Honestly it is a revolutionary game - but it's far from perfect.
THis is the game that really started to push the envelope for wrestling games - pushing towards No Mercy and Smackdown titles.
Basically its a very stripped down game. The playable character list is small and you can plow thru the tournament of facing them all rather quickly.
The combo system is actually more advanced than the smackdown games and makes for a more challenging presentation than smackdown games but still is WAY too easy.
The atmosphere in this game is through the roof and really felt like you were part of the WWF - however, once the match started it was a bit bogged down and clunky and the matches played out very slowly.
In the end - despite some clunky controls and overall slow gameplay this game set the mark for wrestling games at the time and was by far the best on the market for quite some time.