Paul Bearer: Welllllcome. Welcome to this special edition of my funeral parlor. Come on in. Please...come on in. Today I have a very special guest, a man who knows true pain. He is none other than GameDAILY reviewer Chris Buffa!

[My music kicks in. Chorus of boos reign down upon me. I confidently walk onto the set.]

Paul Bearer: Mr. Buffa. Welcome to my...place of business. My Undertaker informs me that you would like to make a special request.

Chris Buffa: That's right Mr. Bearer. Actually, can I just call you Paul?

[Bearer turns away and makes a weird face.]

Chris Buffa: Anyway Paul. I've had the unfortunate privilege of playing THQ and Studio Gigante's Wrestlemania 21, and after going to hell and back with it I need...I need a casket Paul. I want to bury this game forever. Can you help me?

Paul Bearer: Ohhhh yesss! How about this extra large coffin?

Chris Buffa: No. That's too big.

Paul Bearer: Perhaps this medium sized one will do!

Chris Buffa: No. I may be an icon, but I have limited funds. Besides, this game is tiny.

Paul Bearer: Tiny you say? Well then I think I have the perfect casket! My Undertaker uses it to bury dead animals that he finds on the road.

Chris Buffa: Paul! This...this isn't even a casket! It's a shoe box...and just like Bobby Heenan and the late, great Curt Henning remarked when you helped them out on Superstars over ten years ago, this casket is PERFECT! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ah the good old days! Back when it was rare to actually see two WWE (then WWF) wrestlers battle one another on the Saturday and Sunday shows Superstars and Wrestling Challenge respectively. The WWE sure has evolved, and so too have wrestling videogames. No longer are we subjected to horrendous titles such as Steel Cage Challenge. Today THQ's SmackDown series reigns supreme, in particular the exceptional Here Comes the Pain, but unfortunately we still need to deal with the occasional dud, in particular every single Xbox wrestling game that's ever graced our homes. Raw and Raw 2 were awful, and in an attempt to right those wrongs the company decided to go with developer Studio Gigante and try something new, that being Wrestlemania 21, the game that was supposed to give us Xbox owners some bragging rights. Sadly, all it does is remind me how lucky I am to own a PlayStation 2.

Wrestlemania 21 has three positive things going for it, and it's best that I get them out of the way. For starters, it's without question the best-looking wrestling game ever made. Character models sport a high amount of detail and for the most part resemble the real life superstars they're based on (although Chris Jericho's face is a mess). The arenas are also full of eye candy. In fact, even the crowd is very impressive, though just like the wrestling fans of the 80s and early 90s, you should avoid looking at them up close. Bottom line; whether you have an HDTV or not this game is a showpiece for the Xbox hardware.