Have you ever made use of tabletop role-playing games which are grounded in the world of wrestling? There are some really good ones which might provide you a different experience, but one just as intense.
(Most of these work in a more traditional everyone gaming together sort of environment, whether that be online via Google Hangouts or Roll20, what one can always make modifications for play by post.)
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This game concentrates on a mix of somewhat traditional task-driven gameplay using a standard poker deck as the randomizer and a very GM-less broader structure which makes good use of collaboration.
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Completely GM-less now, again we have a card-based resolution mechanic but the game itself is driven by the central characters and their pursuit of both redemption and excellence. Much grittier than most wrestling games, which makes sense – this is centered around boxing – but with minimal changes it's certainly applicable and well worth the money.
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Ironically from the same game designer is the previous two, Eternal Contenders extends the mechanics and gameplay experience of the original Contenders into what might be best described as "the best fighting game role-playing game ever created." If you liked the crazy, over-the-top storylines of the WWE in its mad heyday, this would be the game for you.
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Two Hour Wargames has an entire lineage of man-to-man fighting tabletop games going all the way back to their original gladiatorial game, Red Sand, Blue Sky. RSBM is much less a role-playing game than other entries on this list but goes harder into the turn by turn conflict between combatants. This leaves a lot of room for role-playing out the results and there is an entire career simulation mode.
I probably have at least three or four more games in my collection which could be quite applicable but start getting a little strange to suggest because they become less and less traditionally structured, but if you're into e-wrestling federations, you owe it to yourself to check out some of the other forms of play which are available in the space.
I have Squared Circle the RPG and have wanted this one card game version of wrestling since I was a child. I rarely get the chance to sit down and game with friends anymore.
Well, that's the reason that we have built online RPG play solutions – like Roll20 and Tabletop Simulator, which largely means that you can play games with your friends – even if your friends don't live anywhere near you.
Which is a thing of wonder and joy, given my particular inclination in friends groups.
You still end up with the same problem you always had, trying to schedule around everyone's lives since everyone's an adult now – but at least it means that all the bits are easier to set up and clean up, and no one gets stuck buying all the Coke and pizza.
Yeah, My friends and I play D&D on Fantasy Grounds. We used to use Roll20 though. It's great for being able to play with friends that are far away. It's still hard to schedule it around adult lives but we make it happen.