWF No Mercy's roster admitted in 2000 to running down Steve Austin with a car?

Rikishi confessed on Raw in October 2000, about a month before the game came out, claiming he did it to help a cousin's career.

Which 'Heartbreak Kid', retired from the ring since 1998, is an unlockable hidden wrestler in WWF No Mercy?

Shawn Michaels can be bought in the in-game shop for $50,000, or met as a final opponent in the WWF title story.

Which publisher, having taken the WWF license from Acclaim in 1999, released WWF No Mercy?

THQ landed the license after the WWF saw how well the publisher's wrestling games for rival WCW had sold.

Which urn-carrying manager of The Undertaker is an unlockable character in WWF No Mercy?

Paul Bearer shares one roster slot with three other non-wrestlers, so players flick between a manager, a ring announcer, a commentator and an official on the select screen.

A companion version of WWF No Mercy was announced, then cancelled, for which Nintendo handheld?

Game Boy Color players were meant to earn points on the go and spend them in the home version's shop, a link that was dropped when the handheld game was scrapped.

Which high-flying woman, an ally of Matt and Jeff Hardy in Team Xtreme, is on WWF No Mercy's roster?

Lita debuted in the WWF in February 2000 at the side of Essa Rios, who is also in the game, before joining Team Xtreme.

WWF No Mercy is the direct sequel to which 1999 Nintendo 64 wrestling game?

WWF WrestleMania 2000 ran on the same engine, and reviewers called the follow-up a revamp that added branching stories and deeper character creation.

Which masked 'Big Red Machine', storyline half-brother of The Undertaker, is on WWF No Mercy's roster?

Kane towers over the smallest wrestlers in the game as he did on television, and one review singled out how he dwarfs Crash Holly.

What did the second European release of WWF No Mercy remove from the game?

Blood was cut from the revised European cartridge, although the original release had made a point of upgrading the effect so that wrestlers looked hurt.

Which tag team, famous for driving opponents through tables, made its AKI series debut in WWF No Mercy?

The Dudley Boyz signed with the WWF from ECW in late 1999 and are among the roster's newcomers, with character models one review called strikingly realistic.

Which WWF No Mercy mode recreates the WWF's annual over-the-top-rope battle between thirty wrestlers?

Royal Rumble mode keeps the real event's rule that a wrestler is out once tossed over the ropes to the floor, and up to four players can take part at once.

AKI Corporation, the studio behind WWF No Mercy's wrestling engine, is based in which country?

Japan is home to AKI, which built the game with Asmik Ace and reused the engine it had refined across its earlier Nintendo 64 wrestling titles.

Which Canadian former fitness model, a WWF debutant in March 2000, is on WWF No Mercy's roster?

Trish Stratus had planned to become a doctor before modelling led her to the WWF, and the game arrived within months of her debut.

What is the name of WWF No Mercy's in-game shop, where winnings unlock hidden wrestlers, moves and costumes?

SmackDown Mall replaced the older system of handing out one hidden item per title win, so players choose exactly what to unlock and when.

Which Raw commentator, nicknamed 'The King', is a hidden playable character in WWF No Mercy?

Jerry Lawler shares his slot on the select screen with his broadcast partner Jim Ross, and with Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco.

In WWF No Mercy, the momentum meter that unlocks a wrestler's finishing move when full carries which name?

Attitude builds as a player lands attacks, and a fuller meter also raises the odds of a successful pin or submission.

Which future WWE Champion joined WWF No Mercy's roster after leaving WCW with the Radicalz in January 2000?

Eddie Guerrero arrived with Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn, who are in the game too, and won his only world title four years later.

Compared with earlier AKI games, WWF No Mercy's create-a-wrestler mode added the ability to make what?

Female wrestlers joined the creation options along with extra moves and body settings, and the cartridge has room for 18 custom characters.

Which UFC Hall of Famer, nicknamed 'The World's Most Dangerous Man', is unlockable in WWF No Mercy?

Ken Shamrock had left the WWF in late 1999 to return to mixed martial arts, so he sits among the hidden characters and costs $50,000 in the in-game shop.

The first WWF No Mercy show, held in May 1999, took place in which English city?

Manchester hosted the only No Mercy ever held in the United Kingdom. A second followed that October in Cleveland, Ohio, and the name stayed on the WWF's autumn calendar.

Which 2003 AKI-developed game do fans call a spiritual successor to WWF No Mercy?

Def Jam Vendetta shares more than a developer with the WWF game: both were directed by Hideyuki Iwashita.

Which hidden WWF No Mercy character won the WWF Women's title at the No Mercy 1999 event aged 76?

Fabulous Moolah beat Ivory that night to become the oldest champion in wrestling up to then, though she lost the belt back eight days later.

Which Nintendo 64 accessory was WWF No Mercy meant to use to import points from a cancelled handheld version?

Transfer Pak support was dropped once the handheld game was cancelled, which also removed a special story path planned for Championship mode.

Which self-styled 'Y2J', who jumped from WCW to the WWF in 1999, is on WWF No Mercy's roster?

Chris Jericho went on to become the first Undisputed WWF Champion in 2001, the year after the game's release.

Which English wrestler on WWF No Mercy's roster won the Intercontinental title at Wembley Stadium in 1992?

British Bulldog beat Bret Hart in the main event of SummerSlam 1992, and later became the WWF's first European Champion.

WWF No Mercy director Hideyuki Iwashita later worked on which 2023 wrestling game developed by Yuke's?

AEW Fight Forever was pitched as a return to the arcade style of the Nintendo 64 era, rather than the realistic simulation of its developer's recent wrestling games.

Which WWF No Mercy brawling area has a pool table that opponents can be slammed through?

Bar room brawls take place among jukeboxes and neon beer signs, in one of several backstage areas that were new to this game.

Besides Championship mode, which WWF No Mercy single-player mode pays out money for the in-game shop?

Survival mode asks players to beat as many opponents as they can without losing once, and several hidden characters are unlocked by eliminating them there.

In 2023, which WWE brand opened its No Mercy event with a retro tribute to the Nintendo 64 game?

NXT released the cold open online a day before the show, 23 years after the game it paid tribute to came out.

Which 1997 game began the run of AKI wrestling titles on Nintendo 64 that ended with WWF No Mercy?

WCW vs. nWo: World Tour was a semi-sequel to a lesser-known PlayStation game, and became the console's second best-selling wrestling title.

AKI, the studio behind WWF No Mercy, also made which game series published only in its home market?

Virtual Pro Wrestling began on PlayStation in 1996 before moving to Nintendo 64, where Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 shared its engine with a WWF game.

WWF No Mercy lost the Console Fighting award at the 4th Interactive Achievement Awards to which game?

Dead or Alive 2 took the prize, while the wrestling game's nominations for the two overall game-of-the-year awards went to SSX and Diablo II.