Well, I might as well show you all four player characters.
'bangaa goes ahead and chooses The Undertaker. Now the fun begins.
Believe it or not, back in 2001, there was a beat-em-up for Game Boy that involved the 1999 storyline where Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness kidnapped Stephanie McMahon and made Vince McMahon's life miserable.
This is that game.
Guess what? It's too darn simple (as long as you know what to do, otherwise it's too darn cheap but still beatable).
The characters you take on at certain points as who is involved in doing what will be different for who you're playing as (as well as who you fight when), but the story is mostly the same. If you're playing as Triple H, The Rock or Steve Austin, feel free to replace whoever I mention in a certain role with who does it in your game.
'Taker is in his "Big Evil" gimmick here (or "Biker 'Taker" if you prefer).
Level 1: The Ring
The game starts with your character fighting someone for the WWE Championship. (In this case, it's Undertaker vs Triple H.) Another wrestler interferes. (Here, it's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.) The gameplay begins.
Punch out the referees before you head out of the ring. Thankfully, gameplay for this game is really easy. Just look at who you want to punch or kick (B and A, respectively), then mash the attack button until their health bar (in the lower-right corner) goes all the way down.
When attacking enemies, you'll want to be just close enough so that the only thing that goes through them is your fist. If your arm is going through them, you'll both be trading blows more than you would like. Learn the distance rule and get used to it quickly, and you'll be fine.
When you fill up the gauge consisting of five squares that is above your health bar (which is really easy to do), you'll be able to perform a finisher on a stunned enemy. (In this case, Undertaker does his choke slam. Triple H does the Pedigree, Steve Austin does the Stone Cold Stunner and The Rock does the Rock Bottom.) A little kid could actually beat this game.
When you enter the back, WWF/WWE owner Vince McMahon stops you. Apparently his daughter Stephanie has been kidnapped. If you can save her, you can get another title shot.
Anyway, head to the right and punch out the enemies here. Some of the lockers have health replenishing cakes and apples if you punch them, but you'll probably be doing so well that they're basically pointless. The cakes actually give more health than the apples, which replenish only one hit point. One. What's the point?
The security guards have nightsticks that you can use. They look more like metal pipes to me, though. If you are carrying a weapon, you cannot be able to double-tap Left or Right on the D-Pad and run. This is just a nagging flab, however, as the weapons really break the game. Weapons kill enemies in one or two hits compared to five hits with your punches and kicks.
Level 2: Parking Garage
Wait for the smoke to come out of the exhaust pipe in the wall before continuing. Dash past it to ensure you don't get hit when it starts shooting out smoke again.
New enemies here include mechanics with wrenches and buffer security guards with stun guns. Wait, did Stephanie's kidnappers pay the entire arena staff off? It's like real life and kayfabe are being blurred here.
When you take the elevator up to the parking lot, be sure to attack the car that's out in the open to refill your health.
Once you reach the end, you'll meet the two characters that weren't in the ring at the beginning. (In this case, it's Stone Cold and The Rock.) They'll throw Stephanie into the trunk of a limo, and one of the two men will fight you (it's Steve Austin here). Regardless of who you get, just keep fighting him like you would all the other enemies and use your specials whenever you get them. He'll be out like a light in no time.
Level 3: Street Fight
Break the mailbox at the beginning and you'll be able to completely refill your health with a can of...something. The game never makes it quite clear what it is. I'll safely assume it's a can of soda. There are others you can break that also give you the same rewards...even if one of them gives you an apple.
Bikers? Really? REALLY? REALLY?!? Even the Disciples of Apocalypse did the biker gimmick better than this. The gangsters that you fight on the streets go down with the few hits of a nightstick.
When you can't go any further to the right, climb up the ladder just by moving up towards it. You'll be able to climb up to the rooftop, take out a few thugs and then climb back down to the streets on the other side. If you're carrying a weapon when you climb up or down a ladder, you will drop it. This is unavoidable.
Level 4: The Subway
Wait...do we just mentally know where the kidnappers are going to be? Then again, this is WWF/WWE. Not much makes sense. At least the places we're going to and from is in a sort-of-logical sequence here.
The enemies will be the same as Level 3 at first, until you fight your way into the subway. You'll meet your first new enemy for this level almost immediately: some guy with a briefcase that can pick you off with a gun hidden inside said briefcase. Finally, some challenge. These guys can hurt you a little more than the others that you've fought so far. One thing worth trying is to punch or kick the guy twice, move away, then do it again when he moves towards you.
If you get stunned, you'll regain a little bit of health when you mash the buttons and rotate the Control Pad. The trick is to not get hit too much, or else you'll be in need of a heath pick-up. If you're low on health, this makes it a little easier to not die, which can make losing a life tough. Then again, I guess this makes no-death runs easy.
You'll meet the other kidnapper (in this case, The Rock). Just beat the crap out of him. He's more or less easy after fighting those briefcase guys. When you win, you'll find out Stephanie has been taken to Titan Towers. So we're in Stamford, Connecticut for the duration of the game? Huh.
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